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

Early the next morning, two people dressed in black, with overly refined features and an air of scholarly elegance, stood in Chu Luo Courtyard like jade trees and orchids.

As dawn broke, Chu Luo saw them as soon as she stepped out of her room. Even though they were dressed in black, their otherworldly aura made them seem like two people who had descended from heaven.

Chu Luo was greatly shocked; how could there be such a pure and otherworldly person?

The two men knelt down and bowed to her, their knees hitting the ground with a crisp sound that Chu Luo could feel the pain just by hearing it.

She suddenly realized that this was the person Jin Wuchen was talking about. Thinking of what Jin Wuchen said about them being one deaf and one mute, she felt a pang of heartache.

"Get up quickly, you two!" Chu Luo hurriedly called to them to get up, but they didn't move an inch.

Chu Luo wondered if they were not getting up because they couldn't hear. Her heart ached again, and she hurriedly went down the steps to pull them up, but she still couldn't lift them up.

She quickly called Xingzhu over, "Xingzhu, they can't understand what I'm saying, please make them get up."

"Please don't worry. It's not that they don't understand; they've probably heard from the young master that their fate is up to you, and they're afraid you won't want them."

Chu Luo said almost without hesitation, "I'll keep them."

The two of them got up with beaming faces. Chu Luo took them out of the mansion and went to a clothing store first, where she let them choose a few light-colored clothes, as the dark clothes did not suit their temperament.

While the two were trying on clothes, she gestured to the size of the girl she had rescued the night before. She had actually come to the store to buy some clothes for her.

Chu Luo's feeling was right; they were indeed more suited to light-colored clothing, which made them appear even more refined and elegant.

Chu Luo was very pleased with Ting Shuwenfeng. They had been by her side all morning, and they handled everything perfectly without Chu Luo having to give any instructions.

If Chu Luo didn't call them, they would hide and follow her from a distance. When she spoke to someone, they, who usually judged what others were saying by reading their lip movements, would turn their backs and not look.

He truly only protected her safety and did not interfere in or hinder her affairs in the slightest.

Chu Luo applied medicine to the unconscious girl and changed her clothes, but for some reason, the girl did not wake up.

She could only find a reliable person to take care of her; even with the best medicine, Chu Luo could not completely remove the scars on the girl's face.

The toxic scar removal medication, when used in appropriate amounts, can only remove wounds on the body and has no effect on the face.

In one of her past lives, Chu Luo was also disfigured, and she suffered the pain of being mocked for her disfigurement.

She didn't want this girl to live the same life she had in her previous life.

When Mr. Shen made arrangements for the rescued woman, he told Chu Luo that the matter of the pipa player from Xunyang had been taken care of and there was no need to worry anymore.

Chu Luo breathed a sigh of relief and took Ting Shu and Wen Feng to visit her mother at the Chu family home. Since Steward Sun's visit last time, the Chu family had shown her much more respect.

Just as Chu Luo saw that Lu Yifu was all set and received the secret letter sent by Mr. Shen, she went out, got into the carriage, and returned to the Jin family.

Just then, several carriages arrived at the Chu family's gate, and they looked like ordinary people visiting.

Chu Luo, being cautious, inquired and learned that the visitor was Hu Yun, Chu Yinmei's uncle and the younger brother of Chu's maternal family.

Chu Luo didn't know what he was there for, but the only thing she could think of was that he was there for money.

The First Madam's family were officials, and Chu Songyuan sent a considerable amount of silver to the Hu family every year to help them with their affairs.

But the money was sent at the beginning of the year, perhaps because he felt it wasn't enough and came to collect it in person.

The Hu family has always looked down on the Chu family, rarely visiting them. If they weren't their source of income, the Chu family would have been discarded long ago.

Although Chu Luo felt they were greedy, she didn't take it to heart. After all, the Hu family and her father were like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai—one was willing to hit and the other was willing to be hit—it had nothing to do with her.

