SBCEJM -Chapter 189 So Messy! Five-sided, Six-sided… Forget it, I’ve Lost Count!

“Who is the father of this child?”

Feng Zexuan blinked, a strong wave of curiosity rising in her heart.

The system’s voice carried a hint of mischief.

【This child in Madam Jia’s womb… isn’t Master Gu Qingshan’s, and it’s not Xiao Liefeng’s either!】

“There’s a fourth man?”

Feng Zexuan raised an eyebrow.

【That’s right! And this one is quite something—her younger brother-in-law, Jia Ming!】

“Gasp—”

Feng Zexuan sucked in a sharp breath.

Her brother-in-law… that was truly explosive.

She subconsciously started counting on her fingers.

【This isn’t even a love triangle anymore… it’s practically turning into a polygonal mess…】

Gasps erupted one after another from the crowd.

An old man smoking dry tobacco trembled, his pipe falling to the ground with a clatter.

He shakily picked it up and struck it hard against the ground twice.

“Society has truly fallen… can this world still be saved?!”

Nearby, a woman hurriedly pulled her daughter toward the house.

“Go, go! Don’t listen to this! You’ll lose years off your life!”

But just as she stepped inside, she secretly poked her head back out again.

Officer Li listened with great interest. On the surface, he maintained official dignity, but inside he was already in turmoil.

Let the storm come more violently if it must!

This trip tonight—worth it!

【So this younger brother-in-law… how did he get involved with Madam Jia?】

The system began spilling the details.

【Host, this situation is complicated.】

【Jia Ming is Jia Feng’s biological younger brother, twenty-five years old.】

【Three years ago, he started secretly poisoning his brother’s food with infertility medicine.】

Feng Zexuan froze.

【Poisoning? For what?】

【For his brother’s inheritance.】

【The Jia family were originally wealthy merchants. Although they declined in this generation, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse—they still have tens of thousands of taels of silver and several land deeds hidden away.】

Feng Zexuan frowned.

【Wait… didn’t you say the Jia family wasn’t wealthy?】

【That was just the appearance!】 the system explained.

【Jia Feng is very cunning. To guard against his younger brother, he always pretended to be poor, but in reality he had already hidden the family assets.】

【But Jia Ming still noticed something suspicious, so he decided to make his brother infertile and cut off his lineage in order to seize everything.】

Feng Zexuan clicked her tongue.

【So Jia Ming was doing all this for money?】

【Yes! And after discovering that his sister-in-law was having affairs and moved to Qingyi’s place, he took advantage of the moment when Gu Qingshan was on duty at the yamen to sneak in and threaten Madam Jia into submission.】

Feng Zexuan’s expression turned cold.

【There are really a lot of scumbags in this world.】

【What about Madam Jia? Did she resist?】

The system’s tone became complicated.

【At first she resisted, but soon… she accepted it willingly.】

Feng Zexuan: 【…】

【After weighing the situation, she realized resistance was useless.】

【If she refused, Jia Ming would expose her affair, and she would be drowned in a pig cage. Her two children would also lose their mother.】

【She went from humiliation to numbness and eventually gave up—since she already had two lovers, one more didn’t matter.】

【And Jia Ming is young, strong, and handsome enough to fill the gap left by her husband.】

Feng Zexuan rubbed her forehead.

“…Wow.”

That was all she could say after a long pause.

The crowd completely erupted.

The moral collapse of this family exceeded everyone’s imagination.

A younger brother poisoning his brother, threatening his sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law “accepting everything”…

An old woman trembled and said:

“I’ve lived sixty years… and this is the first time I’ve heard something so shameless!”

“Are… are these even humans anymore?”

A young scholar gave a bitter laugh.

“The novels I’ve read… Jin Ping Mei, Rou Pu Tuan… compared to this, they’re nothing…”

A butcher spat on the ground.

“Bah! That woman’s just trash!”

“She should’ve resisted even if she died!”

【So, system, what’s the situation now…】

Before Feng Zexuan could finish, a commotion rose in the distance.

The crowd automatically parted.

A burly middle-aged man with a dark expression strode forward, dragging a disheveled woman by the arm.

Two large, rough-looking servants followed behind him.

The woman’s hair was messy, her body staggering as she was dragged—but even so, her striking beauty was still visible.

The system immediately rang out:

【Host! Jia Feng has brought his wife here!】

Feng Zexuan straightened up.

【The main character arrives?】

She pulled another handful of melon seeds from her pocket.

【Now this is going to be interesting.】

Jia Feng dragged Madam Jia to Feng Zexuan and Officer Li, then suddenly dropped to his knees.

The sound of his knees hitting the ground made everyone shudder.

“Your Highness! My Lord!”

His voice was hoarse, filled with suppressed rage.

“This commoner accuses this woman of adultery! Please uphold justice for me!”

Madam Jia fell to the ground unsteadily, tears streaming down her face.

“Husband, please listen to my explanation…”

“Still trying to argue?!”

Jia Feng slapped her hard.

Smack—

The crisp sound echoed through the night.

Five bright red finger marks instantly appeared on her pale cheek.

“Good hit!”

Someone shouted.

Others murmured:

“She does look pitiful…”

“Pitiful my ass! She brought it on herself!”

Officer Li frowned.

“Speak properly. Why resort to violence?”

Jia Feng gritted his teeth.

“My lord, this woman has been secretly involved with two men next door!”

“I just dragged her out of Gu Qingshan’s house!”

“If this isn’t adultery, what is it?!”

Madam Jia cried hysterically.

“Husband, you misunderstand…”

“I only went to borrow some rice…”

“Master Gu… he saw me pitiful and let me sit inside for a while…”

“We did nothing!”

“Borrow rice?”

Jia Feng sneered.

“Borrowed for months? Do you think I’m a fool?!”

The crowd shook their heads.

That excuse… was far too weak.

Gu Qingshan and Xiao Liefeng were brought forward by the Jia family servants.

Both of them were pale, drenched in cold sweat.

Officer Li spoke slowly:

“You two… do you have anything to say?”

Gu Qingshan trembled.

“My lord… we are innocent!”

“I do know Madam Jia, but we are completely clean!”

Xiao Liefeng quickly added:

“Yes! Yes! We did nothing!”

“Brother Jia misunderstood!”

The two exchanged a look and saw terror in each other’s eyes.

It was over. They were exposed.

Feng Zexuan watched with interest, a faint smile on her lips.

【Jia Feng looks quite miserable—being cheated on like this.】

【But…】

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

【Something feels off.】

【His expression is too calm.】

【Even though he looks angry, there’s no real rage in his eyes… instead, it feels like he’s confident, like everything is under control.】

The system immediately replied:

【Host, your intuition is correct!】

“Hm?”

Feng Zexuan was startled.

【From the very beginning, this entire situation has been orchestrated by Jia Feng!】

【Including Madam Jia’s affairs, and even Gu Qingshan and Xiao Liefeng being drawn in—all of it is under his control!】

Feng Zexuan’s mind paused.

【…Wait. Why would he do that?】