After leaving the Tianxialou auction house, Chen Sui patted Shen Xinglan on the shoulder and said, "The disciple of Yanshen Sect who had been following us is still here. He is so determined. It seems that he will be very powerful in the future."

Shen Xinglan glanced at Cui Jingpei, who was squatting in the corner staring at him blankly, and curled his lips and said, "Don't worry about it. He's already seen my face. He probably won't follow us anymore. Didn't you say you were hungry? I'll take you to Xiangman Pavilion for dinner."

"Xiangman Pavilion? It sounds like it has nothing to do with eating. It sounds more like a place selling spices." Chen Sui clicked his tongue.

Shen Xinglan snorted, "Nonsense! This name is obviously very cultured and full of connotation."

Seeing his reaction, Shen Sui suddenly realized something: "You didn't come up with this name, did you?"

Shen Xinglan said proudly, "Of course. Who else but a genius like me could come up with such a stylish name?"

Chen Sui: “…”

But after walking on the street for a while, Chen Sui felt that something was getting more and more wrong, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

Without even looking up, Chen Sui was clearly aware that the gazes around her were even more focused than when she was wearing a mask, and they were all directed at her and Shen Xinglan, or more precisely, at Shen Xinglan.

What's even more outrageous is that these eyes are filled with either uncertainty or immense fear, as if they were seeing a monster that could easily eat them.

Shen Xinglan... is he so scary?

Chen Sui suddenly felt very fresh. You know, as Long Aotian, wherever he went, people would look up to him. At the very least, when Long Aotian was in a desperate situation, people would look at him with contempt and disdain. It was not like now. No matter who it was, there was only deep fear in the eyes when they looked at Shen Xinglan.

If you don’t know, you would think that Shen Xinglan killed everyone’s entire family. Wow, that’s too fierce.

"So, what evil and wicked thing have you done?" Shen Sui poked Shen Xinglan and whispered, "Why does everyone here act like they've seen a ghost when they see you? They want to dig three feet into the ground and bury themselves right there and then."

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Shen Xinglan said innocently, "Actually, I think I'm a pretty kind person."

Shen Sui: “……?”

kind?

Are you sure this is what these people's eyes mean?

As if sensing the suspicion in Shen Sui's eyes, Shen Xinglan raised the corners of his lips slightly, then casually grabbed a lucky person next to him and asked: "Do you know me?"

Chen Sui silently watched the lucky guy's legs shaking like he had Parkinson's disease. The other person said in a voice that was almost crying: "I know... I know him."

"Do you think I'm kind?"

"Very...very...kind!"

Shen Xinglan threw away this lucky guy and looked at Shen Sui with a smile: "Did you hear that, sister Sui? He said I was very kind."

Chen Sui: “…”

Shen Xinglan held out his hand: "Okay, the fog is starting to get thicker, I can't lose you."

So Shen Sui held Shen Xinglan's hand and muttered, "You look pretty, how can you be scary?"

The smile on Shen Xinglan's lips was obvious, but he said nonchalantly: "Maybe it's because I'm too good-looking."

When Shen Xinglan brought Chen Sui into Xiangman Pavilion, the entire Xiangman Pavilion was silent, and Chen Sui was speechless.

God knows when Shen Xinglan took her and stepped into the threshold of Xiangman Pavilion with his left foot, when he raised his right foot, the originally noisy Xiangman Pavilion seemed to have been muted. It is no exaggeration to say that everyone in Xiangman Pavilion seemed to be poisoned and silenced in that instant.

"Waiter." Shen Xinglan seemed to be accustomed to it. After he took a look around Xiangman Pavilion, he spoke.

"...Ah," the waiter closest to the door almost bit his tongue as he asked hurriedly, "I'm here. What can I do for you?"

"Is there a private room with a better location?" Shen Xinglan said expressionlessly.

The waiter nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, please go upstairs."

Chen Sui grabbed Shen Xinglan's hand and followed him closely, but her eyes would occasionally stop at the people sitting on the first floor of Xiangman Pavilion. They stared at Shen Xinglan with the same horrified eyes as the people outside.

After entering the private room, Shen Sui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that he was finally isolated from these strange looks.

"Why are you so relieved?" Shen Xinglan looked at her with amusement as he flipped through the menu of Xiangman Pavilion.

"It's strange, their gazes," Shen Sui poured himself a cup of tea on the table, "although most of them are looking at you, it's really uncomfortable."

Shen Xinglan lowered his eyes and stared at the menu in his hand: "...Sorry."

"Ah? What are you apologizing for?" Chen Sui was puzzled. "This is not your fault."

Shen Xinglan said softly: "But..."

“What I mean by uncomfortable is that when they saw you, even with fear in their eyes, they still didn’t look away.” Shen Sui interrupted him and said word by word.

Shen Xinglan was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Shen Sui to say that. He subconsciously opened his mouth, but Shen Sui muttered, "This really doesn't make sense. He's clearly scared of you, yet his gaze seems programmed to be glued to you. Brother, don't you find it strange?"

"...Even if you feel it's strange, there's nothing you can do. And do you know why their eyes are full of fear when they see me? That's because since I realized it more than ten years ago, I've tried countless methods, but nothing worked." Shen Xinglan whispered.

"But this kind of situation has basically never happened in the Purple Emblem Realm," Shen Sui recalled and confirmed, "Except for being concerned about your identity, everyone else seems to be very normal."

Shen Xinglan hummed, and Shen Sui also became interested: "Have you done the test in the Void Realm?"

"test?"

"When you went to the Void Realm, did you ever have a situation where people's eyes were glued to you?" Chen Sui explained.

Shen Xinglan narrowed his eyes slightly, then nodded: "But the situation is much less serious than that in Kunlun Realm."

"It seems that the Purple Emblem Realm was the least affected." Chen Sui raised his chin and said thoughtfully.

At this moment, Shen Sui suddenly reacted. She stared at Shen Xinglan with wide eyes: "Hey, hey, hey, Senior Brother, the real reason why you didn't wear a mask before can't be this..."

"Well," Shen Xinglan said noncommittally, "I've thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to let you see it. I really don't want to hide it from you."

Shen Sui's eyes were a little complicated.

Shen Xinglan smiled lightly and said, "Don't be moved. Even if I don't tell you, you'll find out soon enough. So it's better for me to reveal my true identity."