Quote Originally Posted by lailac View Post
I always thought that she agreed to marry YLT out of duty to please her sifu. I never sense that she had any romantic feeling towards him. It was more of a one-sided love relationship on his part.
Dont think it was ever stated in the novel how they got engaged. But I agree with you, my impression is also that it was one-sided love.

Maybe YLT saw her and fell in love, then proposed marriage. And you dont ask the girl, you ask her parents (or sifu). They agreed and they got engaged.