Chapter 1 A Stranger

A girl he didn't recognize stood at the door, which was completely unexpected by Hao Ren.

This girl was wearing a slightly oversized gray sweatshirt, was petite and slender, had a slightly dark complexion, and delicate and energetic features. She also had a neat single ponytail behind her head. She wasn't the most beautiful type, but she had a lively and cute youthful air. Seeing Hao Ren stunned at the door, she even reached out and waved, "Hello, is this Hao Ren's house?"

Hao Ren woke up from his daze and hurriedly replied, "Oh, yes, I'm Hao Ren. You are...?"

"My name is Nangong Wuyue!" The strange girl at the door gave a sweet smile and then handed over a card. "You have a room for rent here, right? I'm here to rent a room!"

Hao Ren took the card without looking at it carefully, because the first thing he thought about was how to fool the girl in front of him: This girl seemed to have seen the rental advertisement he posted in the newspaper more than a month ago. If it were before, Hao Ren would of course warmly welcome new tenants, but now it was definitely not possible. None of the people living in the house were ordinary people. Since Lily moved in, this rental house was no longer suitable for renting to Earthlings!

"Um, well, sorry, my rooms are all rented out..." Hao Ren quickly tried to find a reason to fool the other party away, while wondering how the advertisement he posted in the newspaper could still attract tenants today. Now it has become a small problem. While he was speaking, Vivian also heard the movement and came over to check the situation: "Landlord, who's outside?"

"Someone looking to rent," Hao Ren turned to Vivian and said, deliberately very loudly, "Didn't we say all the empty rooms are rented out..."

"That's not right," the girl who called herself Nangong Wuyue frowned, "The person who introduced me said that only three people live here, and the remaining rooms are specially prepared for 'different ones', and won't be rented out casually. Is there something wrong?"

Hao Ren was thinking about how to fool her next, but he was stunned by Nangong Wuyue's words: "Wait! What did you just say? You just said 'different ones'... were you introduced by Crow?"

"Yes," Nangong Wuyue nodded, "She gave me dream messages for half a month before I was sure there was a place to stay here. And a few days ago, when I first arrived in this city, a guy with a blue body gave me a card—the one in your hand."

Hao Ren was stunned. He looked down and found that the card in his hand had begun to emit a faint blue light. Crow 12345's flamboyant handwriting appeared on it: To Hao Ren, The holder of this card is one of your new tenants, named Nangong Wuyue. Just arrange a quiet room for her. The food and expenses for the new personnel will be transferred to your account starting next month—Your Boss.

The moment Hao Ren finished reading this sentence, the entire card burst into a bright blue light and then turned into light spots that slowly dissipated into the air. That five-digit Crow really had some artistic talent.

"How is it? No problem, right?" Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren with a smile, "Are there any rooms available now?"

Hao Ren finally confirmed the situation and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, come in quickly—say, do you need help?"

Hao Ren had already seen two large boxes behind Nangong Wuyue. The weight of these luggage was probably not light. As a man determined to be a nanny king, he immediately enthusiastically wanted to come forward to help, but before he could take action, Nangong Wuyue had already carried the two boxes into the house as light as a feather: Okay, it seems she's another incredibly strong person. Speaking of which, Otherworldly beings really have all kinds of advantages compared to humans. They don't seem to have any shortcomings that are worse than humans. Even Vivian, a vampire who isn't known for her strength, has the arm strength to lift a thousand pounds with one hand. It's simply ruthless.

Lily and Y'zaks were staying in the living room and didn't move. At this time, seeing a strange, thin girl carrying two large boxes into the room, they were very curious. Lily leaned on the back of the sofa and stretched her neck towards Hao Ren, with a look of seeking explanation. Seeing this, Hao Ren motioned Nangong Wuyue to put the luggage in the living room first, and then stood in the middle of the room and clapped his hands hard: "Ahem, although it's very sudden... Crow sent a new tenant, this is Nangong Wuyue, and she will live with us from now on."

"Wow!" Lily immediately fell off the sofa, then scrambled up on all fours and ran to Hao Ren's side, "Really?"

