Rebirth After Divorce

“What? You little brat dare to call me an old hag? Do you know who I am?” The woman was so angry that her whole body trembled. “Believe it or not, I can make sure you can’t go to school anymore!”

 

“Pah, who do you think you are? You’re just a foul-mouthed, yellow-faced old woman who was fatter than a pig.”

 

Watching Ye Lan getting angry than him there, a slight touch of emotion flashed through Luo Xiao’s heart.

 

At this moment, Hao Ren and Fan Lie also stood up together. Filled with righteous anger, they said, “Exactly! Auntie, you’re at this age, it’s better for you to practice speaking decently.”

 

“That’s correct, we are all flowers of our motherland. It’s too harsh for you to treat us like this!”

 

“You, all of you! Are you planning on going against me?” The woman’s hand slammed forcefully on the table placed beside the podium. “All of you roll over here for this old lady. See if I don’t you slap hard one by one until your parents can’t recognize you.”

 

“Hey, Auntie, you want us to come over just to slap us because you said so?” Ye Lan lifted an eyebrow and spoke in disdain, “Do you think we’re stupid? Or are you the stupid here? You fool.”

 

“You still have the nerve to insult me?” The woman charged angrily in the direction of Ye Lan, rolling up her sleeves as she moved. “See if this old lady doesn’t teach you a lesson today, and I will take your surname!”

 

Ye Lan quickly darted to the other side of the room, making a grimace as he did, “You don’t have to, Auntie. If you really take my surname, I’d feel like my surname is being insulted!”

 

When they heard his words, all the surrounding students burst into laughter. This caused the woman to feel even more humiliated. Enraged, the woman straightforwardly picked up Ye Lan’s chair and hurled it at him. This sudden situation caused Ye Lan to be on the unfavorable side. Ye Lan reacted quickly and dragged the student next to him away, preventing anyone from getting injured.

 

Glancing at his classmates who still had a frightened expression on their faces, Ye Lan’s eyes turned cold by several degrees. He directly said to the whole class in a loud voice, “Classmates, can you stand to watch this old woman bully us?”

 

“We can’t stand it!” Even those who initially wanted to watch the drama unfold from the sidelines had now become fired up. What’s wrong with her? Does she think they’re easy to bully just because they’re kids? She even dares to third chairs randomly!

 

One of the students who was saved by Ye Lan happened to be one of the leaders in class. He stared fiercely at the woman and yelled loudly, “Brothers, let’s get her! I don’t believe we can’t handle her with so many of us!”

 

In the next second, the entire class stood up and rushed towards her. The classroom descended into chaos with the sounds of punches and kicks.

 

Ye Lan also grabbed the chance to go forward and fiercely kick the woman several times to vent his anger. Serves her right for insulting Xiaoxiao’s mother!

 

Seeing the situation getting out of control, Luo Xiao quickly asked his desk mate Fan Lie to go and fetch the principal. Just now, he had recalled that this woman was none other than their school principal’s wife.

 

Meanwhile, Luo Xiao hurriedly went to the classroom door. When his eyes caught the approaching figure of the principal from afar, he turned around and shouted at his classmates inside, “The principal is coming! Stop now, everyone!”

 

As the principal entered the classroom, he glanced around, and his face immediately turned gloomy. “What’s going on? Who told you to come and create such a commotion inside the school?”

 

“I’m causing commotion?” The woman couldn’t believe it. “Right now, it’s clearly your students who’re bullying me! These uncultured brats, expel them all for me! Expel them all!”

 

“That’s enough! Stop embarrassing me here! Get up and go home!” The principal looked at his wife with evident disgust, who now had a swollen and bruised face that resembled a pig’s head.

 

“What? Embarrassing you?” The woman got up from the ground with a furious expression and pointed at him while cursing, “You don’t think it’s embarrassing to have a mistress outside? Don’t try to deny it, I’ve seen you hooking up with that fox-like woman with my own eyes, and it’s not just once or twice! Back then, if it weren’t for our family’s connections, do you think a poor guy like you could become a teacher and sit in the position of the principal now?”

 

“Yes, in the beginning, your family’s help played a great role in me becoming a teacher. However, rising to the position of the principal was solely due I, Ling Dingguo, own ability!” The principal has long grown tired of his wife and her family’s acting high and mighty, making it seem like they are the sole reason for everything he has now. Since becoming the principal, his in-laws have used his name several times to recklessly accept money from others, tarnishing his reputation.

 

Just some time ago, when the education department leaders came to inspect the school, he had a chance to be transferred to a school in the city as a vice principal. However, at this crucial moment, his mother-in-law somehow got wind of it and went to the leaders to praise her son-in-law. As a result, the education department leaders became very annoyed, and he lost the opportunity to transfer to the city school.