But Chu Luo never expected that his visit would bring her so much trouble.

Chu Luo returned to the Jin family and handed Xingzhu the clothes she had bought for her. Xingzhu was overjoyed.

"This dress is so beautiful! I've only ever seen other ladies wear it. Can I really wear such a nice dress?"

Xingzhu looked at herself in the mirror, dressed in beautiful clothes, from side to side, and asked.

"Of course, we Xingzhu girls want to dress up beautifully, and we'll all wear pretty clothes from now on."

Chu Luo looks to be the same age as Xing Zhu, but she has memories of her previous lives and is more mature than Xing Zhu. She has long regarded Xing Zhu as her little sister and wants to take good care of her.

Chu Luo saw Ting Shu Wen Feng playing chess outside the courtyard. She thought about how Jin Wuchen had roasted a rabbit for her and even asked Ting Shu Wen Feng to protect her. She felt she should reciprocate in kind, and also apologize for her misunderstanding of him.

She carried her homemade wine with added seasonings to the kitchen. She knew very few dishes; her only culinary skills were survival skills accumulated over several lifetimes.

She plans to make her specialty, Shaoxing wine-infused chicken, so that you can eat the meat and drink the soup.

This dish was something she accidentally came up with and it tasted pretty good; I don't think anyone else could make it.

The chef in the kitchen helped her prepare and cut all the chicken, and all the seasonings were prepared according to her requirements.

Having been away from the kitchen for a while, her movements were not very skillful, and the head chef kept a close eye on her, afraid that she might hurt herself.

After a busy day, the casserole dish was filled with tempting, reddish-brown chicken, emitting a rich aroma of chicken infused with the scent of wine.

She tasted a piece, and it tasted just like she remembered. Although it could be better, she couldn't gather all the ingredients, so this was already the best she could do.

She carried the clay pot carefully and steadily, afraid of ruining the dish that had taken two hours to prepare.

She had just entered Jin Wuchen's room and placed the clay pot on the table when Jin Wuchen entered, looking somewhat surprised to see her.

"Young master, I've made you a dish of drunken chicken in Shaoxing wine. Would you like to try some?"

Chu Luo held the bowl and chopsticks in both hands, looking at Jin Wuchen with a mixture of trepidation and eagerness, hoping that he would take them and try them.

At this moment, Jin Wuchen had no appetite and instinctively wanted to refuse, but Chu Luo's eyes were filled with such intense anticipation that if he poured cold water on her today, the consequences would be predictable.

He agreed, and Chu Luo excitedly opened the lid of the casserole.

In my excitement, I didn't realize that the casserole was still very hot when it was taken off the fire.

She was so burned that she dropped the lid, and in her haste, she embarrassedly put her hand to her ear, saying, "I'm sorry, I forgot the lid was hot."

"How are your hands?" Jin Wuchen reached out to examine her hands.

Chu Luo, realizing her own carelessness, was too embarrassed to extend her hand. "It's alright, it's alright."

"You sit still, I'll serve you."

As Jin Wuchen spoke, he took a piece of white cloth to insulate the heat and opened the lid. The room was immediately filled with a rich fragrance.

Jin Wuchen picked up a spoon and began scooping chicken. His fingers were long and slender with distinct knuckles, and his demeanor was elegant and steady. If he were not told, who would know that he was the great demon of Jiangzhou?

Without noticing, Chu Luo noticed a bandage on his left wrist, which was faintly red, indicating a deep wound.

Chu Luo looked at his face again and, after a closer look, noticed that Jin Wuchen's face seemed paler than usual.

He was highly skilled in martial arts, and he was perfectly fine yesterday. What kind of person could possibly hurt him? Chu Luo found it incomprehensible.

Jin Wuchen didn't notice her attention and picked up his chopsticks to put a piece of meat in his mouth.

Chu Luo was a little nervous, staring intently at him. She wondered if he, who was picky about food and could also cook, would even like the dish she had made.