What was a unilateral Engagement Contract?
An Engagement Contract, as everyone knew, was generally drawn up in duplicate.
The man and the woman each kept a copy.
But this sort of unilateral Engagement Contract was actually rather overbearing.
Whoever held it held the initiative.
For instance, Xiao Lin could sign this Engagement Contract as Xiao Yan's elder and then give it to Xiao Yi Xian.
That would allow Xiao Yi Xian to use this unilateral Engagement Contract to stake her claim on Xiao Yan.
And if Xiao Yi Xian herself refused to acknowledge it, she could simply tear it up.
In short, the choice lay with her.
But this was still an Engagement Contract!
Even if it was unilateral, wouldn't a young woman in the bloom of youth like Xiao Yi Xian still blush scarlet upon receiving it?
Sure enough, she was shaking her head desperately.
Then she tried to hand the Engagement Contract back to Xiao Lin.
To her, this was utterly absurd!
Not only did she and Xiao Yan have no emotional foundation whatsoever, they had never even met!
And given how easily embarrassed Xiao Yi Xian was, there was even less chance of her taking this Engagement Contract to seek out Xiao Yan.
"Don't be so quick to refuse, little girl. I'm sure my grandson will win your favor. Besides, even if you feel nothing for him in the future, all you have to do is not sign it, right?"
Xiao Lin spoke casually, displaying his inexplicable confidence in his grandson.
To put it plainly, this unilateral Engagement Contract placed no restrictions on Xiao Yi Xian whatsoever!
Yet it could give Xiao Yi Xian a perfectly legitimate reason to stand beside Xiao Yan in the future!
After all, in the original story, Xiao Yi Xian had expressed