Divorced woman with child travels through time

Whether Li heard it or not, she still pretended to be pitiful and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

When Cao Xiangru arrived and saw his wife like this, he couldn't bear to scold her.

"Quickly leave and take the child to see a doctor."

Li's expression softened considerably, and she pulled Cao Fang away.

Over here, everyone was looking at the motionless piece of wood, and he smiled slightly.

“Come with me,” Mu Tou said, extending his hand to Chen Xuanyu.

"Okay." Chen Xuanyu obediently took the hand, and Xiao Hao and Shiwu followed.

Ruyi was still a little angry when she thought about it. She turned around and said to the group of women, "This young master is General Wang's child. His father just went to Youzhou to protect the country. It's not appropriate for you to bully his child here."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and both Madam Lu and Madam Li wisely lowered their heads.

That was the end of the matter. Everyone returned to their seats. Chu Yi had been watching from the crowd without stepping forward. Soon after, Shi Wu came to find him and whispered a few words to him. Chu Yi nodded.

In the evening, most of the guests had already gone home, leaving only a few close friends of the princess to stay and make merry in the bridal chamber.

Li Shi was unwilling to witness such affectionate moments between the lovers, so she left with her children early on. Cao Xiangru rarely saw his ex-wife, and besides, he was already old and frail, while she was still radiant. He couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic. Moreover, since his children and daughter-in-law were still there, he shamelessly stayed.

Although the princess didn't particularly like him, she thought that it would be better for her daughter to have a father around when she got married. She figured that as long as the gossipy person left, he wouldn't cause any more trouble, so she let him be.

Mu Tou found an opportunity to meet Chu Yi, who had been sitting in the yard waiting for the children. In order not to arouse suspicion, the two only exchanged a few words.

A few days later, Li Wan came to find Li Shi in a panic.

"Sister, please help me! I've been scammed. My family's shop has been taken away by someone. You have to save me!"

Li Wan wept bitterly, and upon seeing her, she immediately knelt on the ground, hugged her legs, and cried loudly.

"What happened? How did someone manage to trick you out of your money? Speak properly to me!" Li's eyes flashed with malice. That was her money saved for retirement, her only way out. If it weren't for the fact that she only had this one younger brother, she would never have asked him to help watch over it.

Li Wan wiped her nose with her sleeve, hesitated slightly, and said with a somewhat evasive look, "It's just that I was drinking with some friends in a brothel. We drank too much, and he said he wanted to play cards. When he got into it, he started gambling. In a rush, I bet everything, and then I lost it all."

"Sister, it's not my fault, they were in cahoots. I only remembered when I sobered up," Li Wan wailed, hugging and shaking her leg.

"You gave them a written agreement? You signed it? You drink every day, how come you don't drink yourself to death?" Li's delicate face was twisted with disappointment. She poked his head with her finger, pulled her foot out, and left him kneeling.

"It's settled, settled." Li Wan asked with a gloomy face, "What do we do now? I'm afraid they'll come and take over the shop tomorrow."

“Tell me clearly who they are, and I’ll figure something out!” Li’s fingers clenched until they turned white. That was all her private savings, which had only been registered under her brother’s name and gambled away by this spendthrift. If it weren’t for the fact that he had been sensible and sent her money every month all these years, she wouldn’t have trusted him so much. It must have been those people who conspired to cheat him.

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Wan hurriedly recounted the story of her several cronies.

"That's enough, you can get out now." As soon as Li got the list, she told him to leave; she found him annoying.

Li Wan left the mansion in tears again. Thinking of her recent misfortunes, she turned a corner as usual, but instead of going past the tall, handsome courtesan, she turned into a small alleyway, which was full of brothels.

The maid watched the whole thing, and when she returned to the mansion, she told Mu Tou what had happened.

"What's next?"

"Wait a little longer, I want to see who else is behind the Li family." Mu Tou looked at the military treatise in front of him, determined to wipe out all those people in one fell swoop.

The General's Mansion.

"Hey, I'm back." Wang Feng led a few people over.

"Oh, the handover is complete." Chu nodded.

"Yes, I've also arranged for someone to take care of what Brother Rui asked for. As for Brother Yu, the Princess arranged for someone else, and after much persuasion, he finally agreed. It can be considered that he's drawing a line between himself and the General." Wang Feng poured a few mouthfuls of water and gulped it down before sitting down with a thud.

"Well, it's good that you're back. You can stay with Brother Xuan and the others. I've been feeling that the three of them are acting strangely lately." Chu Yi, as an older brother, felt that the three kids were probably up to something. With Chen Xuan Yu's personality, if he suffered a loss, he would definitely seek revenge. The two families are separated by Yu Long, which is fine, but if Mu Tou is added to the mix, this matter will be much bigger.

"Okay," Wang Feng replied.

As it turns out, Chu Yi's guess was absolutely correct.

Outside the corner of Yingtian Academy.

Cao Fang and his students were cornered. Although there were five of them and only three children shorter than them on the other side, they were inexplicably a little scared.

"What do you want?" Cao Fang asked aggressively as he retreated. There were no adults around today, not even Zhao Jing, so if he was really beaten, no one could testify.

"You guys go first. This has nothing to do with you. This is a personal matter between me and him." Chen Xuanyu arrogantly raised his chin and nodded at the group of people.

Xiao Hao and Shiwu cracked their knuckles together, making a "crack crack crack" sound, which was quite intimidating. They had learned this from Lü Xiong.

Cao Fang's henchmen glanced at him, hesitated slightly, and then bowed respectfully. "Brother Cao, we can't beat them, so we'll be leaving now." After saying that, they turned and slipped away along the path that Xiao Hao had specially left for them.

"Oh, oh, oh you all..." Cao Fang stretched out his hands, tears welling in his eyes. "You...you have to come back and save me..."

Chen Xuanyu secretly rejoiced at Cao Fang's frightened expression.

"What do you want? I didn't even know your father was General Wang back then! Besides, the teacher has already spoken to me, and my father has also spoken to me." Cao Fang is usually very obedient. At home, he listens to his grandmother; outside, he listens to Zhao Jing; and at school, he listens to his teacher. He's a typical yes-man. Like father, like son.

"You have to apologize to me. You insulted me, and that was wrong," Chen Xuanyu said firmly and demanded righteously. "If you don't apologize, I'll beat you up again."

"I say, I say, I'm sorry, okay?" Cao Fang slid to his knees at lightning speed. A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle; he'll get back at Zhao Jing later.

"Huh," and "Ha!" were two surprised exclamations.

"Sigh!" Chen Xuanyu was even more surprised. Wasn't this child resentful? He was targeting him every few days at school.