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

Jin Wuchen remembered everything she had said so naturally, which touched Chu Luo and made her heart beat faster.

She knew the reason: firstly, Jin Wuchen had a good memory, and secondly, he had said that he liked her.

Hearing someone say something gives a different feeling than seeing someone demonstrate it through their actions.

Especially Chu Luo, who only has one past relationship and is somewhat numb and indifferent to romantic love.

She didn't know how to accept it, and even tried to run far away from Jin Wuchen, but he seemed to be someone she couldn't avoid no matter what.

Chu Luo didn't continue thinking about it, her thoughts returning to the purpose of their visit: "Do we have any news about Fei Zhiyou? Can we get some information about him here?"

Jin Wuchen's expression darkened slightly. After a moment's thought, he finally spoke, "You might not be happy to hear this, but I don't want to hide it from you."

Upon hearing this, Chu Luo thought that there was probably no news again. The thought that Fei Zhiyou had disappeared because of her made her feel worried and guilty.

Fei Zhiyou is in the Flame City.

Jin Wuchen spoke.

"Really?" Chu Luo's face, which had been ashen, suddenly lit up.

"Are you saying this on purpose to surprise me?" Chu Luo looked at him.

Jin Wuchen smiled helplessly and said, "I also wanted to surprise you, but..."

"But what? Did something happen to him?" Chu Luo asked with some worry.

"He's fine, but he was with Feng Zhe's people, refining medicine for Feng Zhe. Feng Zhe had some health problems before, but after Fei Zhiyou came to Flame City, the medicine he refined relieved Feng Zhe's pain."

Chu Luo frowned slightly; she knew why Feng Zhe was feeling unwell.

That was the result of her long-planned interaction of food and fruit, which took several years to manifest, and in one of her previous lives it almost cost Feng Zhe his life.

But all her efforts over the years have been so easily ruined by Fei Zhiyou.

"I put so much effort into this, why is this damn Feng Zhe so hard to kill?" Chu Luo felt wronged and resentful. All her carefully laid plans were so easily ruined by her best friend.

Chu Luo raised her sleeve, turned around, and quickly wiped away the tears that were about to spill from her eyes.

Wiping away her tears, Chu Luo turned her face away, her eyes slightly red, and said, "It's alright. It's not the first time I've failed. Fei Zhiyou is alright, which is good news. My friend's life or death is far more important than that inhuman thing."

Seeing her skillful way of comforting and reassuring him, Jin Wuchen felt inexplicably sorry for her.

"A-Luo, if you feel wronged, upset, or want to cry, just cry. Don't hold it in. You don't have to force yourself like this."

Chu Luo looked up at the sky, quickly regaining her composure. "Crying won't help. How can you laugh at me for such a small difficulty? The person I'm going to kill is Feng Zhe. How can I be so weak before he's dead?"

Jin Wuchen saw a strong resilience in her. She looked like the most delicate and gentle girl, but inside she was as tough as steel, sharp and resilient.

"I wish A'Luo all her wishes come true," Jin Wuchen said earnestly.

Chu Luo laughed upon hearing this, feeling refreshed and full of energy again after the storm.

"Is Fei Zhiyou helping Feng Zhe refine medicine related to their past relationship?"

Jin Wuchen nodded. "Yes, it's related."

Chu Luo wanted to know something, but she was afraid that Jin Wuchen wouldn't tell her, so she changed her question to, "Can you take me to meet him?"

"No!" Jin Wuchen blurted out without thinking.

"Huh? Why?" Chu Luo asked, puzzled.

"Seeing him will put you in danger. Feng Zhe has recently intensified his pursuit of the pipa player, and you are probably the only one who can ring that bell now. If you appear in Feng Zhe's sight, he will not let you go."

Chu Luo immediately forgot about that. "Do you know why he insisted on finding someone who can play the pipa?"

"A'Luo, Feng Zhe is already a person who has overthrown power, and Wang Youshi is extremely wealthy. They are both looking for someone who can play the pipa well. Don't you think this is too much of a coincidence?"

When Jin Wuchen heard that Chu Luo was helping Wang Youshi and that their relationship was quite close, he had some vague guesses.

Chu Luo recalled the musical score that Wang Youshi and the others had given her to test, as well as the bell that Feng Zhe's men had brought to the Chu family; the methods were indeed quite similar.

