Not following the expected path? Reborn and unexpectedly married to a demon.

The wolf was beaten so badly by Shu Tong that he couldn't get up, and he probably had many broken bones all over his body.

Chu Luo admired his toughness to some extent.

She walked down from the city wall and squatted down in front of the barbarian wolf.

"Women are bad luck, stay away from me."

Chu Luo smiled slightly, "I also think you're unlucky and want you to stay away, but you seem to have no good bones; you can't even crawl away."

“You…you…” The barbarian wolf pounded the ground in anger.

Looking at his bruised and swollen face, and how he could barely speak, I felt somewhat satisfied.

If you can't speak, then listen to me.

Chu Luo took a few steps back and sat down on a stone stool in a dilapidated shed. The sun was strong, and she felt a little dizzy.

The wolf fell silent, waiting to see what she would say.

She called Shu Tong over, took out a handkerchief, emptied the water from the water bag, and slowly wiped the blood off Shu Tong's hands.

Then he wiped the table, laid a cloth on it, and slowly took out large, white steamed buns, fragrant braised pork jerky, and sweet and fragrant glutinous rice cakes from his bundle.

Although the Black Witch Doctor and the others had come well-fed and watered, they were hungry again when they saw these unusual foods.

Chu Luo asked the black witch doctor to sit down and eat, and although she wasn't hungry, she slowly took a piece of glutinous rice and ate it.

Shu Tong looked at the person lying on the ground, constantly swallowing, and knew that Chu Luo's psychological manipulation was truly effective.

Just then, the three children ran over, glanced at the person on the ground, and then stared at the thing in their mouths, licking their lips repeatedly.

"Three children, come here," Chu Luo called out, reaching out her hand to them.

The three children looked at each other, not daring to go over. They didn't want to experience the miserable state of the people on the ground, and they were even less resistant to being beaten.

"Come here," Shu Tong said.

The three of them shuddered as they looked at Shu Tong. They had been hiding in the shadows and had seen everything that had happened.

Reluctantly, she walked over, her hands and feet moving awkwardly due to nervousness. Chu Luo laughed when she saw this.

The three of them didn't dare to approach Shu Tong and instead chose to stand in front of Chu Luo.

Chu Luo looked at the three of them and asked, "What did you tell them when you went back? Why were they so fierce? They even wanted to cook me and eat my flesh. They scared me."

The black witch doctor muttered, "I don't believe you for a second. You're really trying to fool a child."

"We only know exactly what you taught them, but we have no idea why they did it that way."

"You've completed the task I assigned you, come here," Chu Luo said, handing them steamed buns.

The three of them stood there, stunned, not daring to answer.

After Chu Luo broke off a small piece and ate it herself, the three of them eagerly grabbed the steamed buns and began to wolf them down.

The thinnest of the three children, after eating half of his food, glanced at the man lying behind the wolf, hesitated for a moment, then ran to the man's side and fed him the remaining half of the steamed bun.

This surprised Chu Luo; this kid was quite interesting.

The fathers of all three children were among these people, but only this one child endured the pain of feeding the remaining half of the steamed bun to his father.

The barbarian wolf asked, "Didn't you have something to say? Where is it?"

Seeing that the wolf had taken the initiative to ask, Chu Luo, noticing his impatience, said, "I know what you lack most here. You lacked it in the past, you lack it now, and if nothing changes, you'll continue to lack it in the future."

"You are no match for the people of the desert in terms of ferocity and barbarity, nor for the people of the forest in terms of survival skills. You can't steal, you can't grow, you can't leave; your fate is either to be cooked or to starve to death."

Chu Luo's unhurried words were like a knife piercing the hearts of these people.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" the barbarian wolf asked.

“I can change your predicament and make it easy for you to eat what's in front of me.”

Chu Luo spoke with certainty, which inexplicably convinced people.

"How can we change this, and what do we need to sacrifice?"

Many people were tempted by the items on the table and couldn't wait to ask questions.

"We want to be the masters of this city."

Chu Luo spoke loudly, startling everyone. How could a seemingly weak woman utter such powerful words, and how serious she was, not joking?

The barbarian wolf paused, looked at Shu Tong, and said, "Here, the winner takes all. We are one of the three factions in this city, and we have already been defeated by you. You can kill or torture us as you please. How do you expect to be our master?"

"I want you to truly submit to us and obey our orders. In return, it is my responsibility to ensure you are well-fed and watered. This is our contract," Chu Luo explained earnestly.

The wolf scoffed. He would never agree to bow down to a woman, and he didn't believe she had any real solutions to the problem.

"We don't need you, and we won't trust you."

The savage wolf loudly refused.

"What? Are you serious?" Many people were getting anxious when he refused, and ignored him, asking themselves.

The barbarian wolf turned around and glared at the group, signaling them to shut up.

But he forgot that they couldn't beat him back then, so they followed him.

But they were still starving. Now that the wolves had been defeated and the other side was offering such good terms, why should they refuse?

“Of course, if you promise me and trust me, your lives will definitely get better and better, and you will see them getting better and better,” Chu Luo said, pointing to the things on the table.

"Alright, I have nothing left to give up. Even if you want my soul, so be it. As long as you can feed me, you will be my true god for this lifetime."

Several people staggered to their feet and solemnly knelt down before Chu Luo.

Chu Luo asked the black witch doctor to treat the wounds of these people and offered them food.

The wolf was furious; his men had betrayed him and no longer followed his lead.

But here, the ruler is not a ruler, the minister is not a minister, the father is not a father, and the son is not a son. Everything can be betrayed, so where is loyalty and integrity? Everything is for profit.

He forgot.

Gradually, most of the people knelt down before Chu Luo and sought treatment from the Black Witch Doctor.

Shu Tong whistled, summoning the hawk that Chu Luo used to deliver messages.

Chu Luo placed the letter on the eagle's leg and sent it out.

Soon a caravan of carriages entered the city, with the words "Siyuan" written on them.

The messenger noted down the names of those willing to follow Chu Luo and distributed steamed buns and dry rations.

Apart from the dozen or so members of the Savage Wolf Clan, everyone else followed Chu Luo.

The eldest of the three children kept watching the wolf, and he was making a decision between the wolf and Chu Luo.

After thinking it over, he still chose Chu Luo.

The wolf, who had already stood up, said, "Wolf cub, today you have betrayed the clan. From now on, you are not allowed to set foot on the clan's territory."

Chu Luo then realized that he was the son of the barbarian wolf.

Chu Luo looked at him, then at the child who had just fed her father a steamed bun. That child was now helping his father apply medicine to the black witch doctor.

That child's name is Jiao Yang.

Outside the Qinglou Pavilion in Jiangzhou.

Jin Wuchen sat on the roof of Qinglou, a place he had visited many times before.

Staring at an old beggar at the entrance of a small alley outside Qinglou, the old beggar was as thin as a skeleton, his body was tattered, and his kind face was full of the hardships of life.

It's heartbreaking to look at, especially in contrast to the Celebration Pavilion where wealthy people gather.

Many kind-hearted young ladies and wives gave him some food and money.

Hu Li and his men were puzzled. Why was Jin Wuchen keeping an eye on this old beggar at night lately?