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Although Chu Xiyue was already twenty-three, these people still saw her as a child.

Mrs. Ji choked on her anger, but this was someone else's home, and she could not bring herself to haggle with a junior. She glared at the young woman beside her.

"Honestly, what was the point of my son marrying you? You're like a mute gourd—three blows and you still can't squeeze out a fart. You don't even know to help keep a conversation going when I'm talking to others! Not only can you offer Peng'er no help in his career, but after all these years of marriage, your belly still hasn't made a sound! I really don't know what Peng'er saw in you!"

Chu Xiyue's gaze fell on the woman beside Mrs. Ji. She was Mrs. Ji's daughter-in-law, surnamed Mo. She looked to be just over thirty, with delicate features and a pale lotus-colored long dress that gave her a quiet, elegant air. Her presence was exceptionally faint.

When she sensed everyone's eyes on her, Mo Xiang's lashes trembled. Only then did she raise her head, press her lips together at Chu Xiyue, and offer a gentle smile. "Hello, Xiyue."

"Hello." Chu Xiyue was much kinder toward Mo Xiang. She gave her a slight nod and complained to the system in her heart, "Mrs. Ji is so dissatisfied with Mo Xiang. Why did she agree to let her son marry her in the first place?"

The system said, [That's a long story. Mo Xiang and Mrs. Ji's son, Ji Peng, had a history somewhat like a prince-and-Cinderella tale.]

Chu Xiyue smelled gossip and quickly glanced at Mrs. Ji. Her face remained calm, but inwardly she was thrilled. "How so?"

[Mo Xiang was

an orphanage

girl. In college, Ji Peng took a liking to her. He relentlessly pursued her until he finally won her over. After they graduated college and reached the age to discuss marriage, Mrs. Ji looked down on Mo Xiang's family background and firmly opposed her marrying into the Ji Family. Later, Ji Peng threatened to die, and Mrs. Ji had no choice but to compromise. But after Mo Xiang married in, Mrs. Ji never showed her a kind face. Verbal mockery like this was perfectly normal.]

[But Mrs. Ji didn't know that while she kept saying Mo Xiang couldn't have children, the one who was actually infertile was her precious son, Ji Peng!]

Chu Xiyue: !

The system snickered. [Let me tell you, Ji Peng looks tall and burly, but down there, he's short and small. Not only does he have e* dysfunction and premature e*, he usually needs medication just to get * up. Even with medicine, he can't last two minutes. His sperm motility is practically zero. He has neither the hardware nor the software, so how could he possibly get a woman pregnant?]

The system's voice contained several censored words, but Chu Xiyue understood instantly. She grabbed an apple from the coffee table, glanced at Mo Xiang again, and asked, "Did Mo Xiang know about this before marriage?"

[No. Before marriage, Ji Peng used respecting Mo Xiang as an excuse and never had a relationship with her. By the time Mo Xiang discovered the truth after they married, it was already too late.]

[When Ji Peng pursued Mo Xiang, he had intended to trick her into marriage from the start. He had his eye on Mo Xiang's gentle, introverted personality. She was also an orphan without a family to back her up, making someone like her easier for a man to control. Even if she found out the truth after marrying him, she wouldn't dare divorce him, much less tell anyone.]

It could be said that Mo Xiang's marriage had been a scheme from beginning to end. By marrying an orphaned girl and refraining from womanizing like his father after the marriage, Mo Xiang's husband gained the reputation of being devoted. Meanwhile, Mo Xiang was practically unmarried despite being married. Not only did she live like a widow after marriage, but her mother-in-law also called her a hen that could not lay eggs.

Chu Xiyue took a vicious bite out of the apple and cursed, "Fuck! Another bastard of a man!"

If she were Mo Xiang, she would either kick Ji Peng to the curb or hook up with three, four, five men and let Ji Peng be infertile while his household flourished with children and grandchildren.

But she was not Mo Xiang, and with Mo Xiang's personality, she could do nothing but swallow her anger. The thought of fighting back would never even occur to her.

Chu Xiyue sighed.

The system continued, [But Ji Peng's infertility isn't fresh gossip. The real bombshell is about Ji Peng's parentage!]

The moment Chu Xiyue heard the words "bombshell," her attention was immediately diverted. "What kind of bombshell about his parentage? Don't tell me Ji Peng was born to Mrs. Ji and her young male lover?"

[No, no, no! Let me tell you, Ji Peng wasn't actually born to Mrs. Ji at all! He was the son born to Mrs. Ji's husband's mistress! Thirty-three years ago, when Mrs. Ji gave birth at the hospital, the mistress her husband was keeping outside bribed the doctors and nurses to switch the babies!]

Chu Xiyue's eyes flew wide open. "Gasp! A rich-family switched-at-birth story brought to life!?"

The system cracked sunflower seeds. [Reality is far more fantastical than novels. Mrs. Ji actually gave birth to a daughter back then. After switching the children, the mistress threw that girl away. Mrs. Ji's husband knew everything, because Mrs. Ji had given birth to a daughter and he preferred sons over daughters. He wanted a son to inherit the family business, so he tacitly allowed the mistress's scheme and pretended not to know.]

[What they never expected was that the girl abandoned all those years ago would return to the Ji Family in another way. That girl was Mo Xiang!]

Chu Xiyue: !!!

Chu Xiyue could not control her expression. She stared at Mrs. Ji and Mo Xiang in shock. Looking carefully, their facial features really did bear some resemblance. But their temperaments were vastly different, reducing what might have been a fifty-percent resemblance to twenty percent. No one had ever made that connection before.

"Wait!" She suddenly realized something. "Mo Xiang is Mrs. Ji's daughter, and Ji Peng is the mistress's son. Doesn't that make Mo Xiang and Ji Peng half-siblings with the same father? Isn't their marriage inces—"

Chu Xiyue: Lovers becoming siblings?

What a massive bombshell!

[Not quite,] the system said with some glee. [Ji Peng isn't actually related to the Ji Family either. He was born to the mistress and her first love. Ji Peng and Mo Xiang have neither the same father nor the same mother. Mrs. Ji's husband cuckolded his wife, but the mistress he kept also gave him a solid pair of horns, making him raise another man's son for over thirty years!]

Rankings

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Transmigrated into a Novel

Entertainment Industry

Female Supporting Character Novel

Transmigration Rebirth Romance

Tu Yanyan

Cannon Fodder