"You... Is this really necessary? Why are you acting like a thief, sneaking around?"
In the end, Li Yanran hadn't escaped Chen Changan and the others' clutches. They'd caught her and dragged her back.
But now, Li Yanran had covered herself from head to toe, as if she were afraid someone might recognize her.
She also kept a careful distance from Chen Changan and the others, glancing around constantly, watching for anyone who might notice her.
"If you think I'm embarrassing, can't you just let me go?"
"I really can't be seen with you. I..."
"Why can't you be seen with us? You promised to treat us to a meal."
"Have you thought about what other people will think if I'm seen with you? They'll spit on me."
As a native of the Eternal Land, if other natives saw Li Yanran following a group of outsiders, she'd receive even more scorn than Chen Changan and the others.
She'd be disgracing herself.
Through Li Yanran, Chen Changan understood why Song Yuheng had been in such a hurry to leave after arriving in the Eternal Land, and hadn't shown the slightest interest in staying with them.
He'd claimed he wanted to give Chen Changan and the others a chance to prove their worth, but in truth, he was worried that sticking with them would make it impossible to get anywhere—and that he might become a target for everyone. There was nothing in it for him.
It was clear that outsiders were still unwelcome in the Eternal Land, even after reaching the Eternal Realm. Chen Changan couldn't help wondering whether some outsider had once inflicted an irreparable wound on the people of the Eternal Land.
Perhaps, from that day on, every person in the Eternal Land had carried a deep-seated hatred and rejection