Time Travel and Love

"Madam, thank you for your kindness, but please don't cause any trouble for me." Although Wang Dalin was tied up, his humble and polite appearance made Chu Qingmeng shake his head, thinking he was pedantic.

"Brother, you're being a bit arrogant. The capital is full of nobles, so how can you be so sure you're right?" Mo Jiangzhan stood up. "You said the man you tied up stole your things, but you can't produce any evidence. This is puzzling. Even if the police came, they should have taken you both to court. How could they just arrest you?"

"Take me away?! Who dares?! Let's see who dares?!" The young man truly showed Chu Qingmeng what arrogance truly was. "I said he stole it, so he stole it! How can I possibly wrongly accuse him?!"

"Mr. Qian! Mr. Qian!" A man dressed as a waiter came running over from a distance. "Mr. Qian, your purse fell in the private room. The shopkeeper asked me to bring it to you."

"Why are you meddling in other people's business?" The young man surnamed Qian was immediately furious and slapped the waiter in the face. He then shouted at the yamen runners, "Take him away quickly! He offended me! He should be punished!"

The bailiffs were ready to take Wang Dalin away, ignoring his defenses and gag him. Mo Jiangli's face darkened. This was in the capital! Under the emperor's feet! If it were anywhere else, wouldn't these people be in heaven?!

"Stop! If it's a misunderstanding, then you should just let that guy go!" Mo Jiangzhan stopped the yamen runner who was about to leave, "Why are you guys being accomplices to the evil?!"

"I say what I say, and I mean what I say! You're just a merchant, and if you provoke me, I'll destroy your entire family!"

"..." Chu Qingmeng was speechless and laughed out loud. This child, silly and cute. Mo Jiangli also laughed, but that smile was tinged with murderous intent.

"I wonder why Mr. Qian wants to destroy my family?" Mo Jiangzhan's eyes were filled with sarcasm.

"Boy, my father is from the Ministry of Justice. I'll give you one more chance. Get out of here!"

"What a coincidence." Mo Jiangzhan snorted coldly before speaking, "My father, Mu Ruifeng, is from the Huguang Qingli Division of the Ministry of Justice. He was also a poor student back then. If my father were here today, it would probably be you, Young Master Qian, who would go to Shengjing Prefecture."

Young Master Qian was stunned for a moment. The Huguang Qinglisi? A fifth-rank official position, two ranks higher than his father's. "Bullshit! With your character, you dare to make random relatives? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"Whether it's true or not, Mr. Qian can come with me to see the prefect of Shengjing. Although they are not from the same yamen, he should know my father." Mo Jiangzhan spoke slowly and steadily.

"You! Humph!" Young Master Qian, hearing the surrounding chatter, felt humiliated and immediately waved off the crowd in dismay. Seeing this, the yamen runners had no choice but to untie Wang Dalin, apologized profusely, and left. "Please forgive us, everyone. We are just low-class people, we can't afford to offend anyone. Please forgive us..."

"Thank you all for your help." Wang Dalin performed the scholar's etiquette very standardly.

The three of them simply bowed in return. Chu Qingmeng then spoke, "Minghao, you've become too pedantic. It's a good thing when someone speaks out, and you shouldn't stop them."

The word "Minghao" stunned Wang Dalin. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out when he had met the wife of a high-ranking official. Seeing him in a daze, Chu Qingmeng smiled and lifted the veil. "Do you still remember me?"

"Are you the benefactor from that day?!" Wang Dalin saw her face and then remembered that although she was dressed in men's clothes that day, her stunning appearance could only be that of a woman! He quickly reacted and wanted to kneel down, "Thank you so much for your help! It's because of this that students like me have this little chance of survival!"

"That's not necessary!" Mo Jiangheng supported Wang Dalin on behalf of Chu Qingmeng. "I have to thank you for your reminder. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would have caused a disaster."

"I only knew that Lord Mu also came from a poor student family like us. I never thought that you, Madam, also care about us students as much as Lord Mu does." Wang Dalin seemed so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"..." Chu Qingmeng was choked by these words. She turned around and looked at Mu Lingxue, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Mu Lingxue also laughed out loud, "We are not Lord Mu's wives. Lord Mu is our brother."

Wang Dalin's face flushed instantly, and he apologized hastily, "I'm so sorry, Minghao misunderstood. Please forgive me, Madams."

"Dalin!" Aunt Guihua hurried over, grabbed Wang Dalin and looked him over. "What's wrong? Those bastards didn't do anything to you, did they?"

The vulgar words made Mo Jiangli and the other two frown. They had never heard such vulgar words before. Mo Jiangli was stunned when he glanced at the woman. Wasn't this the grandmother of the child he had injured that day?

"Mom, I'm fine. Thanks to these people for rescuing me." After hearing Wang Dalin's words, Aunt Guihua came back to her senses and looked at the people in front of her. She obviously recognized Mo Jiangli, "Sister Chu, how can I thank you? Nephew, I'm sorry for what I did before. I was forced to do it. I really need a way to survive."

Mo Jiangli found it hard to accept her calling him "nephew." He wasn't someone who treated everyone as a junior. But he remembered Chu Qingmeng's words, "Don't show your emotions on your face, don't express your likes and dislikes." He replied calmly, "It's okay."