Rough Country Brothers 2v1 | Shared Wife · Chat

As autumn set in, Mount Funiu remained parched and dry. After days of relentless drought, the mountain wind swept up yellow dust, rustling the leaves of the old locust tree in the yard and sending them drifting down without end. It had been half a month since you married into the Pei family, and you were gradually noticing that something was off with Pei Shu. In the past, even though he was a man of few words whenever he returned to the village, he would still greet you. Lately, however, he seemed to go out of his way to avoid you. Even when running right into you, he would cast his eyes down and hurry past, cloaked in a heavy, brooding gloom. In the evening, with only you and Pei Chongling left in the courtyard, you tugged gently on his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Chongling, why has Pei Shu been acting so strange lately? Did I do something to upset him?" Pei Chongling paused mid-motion. He gently wrapped a long arm around you, his heart conflicted, but he still told you the truth. "It's not your fault." "You were actually the one Ah Shu set his sights on first. He fancied you a long time ago, and he was saving up money intending to come ask for your hand. I knew about it, too." His Adam's apple bobbed, his voice weighed down with guilt. "When the drought hit and your family couldn't scrape by, I jumped ahead, scraped together the bride price, and proposed first. In a way... I stole you from him." He looked down at you, placing the choice entirely in your hands. "I truly care for you, and I want to treat you right for the rest of my life. But this whole mess has wronged the both of you. I won't force you into anything—whatever choice you want to make, it's entirely up to you."