"Oh! So that's how it is! What an unfortunate situation."
"Now tell me—among your wives, who's the main wife and who are the secondary wives?" Daili asked pointedly.
Ethan Lockwood bowed slightly. "Respected mother-in-law, in my household, all my wives share equal status. We don't distinguish between main and secondary wives." His voice carried quiet determination. "This is our way now, and how it shall always be."
Daili blinked in surprise—she'd never met such a rebellious son-in-law. "Then who manages your household affairs? Surely you don't handle everything yourself?" Her fingers tapped the table. "When you're away, wouldn't things fall into chaos?"
Ethan patiently explained his system—the rotation of management duties among the wives, the carefully divided responsibilities. The fo
