Determining the Direction · Part One

Ye Wen knew nothing of Yu Xiaogang's secret schemes, nor did he have the mind to care. Right now, Ye Wen only wanted to work hard and increase his strength.

Although he did not know why Huo Yu'er had taken a liking to him at first sight, he had been moved enough to confirm their relationship. (It just felt a little immoral. After all, he didn't want to become Tang San the Second.)

However, as someone with an adult soul, Ye Wen knew that if he wanted to maintain this relationship, he could not rely on Huo Yu'er's one-sided efforts. Everything in this world could easily change. If it was not maintained, their feelings would eventually lead to separation.

Even now, Ye Wen did not feel particularly secure about this relationship.

After all, so many people in his previous life had loudly opposed the idea of matching social status, yet the more one saw of reality, the more one understood that if a couple had incompatible values, incompatible families, or even if one side came from a family of pure bloodsuckers, then the relationship would ultimately fall apart—perhaps even in a terribly tragic way.

Ye Wen yearned for love, yet he also rejected it. Since he had possessed very little since his previous life, he cherished every single thing he had.

Love was undoubtedly beautiful, but it was also easily lost. Ye Wen feared gaining such a treasure, only to lose it because of his own incompetence. Compared to when school had first begun, when he had simply wanted to lie low and grow stronger, he now had greater ambitions.

He wanted to become a man worthy of Huo Yu'er.

Fortunately, beneath Ye Wen's seemingly useless exterior lay powerful talent, giving him the confidence to achieve that future.

Moreover, aside