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

After Shi Jinpeng's description, Su Yang and Lin Anlan finally understood why the Prefectural Commandant's Office insisted on choosing them as their opponents in the martial arts contest. Su Yang felt this was utterly absurd, and it put him in a difficult position. If he won against the Prefectural Commandant's Office, he would offend the Prefectural Commandant in front of him, and perhaps even the Tang family. Who knew if the Tang family would accept the marriage proposal? They might even be eager to marry the Prefectural Commandant's daughter.

But if he loses, he will offend the daughter of the Prefect. Since she made this agreement, she obviously does not want to marry into the Tang family. If he loses, the Prefect's daughter might marry into the Tang family and then order the Tang family and the Prefect's office to deal with him the very next day.

"Sigh." Thinking about all this gave Su Yang a headache: "Of all things, I had to do something that doesn't please either side. Why did I have to hang that red string bell that day? I was just being nosy... It seems I shouldn't show off my skills so easily in the future."

"Young Master Su, tomorrow is the day of the martial arts competition. I know you are in a difficult situation. How about this, I'll make a deal with you first. If you lose to my County Commandant's Office tomorrow, I, Shi Jinpeng, swear on my honor that as long as I am here, no one in Qingfeng County can touch you, not even the Tang family. What do you say?"

“At this point, the Prefectural Commandant is indeed an official, and his mind is as clear as a mirror.” Su Yang pondered after hearing this, “With his guarantee, there shouldn’t be any problem, right? But what if he goes back on his word? Since I transmigrated here, I haven’t encountered many good officials.”

"Commander Shi, how will the winner be determined in tomorrow's martial arts competition?" Lin Anlan asked, seeing that Su Yang was still hesitant to speak. Knowing that he still had doubts, she took the initiative to ask her own questions.

"Tomorrow's martial arts competition will be held. Our prefectural command will send six people as a team, and three of them will compete against you. It will be a best-of-three contest. The side that wins two rounds will be the winner."

"Wouldn't Su Yang be going to use a series of attacks? That's not fair to us."

"Hehehe, after each competition, a special rest and recovery time will be arranged, and various materials will be provided to restore elemental power. Don't worry about that. I, Shi Jinpeng, have always been fair. Besides, this concerns my daughter's marriage, so I will naturally not leave any reason for people to laugh at me."

"Alright, let's do as the Commandant says." After much deliberation, Su Yang decided it was best not to offend the Commandant, and besides, he might not be able to defeat the experts from the Commandant's office tomorrow. In the end, he agreed.

"Hahaha, very good, Young Master Su. Please rest at my Prefectural Commandant's residence for the time being. If you accomplish what I mentioned earlier, I will reward you handsomely!"

...

"What!? Are you telling the truth?" Tang Tianlei was incredulous after hearing Tang Wan's analysis.

"Yes, look, the portrait your sister Yang'er gave you is the same as the portrait of the expert I mentioned, as well as the portrait of the person on the wanted list by the Prefectural Commandant's Office that Father mentioned. How could two people in the world look exactly alike? It seems that these three must be the same person. It's easy to understand that the wanted list by the Prefectural Commandant's Office and the expert I mentioned are the same person. No matter what the purpose is, there is no contradiction. But why would your sister Yang'er ask you to find someone to kill such a high-level elementalist?"

"Why?"

"Based on my father's words and what I saw with my own eyes, I believe that the Prefectural Commandant's Office wants to find this expert to participate in the betrothal martial arts competition. It just so happens that we need him to back us up and help us refuse the marriage. And since Yang'er is so resistant to the forced marriage, she probably doesn't want this person to appear. And the Prefectural Commandant's daughter happens to be engaged to our Tang family at this time. Don't you think this is too much of a coincidence? So I think that Yang'er and the Prefectural Commandant's daughter are the same person!"

Tang Wan's analysis was so logical that Tang Tianlei had no choice but to believe it. This made Tang Tianlei overjoyed. He was forced to marry the daughter of the county magistrate, and the girl he loved, Yang'er, was the county magistrate's daughter. Wasn't this a case of mutual affection? Why was he making such a fuss? He could only blame himself for not recognizing Yang'er with his true identity back then.

"But there are still hidden dangers..." Tang Wan changed the subject, making Tang Tianlei's heart pound again.

"What's the hidden danger?"

"Now we know the reason behind this, but Miss Shi doesn't. Given her personality, what if she refuses to marry into the family and does something outrageous? Besides, that expert is very powerful. I feel that the people from the Prefectural Commandant's Mansion might not be able to defeat him. What if he wins and your engagement is nullified?"

"Yes! What should we do then?" Tang Tianlei asked anxiously.

“Oh dear, brother, you’re usually known as the smartest person in Qingfeng Academy, how come you lose your composure when it comes to matters of love and romance?”

"Wan'er, stop teasing me, tell me what to do."

"Tomorrow is the engagement martial arts competition. If Miss Shi has any plans, it will definitely happen today. The key now is to clear things up, cancel the competition, and we need to go find Father quickly so we can go to the Prefectural Commandant's office together to request an audience. We need to let you and Miss Shi recognize each other, clear up the misunderstanding, and then the competition won't have to happen. You can then discuss things in peace and find an auspicious day to marry Miss Shi."

"Yes, yes, yes, come with me to find Father!"

The two rushed to find Tang Guangquan, but the steward told them that Master Tang was not in the mansion and had left early in the morning. This made the two very anxious, so they went straight to the Prefectural Commandant's mansion. However, when they arrived at the Prefectural Commandant's mansion to see Shi Jinpeng, they were told by the guards that the Prefectural Commandant was also not in the mansion. Both roads were blocked, which made Tang Tianlei very anxious. Fortunately, Tang Wan was by his side. She hurriedly gave Tang Tianlei some advice: "Brother, let's go find paper and pen and write a letter for the guards to pass on to the Prefectural Commandant or Miss Shi. Maybe there is still room to cancel the martial arts competition."

"Yes, yes, hurry up!"

The two found some paper and pen on the ground. Tang Tianlei hurriedly wrote down the whole story, and then went to the gate of the prefectural magistrate's mansion to hand the letter to the guard. However, he wrote in too much of a hurry, and his handwriting was messy. The letter was not sealed. After the two left, the guard looked at the "scribbles" in his hand and couldn't understand what it said.

"What kind of rubbish is this? This young master of the Tang family looks so handsome, but his skill level is not good at all. My young lady is really suffering because she married you." Then he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it away casually.

When Shi Yao'er learned that the martial arts contestant had been welcomed into the manor by her father for temporary accommodation, she became increasingly panicked. The people she had sent had failed, and there was still no sign of her brother San Shi. Now she could only rely on herself. She would first send someone to poison him. If that failed, even though she was only a fourth-level elementalist, she would have to fight to the death for her future.

She was completely out of her mind, her thoughts consumed by how to kill Su Yang. She hadn't considered any other methods. She immediately summoned Xiao Luo and asked her to find out which room Su Yang was staying in. She then instructed Xiao Luo to poison the food that was being served. Xiao Luo complied and quickly slipped into the kitchen around mealtime. After figuring out which dishes were for the day's guests, she secretly poisoned the food when no one was looking.

When the food was delivered to Su Yang's room, just as Su Yang and his companion were about to eat, Xiao Ju suddenly appeared, jumped onto the table, and knocked over all the food.