"They might have the same goal. I don't know about Feng Zhe's side, but Wang Youshi's side needs sheet music, and it's not just any sheet music. Only the correct sheet music can make what they're testing sound."

Jin Wuchen thought for a moment and said to Chu Luo, "I know a way to hide information, which is to use special methods to amplify the important information to be hidden. However, the things on this musical score are not simple. With a slight combination, they can be infinitely varied and extremely difficult to decipher."

Chu Luo looked at Jin Wuchen with surprise. He had almost completely guessed what he meant. "How do you know everything? What Wang Youshi said is similar to what you said, but he said that using the pipa score as a way of adding a layer of complexity is a method of communication between the general and his closest friends."

After pondering for a moment, Jin Wuchen asked Chu Luo, "Did Wang Youshi tell you what else he needed you to do besides restoring the score?"

Chu Luo shook her head. "They only asked me to help restore the sheet music, and didn't say anything else. Is there something else I don't know?"

“This isn’t right. Who else is there besides Wang Youshi?” Jin Wuchen became somewhat alert, looked around, and decided to bring Chu Luo to his territory for the sake of caution.

"And Xiao Yuanyi, and Mr. Mu," Chu Luo told the truth.

“No wonder, with Xiao Yuanyi around, it’s not surprising that they had such thoughts,” Jin Wuchen said, making his judgment.

Chu Luo felt that Wang Youshi and the others might be hiding something from her. "Is something wrong?"

Chu Luo wasn't sure about other things, but she needed to gather information from several sources to make a judgment.

"Having sheet music is not enough; you also need someone who can play it. Otherwise, they won't achieve their goal," Jin Wuchen told Chu Luo.

"Why? Isn't there information on the sheet music? Wouldn't it be easier to decipher it?" Chu Luo said, expressing her thoughts.

"A'Luo, do you remember the mechanisms I taught you before? Some mechanisms have one layer, while others have multiple layers of mechanisms."

Chu Luo nodded; she remembered.

“They have plenty of money. Since they asked you to restore an ancient musical score, it's definitely not an ordinary one. You have principles but agreed to help, which means that this score must be related to them. Judging from their history of making their fortune, this thing should have some connection with their ancestors.”

Chu Luo nodded. Jin Wuchen's deduction was absolutely correct; he had a very accurate grasp of people's hearts and minds.

"They're the kind of people who won't do anything without a reason. There must be some information in this musical score that can help them find what they want. What they're going to such lengths to get is definitely not something ordinary."

Chu Luo listened and couldn't help but nod in agreement; it was indeed true.

"Since even the information was encoded with a very difficult musical score, the place where the item is hidden is most likely to have a mechanism, and this mechanism is very likely the work of the person who used the musical score to enhance the information."

Chu Luo suddenly realized, "The musical score is the first layer of the entire mechanism. Once you solve it and know the information, you can go to find it. But finding the place is the second layer of difficulty. Opening the mechanism at the placement location is the third layer. There may even be more than one layer of mechanisms at the placement location. They are all linked together. Because this person has a habit of adding layers, this pipa music runs throughout the whole process."

Jin Wuchen nodded. "A'Luo is very smart. She not only learns mechanisms quickly, but she also understands them very quickly."

"Wang You used a bell to measure musical scores, while Feng Zhe used a pipa piece to activate the bell to find someone. This shows that he needed both the musical scores and the people who could play them. No wonder they still valued me highly when I couldn't reconstruct the scores."

"Wang Youshi and the others are hiding something from me. Their idea of ​​me restoring the score is not the end, but just the beginning. My survival is important, but I have to stay under their watchful eyes. Once they find the score, they will find a way to get me to help them unlock the mechanism."

"What if you don't want to?" Jin Wuchen asked.

"They know my temper. If I don't want to, I'd rather die than submit, but they won't give up..." Thinking of this, Chu Luo felt a chill run down her spine.

"What's wrong, A'Luo?" Jin Wuchen quickly helped Chu Luo, who had stiffened.

Chu Luo murmured, "They know my Achilles' heel, and they probably already know how to manipulate me."

Jin Wuchen instantly understood what she meant. "You mean, mother-in-law?"

Chu Luo nodded with difficulty. "It seems like this was a carefully orchestrated scheme for me from beginning to end, with each step intricately linked. If that's the case, then Mr. Mu is truly a master strategist."