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

As the sun gradually sets, it withdraws its last rays from the earth. As if by prior arrangement, the moon slowly rises, its soft light telling those still out and about that it's time to go home for dinner.

Su Yang was cooking on the first floor, using a traditional stove and iron pot from the original world. Lin Anlan had been sitting by the window on the second floor, seemingly lost in thought. After smelling the aroma of the food, she followed the scent downstairs and stood on the stairs, watching Su Yang's profile as he cooked. She thought to herself, "This man is quite a good cook."

Su Yang also noticed Lin Anlan's presence out of the corner of his eye, turned around and smiled, "Are you hungry? It'll be ready in a little while, have a seat." He pointed to the chair next to the dining table, indicating that Lin Anlan should sit down first. Lin Anlan looked at Su Yang as she walked to the dining table and sat down, still staring at him intently. Just as she was lost in thought, a figure in silver passed in front of her and walked towards the door. Lin Anlan looked up and saw that it was Ling Long, but she was surprised, wondering why she hadn't seen her before.

Linglong stepped out of the room, stood in the moonlight, and spread her arms to feel the moonlight, as if performing some kind of ritual. Then she returned to the room, walked to Su Yang's side, and stopped. Su Yang noticed and asked, "What's wrong, Long'er?"

"I'm hungry," Linglong said softly, which startled Su Yang. It wasn't because Linglong said she was hungry, since neither Linglong nor Die'er needed to eat. It was just that they said they were hungry so that Su Yang could replenish his elemental power. Su Yang didn't want to reveal Linglong and Die'er's true identities to Lin Anlan, so he could only whisper, "Wait a little longer."

Lin Anlan overheard their conversation and said, "Miss Linglong, why don't you come and sit down and wait? Su Yang said it will be ready soon."

Linglong turned to look at Lin Anlan without saying anything. At this moment, Die'er ran in from outside the door, grabbed Linglong and ran outside, saying as she ran, "Let's go out for a walk. You guys eat first, don't wait for us."

Seeing that Die'er and Linglong had run off, Lin Anlan was about to say something when Su Yang quickly added, "That's just how they are. They don't like my cooking. They must have gone out to eat something delicious. Come on, the food is ready. Let's have something simple." With that, he brought out the prepared dishes. The dishes were quite simple: two stir-fried vegetables and a plate of ferocious beast meat. The staple food was bread.

Su Yang originally wanted to eat rice, but after wandering around Bailu City for a while without finding any rice for sale, he had to give up. Lin Anlan was a little curious about Su Yang's choice of food. The eating habits in this world were basically to bake food and eat it with bread. It was rare to see people stir-frying vegetables in a pan and eating bread as their staple food. However, the aroma of the food made Lin Anlan's mouth water, and she and Su Yang started eating.

During the meal, Su Yang asked many questions, all about Lin Anlan's experiences during her adventures. After chatting for a while, Su Yang gained a deeper understanding of Lin Anlan. After the meal, the two went to the pavilion to cool off. Lin Anlan said, "I passed by your Luoyin Farm on my way to Wanji Mountain." She stopped mid-sentence, then seemed to remember something, turned her head to the side, and didn't continue. Su Yang assumed that Lin Anlan meant that the two of them were quite destined for each other, so he said, "That's quite a coincidence. Maybe that's fate, eh."

Seeing Su Yang sigh, Lin Anlan asked, "Why are you sighing?"

"Oh, it's nothing, just a thought. The world is so big, everything that happens is probably a kind of fate."

"Well, you haven't told me your story yet. Why don't you tell me?" Lin Anlan recalled that during the meal earlier, Su Yang had been asking her questions and listening to her story. She herself was quite interested in Su Yang's experiences. After all, someone who could save her from her demonized state must be quite powerful, and his experiences must be very exciting.

“My story? I don’t have much of a story. I’ve only been on this island for a short time,” Su Yang replied.

