They could only meet in the dead of night, when no one was around. Though everyone in the Bai family knew about their relationship, they all pretended not to see it, acting as if it were nothing.
Their relationship remained in that ambiguous state. Not only did Bai Junfan never bring up marriage, but even Yang Liu'er no longer dared to dream of it.
Now that she had deliberately brought it up, she was met with rejection.
Yang Liu'er lay in Bai Junfan's arms, her face streaked with tears. She couldn't stop herself from saying resentfully, "I get it now. I'm just a country girl. I'm not good enough for you, and you'll never marry me! You're going to marry some young lady from a prestigious family instead, that... that girl from the Tang family!"
Bai Junfan was taken aback. He lifted Yang Liu'er's face and asked, "Liu'er, who told you this?"
