It was a catastrophe of the highest order!
Her son's future was about to be ruined by her, his own mother.
Mr. Li wailed, her voice hoarse, as she prostrated herself on the courtroom floor. She looked as pitiful as one could possibly imagine.
As for Li Cun, he was already delirious with fever and had only entered the courtroom by mustering the last of his strength.
He could no longer make a sound, but he used what little energy he had left to tug at his mother.
'A man must pay the price for his actions. Perhaps this is my fate...'
As these thoughts crossed his mind, tears surged from Li Cun's eyes.
The shimmering tears streamed down his fever-flushed face. His tragic appearance, combined with his deathly pale lips and his listless, haggard cheeks, was enough to make anyone who saw him weep in sorrow.
Many women and children were observing from outside the courtroom, and they couldn't help but begin to sob along with them.
