SBCEJM -Chapter 188 He Originally Wanted to Kill Him to Silence Him… but Ended Up Liking Him?

【System, what’s going on between those two?】

Feng Zexuan’s brain couldn’t quite process it.

【Did they get bored? Want a change of taste? Or…】

【Neither!】

The system cut off her wild guesses.

【Their “soft rice bowls” got smashed!】

【Huh?】

Feng Zexuan froze.

【Smashed?】

【Host, those two noble ladies’ husbands got dumped right after they gave birth.】

Feng Zexuan blinked.

【So… they just became unemployed like that?】

【Exactly! Without their sugar mamas, life got worse day by day.】

Official Li, standing nearby, shook his head helplessly.

What kind of nonsense was this…

The watching old man clicked his tongue in schadenfreude.

“Serves them right! No more free meals, huh?”

Feng Zexuan casually cracked a sunflower seed.

【And then? Don’t tell me they turned over a new leaf and focused on careers?】

【You wish!】 the system denied.

【Later… they ran into their second spring!】

【Huh?】

Feng Zexuan instantly perked up.

【Who?】

【The lady living right between them—Madam Jia!】

【Wait.】

Feng Zexuan frowned.

【A married woman? Didn’t she already have a husband?】

【Yes—and she’s a total beauty!】

【Slim figure, stunning face, the kind of woman who makes men stop in their tracks!】

Feng Zexuan’s mouth fell slightly open.

【So they became homewreckers again? And this time… the same woman?!】

Someone in the crowd suddenly realized and whispered:

“Isn’t Madam Jia supposed to be back at her maiden home?”

“Yeah! I heard she was separating from her husband last month…”

“And she even has a pair of twins!”

【System, keep going!】

Feng Zexuan’s seed-cracking speed increased.

【How did these three even get tangled up?】

【The Jia family wasn’t wealthy, but Madam Jia was beautiful. Both the man in blue and the man in red fell for her and started affairs with her.】

【But none of them knew about the other…】

Feng Zexuan’s mind spun.

【Wait—three people? How did she even manage the schedule?】

【Easy. She’s great at time management.】

The system explained slowly.

【Morning: the man in blue. Afternoon: the man in red. Night: her husband.】

【Three shifts. Not a single one missed.】

Feng Zexuan sucked in a sharp breath.

【That… that stamina is insane…】

【So now you understand why Madam Jia managed to win over two handsome men.】

The system lowered its voice.

【Not only is she beautiful, she’s also… very skilled in that area. Top tier.】

An older woman in the crowd blushed and spat.

“Shameless!”

Feng Zexuan finished her last seed and clapped her hands.

【So they broke off with her now? That’s why they’re acting weird?】

【Nope. They’re still involved!】

The system’s tone turned mysterious.

【And Madam Jia gave birth to those twins.】

Feng Zexuan nodded.

【So her husband is infertile.】

【Host, guess whose children they are?】

She glanced at the two men.

The man in blue looked lean; the man in red looked strong and sturdy.

【Red one, probably. He looks more… capable.】

The crowd also started guessing.

“Definitely the red one!”

“Yeah, look at that build!”

But someone else shook their head.

“Not necessarily. Some look strong but are useless!”

The system finally revealed:

【One is the blue man’s child, one is the red man’s.】

Feng Zexuan froze.

【…Right. I forgot that option existed.】

Everyone: “……”

Good heavens.

That’s even possible?!

Official Li dropped his peanuts in shock.

That works too?!

【Wait!】

Feng Zexuan’s thoughts tangled completely.

【So all three of them…】

【No! Not together—just on the same day, but separately!】

She slapped her forehead.

【Oh right… time management again…】

She exhaled.

【So what now? Madam Jia gave birth and dumped them, so they turned bitter and started clinging to each other?】

【She didn’t dump them! They’re still together!】

【Only difference is—her husband’s first love got divorced, and he brought that woman back home.】

【??】

Feng Zexuan felt the layers of drama multiplying.

【So Madam Jia moved out with the kids?】

【Yes. She moved in with the man in blue.】

【Why him?】

【Because he works in the Ministry of Revenue. Earns more than the man in red.】

【She told him both children were his.】

Feng Zexuan opened her mouth.

【And the red one?】

【She told him the same thing—both kids are his. Said moving in with the blue one was just to reduce his burden.】

Official Li coughed awkwardly, hiding a laugh.

That… was quite a strategy.

Feng Zexuan rubbed her forehead.

【So both men think the kids are theirs?】

【Correct!】

【And they’re neighbors? They didn’t notice anything wrong?】

【They did.】

The system’s tone turned subtle.

【That’s why things escalated like this.】

Feng Zexuan blinked.

【What escalated?】

【One of the children grew up—and started looking exactly like the man in red.】

【Facial features, bone structure… identical.】

【The man in blue noticed?】

【Yes. He stared at the child every day. The more he looked, the more wrong it felt.】

【He thought he’d been cheated on and got furious.】

【Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore and invited the man in red out for a drink.】

【He even hid a dagger in his sleeve.】

Feng Zexuan’s eyes widened.

【He wanted to kill him?!】

【That was the plan.】

The system paused.

【But the man in red got drunk, his face flushed, eyes hazy…】

【And the man in blue… turns out he’s bisexual. He kept looking… and started to find him attractive.】

【Huh?】

Feng Zexuan went blank.

【So instead of killing him…】

【Yes.】

The system confirmed.

【He thought: since nothing in this mess is pure anymore, why not make it even messier?】

【If everyone is already wearing a green hat… might as well share them together.】

The crowd fell into dead silence.

Finally someone muttered:

“So… he went to kill him, and ended up wanting to sleep with him?”

“What is this? Shared suffering, shared enjoyment?”

Official Li didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

He had handled countless attempted murder cases in his years as prefect of Jingzhao.

But this kind… was a first.

Feng Zexuan grabbed her cup and gulped down several mouthfuls of tea.

【System… this gossip is too explosive. I need a moment.】

【Host, it’s not over yet!】

【Madam Jia is pregnant again!】

Feng Zexuan spat out her tea.

【And this time… even she doesn’t know whose child it is!】