Shen Xian's words left Gu An speechless.
"...."
Seeing Gu An's silence, Shen Xian sneered, "I hit the nail on the head."
"I wasn't on the wrong path."
"Not on the wrong path, then how did you know?"
"Me?" Gu An's eyes flickered. "It's none of your business how I know."
"...." Shen Xian stared into Gu An's eyes.
Gu An felt truly uncomfortable under Shen Xian's gaze. "Fine, let's say I was on the wrong path. Is that acceptable?"
"Acceptable?"
Gu An's face stiffened. "My mind is full of wrong paths."
"How did you find out?"
After circling around, Shen Xian inevitably returned to his original question.
Of course, Gu An had thought that once she admitted it, Shen Xian would stop asking. Who knew she was truly naive.
"...."
She thought, Shen Yan hadn't even told Shen Xian about her affairs, so Shen Yan likely didn't want to say anything. If she told Shen Xian now that Shen Yan was the one who told her, Shen Yan would definitely be angry upon finding out.
Thus, after thinking for a moment, she said, "A demon from the demon realm told me."
"The demon realm? You have a connection with the demon realm?"
"Not exactly. I initially..." Gu An said, "I initially wanted to cultivate demonic arts, but the demons in the demon realm saw me and said I wasn't suited for it, so I cultivated as a demon. Recently, I've found that demonic arts aren't suitable for me either. Then I remembered what the demons in the demon realm had told me, and that's when I saw you, and I thought I'd help introduce you to a woman with immortal destiny."
Gu An believed her lie was woven flawlessly.
Unexpectedly, Shen Xian still showed a look of confusion. "Since even the demon realm wouldn't take you, and you can't cultivate demonic arts, where does your confidence come from? Besides," he scanned Gu An from head to toe, "I don't see any immortal destiny in you either."
"....." Gu An was speechless.
Seeing Gu An's silence, Shen Xian frowned deeply. "Are you telling the truth?"
"I am telling the truth." Gu An said agitatedly.
"The truth? But your words clearly contradict..."
"I was born to be no ordinary person. From childhood, I was bullied. One day, I met an old man... no, it should be an old grandfather. He said I was a prodigy."
"A prodigy? Then why didn't you cultivate immortal arts?"
"He did tell me to cultivate immortal arts, but it's not that easy to encounter immortals. I searched for a few..." Gu An swallowed her words and rephrased, "I searched for a long time, met an injured demon, and then encountered a fox spirit. I don't know why, but I just couldn't meet an immortal. Perhaps, as you said, I don't have immortal destiny."
Shen Xian squinted at Gu An's serious expression, recalling her earlier guilty demeanor. He said, "Is this the truth or a lie?"
Upon hearing this, Gu An pouted. "I'm already this pitiful, and you don't sympathize with me, but you accuse me of lying. What kind of person are you?"
"..." Shen Xian was too lazy to comfort Gu An and asked, "If you're so useless, how can you tell who has immortal destiny and who doesn't?"
"I can."
"Then how do you prove it?"
"Prove it." Gu An said, standing up.
Shen Xian looked up at Gu An and said, "You need to look out the window."
"Yes." Gu An nodded and walked to the window.
Shen Xian sat by the table, unmoved, watching Gu An's confident posture. He calculated with his fingers and sensed that there was a woman with immortal destiny passing below at that moment.
However, that woman with immortal destiny was not compatible with him.
At the same time, Gu An glanced down at the woman wearing a white dress and with a delicate appearance. Her eyes widened, and she quickly turned back to Shen Xian, "I see one."
"And then?"
"And then..." Gu An repeated, turning her head to look at the woman who had stopped in place. She was stunned for a moment, realizing that although she was a woman with immortal destiny, she was incompatible with Shen Xian's fate. Yet, she really wanted to meet Shen Yan.
Faced with this, she fell into a dilemma.
Shen Xian calmly watched Gu An's thoughtful back and said, "It seems that you..."
"However, it's a pity she's incompatible with you."
But the moment Gu An uttered these words, Shen Xian's eyes widened.
"...."
Following that, Gu An turned to look at Shen Xian, who was still staring at her, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You actually saw it."
"You know?" Gu An was startled.
Originally, Gu An had intended to go against her conscience and casually help Shen Xian make connections.
However, after a period of contemplation, her conscience still wouldn't allow her to do so.
Now, with Shen Xian saying this, she was grateful to herself from the bottom of her heart.
"Mm." Shen Xian nodded slightly, picked up his cup, and took a sip of water. "How did you see it?"
"I told you, I'm a prodigy."
"...."
Shen Xian knew that ordinary people couldn't see women with immortal destiny, unless they were malicious demons or spirits.
But then he thought again, Gu An wasn't either of those. It was likely she was truly a prodigy.
Seeing Shen Xian fall silent again, Gu An asked, "Why aren't you speaking?"
"Nothing to say." Shen Xian replied, picking up his cup again.
"Do you want me?"
Hearing this, Shen Xian choked on his water and looked up at Gu An. "Can you speak properly?"
"Do you want me?" Gu An repeated.
Then, Shen Xian put down his cup and said with a serious expression, "You should say, 'Do you want to use me?', not 'Do you want me?'"
"Is there a difference between the two?"
"..." Shen Xian was surprised that Gu An would retort, so he paused and said, "You can't speak like that to a man... just not like that."
"Why..."
"Don't ask why, just don't speak like that in the future." Shen Xian said, continuing to drink water.
Gu An was bewildered by Shen Xian's words. "Why?"
Shen Xian: "...." He pretended not to hear.
Gu An: "...." She sighed and said, "Never mind if you won't say, just tell me, do you... do you want to use me."
"You did indeed... get it right, but..." Shen Xian put down his cup and looked at Gu An. "This might just be a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse. I don't believe you."
"...." Gu An showed a dejected expression.
"However," Shen Xian looked at Gu An's face and smiled slightly. "I'll allow you to follow me."
Hearing this, Gu An's face lit up as if she had seen sunlight. She raised her head and smiled at Shen Xian. "You won't lie to me, will you?"
"I never lie. By the way," Shen Xian asked, "why aren't you asking my name?"
"What's your name?"
Gu An dared not reveal any more flaws at Shen Xian's place. From now on, she decided to follow Shen Xian's lead.
"...." Shen Xian looked at Gu An's eager expression and couldn't help but smile slightly. "My name is Shen Xian."
Gu An smiled. "I've remembered!"
"You've remembered, so why are you smiling?"
"I'm happy, I can finally earn some silver."
"....."
Shen Xian had always thought that Gu An before him merely wanted to help him. Now that she mentioned silver, Shen Xian had a fleeting feeling of being deceived.