@Romanaire true, but since progress is happening apace, I think their relationship development won't so much break the format as eventually force the manga to show how their feelings spill into their school life and so forth
tfw people are complaining about the three who grouped being unknowns when Old Jiang and that pigtails girl who always rags on him are my only ship in this entire manhua and they finally get to go off together
@LeafiFa looks like she was scared of him back when they were originally supposed to be engaged (before his family was deposed), now she's interested because he's... less scary than her initial image