Yet Wong Qiao kept Jiang Yifan's admonition in mind. He had to make his mother believe that Zhou Biyao was merely the Prefectural Magistrate's legitimate daughter, not the woman he was deeply in love with. He desired to marry Biyao not because of his love, but because she was the daughter of the Prefectural Magistrate.
Lord Jiang said that only in this way, after Biyao joined the family, would his mother hold a sense of awe towards the Prefectural Magistrate and dare not mistreat Biyao excessively.
Ye Xinyan, on the other hand, was rather satisfied with Wong Qiao's demeanor. It seemed that Wong Qiao was sincere, aware of the need to restrain his emotions in front of his mother—a promising sign.
If Wong Qiao blindly trusted his mother, treated filial piety as his life's sole purpose, and laid bare all his thoughts to her, that would truly be problematic.
