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

Jin Wuchen knew that Chu Luo was suspicious, so he needed to be patient with her.

He looked at the red gem on his finger. Chu Luo had drunk his blood, and after spending the past few days together, the gem's color was different from before.

"Ah Luo, wait for me a little longer."

"Young Master, as you investigated, although that group of people are not Feng Zhe's men, they seem to be looking for something to ask Feng Zhe for a reward. These people have wandered around to the vicinity of Peiyuan Ridge."

Jin Wuchen knew very well what he was doing. Even when he was looking for Chu Luo, he did not put down what he was doing. If he wanted to be with the one he loved forever, he could not only think about the present.

"Keep following them and see what they're looking for," Jin Wuchen instructed before starting to process the backlog of messages from the past few days.

Many of the messages were bad, but Jin Wuchen handled them expressionlessly. The people assisting him didn't know how he could sort out so many complicated matters in such a short time and think ten steps ahead for every one step he took.

Jin Wuchen sat at his desk until late at night. He had basically finished dealing with the matter. He looked at the crescent moon outside and flew out of the window.

Chu Luo had already fallen asleep, but her sleep was not restful. If it weren't for Qi Tianqing's cultivation technique, she probably wouldn't have been able to fall asleep at all.

Shu Tong did not stay in the room, but went to the surrounding area to find out what was going on.

Her lifestyle was quite different from Chu Luo's. After confirming that no one could trespass near Chu Luo, she went out on her own.

Jin Wuchen could move through even more dangerous and perilous places as if they were empty, let alone this place.

He sat down by Chu Luo's bedside, made a cut on his left wrist, and bright red blood flowed out. He drank a mouthful of his own blood and then transferred it to Chu Luo mouth to mouth once again.

The red amber on his finger appeared even more vibrant in the moonlight.

Jin Wuchen lay down beside her, their fingers intertwined, and fell asleep.

Chu Luo gradually calmed down.

In her dream, before a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, Jin Wuchen suddenly appeared in red, blocking her way and separating her from the filth and carnage.

The nightmare ended there, and Chu Luo gradually relaxed, lying peacefully with Jin Wuchen.

The next morning, Chu Luo woke up feeling refreshed.

The realism of Jin Wuchen being beside her in her dream made her immediately get up and search for him all over the room.

However, there was no sign that anyone had been there.

"Was that really a dream?" Chu Luo couldn't help but ask.

It was so real, as if he had actually been there.

Chu Luo checked each of the mechanisms she had set up before going to bed, and found that none of them had been damaged.

Even the hair on the doors and windows was still perfectly intact. Unless it was a demon or ghost, it would be impossible for someone to enter and leave this place so without leaving a trace.

"Besides, why would he come here? He didn't even recognize me. If he had, he would have reacted long ago. Why would he remain silent? I guess I'm overthinking it."

A carrier pigeon landed on Chu Luo's windowsill, disrupting her thoughts. She opened the letter tied to the pigeon's leg and frowned slightly.

Chu Luo disregarded everything else and quickly packed her things.

Her scouts replied that Mu Panrong had arrived near Peiyuan Ridge.

There was no time to wait for Shu Tong to return; she had to rush to that secret place.

If we had been any slower, we might have run into Mu Panrong there.

By then, that place will no longer be able to be kept secret, and what's inside will also become Feng Zhe's.

She picked up her pen, left a letter, told her the address, and set off first.

Chu Luo sped along the road and arrived at a desolate and dilapidated village at the hottest time of day.

At the village entrance stood a gaunt, elderly man in his seventies, leaning on a cane, with a poorly clothed, thinning-haired little boy, craning his neck and waiting expectantly, as if they were waiting for someone.

Looking at the child's chapped lips, his listless and weak appearance, Chu Luo knew he was starving.

He deliberately took out the dry food he had brought and ate it in front of them. The children swallowed hard, but did not come forward to ask for more.

The old man reached out and covered the child's eyes, then dragged him away.

The child's feet didn't move, as if they were rooted to the ground.

Chu Luo stopped them and handed the old man half of the pancake and some dry food that she had torn off with her hands. "Can you see if he can eat this?"

The child simply watched the old man's actions with longing eyes, unlike some impatient children who would immediately grab the object; he waited patiently.

"Young lady, are you really going to give us this food?" the old man asked.

"Yes, it's fate that we met. If you don't mind the dry rations I brought, please make do with us for a meal."

Chu Luo handed them the other dry rations from her bundle, keeping only the ones Jin Wuchen had made for her.

"The girl is truly kind," the old man said, handing the food to the child.

"Grandpa, is this really safe to eat?" the child asked.

"Um"

"Didn't you say that you shouldn't eat things given by strangers?" the child asked, swallowing hard.

Chu Luo squatted down to the child's height, looked into his eyes, and chuckled softly, "You're a well-behaved and polite child. Grandpa is right, but this food was checked by Grandpa before being given to you, not by a stranger like me."

The old man smiled and nodded at the child, agreeing with Chu Luo's words.

Having lived to a ripe old age, he had rarely seen anyone do good deeds so thoughtfully and appropriately.

She deliberately took out food to eat and invited people to have lunch together; she didn't just offer food to people out of pity.

Moreover, she ate first so that he would see that there was no poison in her food.

Instead of handing it directly to the child, it is handed to an adult for inspection and a decision.

She must have figured out from some way that he was someone who knew a bit about pharmacology.

His manners were truly impeccable.

"Young lady, why did you come to this sparsely populated place?" the old man asked her.

"Old folks, this place is no longer suitable for you to live here, so why are you still staying?"

Chu Luo voiced the question that had been on her mind.

"We are herbalists for generations, living off the mountains. In the past, there were many medicinal herbs in this area, and although conditions were harsh, we could barely support a village."

"But this is unstable after all. The more valuable medicinal herbs grow in dangerous places, and you can't get them without some skills. Besides, there are other places with medicinal herbs in Peiyuan Ridge."

"Besides, growing medicinal herbs for the landlord is a good way to make a living, so everyone gradually found ways to move away."

"You stayed because you could obtain the precious medicinal herbs from that cliff, right?"

Chu Luo guessed.

"The young lady is right. It used to be me, and later it was my son," the old man said calmly.

Chu Luo was puzzled. If she had such abilities, why was she so poor?

She couldn't bring herself to ask.

The old man, fully aware of his situation, said, "My daughter-in-law's family were disgraced officials, and she's quite beautiful, so some people deliberately persecuted and harassed her. My son and I have no connections, and we spent all our savings and even incurred a lot of debt to save her and her brother."

Chu Luo was filled with respect upon hearing this. "You're really willing to part with the old man's entire life savings?"

"I'm reluctant to part with them, but people are more important than money. It's better to have someone by our side. Poverty doesn't matter. I originally saved the siblings out of consideration for our elders, but I never expected it would lead to her marriage to my son."

"So you don't move out, firstly for the sake of livelihood, and secondly to avoid persecution, is that right?"

The old man sighed, "The most important thing is making a living. With the Fei family's medicinal herb garden around, our family's herbs can't fetch a good price anymore."

"The Fei family can grow many rare medicinal herbs, and at a lower price, everyone is willing to buy from them. People from other places who come to buy herbs only buy those from families that are cheaper than the Fei family's."

The Fei family is the most famous family in Peiyuan Ridge, the Fei family of Fei Zhiyou.

Chu Luo immediately thought of a way to solve the old man's predicament.