CHAPTER 501: CHAPTER 503: WHOSE CHILD IS IN THE BELLY

The Feng Family simply couldn’t admit to any of it. At that moment, Gao Jiaxing produced his evidence. "Feng Zhiguang first tried to force my niece, Xiao Mei, to marry an idiot." As he said this, Gao Jiaxing cast a meaningful glance at the factory leaders who had followed.

The factory leader flinched and quickly said, "This is a misunderstanding; I didn’t mean to do that. It was Feng Zhiguang who said he had an unmarried daughter and wanted to establish a marital connection with me. I haven’t agreed, and I definitely didn’t force him."

Gao Jiaxing replied, "Is that so? But I heard that marrying off my niece to you would bring many benefits and even a promotion."

"Absolutely not." The factory leader immediately denied it, hurrying to explain himself to Gao Jiaxing.

Never mind the fact that Gao Jiaxing was a military officer, even Fang Hui, who had come with Gao Jiaxing to notify him, made the factory leader wary. Moreover, he felt somewhat wronged; he did have a useless idiot son, but he hadn’t forced Feng Zhiguang; it was Feng Zhiguang himself who had expressed the desire to become in-laws.

Right then, the factory leader was cursing Feng Zhiguang in his heart. This was a foolish man, capable of ruining everything over a trivial matter to the point of destroying his family and himself. Luckily, they had not become relatives, or he wouldn’t have been able to clear his name.

Feng Zhiguang, enduring the pain, spoke on behalf of the factory leader. At this point, he also knew it was crucial not to offend the leader, so he tried to vindicate him.

Gao Jiaxing continued, "Feng Zhiguang had already been having an affair outside his marriage, that’s why he forced my eldest sister to divorce. My sister didn’t want to and he ended up killing her."

"It’s a frame-up, I’ve had no affair, nobody outside." Feng Zhiguang flat out denied it. The pain in his legs was even making him feel faint, but Feng Zhiguang, with a contorted, pained expression, fought to stay conscious for fear that if he fainted, Gao Jiaxing would frame him.

"Pah," Mrs. Feng glared angrily at Gao Jiaxing, "Gao Yongfang has been married into our family for over a decade and hasn’t given birth to a son. Our Zhiguang has been faithful to her for almost twenty years. What more does she want? She lost our daughter and she’s a useless mother. A woman like that doesn’t deserve Zhiguang, nor does she deserve to be a daughter-in-law of the Feng Family. I couldn’t let her continue to drag my son down; I urged my son to divorce her. Who knew she would take it so hard and hang herself? Such bad luck."

Having said this, Mrs. Feng added, "This woman was a curse. Dead, she still brings trouble to my family. Anyway, I certainly won’t be holding a funeral for her. If the Gao Family wants to claim her body, go ahead and take her away."

Mr. Feng didn’t speak. He had initially wanted to come to good terms with the Gao Family, and even handling Gao Yongfang’s funeral was okay by him. But he didn’t expect Gao Jiaxing to cripple his son, so Mr. Feng no longer wished to deal with the Gao Family. He shared Mrs. Feng’s attitude, determined not to hold a funeral for Gao Yongfang and wanting the Gao Family to take her body back.

More and more onlookers were gathering outside, with some even squatting on Feng Family’s walls to watch the commotion.

Gao Jiaxing said, "If I didn’t have evidence, I wouldn’t have spoken, but I’ve already found the object of Feng Zhiguang’s affair. Mr. Chen, bring the person in, please."

Wang Xiumei was brought to the Feng Family looking deathly pale.

She had not anticipated Gao Jiaxing being so resourceful to uncover her affair with Feng Zhiguang. Gao Jiaxing even said, "Before my eldest sister died, she had a conflict with Feng Zhiguang and Wang Xiumei at The Wangs’, and got hit by Feng Zhiguang. You can have someone examine my sister’s injuries to see if it’s true."

Feng Zhiguang’s eyes narrowed, and Wang Xiumei was similarly affected. At this moment, Wang Xiumei was panicked, not even sure what to do. She didn’t even know when she had been under surveillance.

"You woman!" Xianghong looked at Wang Xiumei with a face full of rage and charged towards her.

Gao Jiaxing stopped her, "Mom, she’s pregnant. There’s no need to dirty your hands over her."

"I... with Comrade Feng Zhiguang..." Wang Xiumei started to backtrack, but Mrs. Feng had already spoken up. "Our Feng Family has always been on good terms with The Wangs, and Zhiguang has known Xiumei since they were children. What’s wrong with calling each other by name?"

"Perhaps we should ask Wang Xiumei’s neighbors if Feng Zhiguang has been visiting their house often."

As soon as Gao Jiaxing finished speaking, both Wang Xiumei and Feng Zhiguang became apprehensive. Feng Zhiguang had been careful when visiting The Wangs’, always looking for excuses to do so, but now that Wang Xiumei was pregnant and had been seen with Feng Zhiguang several times, it would be hard not to raise suspicions.

This wasn’t something that Gao Jiaxing could decide on his own; both Wang Xiumei and the Feng Family would have to undergo investigation. Gao Jiaxing also knew that if Gao Yongfang had hanged herself, Feng Zhiguang would, at most, be dismissed from his position, and the same would apply to Wang Xiumei.

Taking advantage of the situation, Gao Jiaxing proposed that the Gao Family could take Gao Yongfang’s body back for burial, but the Feng Family must transfer the household registrations of both Gao Yongfang and Xiao Mei. Although Gao Yongfang was dead, Xiao Mei might still be alive.

The Feng Family naturally agreed, since Xiao Mei had disappeared and it wasn’t known whether she was dead or alive. Now that they were completely at odds with the Gao Family—and the dispute had become quite public—they were also panic-stricken.

The Feng Family was already feeling terrified, not expecting Gao Jiaxing to have uncovered the situation with Wang Xiumei as well, so at this point, they no longer had any confidence.

Feiyang and Feiyue, after listening to Xia Xiao, went to persuade Gao Guoqiang, with Feiyi joining them, while Feiteng and Spirit stayed by Xia Xiao’s side.

"Grandpa, stop smoking," Feiyang said. "Grandma says it’s bad for your health."

Feiyue added, "Yeah, Mom also says smoking is bad for the health, and it doesn’t smell good, so Dad doesn’t smoke either."

Feiyi’s voice was soft and sweet, "Grandpa, I want to have a puff of your cigarette."

The corner of Gao Guoqiang’s mouth twitched. He looked at his two older grandsons, then at Feiyi who was gazing eagerly at the cigarette hanging from his mouth, as if it was some delicious treat. Gao Guoqiang’s hand, holding the cigarette, was now stiff, and so was his mouth; he couldn’t continue to smoke.