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

It turns out that after such a long period of growth, Little Orange and Little Stone Flower have become able to attach themselves to their master in the form of elemental beings. In order not to attract attention, Su Yang and Lin Anlan have not allowed them to show themselves along the way.

Just then, Xiao Ju suddenly appeared and knocked over the food, which puzzled the two of them. Just as they were about to ask why, Su Yang heard Xiao Ju's voice in his mind: "Master, this food is poisoned!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yang immediately stood up: "Poisoned?" He then pulled Lin Anlan up and away from the spilled food.

"What? Poisoned? Why would the Prefectural Commandant's Office do this?!" Lin Anlan was furious. One minute they were on good terms, and the next they sent poisoned food. "We're going to find that damned Prefectural Commandant right now and make him explain himself!"

"Don't rush," Su Yang reassured Lin Anlan. "This may not have been done by the county magistrate."

"Who could have done that? This is his mansion. Only he could have done such a thing. Which of the servants would dare to poison him?"

Su Yang, however, remained remarkably calm, analyzing, "Tell me, besides the Commandant himself, who else in the Commandant's Office can directly issue orders? And who would benefit most from our deaths?"

"You mean..." Lin Anlan thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You mean the daughter of the Prefectural Commandant?"

“Only if I die will the marriage of the county magistrate’s daughter be postponed. I estimate that it is probably her order. Now that the poisoning has failed, the next step will probably be a direct assassination,” Su Yang continued to analyze.

"Then what do we do?"

"Should we just run away?" Su Yang couldn't stay a moment longer and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Run? That's a good idea. Anyway, these things have nothing to do with us, so there's no need to get involved in this mess."

No sooner had they finished speaking than there was a knock on the door, and the two of them quickly fell silent.

"Who is it?" Lin Anlan asked.

"I am Miss's maid, Xiao Luo. Miss sent me to ask if our two distinguished guests have finished their meal and if there is anything I can help them with?" Xiao Luo asked from outside the door, her voice a little nervous. After all, it was her first time doing something like poisoning, but for Shi Yao'er's happiness, she was willing to risk it all.

The two people inside the room exchanged a glance. Su Yang thought to himself that this was really one thing after another. They had just delivered the poisoned food, and now they were trying to find out information. The incident happened so suddenly that Su Yang couldn't think of a suitable answer for the moment.

"There's nothing you need, you can leave now." Lin Anlan was surprisingly calm as she dismissed Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo responded and hurried off to report to Shi Yao'er. The two of them waited until the footsteps faded into the distance before opening the door and preparing to leave quietly.

But after taking only a few steps and turning a few corners, he ran into Shi Jinpeng, who was returning from an outing.

"Hey? Young Master Su, where are you all headed?"

"Oh, hehe, Commandant Shi, we, we're just taking a stroll." Su Yang was startled and spoke haltingly.

"Shall I show you around the manor?"

"It's alright, no need to trouble the Commandant. We've had our fill of sightseeing, so we'll head back to rest now," Lin Anlan quickly declined.

"Then I will escort you back."

Having said that, he walked forward without another word, and Su Yang and the other man had no choice but to follow behind him. Upon arriving at the guest room, Shi Jinpeng frowned as he looked at the food scattered across the table, his tone immediately turning cold: "Young Master Su, is the food in the manor not to your liking?"

"Uh..." Su Yang was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Lin Anlan simply explained the situation: "Commander Shi, I don't know what grudge we have against Miss, but you actually poisoned our food and tried to kill us!"

"What!?" Shi Jinpeng said in disbelief, "After I have investigated, if it is true, I will apologize to you two distinguished guests. Please wait a moment."

He then stormed out of the guest room to investigate. A short while later, he went straight to Shi Yao'er's room, pushed open the door, and loudly demanded, "Yao'er! How have I taught you?! How could you do such a despicable thing?!"

"What did I do!" Shi Yao'er knew she had been exposed, but she still stubbornly insisted.

"You still dare to be stubborn! But you're the one who told Xiao Luo to poison Young Master Su's food!" Shi Jinpeng said angrily, pointing at Xiao Luo, who was being held by two guards outside the door.

"Xiao Luo!" Shi Yao'er cried out in heartache as she looked at Xiao Luo, who had already been tortured.

"Miss, I'm so sorry... I really, really can't take it anymore..." Xiao Luo said weakly, her breath unsteady, before fainting.

"Xiao Luo! Father, I ordered her to do it! If you have any anger, take it out on me! Why torture a maid? Besides, you don't care about Yao'er's happiness at all. You insist that I marry into the Tang family. Yao'er would rather die than obey!" Tears streamed down Shi Yao'er's face, making Shi Jinpeng feel a pang of heartache. But he couldn't soften his heart now. He said sternly, "From today onwards, no one except the maids I have assigned is allowed to approach Miss's boudoir!"

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Shi Yao'er with a look of despair, and went to find Su Yang and the other two.

“Young Master Su, I am truly sorry. It is my fault for failing to discipline my son properly, which led him to do such a thing. I hope you two can forgive me. I promise that after tomorrow, I will let you leave safely. This is a small token of my apology.”

After saying that, he had his men bring a cloth bag, placed it on the table, and opened it. The bag was full of gold coins. Su Yang estimated that there were about a hundred. Lin Anlan wanted to say something, but Su Yang stopped her. Right now, the two of them were short of money. For the sake of so many gold coins, they could stay one more night.

"Then I'll have to trouble you," Su Yang readily agreed.

"Thank you, Young Master Su! Please rest, I will not disturb you any longer."

After Shi Jinpeng left, Lin Anlan asked in confusion, "Why did you agree to stay?"

"Alas, people die for money, birds die for food. Right now we're short of money, so let's earn as much as we can."

The next day, a huge martial arts arena was set up in front of the Prefectural Commandant's Mansion. People from all over the prefecture came to join in the fun when they heard that the Prefectural Commandant's Mansion was going to hold a martial arts contest to arrange a marriage. Before long, the area under the arena was bustling with noise and crowds. Tang Tianlei and Tang Wan, who arrived a little late, couldn't even squeeze in and could only watch longingly from a distance through the crowd.

"It seems our letter didn't reach the Commandant," Tang Wan said disappointedly.

"Oh no, what are we going to do!"

"We can only hope that person loses to the Prefectural Commandant's Office."

Seeing the lively scene below, a soldier quickly reported the situation to Shi Jinpeng. Upon hearing this, Shi Jinpeng chuckled and said to Su Yang and the other man, "Hehe, gentlemen, please. Young Master Su, please don't forget our agreement from yesterday."

The group quickly arrived at the temporary viewing platform next to the arena. Shi Yao'er was also brought along and sat behind the curtain, surrounded by several high-level elementalists to prevent her from doing anything out of line.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shi Jinpeng nodded in acknowledgment. The steward of the manor, upon receiving the order, stepped onto the arena and shouted loudly: "The Commandant and Miss Shi have long agreed that today's martial arts competition will serve as a testament to the marriage between Commandant Shi's daughter and the eldest son of the Tang family. This is to announce that if the Commandant's family loses today, the marriage agreement will be temporarily suspended; if the Commandant's family wins, the marriage agreement will take effect immediately, and the two families will choose a date for the wedding ceremony. Now that the auspicious time has arrived, the martial arts competition will officially begin!"