At Harold Wen's teasing, Altsin neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, he simply called out softly, “Master.”

“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. I’ve been through it myself,” Harold said with the tone of someone who had been there, “Otherwise, how could someone as knowledgeable and charming as me still be single? It’s because I once had a true love right in front of me, but I didn’t appreciate it…”

As he spoke, Harold broke into a quote from A Chinese Odyssey, blurring the line between sincerity and jest, which left Altsin both amused and helpless.

“Anyway, learn from my experience. When we’re young, we don’t realize things. We hold...