"Wuwuwu, Brother Xiao Yan, don't break off the engagement, okay? Yanran really likes you." Nalan Yanran pleaded pitifully.
"..." Xiao Yan stared speechlessly at the heavens.
Damn it, everyone agreed from the start that we'd break off the engagement. Now that I'm ready to do it, you want to go back on your word? What a sin!
Xiao Yan struggled for a moment before finally giving up on leaving in dejection.
Creak! Bang! Xiao Yan ultimately returned to his room and shut the door.
Bang bang bang! The door was knocked loudly.
"Brother Xiao Yan, get some good rest tonight. Yanran will come see you again tomorrow."
"Heavens!" Xiao Yan wailed as he buried himself beneath the blankets.
The next morning, inside Nalan Jie's room.
"Done." Xiao Yan withdrew the Heavenly Flames.
"Thank you, Young Master Yan," Nalan Su said.
"It's nothing."
Xiao Yan said this and was about to bid farewell and head to the Imperial City when Nalan Su spoke first.
"Young Master Yan, you've been staying with our Nalan Clan for quite some time now, but you still haven't met Yanran, have you?"
The moment Nalan Su opened his mouth, Xiao Yan felt that something was terribly wrong. Sure enough—
"Strangely enough, Yanran wasn't particularly interested in Young Master Yan before. But for some reason, after going out briefly last night, she suddenly returned and told me she wanted to meet Young Master Yan. I wonder..."
Nalan Su looked at Xiao Yan expectantly.
"Um, Uncle Nalan, I still have matters to attend to in the Imperial City. I..." Xiao Yan had barely begun speaking.
"Father."
A pleasant female voice came from the doorway. A familiar young girl with exquisite features walked in. Who else could it have been but Nalan Yanran?
Seeing Xiao Yan watching her with