 

Furious about this matter, the principal returned home only to be pestered by his mother-in-law who adopted an attitude of “I helped you a lot”. This made him even more irritated. Additionally, his wife has become increasingly neurotic in recent years, always doubting him about whether he had a woman outside. She spread these baseless rumors publicly, causing him to lose all his face as a principal. To maintain his last bit of dignity as well as to avoid drawing too much attention, he had restrained himself from seeking a divorce.

 

But the sight of his lover’s pitiful appearance after being beaten up caused the last trace of hesitation in his heart to disappear. “Stop, you don’t need to create a scene. Let’s get divorced now!”

 

“What? Divorce?” Although the woman had often used divorce as a threat every time they had a serious quarrel, in reality, she didn’t want to divorce at all. After all, a divorced woman would always be looked down upon and gossiped about by other people. She didn’t want to be like that person.

 

Moreover, she received flattery and attention from others mainly because her husband was the principal of the town’s only elementary school. If they divorced, those people would probably ignore her completely, let alone flatter her. They might even see her as a joke behind her back.

 

The woman, upon realizing the potential consequences of divorce, instantly panicked and hurriedly approached the principal, tightly grabbing his arm with her two hands. She pleaded, “Old Ling, I was wrong, I really was. Let’s not get divorced, it’s just a joke, right?”

 

The principal didn’t even spare her a glance and forcefully removed her hands from his arm. “Enough, Wen Zijuan, I’ve had enough of your family’s cowardly behavior for over ten years. I’ve already made up my mind to leave this marriage!”

 

“No, no, please, you’re telling a lie. Old Ling, listen to me, I know I was wrong. I swear I won’t cause trouble anymore.”

 

The woman watched him decisively turn away and immediately followed him closely, continuously apologizing and bowing.

 

The Chinese teacher looked at their departing figures.

 

Thinking of the principal’s resolute decision to get a divorce and then the worried eyes he gave her before leaving, a trace of hope flashed in her eyes. Perhaps after the divorce, they can openly be together!

 

So in a rare good mood, the Chinese teacher showed some mercy for the first time, saying, “Alright, for the remaining half of the class, you may study on your own. I won’t give you any homework today.” After saying this, she turned around and walked out of the classroom.

 

After a few seconds, the students came to their senses one by one, and discussion erupted everywhere.

 

“Xiao Yuzi, do you think our Chinese teacher and the principal are really in a relationship secretly?” Fan Lie gossiped as he approached Luo Xiao. “No wonder she became our class teacher shortly after joining the school.”

 

Luo Xiao’s eyes no longer twitched at this moment, and the uneasy feeling in his heart had also disappeared. He felt that the incident today was the reason for this. But if he wasn’t mistaken, then his Chinese teacher’s affair with the principal was only exposed when he was in his sixth grade of elementary school, which was supposed to be next year. However, it unexpectedly occurred over a year early. Could it be because of the butterfly effect triggered by his mother’s divorce?

 

Actually, Luo Xi’s guess was not far from the truth. In his previous life, due to the principal’s and his wife’s inability to conceive a child, along with the worsening relationship between husband and wife, the principal had accumulated a lot of resentment and anger. Then, during the summer of Luo Xiao’s sixth grade, his wife discovered his relationship with the Chinese teacher and learned that she was three months pregnant.

 

In a fit of anger, she directly confronted the Chinese teacher, leading to a miscarriage and the loss of the unborn child. Upon learning that their long-awaited child was lost, the suppressed anger of the principal finally erupted, and the couple became the first divorced couple in the town.

 

In this life, because Luo Qian became the first person to get divorced, adding to her story of working hard and creating a business afterward, the principal reflected on many things. He deeply felt that he couldn’t even compare to a woman’s courage and determination. He had already decided to divorce, but he didn’t have any suitable opportunities to do so. Unexpectedly, the opportunity came so quickly.

 

“I think that is indeed the case.” Ye Lan walked over and added his opinion.

 

Luo Xiao looked at Ye Lan who seemed a bit disheveled, and for the first time, he showed concern, “Are you okay?”

 

“I’m okay, Xiaoxiao, I’m perfectly fine.” Ye Lan was a little surprised by the attention he was getting. “How about you? Are you okay? Everything that old woman said is nonsense. Don’t take it to heart.”

 

“Yeah, I know.” Luo Xiao nodded.

 

“Tch!” Fan Lie turned his head away in annoyance. Although he didn’t say anything, he secretly agreed with Ye Lan.

 

Han Ren also came over to express some concern for Ye Lan. Seeing how Ye Lan stood up for Luo Xiao, he was starting to consider him a friend in his heart.

 

As the dismissal bell rang, it was time to go home. The group of students picked up their bags and headed towards their homes. Listening to the occasional gossip about the principal and his wife on the way, Luo Xiao knew that this matter wouldn’t simply end like that.