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

"Jin Wuchen, what do you mean? How could you let a beauty go to that flower banquet? If you don't want her, then hand her over to me."

Fei Zhiyou angrily pushed open the door to Jin Wuchen's study, looking at him with a questioning expression.

Jin Wuchen looked at Fei Zhiyou, who was coming to interrogate him, and felt completely bewildered.

"What's wrong with Chu Luo? What do you mean by this? What flower viewing banquet?"

Seeing his clueless expression, Fei Zhiyou realized that he might also be kept in the dark, and his anger subsided.

"Madam Yan, take this beauty to the flower-viewing banquet for the unmarried sons of the officials. Her looks will make her the center of attention. Now, quite a few people want to propose to you, Madam Yan. Your woman is going to be snatched away."

As Jin Wuchen listened to Fei Zhiyou's words, he tightened his grip on the book.

Even with her usually composed expression, displeasure was evident as she said, "Madam Yan and the old man have a very good relationship. This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't instructed her to."

Fei Zhiyou was completely bewildered. "What exactly is the old gang leader trying to do? Wasn't it him who arranged for Chu Luo to marry into the family? Why is he now having Madam Yan take her to that event and deliberately saying she's unmarried?"

"Does Chu Luo know?" Jin Wuchen asked.

Fei Zhiyou shook his head. "I don't know."

Upon hearing this, Jin Wuchen's expression tightened; he feared that she might be interested in someone else.

Jin Wuchen said, enunciating each word clearly, "No one can take Chu Luo from me, not even the person who sent her to the Jin family."

"Fox Li, Seventeen, you two go and investigate. Find out the old man's intentions, and find out who has designs on Chu Luo."

Seeing that Jin Wuchen was truly enraged, Hu Li Shiqi dared not delay and immediately set off.

Fei Zhiyou asked in confusion, "Has there been any progress on why the old gang leader arranged for the beauty to marry into the Jin family?"

Jin Wuchen did not respond to him, but simply sat down and waited for news.

Soon, the seventeenth came to report the reason:

"When the old gang leader learned that you had someone take the young mistress to the Lantai Xiao Courtyard and even planned to give the Lantai Xiao Courtyard to her, he mistakenly thought you were mistreating her and said that if you didn't like her, someone else would cherish her, so he..."

Fei Zhiyou was truly puzzled. "Why did you take the beauty to Lantai Xiaoyuan? Wasn't going once or twice enough? Why did you have to give her Lantai Xiaoyuan as well? What are you thinking?"

“She wanted to go herself,” Jin Wuchen said succinctly.

Fei Zhiyou was somewhat annoyed; if the beauty were led astray, he would be furious.

"If she wants to go, she can go as many times as she wants. Why would you give her a male brothel full of men? Even if she's naive and innocent, she probably couldn't withstand being teased by those men in turn."

Jin Wuchen glanced at him and said, "What are you afraid of? Even a peacock like you, who flaunts its feathers all day long, didn't move her heart. What are those other people compared to her?"

Fei Zhiyou thought about it again and realized that it was true; those people were not as good-looking as Jin Wuchen and him.

In terms of passion, thoughtfulness, and flirting skills, she can't compare to him, so there's really no need to worry. It's just that he's concerned about Chu Luo and that's making him lose his composure.

In contrast, Jin Wuchen cared for Chu Luo no less than he did, but he was clear-headed and confident in everything he did. Jin Wuchen truly lived up to his name.

Fei Zhiyou jokingly remarked, "You two are really something. One of you is taking your wife to a male-male brothel, and the other is finding a new husband for your daughter-in-law. But if you didn't know better, you'd really think you were trying to anger the old gang leader."

"What's so strange about it? Men can go to brothels and brothels, so what's wrong with her going to those places?"

Jin Wuchen felt that they were making a mountain out of a molehill.

Fei Zhiyou had always known that Jin Wuchen's thoughts and actions were always different from others.

But unexpectedly, his views on women's behavior were also so different.

"One day, I'll tell the beauty that I can play any instrument, sing, or play music; going to the Imperial Academy is not as good as coming to my house."

Jin Wuchen rolled his eyes at him, "You, Chu Luo, really went there for some fun?"

