Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Xuanyu and the others were laughing so hard they almost fell over.

"I'm dying of laughter, how can these people be so cowardly?"

"Hehehe. Look at Cao Fang, haha, he fell again." Fifteen looked at the unlucky guy and laughed heartily.

Hearing the laughter, Cao Fang glared at him, clutching his leg that had slipped again.

Fifteen immediately made a face at him, what can you do to me?

"The Master is here!" Just as some students ran out the door, they immediately ran back. But the toad was right in the middle, and all the students dared not come in.

The master's surname was Yan, which was true to his name. He came over dressed in plain clothes with his hair tied up and a serious expression on his face.

Seeing the toad in the middle of the road, he shouted, "Who did this? Step forward right now!"

"It was him, Chen Xuanyu. He even threw that thing at me, it scared me to death, I even hurt my leg." Cao Fang accused Chen Xuanyu first, and then showed everyone the spot where he had fallen yesterday.

“Yes, it was him who did it.” Zhao Jing also pointed at him, “They were together, Master.”

“Yes, yes, that’s them.” A group of sycophants immediately echoed Zhao Jing.

Master Yan frowned, his expression turning even more unpleasant.

"Chen Xuanyu, did you do this?"

Chen Xuanyu suppressed his anger and respectfully performed a teacher's salute. "Greetings, Master. I didn't do it. I don't know who put it in my desk. I was startled when I reached out, so I threw it out."

When Master Yan glanced over, Cao Fang and the others avoided his gaze, and he immediately understood.

"Alright, move it to the garden, everyone can have class as usual!"

"Yes!" Seeing that the teacher was fair, Chen Xuanyu's expression softened considerably, and he agreed.

He picked up the toad with a handkerchief, and as he passed Cao Fang, he deliberately let his hand tremble. "Ouch!"

Cao Fang and the others shuddered again.

"Hahaha." Chen Xuanyu walked away with a smug look on his face.

Zhao Jing and the others were completely bewildered by the Master's actions. Apart from glaring at them resentfully, they remained at peace afterward.

Inside the military patrol compound, Li Wan, somewhat dejected after being locked up overnight, followed the constables to the courtroom. Upon seeing the three merchants lying in the center of the hall, she couldn't help but smirk. "Haha, serves you right for tricking me!"

"My lord, Li Wan has been brought here!"

"Bang!" Sun Zheng slammed the gavel. "These three merchants are accusing you of playing cards with them the day before yesterday. The loser in the game wrote an IOU, and last night you sent people to steal the IOU and injured the three men. Is this true?"

"Your Honor, I'm innocent! How could I, a law-abiding citizen, do such a thing? I stayed home all day yesterday and didn't go out at all. How could I have hired someone to beat them up? Besides, we were just playing cards, it was just for fun. How could I have used my shop as collateral for them? That's my lifeline! They must be framing me. Please, Your Honor, investigate thoroughly!" Li Wan cried, tears streaming down her face, her pleas sincere and heartfelt.

The three of them were stunned. So that's how it is.

"This..." Sun Zheng was immediately stumped, and turned to the three of them, asking, "Do you have any other evidence?"

"The owner of the bar can testify; he witnessed it for us at the time," merchant Li Xiang hurriedly said.

"Oh, right, right. And him too."

Li Wan kept her head down and remained silent; how could he possibly testify?

Sure enough, after another round of stalling, the owner of the brothel was called over. He declared righteously that he ran a legitimate business and would never do such a guarantee. Guaranteeing services cost money, but he hadn't taken a single penny beyond the cost of the drinks.

Merchant Li looked at all this and seemed to understand something, letting out a long sigh.

Sun Zheng looked at them calmly and said, "Then let it be. Go back and recover from your injuries. We'll call you back when we catch the people who beat you. There's no evidence to prove what you're saying is true."

The three had no choice but to have their servants carry them home.

Li Wan was also released.

In the evening, he arrived home looking smug, humming a little tune, when his old servant rushed up to him.

"My lord, you're finally back! What happened to the young master? Madam has fainted from crying."

"What is it?" Li Wan asked, slightly surprised, as she hurried into the mansion.

Although he was attracted to men, his elder sister, who was like a mother to him, had shown signs of this when he was still in school. His elder sister was very clever and arranged for him to get married early. After marriage and having children, she stopped caring about him. His wife initially made some noise, but eventually she let him be. Anyway, the man didn't care about anything, and his aunt provided the money, so he was happy to be carefree.

"He was drinking with his classmates and got drunk. I don't know what happened, but after he got home, he didn't say a word. He washed himself three times, but he was still soaking in the water. His wife was puzzled and went to look at his clothes. His underwear was covered in blood. She heard them argue for a few minutes and then she fainted from anger."

"My God... Is this... retribution?" Li Wan murmured in a daze. He understood what had happened. In this day and age, homosexuality was common, but it was only a private matter, especially among scholars, where it was considered a beautiful story. He had always felt that those who looked down on them were biased. Now that it had happened to his son, it was like the sky had fallen.

Li Wan hurriedly arrived at Zhu Wan, where her son Li Zheng, dressed in white, was sitting alone in the pavilion, lost in thought.

"Zheng'er! Are you alright?" Li Wan looked annoyed and walked up to him, trying to take his hand, but he dodged away. Li Wan couldn't help but say angrily, "Who did this to you? I will avenge you."

Li Zheng looked at him with red eyes, "Now you know you're ugly? My mother has told me about you. I don't want to see you. You disgust me."

"Zheng'er!" Li Wan was heartbroken. This was his most outstanding son, who had brought him so much honor. "Father had no choice but to do this; I don't know why."

"You don't know? How could you not know? My mother has been living alone all these years, how innocent she is! If you don't like her, why did you marry her?" Li Zheng suddenly stood up, his expression twisted as he pointed at him and cursed, "You have no choice in the matter. You can like whoever you want, but you can't harm the innocent. What did she do wrong to deserve this humiliation?"

"Do you know what's most disgusting?" Li Zheng approached, his eyes blazing with hatred. "My classmate? His name is Jin Sui, do you know him?"

"How could it be him?" Li Wan was so frightened that she sat down on the ground.

"Hahahaha, karma, karma! He even said I was pretending. I'm almost eighteen and still haven't asked for a wife. I always thought it was because my family was too lowly and my family was not well-off. It turns out it was you! Hahaha!" Li Zheng acted like a madman, grabbed a broom from the yard and started hitting him.

"Get out of here! Get out! I never want to see you again in my life!"

Helpless, Li Wan staggered out of the mansion, tears streaming down her face, and none of the servants dared to approach her, letting her leave.