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

She wanted to say yes, but she was thinking, so she just shook her head pitifully and said, "I was wrong."

Seeing her reaction, Jin Wuchen, who wasn't going to hold it against her anyway, softened his tone, "Even if I did do that, you don't need to stand up for two strangers. I'd rather you were angry because I sent someone to watch you."

Feeling guilty, Chu Luo gave in, thinking that if she couldn't avoid them, she would find more ways to get rid of them. "Let them watch, I'm not angry."

"Stop thinking about your little schemes. I know what you're thinking. Don't worry about how to escape them. I'm keeping them by your side to protect you, not to stalk or monitor you."

Chu Luo's thoughts were once again seen through; she wondered if her feelings were written all over her face.

Seeing her still worried expression, Jin Wuchen promised, "I promise you, as long as your life is safe, the Jin family will never get anything from them that concerns you."

"Really?" Chu Luo found his promise hard to believe.

“Yes, really.” Few dared to question his rarely made promises.

Chu Luo followed Xing Zhu back to her room with some skepticism, pondering whether it was true or not, her mind not on the roasted rabbit that Xing Zhu was so eager to eat.

Xingzhu said with drooling, "This rabbit has been roasted all night. It's golden and crispy. Would you like to try a bite? The taste is absolutely amazing. You'll regret it if you don't try it."

Chu Luo looked at Xing Zhu and said, "I thought you would say that not eating would be a waste of his good intentions."

"It's not like you asked him to bake it. You don't have to appreciate everything he does. If you like it, accept it; if you don't, don't."

Xingzhu sometimes really does say surprising things. Chu Luo was a little surprised, "Huh? What would he think if he knew you said that? Who taught you that?"

"It's the young master. He said that forcing people to be grateful through one's own efforts is more hypocritical and despicable than coercion or bribery."

These words were a revelation to Chu Luo. She realized that she had been bound and constrained by human relationships for many lifetimes, but these words had cut them all away.

Seeing Chu Luo remain silent in a daze, Xingzhu continued to explain, "According to the young master's style, catching a fat rabbit and roasting it for you to try is his choice. Whether you eat it or not is fine, but it's really delicious."

"Does he really not appreciate other people's kindness?" Chu Luo asked.

"It depends on his mood. If he's unhappy or doesn't like it, no matter how much you do, it's useless. I've personally seen someone from the canal gang cripple himself trying to please him to get something, but he still didn't appreciate it."

Chu Luo suspected that he might not have accepted any favors from anyone. "Then has he ever accepted any favors?"

"Yes, but very rarely. I heard that on the very day the disabled man retrieved his belongings, someone gave him a stone they had picked up casually. He accepted it and even promised the person something in return."

She heard from others that Ziyuntai was capricious and unpredictable, with his likes and dislikes being even more elusive.

But after hearing this, Chu Luo felt that he was more insightful than many people and had the ability to do so, which made Chu Luo appreciate and admire him more.

Xingzhu didn't care about those people staring at the rabbit with shining eyes, as if they could swallow the rabbit whole with just their eyes.

Chu Luo swallowed hard, but neither she nor Xing Zhu dared to touch the food. Chu Luo had intended to just take a bite and then let Xing Zhu eat it, but she was completely amazed by the taste.

She had never eaten such delicious barbecue before; the meat he grilled was even better than the meat grilled by the chef that Qinglou had hired at great expense.

While she was eating, she also called on Xingzhu to help, and the two of them quickly devoured half a rabbit.

A gentleman keeps away from the kitchen; she rarely saw any men cooking in the kitchen.

Chu Luo found it strange. Even if he wasn't a gentleman, "he was still the young master of the number one gang in the world, with the Great Zheng Lake and Sea under his control and countless subordinates. How could he know how to cook, and cook so well? He's picky about everything, even learning to cook."

"Young Master doesn't need to learn anything special. If he wanted to, he would just watch others do it and then he would be able to do it too," Xingzhu said casually, as if he was already used to it.

"What do you mean by 'learning after just a few glances'?" Chu Luo was somewhat shocked by Jin Wuchen's intelligence.

