SBCEJM -Chapter 58 He’s gone mad! He actually threw his own son into a pigsty!

After getting off duty and returning to the Marquis Manor, Feng Zexuan rushed straight into her mother’s small kitchen.

She urgently needed carbs and sugar to “exorcise” her shattered soul.

In one breath, she finished three plates of osmanthus cakes and a bowl of almond milk pudding. Only then did her churning stomach finally calm down.

Wiping her mouth, she strolled toward her brother’s Tingzhu Courtyard.

Feng Zekai was sitting alone by the window, staring blankly at the pomegranate tree outside.

“Brother, I’m back!”

Feng Zexuan walked over and nudged his wheelchair.

She pulled over a chair and sat beside him.

“Today at court, I ate the most underworld-level gossip. Brother, want me to give you a recap?”

Through the morning court “livestream,” Feng Zekai already knew everything that had happened—but he still nodded.

“Go on.”

So Feng Zexuan once again recounted all the dirty secrets of the Dingguo Duke’s household.

Feng Zekai looked at his younger sister, his voice slightly dry.

“Xuan’er… are all of these… true?”

He had been educated in the classics since childhood, guided by “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith.” Even exhausting all his imagination, he could not conceive of a world where human life was treated like grass.

“It came from the system. It should be true,” Feng Zexuan sighed.

“Brother, this world is far dirtier than what’s written in books.”

Feng Zekai fell silent for a long time.

Then he slowly turned his head. The warmth in his eyes had faded, replaced by an unprecedented sharpness.

“Xuan’er.” He enunciated each word. “Those beasts… I’ll deal with every single one I see in the future.”

Seeing the fire igniting in her brother’s eyes, Feng Zexuan felt a warmth in her heart.

Good. Her brother still had a pure and righteous heart.

At that moment, the system’s voice suddenly exploded in her mind like a shot of adrenaline.

【Ding! Your spotlight magnet is online! The Dingguo Duke household’s inhumane shocking scandal has earned you 30,000 gossip points in one go!】

【Congratulations, Host! Your total balance is now 380,000! You’re one step closer to exchanging for the “Muscle and Bone Regeneration Pill” to heal your brother’s legs!】

Feng Zexuan lit up instantly.

【Wuhu! Take off! System, you’re my god! My lazy retirement life is waving at me!】

Feng Zekai, silently sensing his sister’s joy: “……”

Suddenly, he felt like… maybe his legs weren’t that urgent after all.

“I need to go to the Dingguo Duke’s residence. I’ll get the evidence first, then secretly report it to the Emperor!”

Feng Zexuan slapped her thigh and stood up.

“Brother, I’m heading out!”

Feng Zekai grabbed her sleeve immediately, frowning tightly.

“Xuan’er, it’s too dangerous for you alone! That’s the Duke’s household!”

“Don’t worry, Brother! You know my abilities.”

She blinked playfully at him.

In the next moment, her figure flickered—and she was already gone.

Feng Zekai could only enter her mysterious space again, turning on the “TV artifact” to monitor her in real time.

Feng Zexuan moved swiftly across rooftops she was already familiar with.

Her feet tapped lightly on tiles as her figure darted through the night like a shadow.

Just as she was getting into rhythm, a dull whooshing sound suddenly pierced her ears.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

The sound of a rattan whip striking flesh.

Again and again—ruthless and unrelenting.

She paused mid-step and quietly landed on a high rooftop ridge, listening closely.

【System, what’s going on? Domestic violence live show? That’s some loud action.】

【Host! Don’t go forward! The Emperor has already obtained evidence against the Dingguo Duke household. The place is completely surrounded—you’re too late!】

Feng Zexuan’s temple twitched.

【What the hell?! The Emperor moved that fast?! He already got the evidence? So he’s not simple at all!】

【Why didn’t you tell me earlier! I ran here for nothing!】 she complained.

The system chuckled.

【Don’t panic, don’t panic! Even though you missed the main show ahead, the one under your feet is still fresh! Host, this one’s dark, intense, and guaranteed spicy. Wanna try it before leaving?】

Her eyes lit up.

Right… since she was already here.

She flipped down from the roof and landed silently on a neighboring wall, peeking into the courtyard.

What she saw made her freeze.

A thin woman held a finger-thick rattan stick, expressionless, striking a kneeling man’s back again and again.

The man’s spine was straight. His bare back was already torn open with blood and flesh exposed, yet he didn’t resist. He only let out a muffled groan when the blows were too heavy—never begging for mercy.

【System, what did this man do to deserve this? He’s being beaten like this and still not making a sound?】

The woman’s hand paused sharply mid-air. She scanned the empty surroundings warily.

Hearing nothing else, she gritted her teeth and swung the rattan down again.

At that moment—

From a tightly shut room nearby came a heavy bang.

【There’s someone inside too?】

【Host, it’s the woman’s mother-in-law. She’s locked inside the room.】

【What the hell! This lady’s combat power is insane. Domestic violence doesn’t even discriminate by gender here! What’s going on? Should we go down and save her?】

【Host, big gossip ahead. Let’s finish it before deciding whether to intervene.】

Feng Zexuan’s eyes rolled.

【Wait—if there’s gossip, we eat it together.】

She skillfully activated the “Bond Transmission” function.

【Brother! Are you there? Get into the space and turn on the TV!】

【Stop sleeping, get up and vibe! Found a new gossip field—live broadcast!】

After a moment, Feng Zekai’s amused voice came through.

“Alright, I’m watching.”

Cutting off communication, Feng Zexuan leapt onto the roof of the locked room.

She gently lifted a tile and looked down.

An old woman with white hair had her hands bound behind her back, a rag stuffed into her mouth. She was desperately ramming herself against the door, making muffled, despairing cries, trying to stop the violence outside.

【System, explain this gossip in detail.】

【Host, the man being beaten is Li Yanhua, from a humble background. His wife is Zhou Jingyi. One year ago, he was the pillar of this family.】

【After he passed the imperial examination, he despised his wife for her low birth and timid nature, thinking she could not support his career. At first it was verbal abuse and beating—later it escalated.】

【After Zhou Jingyi gave birth, he found the infant crying too noisy… so he threw the newborn into a pigsty. Then dragged the woman back into the house and beat her all night.】

【WHAT?! Is this man insane?! What about his mother? No decent human being could do something like this!】

【His mother? Not only did she not stop him, she stood at the door cursing the daughter-in-law as a jinx, saying she gave birth to a “debtor child,” and even supported her son’s abuse. She tormented the daughter-in-law privately as well.】

【Then how did it end up like this? Did she snap? A rabbit bites when cornered?】

Feng Zexuan looked at the expressionless woman in the courtyard, unable to connect her to a victim.

The system fell silent for a moment. Its voice turned unusually cold.

【Because that day, after she was beaten until her entire body was covered in wounds, she crawled to the pigsty to look for her child…】

【And discovered that the baby had already been eaten by the pigs raised there.】