Among the countless rumors surrounding the Song family, one truth had always remained carefully hidden beneath layers of silence, wealth, and fear.To the outside world, it was simple: A tradition. Daughters of the Song family became engaged at eighteen and married at twenty.
It appeared as an elegant, orderly, expected arrangement.
But inside the family, it was not tradition, it was law.
Ancient.
Unspoken.
Unforgiving.
It was the The Rule of Selection
For generations, the daughters of the Song family were never the ones to choose. They were chosen. Not by fate. Not by emotion. But by a condition.
A man, worthy, powerful, capable, had to come forward before their eighteenth birthday. Not merely express interest. Not merely be introduced. He had to step into the Song family's domain… Stand before its head… And declare his intention. Formally. Unequivocally.
To claim responsibility for her life.
Only then, only under that condition, would the union be acknowledged, and if no such man appeared? The family would choose. Without exception. Without delay. Because the greatest danger was not a forced marriage. The greatest danger...
Was the girl choosing for herself.