Ever since Huo Yan realized Su Rui's true nature, he had lost his fantasies about love.

It wasn’t that he stopped believing in love altogether; rather, he just no longer believed that a beautiful, romantic love would come his way.

Luckily, Huo Yan’s parents, being open-minded, had never pressured him to find a partner. But just because they didn’t push him didn’t mean others wouldn’t.

For example, there was Ye Leyao, who, after two years away, had returned to the family and wasted no time in needling Huo Yan on the first day they met.

Huo Yan, naturally, responded with …