YL’s announcement also gave NN a scare. It was already too late to retract their statement. Now that two hours had already passed since NN had made their announcement, it was no use crying over spilled milk. Even if NN deleted their announcement immediately, it wouldn’t stop the spread of the news.

Furthermore, deleting it from their official blog would in some sense confirm that there was a problem with the engagement.

There was no other choice. In the end, they decisively ...