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

Chu Luo looked around to make sure there was no one else nearby. The person he was talking about was her. She stood up shakily and walked out.

Squatting for a long time caused her legs and feet to go numb, making it difficult for her to walk.

She instinctively didn't want to get close to the pile of corpses, so she didn't move forward.

"Who are you, and why are you here?" The masked man in black did not attack her directly.

"I...I got lost while looking for wild vegetables and accidentally ended up here. I...I don't know anything, and I won't go out and talk nonsense."

Chu Luo nervously raised the basket, which was full of things, her face showing that she was quite frightened.

Chu Luo thought that these people were probably hard to reason with. Even if she looked terrified and pitiful, it wouldn't be enough to make them let her go. Her life or death was just a matter of their decision.

"Only the dead can truly shut up. Tell me, should I believe you or those who can't speak?"

As he spoke, he raised his sword, which was still dripping blood.

Instead of answering, Chu Luo asked them, "Are you from the Grand Canal Gang?"

"Did you hear that?" the other person asked.

Chu Luo nodded. "I don't know if you're from the Canal Gang, but I'm from the Jin family of the Canal Gang."

If she, the young mistress of the Jin family, were to die here, at the hands of the Canal Gang, it would be a huge joke if people found out.

“That’s a lie, I’ve never seen you at the Jin family’s residence,” a slightly immature voice immediately denied from behind the leader.

Chu Luo remained calm upon hearing this. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I am the young mistress's dowry maid. I've only been with the young mistress in the Jin family for a month. Steward Sun and Granny Jin both recognize me. If you send me to the Jin family, it will prove what I said."

If Chu Luo were to rashly claim to be the young mistress in her current attire, the other party might just chop her up with a single blow.

"Words are meaningless; we don't have time to waste on your stalling tactics."

Chu Luo wanted to use something to prove her words, but the Jin family's jewels on her head had been taken away by Chu Yinmei, and she had nothing left to prove her identity.

She habitually reached into her pocket and felt a hard object in her purse.

She took it out, looked at the black die, and the hope that had been ignited within her was completely extinguished once again.

Although it belongs to the Jin family, it doesn't bear any Jin family mark whatsoever.

Chu Luo sighed. At that time, Granny Jin had someone give her several boxes of small items, and the jewelry and hairpins inside all had the special mark of the Jin family.

There were also some trinkets, and among them, Chu Luo particularly liked this unassuming dice.

On a hot summer day, the dice felt cool to hold, so she casually took only the half-marked thing and put it in her purse.

"Can this prove it? Although it's hard to read and has no writing on it, it definitely belongs to the Jin family."

Chu Luo held the die and spoke without much confidence, as if she had nothing to lose and was trying anything.

The other group stared in surprise at the dice in her hand.

Seeing that they didn't look at her like she was an idiot, Chu Luo felt that things had taken a turn for the better.

Sure enough, the leader said, "Fifteen, you go with her."

"But how can I go to the Jin family without the young master's permission?"

The person called Fifteen answered, referring to the one who had spoken with a somewhat childish tone earlier.

"As long as she can enter the Jin family compound, you don't need to go in. If she's not a member of the Jin family, take her directly to the Canal Gang for interrogation."

Chu Luo breathed a sigh of relief, having escaped death once again.

As they approached the Jin family residence, the person called Fifteen stopped getting close and simply watched Chu Luo walk towards the entrance of the Jin residence.

As Chu Luo walked, she reached under her bamboo hat to wipe the disguise mud off her face, and lifted the hat at the doorway when she entered.

The guards at the gate bowed respectfully to her, allowing her to enter the Jin residence, and the crisis was averted.

Chu Luo planted medicinal herb roots by the water channel in the courtyard, as this herb could only grow near clean, flowing water.

She put the medicinal roots into fresh soil so that they could be preserved for longer and made easier to use later; she didn't expect them to survive.

As the days drew to a close and darkness fell, the images she had witnessed during the day did not fade from her mind as night descended.

She ordered hot water to be prepared for her bath, desperately trying to avoid recalling the scenes of the canal gang killing people and corpses strewn everywhere.

Before taking a bath, Chu Luo noticed several tall and elegant female nurses outside and asked Xing Zhu in confusion.

"Xingzhu, why are there so many people guarding the bathhouse today? There aren't this many people here when I usually bathe."

"Recently, a highly skilled and elusive womanizer has appeared in Jiangzhou, targeting wealthy and influential families, especially young ladies and married women. Granny Jin says the young master is not here, so you need to strengthen your guard."

"Does he even dare to target the Jin family?"

Chu Luo couldn't imagine what kind of person would dare to provoke someone from the Grand Canal Gang.

Xingzhu shook her head and said, "It's not necessarily that he wouldn't dare. I don't know if this person is confident because of his superior skills, or if he's just reckless and deliberately picks on the most difficult targets, the more difficult they are, the more he wants to provoke them."

Chu Luo still found it hard to believe, recalling the assassins from the Canal Gang during the day. "But this is the home of the Canal Gang's young master!"

Outsiders all say the Cao Gang is powerful and no one dares to provoke them, but in reality, it's easier to deal with a major enemy than a petty thief. There are also quite a few people who don't value their lives, so it's best to be careful.

Chu Luo found this very reasonable and asked, "Xingzhu, you've been to school, haven't you?"

"They know some characters. Not only me, but most people in the Jin household have some education, but these words were all said by Granny Jin."

Xingzhu didn't try to take credit and just told the truth.

Once a person can read and write, and develops their own sense of right and wrong, they become much harder to control.

This is why many people who advocate that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent believe that many wealthy families do not want their daughters to study too much.

For example, in the Chu family, not only the servants but even the daughters were not given much education. Chu Yinmei's embarrassment at Qinglou last time was due to his lack of education.

The Jin family is truly unique in that they make sure all the servants in their household are literate.

"That's true. Even though the master is not here, as long as that flower thief dares to come, he won't be able to escape easily. As long as the young mistress cries for help, someone will come to deal with him."

Xingzhu carefully instructed Chuluo on how to call for help.

Chu Luo asked, "What does that flower thief look like?"

She needs to know herself and her enemy to be mentally prepared.

"According to the victimized woman, the flower thief was quite tall and had a mask on his face. Anyone who saw his true face was killed, so no one ever saw what he actually looked like."

The next day, Chu Luo immediately began making medicine.

They rushed as fast as they could and finally finished getting the voice-changing medicine before dark.

Chu Luo originally wanted to make some more hemostatic medicine, but there wasn't enough time, so she had to make some poison to prevent flower thieves from stealing her.

After Xingzhu spoke, she felt even more strongly that the person would come to the Jin family, so it was better to be prepared.

As for the hemostatic medication, she plans to get it done as soon as she returns from Ziyuntai.

Jin Wuchen has already arrived in Jiangzhou. If he returns, given his brutality, she will likely be seriously injured. If she wants to survive, she will need some life-saving medicine.

After nightfall, she pretended to be tired and went to bed early so that no one would disturb her.

In reality, he disguised himself and secretly left the Jin family home, heading towards Ziyuntai to attend the so-called grand event.