After returning home that night, Bai Hao no longer made a point of avoiding Ning Qing.

However, it was limited to friendly greetings, without any further close contact.

He always adhered to the boundary in his heart, refusing to and daring not to cross that line.

Seeing his behavior, Ning Qing could only go along with him, without saying anything ambiguous or making any intimate gestures.

She made up her mind to live a life of simplicity and detachment, silently accompanying her husband as his brother until the end of her life.

Of course! The most important thing is to keep your wife's heart and not let her have even the slightest thought of having an affair.

The two of them tacitly avoided mentioning the passionate confession and embrace from that night.

One silently adhered to the boundaries in their heart, while the other silently indulged and went along with them; neither of them took the initiative to break this stalemate.

A month has passed, and it has gone by just as uneventfully.

On that day, the family of four ate dinner together as usual.

As if remembering something, Bai's father glanced at Bai Hao and spoke.

"You should spend more time with that young lady from the Liu family. Although the two companies have been cooperating for many years, those were just small-scale collaborations. This time, the cooperation is crucial to the future of the company and cannot be compromised."

He put down the bowl in his hand and continued speaking.

"So, in order to develop a more stable cooperative relationship, Lao Liu and I decided to form a marriage alliance between our two families."

"I've met that girl once, she shouldn't be too bad. You two young people should get to know her better when you have time."

Upon hearing this, Bai Hao felt somewhat guilty and immediately stole a glance at Ning Qing sitting opposite him.

Seeing him eat as usual, a faint sense of disappointment suddenly welled up in my heart.

Ning Qing felt the gaze from his wife across the table, curled his lips, and looked up at him with a smile.

Bai Hao immediately looked away as if he had been electrocuted, and lowered his eyes to eat.

The silent exchange between the two happened in an instant.

Seeing that Bai Hao did not react, Bai's father glanced at him again.

"Ah Hao".

Just as Bai Hao looked up at his father, about to speak...

Ning Qing spoke first.

"Uncle, you can't favor one over the other. There has to be a proper order between us."

At this point, he curled his lip in displeasure.

"I'm older and still single, how can the younger ones start talking about marriage first?"

He frowned and began to accuse.

"This is against the rules."

Bai's father was overwhelmed by Ning Qing's lecture on rules and regulations, and was speechless for a moment.

He could only turn his gaze to Ms. Yang, who was sitting to the side, and ask for help.

Ms. Yang coughed lightly twice, covered her mouth, and glanced at Mr. Bai before speaking.

"Ahem, this marriage should be postponed. Ah Qing is right. You're still single, and Ah Hao is even younger than you. It really shouldn't be like this."

Mr. Bai nodded.

“I know Ah Hao is still young, so I discussed it with Lao Liu. Our idea is to let them get engaged first, and marriage is a matter for later.”

At this point, he looked at Ning Qing and reassured her.

"Aqing, don't worry, your mother and I will help you find a suitable marriage partner."

"I won't let you stay single forever."

Ningqing...

Old man, is that what I meant? I did this to stop you from arranging a marriage.

At this moment, Bai Hao also slowly raised his eyes to look at Ning Qing.

I felt my wife's gaze upon me.

Ning Qing quickly shook her head.

He opened his mouth.