"You just arrived recently? What country are you from then?" Lin Anlan pressed, a question that stumped Su Yang. He didn't know much about this world, and he couldn't very well say he was from another world. Seeing Lin Anlan's curious gaze, he forced a lie and said:

"I don't know which country I'm from. I only remember that I've lived on an island since I can remember."

The island Su Yang was referring to was naturally the Lost Island, which indeed did not belong to any country in the world.

"On the island?" Lin Anlan asked in confusion, then exclaimed in surprise, "You used to live on the Mysterious Island? You came from the Mysterious Island!?"

Seeing Lin Anlan's surprised expression, Su Yang inwardly cried out in alarm. He had forgotten that the Lost Island was the most dangerous island in the world. But since he had already said it, he had to make amends. So he explained, "It's not the Lost Island, it's just a small island."

Su Yang could only lie based on his existing knowledge. Fortunately, Lin Anlan did not suspect anything, since it was too unbelievable that a human could live on the island for more than ten years until adulthood.

Seeing that Lin Anlan believed him, Su Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject: "Why did you choose to be an adventurer in the first place, and go through so many battles and hardships? With your talent, you should have been happier if you had joined the army or stayed in your own country."

Lin Anlan remained silent, creating an awkward atmosphere. The only sounds were the chirping of insects and the babbling of water, with a few birds occasionally flying across the tranquil night sky.

"If it's inconvenient, it's fine if you don't say anything. Just pretend I farted." Seeing that Lin Anlan didn't speak, Su Yang quickly realized that he had asked a question he shouldn't have.

“It doesn’t matter if I tell you.” As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Anlan said, “You know that I am a demon, a half-demon and half-human anomaly. I was born from the union of a demon and a human. My mother is a demon.”

Su Yang didn't interrupt, listening quietly. Lin Anlan paused and then continued:

"Demons are a contradictory existence in the Tianyun Empire. They are both valued and despised. Only powerful demons can obtain the same status as ordinary demons and humans. When I was a child, there was a war between humans and demons. Although the Tianyun Empire was not in the war, the demons in the country had to fight for the demons. My mother was also dragged to the battlefield. With my mother's departure, the true nature of that old dog was revealed."

Seemingly recalling some painful past events, Lin Anlan's emotions visibly became agitated. After calming down slightly, she continued:

“That old dog is my biological father. He has always been a fanatic of the Church of Saints and once served as a blue-robed bishop in the church. His marriage to my mother was also for the Church of Saints’ unspeakable secret. After my mother left, he took me to a branch of the Church of Saints and conducted all sorts of experiments on me there…” As she spoke, Lin Anlan seemed unwilling to recall that painful and terrifying past. She hugged her shoulders and trembled uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.

Seeing this, Su Yang was at a loss. He hadn't expected that such a strong woman in front of him had experienced inhuman torture. Because she came from another world, she didn't have much hostility towards demons. In Su Yang's mind, children were children, and doing human experiments on children was unforgivable.

Su Yang wanted to give Lin Anlan a gentle hug to comfort her, but then felt it inappropriate, so he just sat there awkwardly, waiting for Lin Anlan to calm down. After a while, Lin Anlan slowly calmed down, wiped away her tears, and continued:

“I’m sorry, I lost my composure. Later, that old dog learned that my mother had returned from the battlefield, so he brought me home. But when my mother returned, she was already seriously injured and her mental strength was exhausted. She still had a chance to survive, but that old dog actually used the clumsy excuse that my mother was fine to coax the demon healers who came to treat her away. He watched helplessly as my mother died in pain. If the demon healers who came earlier hadn’t been worried and hadn’t returned, I would probably have gone back to that demon cave to be subjected to human experiments.”

"And then what happened?" Su Yang asked.

"Later... Later, the old dog realized he couldn't take me with him, so he took the opportunity to escape. The healers rescued me and entrusted me to an ascended warrior to raise. However, the ascended warrior who raised me also sacrificed himself in a mission not long after, and I became a homeless orphan. It wasn't until I grew up that I became an adventurer, desperately improving myself, all for the sake of giving myself and my teammates the dignity of living uprightly, and to take revenge on that old dog."