Fei Zhiyou asked, "Did you find her connection to the old gang leader?"

Jin Wuchen shook his head and said, "I don't know the old man's connection to her, but when she first met Long Yu that day, she accurately called out his name and knew that Long Yu had come out to capture a traitor."

"What, how is that possible?"

Fei Zhiyou immediately sat up straight and asked seriously, afraid that he might have misheard something.

"Neither of us has seen Long Yu for many years. At her age, not only did she recognize him, but she also knew about such a secret matter as his mission to capture traitors."

Jin Wuchen spoke about this matter in a very calm manner, as if he didn't care much about it.

"What did the beauty say?"

She said she dreamed about it.

"Oh," Fei Zhiyou said, relaxing after learning the reason.

"You don't seem to care?"

Long Yu is closely related to the Fei family, but judging from his appearance, Jin Wuchen doesn't believe this claim, yet he doesn't care.

"This beauty poses no harm to us and is so kind to me. If neither you nor Long Yu mind, why should I care?"

Fei Zhiyou did not believe her statement, but she believed in Chu Luo as a person.

"Fox left Mengshan and investigated her several times, but couldn't find any other information."

Fei Zhiyou remained silent, lost in thought.

Having spent so much time together, from the very first time they met, she poisoned Jin Wuchen.

From rescuing people injured in Shouyuan Village, Mianshui Town, to asking Jin Wuchen to repair the dam, to dealing with the epidemic, and finally saving his life.

He naturally knew that Chu Luo was different.

The more puzzling the strange things about Chu Luo are, the more suspicious they become.

"This beauty is indeed not simple. Are you wary of her? If so, why not go with the flow and send her away?"

Fei Zhiyou thought that Jin Wuchen had become wary. If that were the case, he would take Chu Luo away; he was not afraid.

Jin Wuchen shook his head; he hadn't been on guard against her.

Although he didn't want to admit it, it seemed that he only brought up the abnormality he had already sensed because she wasn't in front of him and his heart was empty and he was "daydreaming".

Jin Wuchen saw no need to be stubborn and simply said:

"Why should I be wary of her? I'm worried about her. Long Yu said she's become ill from depression, but neither of us is someone she trusts or can rely on. We don't even know what she's planning."

Upon hearing that she had fallen ill from depression, Fei Zhiyou immediately asked with concern, "Is it her heartache ailment? Has it flared up again?"

Jin Wuchen nodded. "There's no way to completely cure Long Yu right now."

Fei Zhiyou guessed that it must have happened when he was seriously ill, and said seriously, "I will work with Long Yu to find a way to cure her."

Jin Wuchen naturally knew that Fei Zhiyou would take it to heart, but he wasn't worried.

His concerns lay elsewhere: "She treats people with sincerity, but she's also adept at feigning it. I increasingly feel that the Jin family is probably just a temporary stop for her."

"Why do you say that? What have you discovered?"

Fei Zhiyou knew Jin Wuchen quite well, knowing that Jin Wuchen had amazing observational skills.

Even if the investigators find nothing, just the fact that Chu Luo has stayed in the Jin family for so long means that Jin Wuchen must have gleaned some other information.

Jin Wuchen, who was waiting for someone, was more talkative than usual, recounting the details one by one:

There wasn't a single old item from the Chu family in her room, and the arrangement of the items didn't suggest that she intended to live there for a long time.

As a woman, she disliked headwear and jewelry. I had twenty boxes of jewelry delivered to her room, but she never touched them.

She never wore the clothes in those large wardrobes, and always kept her own clothes in a bundle.

What's even more distant is that she never asks me or the Jin family for help when her family needs something.

She had none of the expectations a typical wife might have for her husband.

In short, it seems that the people and things here didn't resonate with her.

Fei Zhiyou also sensed something was wrong. "All of this shows that her heart isn't in this; she wants to leave, or rather, she'll leave sooner or later."

"That's right"

Jin Wuchen was very observant. Chu Luo thought she had disguised herself very well, but she didn't know that people's hearts and actions often go hand in hand.

Fei Zhiyou thought for a moment and said, "Could her target be you?"

Jin Wuchen said calmly, "If that's really the case, then that would be good."