Xingzhu didn't know why either, so she said truthfully, "Anyway, he can memorize things after just a few glances at them, and after thinking about it a little, he can almost master them."

"So, is it the same for him when he studies martial arts, academics, and other subjects?"

"I served by the young master's side for half a year. Once, he went to a teahouse for tea and casually flipped through someone's newly written story, as if it were just a passing breeze."

Later, due to a disturbance, the book was accidentally knocked into the river. Even the author himself couldn't remember it, but he recited it verbatim to someone else, without a single mistake.

Chu Luo knew that he had an almost photographic memory.

"As for martial arts, we haven't heard that the young master has any master, nor do we know how he learned them. Even if he doesn't have a master, we've never seen anyone beat him, so we assume he must be very skilled."

Chu Luo didn't even need to think to know that Jin Wuchen's martial arts skills weren't just high, they were unfathomable.

So many people are terrified of him, how could it be just because he is ruthless? They are just curious about where he learned his martial arts skills.

Looking at the simple-minded and outspoken Xingzhu, Chu Luo was surprised that she had managed to serve Jin Wuchen for half a year. "Xingzhu, aren't you afraid of him? Is he very fierce?"

"I'm clumsy and naturally afraid, but at that time, Sister Ya Shuang, who served the young master, was injured, and Steward Sun asked me and a few other sisters to go and help take care of her. I had no choice but to go. Moreover, later the young master even asked me to stay by his side because of a bear."

"A bear?" Chu Luo found it very interesting.

Xingzhu was still somewhat indignant when she spoke of it, "Yes, it was a bear."

Chu Luo rested her chin on her hands, intently listening to the rest of the story.

"Back then, I loved to eat and was a bit chubby. I don't know if that bear mistook me for one of its silly, cute kind, but it always clung to my trouser leg. The young master said I looked a lot like that ugly bear, so he made me hug that bear and follow him around."

Xingzhu spoke with great indignation.

"Ugly bear?" Chu Luo imagined the little bear cub to be cute.

"Yes, young mistress, you don't know, that bear is small, black, fat, clingy, and ugly. He not only saved the bear, but he also said that the bear was bullied to the point of near death, probably because it was too handsome and was ostracized. Isn't that nonsense?"

That was the first time I doubted the young master's judgment.

Listening to her adorable words, Chu Luo could imagine the lovely scene.

"Did he save the bear?"

"I was passing through a forest when I heard a strange noise coming from inside. When I went over, I saw a large python strangling a bear cub."

He said that bear would definitely be handsome when it grew up, so he rescued the ugly bear that was barely alive, brought it back, treated it until it survived, and then asked me to raise it.

"What happened next? Where did that bear go? Was it abandoned?" Chu Luo wanted to see the bear that looked like Xingzhu.

"In half a year, that bear grew a lot bigger. With him around, no one dared to mess with me. Although he was naughty, he was still quite obedient."

But one time, for some unknown reason, someone was injured. After the young master punished him, he was sent to some unknown forest.

"Which bear do you like?" Chu Luo could see from Xing Zhu's eyes that she was full of nostalgia and reluctance to part with that bear.

"I don't like that ugly bear at all. It's just that he was always clinging to me, so it's a little hard to get used to him being sent away all of a sudden."

Seeing her stubbornness, Chu Luo asked, "Does that bear have a name?"

"Yes, I named him Ah Chou."

"You called Jin Wuchen's bear 'Ugly,' doesn't he have any objections?"

"Maybe it's because I call it Ah Chou every day, and it responds when others call it Ah Chou, so the young master accepted it."

"Jin Wuchen likes animals?"

"I don't know, but the young master likes to play. Maybe he just thought it was fun and teased it. Before this bear, I think he also had two tigers."

It is said that birds of a feather flock together, so he was not surprised that Chu Luo was a fierce beast. What surprised him was that Xing Zhu, such a pure and innocent person, could stay in the Jin family so well.

Judging from these events, Jin Wuchen is not as heinous as the rumors suggest.