Rotten Spring Peach

The first time Yao Xiang entered the Fu household, it was to impersonate the Fu family's missing third daughter, Fu Yao.

Madame Fu was delirious with illness, crying out day after day for her daughter to come home. So the steward spent three taels of silver to buy Yao Xiang, a girl around the same age.

But Madame Fu still died. Before closing her eyes, she forced her two sons to swear they would take care of their little sister, saying she had let her down.

The eldest son, Fu Wenxing, was an honest man. He kept his promise to his mother and gave Yao Xiang a comfortable life in the Fu household. Every day he asked after her meals and daily routine, personally taught her to read and write, and showed her how to manage the household accounts. Even the maids joked that the eldest young master was going to turn that country girl into a proper lady of the house.

The second son, Fu Zhongyang, couldn't stand the sight of her. He had looked down on Yao Xiang from the start. "You're filthy. Do you think you deserve to be my sister?"

He wished Yao Xiang could be buried in the ground alongside his mother, so the Fu household could finally be rid of her.

Whenever he saw her, he covered his nose and mocked her, saying that even after putting on clothes, she was still an ugly toad.

But when the three-year mourning period ended and Yao Xiang planned to marry and leave, just as the second young master wanted, Fu Zhongyang regretted it.

He found Yao Xiang a sickly husband with little money, a dilapidated house, and a younger brother who would be a burden to them, hoping to make her change her mind.

Yao Xiang got married. Sixty taels of betrothal money bought her the name of Madam Zheng. The eldest young master flew into a rage and broke the second young master's leg.

Three months later, the white lanterns replaced the red ones.

When Fu Zhongyang heard the news of her death, he rushed to the Zheng household to bring her home. He didn't even have time to brush the dust off himself. "If you come back, you'll still be the Fu family's third young lady. No one will care that you were married."

But her brother-in-law tugged at Yao Xiang's sleeve and lowered his eyes, looking as pitiful as a puppy. "Sister-in-law, my brother abandoned me. Are you going to leave me too?"

The eldest young master calls her Third Sister, the second young master likes to call her Country Bumpkin, and her brother-in-law calls her Sister-in-Law.

All three want different things, but they all have their eyes on the same person.

Standing between the three of them, Yao Xiang lowered her head in embarrassment. From the very beginning, she had been a weak, indecisive country girl.

What did any of it have to do with her?

[The heroine is extremely selfish and the author is writing this story without restraint. Pure-love fans, please don't read.]

A gentleman betrays virtue, a scoundrel loves sincerely; the noble are vile, the vulgar crave love.

In that damp, sticky weather, everyone was steeped in a cloyingly sweet fragrance, hoping to claim the ripe peach.

Theme: Those who strive for love will eventually have their feelings returned