They went quiet and no one said a thing. There was not a single sound inside the bedroom except for the sound of the flipping pages.
After some time, she touched his messy hair and noticed that it was almost dried. He closed the book and put it back onto the bedside table before grabbing her hand. "Autumn has just arrived and you're this cold already?"
"Doctor said it's normal. Don't worry. The baby is healthy."
She tossed the towel in her hand aside and then put her arm over his shoulders. She closed in to his ears and said, "Su Nan said she wants to arrange a betrothal. What do you think?"
"An arranged betrothal [1]?"
He frowned. When he turned over and saw her glittering eyes looking at him, he gave a straightforward reply, "Our children will make their own decisions. It's up to them who they like in the future. Why should we be involved? No way!"
[1] The 'arranged betrothal' here is a practice whereby children are promised to be married to each other at a young age.