Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

After finishing his work at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Litt immediately returned home, intending to have a good talk with Lena about what had happened.

After returning home, he changed into his pajamas and asked the housekeeper to call Lena to the study. The housekeeper obeyed and went to do so. Before long, Lena appeared at the study door.

"Father, are you looking for me?"

"You're here, have a seat." Leeteuk said in a serious tone, gesturing for Lena to sit opposite him, with a desk between them.

Lena could tell from his demeanor that her father had something serious to discuss with her. In the past, whenever her father had a heart-to-heart talk with her, it was always in this study, and in the same manner. So after sitting down, she didn't speak, but quietly waited for Leeteuk to ask his question.

This seemed to be a tacit understanding between the father and daughter. After seeing Lena sit down, Litt said, "Daughter, tell me the story between you and Su Yang. Tell me everything from how you met to what happened in between."

Lena didn't ask why. She simply recalled how she met Su Yang on the outskirts of Bailu City on the island, how she met the injured Su Yang again near Nanwan City, and how she brought him back to the royal city and helped him build a farm. She recounted everything in detail without hiding anything.

After listening carefully to Lena's description, Litt fell silent and fell into deep thought. Lena also stopped talking and waited quietly.

Litt was deep in thought about whether Su Yang had any spying activities. He had been pondering the same question all day: what was Orben's purpose in claiming that Su Yang was a spy? It couldn't possibly be a simple slander. If it were just for slander, there wouldn't have been the kidnapping of Lena. Lena represented his Duke's mansion. He believed that if Su Yang were a spy, he should have tried to build a good relationship with him and use that relationship to obtain high-level intelligence about the duchy. There was no reason for him to kidnap Lena.

Therefore, once it is determined whether Su Yang is a spy or not, then it is possible to guess what Colin and his gang are planning, and thus completely eliminate the suspicion that Su Yang kidnapped Lena.

"Judging from what Lena said, Lin Anlan wasn't with Su Yang when they first met on the island. And Nanwan City isn't a city that an adventurer of Lin Anlan's caliber would go to. So, Su Yang only got to know Lin Anlan after meeting Lena. They probably came to Nanwan City because of the island war and took a ship from the island to Nanwan City. So, it seems that Su Yang had no reason to become a spy during the time between the island and the duchy."

"During his time in Nanwan City, Su Yang was injured again. Although the reason is unknown, given his elemental rank, those who could injure him are definitely not the guards of the city lord's mansion, let alone a small city like Nanwan City. Combining this with the intelligence we received earlier, a team of saint knights from the Holy Knights Temple appeared in Nanwan City and it seems that a battle broke out. Su Yang's injury may have been caused by this team of saint knights."

"Moreover, South Bay City is not a good place to obtain intelligence, unless it is to collect naval intelligence on Warrenster Port. But that should be done after collecting core intelligence in the capital, not in this order. Also, the disbandment of the Blood Squad was around that time, which should also be related to Su Yang. In this light, the suspicion that Su Yang is a spy can be basically ruled out."

Litt had a basic judgment in mind. He had always been very confident in his analytical abilities and intuition. Once he had a judgment, he would no longer hesitate and stopped thinking about what had happened between Su Yang's journey from Nanwan City to the Royal City.

"Encountering bandits on the road is undoubtedly a trick devised by Bo'an Xiu. The key question is what conflict exists between Su Yang and Bo'an that would warrant Colin's ruthless actions."

"Su Yang is accused of running a private casino. I remember that before the Qinggui Festival, there was a place in the royal city that looked like a casino that caught fire in the middle of the night, but nothing came of it. It was most likely that it was Bo An's casino. So the charge of running a private casino against Su Yang is also a frame-up, set up by Bo An. But Su Yang has always lived outside the city, so how could he have come to the royal city at that time?"

Litt couldn't figure out the reason. According to Lena, Su Yang seemed to really enjoy a secluded life, which was evidenced by his own gardening and hunting.

Just as Litt was racking his brains, he suddenly remembered what Lena had said that morning: Bo'an wanted Lena to take him to Su Yang to apologize in person. This clue made Litt understand in an instant.

"Given Bo'an's eccentric and arrogant personality, how could he possibly go to a commoner's house to apologize in person? It's only because Lena is naive and didn't notice the suspicious points. Bo'an himself has already been to Su Yang's farm once, how could he not remember? So this might just be Bo'an's excuse. The only thing that could be related to Lena is kidnapping."

"So it seems that Lena's kidnapping was done by Bo'an, and the location was on the way from the royal city to Su Yang's farm. The purpose was probably to lure Su Yang to the royal city to help find Lena, since Lin Anlan also appeared in the royal city." Litt also thought of the day when Sigrid came to him, asking him to help Su Yang and Lin Anlan get away with their crimes.

"Sigrid must have been the one who lured Su Yang and his companion to the capital, using the pretext of helping to find Lena. This would connect Lena's kidnapping with other events. It seems the kidnapping was just a trigger to smoothly implement the subsequent plan, and also to pin the kidnapping on Su Yang so that she would completely give up on helping him."

After sorting through the whole incident and figuring out all the details, Litt said to Lena, "Daughter, it seems that it wasn't Su Yang who kidnapped you, but Bo'an."

“Boan?” Lena asked, puzzled.

"Yes, but Boan Xiu is already dead, so we don't need to pursue this any further."

"Father, why are you so certain?"

"You're just too kind-hearted. You don't even realize you're being taken advantage of," Leeteuk sighed helplessly.

"...Father, what exactly is going on here?"

Litt briefly explained his thoughts and the purpose of Colin and the others, omitting some speculations involving higher-ups. After hearing her father's conjectures, Lena was shocked. Not only was she astonished that her father had deduced so much from her simple account, but she was also shocked that she hadn't even noticed such a simple point of suspicion when Bo'an invited her to apologize to Su Yang.

"What should we do, Father? Since Su Yang is innocent, the entire duchy is now offering a bounty on him. He's definitely in danger."

“You don’t need to worry. In the past few days, the army has issued orders that all the garrison troops on the northern border have entered a state of combat readiness. With Boan Ster’s intelligence, he should have already guessed where Su Yang would escape from. It seems that Su Yang is very likely to have gone to the important border town of Kali. I will send someone to Kali to find out the situation and find out whether Su Yang is there or not,” Litt comforted him.

“Then I’ll go ask my teammates from the Black Whale Squad. Snowd, Andy, and Natalie are all in the royal city; they should be able to get there faster,” Lena hurriedly asked.

"Hmm...that works too. They're definitely more efficient." Leeteuk agreed after a moment's thought.