"You know the style of that crazy goddess, she does whatever she wants," Hao Ren spread his hands helplessly, "I also think it's quite sudden, but Nangong Wuyue has a letter of introduction... Oh right, Terminal, can you authenticate it?"

The data terminal lazily floated out of Hao Ren's pocket: "Authenticate my ass, if it was a fake, this machine would have jumped out to warn me long ago. If this machine doesn't say anything, it usually means everything is normal."

"Here," Hao Ren curled his lips, "Introduce yourselves to each other."

This new tenant who could be said to have fallen from the sky appeared so suddenly, and on top of that, Hao Ren and the others had just experienced a series of adrenaline-pumping events today. At this time, their thoughts were still stuck in the grudges with the demon hunters. No one expected that a newcomer would come at this juncture, so the atmosphere in the living room was a bit stiff for a while. However, Nangong Wuyue didn't seem to notice this at all. She put her luggage against the wall in the living room, then looked around at everyone with a sweet smile, and bowed very politely: "Hello everyone, let me introduce myself again. My name is Nangong Wuyue. Nangong is a compound surname. I am currently a wandering... um, artist, I guess. Also, are there any rules here about introducing races when meeting? I guess the people here are probably not ordinary people, right?"

"It's best to say it," Hao Ren opened his mouth beside her, "It'll be easier to get along in the future, and we can know what taboos each race has in advance."

"Oh," Nangong Wuyue nodded, "My mother is a siren, but I grew up on land, so I guess I'm a land-based siren."

"A siren?!" Vivian was immediately surprised, "Wait, sirens have rarely come ashore for hundreds of years. The most recent was more than a hundred years ago... Could it be that you are a descendant of that group of sirens who came ashore more than a hundred years ago?"

"Ah, you know about this?!" Nangong Wuyue was very surprised, "I remember my mother mentioning it. She did come to human society in the 1860s, but I don't know much about my race. My mother asked me to stay in human society until she died, and she never took me to the deep sea."

Hao Ren reacted for a moment to which group the "sirens who came ashore" referred to, but he soon remembered the things that Casa Eben mentioned before and blurted out subconsciously: "The ones who were seduced by humans?!"

As soon as he said this, Vivian immediately turned her face away: There was basically no saving this man's broken mouth.

The expression on Nangong Wuyue's face was also stiff for a while, but in the end, she still maintained her smile: "That's right, the ones who were •se•duced•by•hu•mans!" Every word seemed to pop out from the back of her molars, each word stiff.

Hao Ren immediately looked embarrassed and sat aside, trying to reduce his presence and not planning to say anything.

Vivian helplessly looked at Hao Ren and sighed, giving Nangong Wuyue a friendly smile (in fact, as long as the other party wasn't a demon hunter or a werewolf, Vivian was very polite to everyone): "I am Vivian, Vivian Ansester, a high-level bloodkin."

"This is Liu Lily! You can call me Lily!" Lily jumped up, not wanting to be left behind. She didn't think so much and was immersed in the joy of having a new friend after the surprise, "Werewolf! A husky-type werewolf!"

"Husky..." Nangong Wuyue was stunned, but before she could ask, Y'zaks stood up. The great demon's voice was like muffled thunder: "Y'zaks Goodman, a high-level demon from another world. Oh right, I also have a human name called Wang Daquan."

Hao Ren slammed his head on the table: "When did you get such a name?"

"I originally had a human ID card, haven't you seen it?" Y'zaks glanced at Hao Ren, "The goddess helped me get it, saying it would be useful for living in human society in this world. But I chose the name myself. Before coming to this world, I roughly looked at the Chinese popular vocabulary and found that 'Uncle Wang next door' seems to be a very popular identity, so I named myself Wang Daquan."

Hao Ren: "..."

Nangong Wuyue listened to the introductions of these three seniors with a twitch of her mouth. To be fair, only Vivian was normal. She couldn't help but mutter: "It seems... the days here will be very interesting."

"Wait, have we met somewhere before?" At this time, Hao Ren looked at Nangong Wuyue twice from the side and suddenly felt that the other party looked a little familiar, "It seems like it was just a few days ago!"