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

Because of Chu Luo's presence, the father and son were finally able to manage to have a meal together.

At the dinner table, the attitudes of the old gang leader Jin towards Chu Luo and Jin Wuchen were worlds apart.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Chu Luo was his most beloved daughter, and Jin Wuchen was the son of his enemy.

On the way back to the courtyard, Chu Luo walked carefully beside Jin Wuchen.

Looking at Jin Wuchen, who didn't resemble the old gang leader, he once again questioned the relationship between Jin Wuchen and the old gang leader.

How can there be someone whose appearance, temper, personality, temperament, and style are completely different from their father's?

Jin Wuchen responded to Chu Luo's scrutinizing expression with amusement, "Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't I tell you before, he and I don't look like father and son?"

Chu Luo nodded. "It really doesn't seem like it at all. Also, I don't know why the old gang leader was angry with you. I was just standing there, and he just assumed my injury was related to you."

This explanation is somewhat weak, but that's the truth.

Jin Wuchen nodded and said, "I know it has nothing to do with you. He came here to interrogate me."

Chu Luo didn't understand. "Huh? Why?"

"He wasn't originally going to return to Jiangzhou so soon, but his spies who stayed with me told him that you were seriously injured in Mianshui, and he was afraid I would kill you, so he rushed to Jiangzhou a few days earlier."

"How did you know?"

“He naturally has my people around him as well,” Jin Wuchen told the truth.

"It really is a back-and-forth, both sides," Chu Luo thought that this was how the misunderstanding between the father and son came about.

Chu Luo felt that the old gang leader's spy was biased. "Why didn't the old gang leader's spy report the truth?"

Jin Wuchen wanted to laugh in confusion. "Why do you think he wasn't telling the truth? When I went to save you, didn't you also think I was there to kill you?"

"It's different. I don't know you well enough, there are no spies around you, and besides, I was confused from blood loss at the time."

Chu Luo felt that since the old gang leader had placed spies around Jin Wuchen, and given his understanding of Jin Wuchen, he shouldn't have such a misunderstanding.

"You doubted that we weren't father and son, you doubted that the spy was talking nonsense, you doubted that it was a misunderstanding, but didn't you ever think that what the old man said might be true?" Jin Wuchen didn't know why she didn't doubt him.

“But you said you didn’t want to kill me, and I think you wouldn’t stoop to lying to me,” Chu Luo said, and Jin Wuchen nodded.

Chu Luo immediately realized, "The old gang leader said you didn't protect me well, and you admitted it, so you could actually have prevented me from getting hurt, right?"

"Um"

"You really want to use someone else to do your dirty work? Then why don't you wait until someone else has killed me before you show up?"

I didn't mean to kill you.

"If those people weren't your people, how could you have protected me from getting hurt in that situation?"

Jin Wuchen told her truthfully, "I arrived there before you finished transferring the child and went back to save the Right Guard."

Upon hearing Jin Wuchen's words, Chu Luo finally understood what it meant to know one's son better than his father; she had actually been speaking up for him all along.

She thought for a moment and said, "You didn't intend to kill me, but you wanted to test me, to see what kind of person I really am?"

Yes, people's decisions and reactions are often the most genuine when faced with life and death.

"What did you see? You saw a self-righteous fool who actually has no martial arts skills, only reckless courage and a death wish, right? Isn't that quite unexpected?" Chu Luo laughed self-deprecatingly.

Jin Wuchen chuckled, "You are indeed quite foolish. I've encountered quite a few fools this year. Saying you have no martial arts skills is quite a feat; you learned that almost mutually assured destruction move after just one glance."

"You flatter me, young master, you are so insightful and discerning," Chu Luo mocked him for misjudging her.

Seeing that Chu Luo was still teasing him even after knowing the truth, he was surprised and asked, "You really don't blame me?"

Chu Luo shook her head. "I insisted on saving people. I brought this dangerous situation upon myself. What obligation do you have to save me? If you weren't here, I would have died anyway. How can I blame anyone else? I'm not that ungrateful."

Jin Wuchen understood her logic and naturally understood the alienation within it.

If it were Fei Zhiyou watching from the sidelines, she would have been somewhat disappointed and concerned.

But she never held any hope for him and simply stayed true to herself.

Chu Luo understood clearly that no one owed her anything.

Jin Wuchen looked at the calm Chu Luo and said, "If you ever act so recklessly again, I'll save you sooner."

His promise was like casually tossing someone a piece of fruit—casual yet genuine.

Chu Luo smiled and replied, "Thank you in advance, but I don't know why Young Master wants to tell me the truth?"

Jin Wuchen said, "I'm afraid you won't understand and will think everyone is a good person, but the human heart is ultimately unpredictable."

Chu Luo didn't think he had achieved his goal. "You talk about how unpredictable people are, but your words and actions seem like you're exchanging sincerity for sincerity."

Jin Wuchen smiled easily, "Now I'm more curious about how the old man dug you out of the Chu family."

"I thought I would know the reason after meeting the old gang leader, but I not only got nothing, but I became even more puzzled," Chu Luo said, equally puzzled.

“If it’s no use for you to meet him, why don’t you find an opportunity to let your mother meet him? What if they really know each other?” Jin Wuchen suggested.

Seeing that Jin Wuchen didn't seem to be joking and even looked like he was enjoying the show, Chu Luo immediately made arrangements.

Chu Luo and Jin Wuchen worked together to arrange for the old gang leader and her mother to meet by chance at Qinglou.

Unfortunately, the old gang leader and her mother didn't know each other, and neither of them saw any excitement.

"It's neither this nor that. Could it be that the old gang leader and my father hit it off immediately?" Chu Luo had ruled out all other possibilities, leaving only this somewhat unbelievable thought.

Jin Wuchen's seventeenth subordinate reported, "Young Master, we just learned from the old gang leader's spies that he has never met the young mistress's father, Boss Chu."

"Never seen it before? How could that be? Who saved my father and then arranged the marriage?" This was completely different from what Chu Luo had imagined.

Seventeen continued, "It was the Canal Gang and Steward Sun who rescued the person, and this marriage was arranged by the old gang leader after the rescue, with Steward Sun making the decision."

Chu Luo felt something was off. "Something's not right."

Jin Wuchen asked her, "What's wrong?"

"When my father came home, he only said that he wanted the Chu family to marry off one of their daughters, but the Jin family didn't say who they wanted. However, the old gang leader told me that the Jin family wanted me, Chu Luo."

Jin Wuchen: "This might be a calculated move by him, a deliberate attempt to mislead, knowing that even if he doesn't explicitly state who he wants, the Chu family will definitely send you off to marry."

Jin Wuchen said that his father was not polite at all. This time, Chu Luo no longer felt it was a misunderstanding. Perhaps the father and son understood each other quite well.

But if what Jin Wuchen said is true, Chu Luo is a sheltered young lady who has hardly ever left her home, and the old gang leader is away from Jiangzhou for many years, so why is it so important to have her?

Both of them fell into deep thought. This marriage was unclear and inexplicable, and the two involved still couldn't figure it out no matter what they did.

She had no clue what was going on and was still pondering the matter when she received a warning letter from Zhong Fangtang. She had no choice but to put her doubts aside.

Zhongfangtang said that the Regent could not find Yinshan and began searching everywhere for Xunyang Pipa Girl, who was in danger.

Upon receiving this news, Chu Luo no longer had time to dwell on her doubts. Her priority was to protect everything related to the Xunyang Pipa Girl, so she immediately disguised herself and went out.