When things looked bleakest, they became engaged at the end of that year. They were wed in 1958, beginning a happy marriage that would last 40 years. One of the witnesses at the wedding was the famous Yu You-ren, then president of the Control Yuan, who was a loyal fan of Niu Gur's work.
她答應了與牛哥共同奮鬥的契約，並在幾乎所有人不看好的情形之下，兩人就在當年年底訂婚，在一九五八年走上地毯那一端，開始了四十年愉快歡洽的婚姻生活，證婚人還是赫赫有名的監察院長于右任，他也是牛哥的忠實讀者。