I'll Protect My Brother's Innocence

After getting drunk, Duan Cheng somehow ended up sharing a bed with his best friend, Pei Xu.

When he woke up, he panicked. It was over. He'd ruined his friend's chastity. Everyone knew his best buddy was an incredibly conservative, chaste man!

Yes, Pei Xu was extremely traditional when it came to this sort of thing.

He firmly believed that one's first love, first kiss, and first time should all be reserved for the person one would spend one's life with, and that there must be absolutely no intimate contact that crossed the line before marriage.

...And he, Duan Cheng, had trampled all over Pei Xu's boundaries in one go!

They couldn't be friends anymore!

Unless...

That morning, after much deliberation, Duan Cheng made up his mind.

He gritted his teeth through the soreness, propped up his aching back, and promptly dropped to his knees to propose to his best buddy. "Marry me, Old Pei. I'll take responsibility for you."

Pei Xu picked up his glasses from beside the bed and put them on unhurriedly. "Think it through."

Yes, Pei Xu wasn't just traditional. He was downright old-fashioned.

He firmly believed a person could marry only once in a lifetime, and that marriage had to last forever. Once you were married, divorce was absolutely out of the question.

After all these years as best friends, Duan Cheng understood him instantly and promised, "I've thought it through, I've thought it through. Don't worry!"

So what if it meant staying by his friend's side for the rest of their lives? No problem. He'd always planned to be best buddies with Pei Xu forever anyway.

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Duan Cheng knew better than anyone just how conservative Pei Xu was, so after they got married, he showed Pei Xu the utmost respect. He made sure everything at home came in pairs, and even divided the bedroom into two separate sides, left and right.

But to his surprise, Pei Xu refused. "How can a married couple live separately?"

Yes, Pei Xu's traditional nature also showed in his firm belief that after getting married, a couple had to sleep in the same room and the same bed, and fulfill their marital duties.

Duan Cheng felt guilty, so he went along with everything his buddy wanted.

It wasn't until one day, when Duan Cheng's back was wrecked, his voice was hoarse, and he could barely move, that he realized...

His best buddy had only been conservative before marriage?!

[Duan Cheng is the bottom]

***Reading Guide***

1. The top is a paragon of virtue, conservative and traditional, even a little old-fashioned. But his standards are for himself, and he won't impose them on anyone else.

2. The author is love-struck. Everything is in service of romance~

[2024.2.9]

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