Tang Yaoyao believed that if she wanted to try dating him, since he could tolerate everything about her, she could also listen to his principles.

If she cannot accept his principles, there is no need to continue the negotiation.

After a moment's thought, she nodded gently: "Tell me about it."

Xiao Jinhan narrowed his eyes slightly, his sexy Adam's apple bobbing up and down for a moment. His face looked very handsome and deep at this moment, and his eyes were also very deep.

"I refuse to have a secret marriage."

Tang Yaoyao paused, then raised a handsome eyebrow slightly: "A secret marriage?"

"Mm." Xiao Jinhan nodded, his mellow voice like a perfectly brewed sake.

Tang Yaoyao blinked, somewhat puzzled...

For a thousand years, she has focused all her energy on making her face more beautiful than flowers and becoming a heartthrob. Therefore, she has no understanding of love and affection between men and women.

If we're talking about the deepest kind of affection, it's gratitude—the feeling of being a benefactor from a past life.

So she needed to think about it carefully, and then asked, "What you mean by a secret marriage... does that mean that after we get married, we're not allowed to hide our marital relationship?"

Xiao Jinhan nodded: "Yes."

Tang Yaoyao completely understood, and a smile crept onto her lips, revealing a shallow dimple that made her look playful. She said lazily, "So that means you can accept keeping our relationship a secret?"

Xiao Jinhan raised an eyebrow slightly: "I have no objection."

He already said what he just said: making it public would hurt her, so there's no need for it.

He cannot accept it if it continues to be hidden after marriage.

Tang Yaoyao put the wine glass back in the box, her fingers gently tracing the crystal glass. She looked up at him, a playful smile on her face: "Marriage is for later. Right now, we're discussing our relationship. If you can accept it, I can too."

Falling in love, experiencing it all, how great would that be?

She closed the gift box, her smile radiant, a slight upturn at the right corner of her mouth revealing a hint of wickedness, her smile exuding a queenly aura: "Besides, if we're really getting married, shouldn't we announce it to the world in a grand and public way, letting everyone know that you're my man? Why hide it?"

You are my man...

His deep, handsome face paused slightly, a hint of bewilderment in his dark chestnut eyes, before a faint smile appeared on his lips.

After Tang Yaoyao understood, she just felt very strange.

She's a little fox spirit!

If she is to marry a man, it proves that he is indeed a man worthy of her marriage, and she will let the whole world know how good he is!

Of course, the more you show off something like this, the more fun it is. Why would anyone want to keep a secret marriage?

Lost in thought, she didn't notice Xiao Jinhan's expression.

Xiao Jinhan's thin lips moved once more: "Now, Dr. Tang, are you willing to accept my pursuit?"

Tang Yaoyao pushed the gift box toward him, her smile tinged with a hint of wickedness: "Then please keep this gift safe, Fourth Master Xiao. You said you wouldn't accept any breakup without a reason, so if the cup breaks one day, that won't apply."

Xiao Jinhan naturally understood what she was saying. She was telling him that she had agreed to date him and that he would protect her.

Xiao Jinhan stood up, walked to her side, and said in a voice as intoxicating as wine, "We're a couple now, aren't we?"

Tang Yaoyao looked up at him and nodded generously: "The negotiation went very well. We're a couple now."

"May I kiss you now?"