Unlike other martial arts families where girls Yangjin's age are often pushed into marriages without choice, the Gu family is different. Mother and Father Gu themselves married for love, and their deep care for Gu Yangjin means they would never even think of arranging a match for their only daughter, who is also the future martial arts alliance leader. Gu Yangjin knows this well and intends to marry only the person she truly loves, not for politics or family ties as in many other clans. Moreover, women in the Gu family have always been valued above men: throughout their history, female patriarchs have risen to prominence and made the family's name.
Gu Yangjin was very confident that forced marriage would not happen in her family.
She was confident that forced marriage would never happen in her family.
Gu Mengqi did not deny it. He truly could not force his daughter into marriage, so he let the rumor spread ambiguously, neither confirming nor denying it.
