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

In the quiet study, Fei Zhiyou pondered Jin Wuchen's words and quickly understood.

Jin Wuchen has taken a liking to Chu Luo. No matter who Chu Luo is or whether she wants to kill him, he is neither afraid nor cares.

Jin Wuchen has always been fearless, and even less afraid of any conspiracies, schemes, or the hellish world of men.

No one can beat him.

However, once he falls for someone, no matter how many doubts he has about her, he wants her to be happy.

Everyone has things they must do, yet they always want to relieve the burden on those they care about.

Fei Zhiyou exclaimed in admiration, "No wonder you went to such lengths to win her favor, even sending gifts to the Imperial Academy."

"Winning Chu Luo's favor is not so easy."

“That’s true, but I’m an exception,” Fei Zhiyou said smugly, his face beaming like a flower.

He knew that Chu Luo could easily be by his side, even more intimately than she was with Jin Wuchen.

He felt even more honored by everything Chu Luo had done for him.

Seeing his expression, Jin Wuchen was filled with displeasure and yelled, "Get out!"

Fei Zhiyou, instead of getting angry, laughed even more heartily. "Jealousy turning into rage is nothing more than this. Alright, I was just about to go research medicine for my beauty. I'm off!"

The person Jin Wuchen sent out to investigate Chu Luo at the flower-viewing banquet was Shan Xiaoyan, a subordinate of Hu Li, who returned a stick earlier than Chu Luo.

"The young mistress took an interest in a tall man and followed him out of the manor, disappearing for a while."

Upon hearing this, Jin Wuchen remained calm and composed, but the jade pendant he was playing with shattered into two pieces.

"After the young mistress returned to the manor from outside, she met a very handsome scholar at the manor gate and they hit it off immediately, chatting happily."

The jade pendant in Jin Wuchen's hand, which had been broken into two pieces, turned into powder.

Dan Xiaoyan glanced at it, paused, and continued, "In just a few hours, at least five young masters have inquired about the young mistress from Madam Yan, intending to..." but he didn't finish his sentence.

After waiting a while and seeing that he hadn't given any instructions, Shan Xiaoyan added, "The young mistress will be back soon."

Jin Wuchen listened without saying a word, and several exquisitely carved, high-quality beads appeared in his hand without him noticing.

Looking at the jade pendant that had been crushed to dust, Shan Xiaoyan felt a little worried about the fate of these beads today.

Jin Wuchen carefully examined the beads, eerily quiet.

Shan Xiaoyan bowed politely and left.

He didn't want his bones to turn to dust like that jade pendant; Lord Hu Li only sent him to report because he was clever.

When he went out, he saw the young mistress's carriage returning to the mansion and couldn't help but feel worried for her.

When Chu Luo and Xing Zhu returned to the courtyard, they saw Jin Wuchen sitting at the table.

Even though it was the same person from the morning, Chu Luo keenly sensed that something was off.

"Was the flower-viewing banquet still interesting?" Jin Wuchen asked.

"Hmm," Chu Luo thought she had misjudged the situation and didn't take it too seriously, answering whatever he asked.

"What friends can I make at this banquet?"

Jin Wuchen's tone was neither warm nor cold, which Chu Luo found somewhat strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

"No, it was just a regular flower-viewing banquet; we looked at some flowers."

Chu Luo didn't want Jin Wuchen to notice Mo Xun; it was better to avoid trouble, so it was best not to say anything.

“Yes, the flowers at the flower viewing banquet are beautiful,” Xingzhu chimed in.

"Xingzhu, you can go down first," Jin Wuchen said.

"Okay," Xingzhu said, seeing that Jin Wuchen seemed fine and wanting to give them more time to get to know each other, so she left.

As Jin Wuchen approached her, Chu Luo felt increasingly uneasy. Sensing danger, she unconsciously stepped back.

Was she avoiding him? Jin Wuchen felt a huge sense of loss; he had kissed her in the house that morning.

But now, after returning from a matchmaking banquet, she's actually avoiding him, and Jin Wuchen's anger surges.

Looking at her stunningly beautiful face, she always kept her distance from him.

At this moment, her eyes held a thoughtful expression hidden beneath a calm surface.

Whenever she was thinking about how to knit, her fingers would unconsciously pinch the clothes.

Seeing her like this, Jin Wuchen knew she was about to lie to him again.

Spending this time together has made him almost forget that she only seems obedient and docile.

In fact, from the very first meeting, she told one lie after another.

At their first meeting, she almost fooled him because of her face, which never lied, and her superb acting skills.

She was a natural at deceiving people.

He thought he was the hunter and she was the prey, but a skilled hunter always appears as the prey.

Once he fell into her trap, she didn't even glance at him, turning instead to look for other prey.

She was affectionate with him in the morning, but then she followed the old man's advice and went to the matchmaking banquet to socialize with others.

She not only kept her return a secret from him, but also resisted him because of others.

He, Jin Wuchen, is utterly insignificant. Who is she really interested in? And who is he, inexplicably, losing to?

Jin Wuchen grabbed her chin, looked into her eyes, and asked, "Chu Luo, are you hiding something from me?"

"what?"

Chu Luo didn't know which of her hidden matters he knew, or which matter was worth his fuss over.

Judging from her appearance, she must be hiding a lot from him.

Jin Wuchen asked directly, "What are you doing at that matchmaking banquet for unmarried men and women?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Luo realized that he had found out about the matter.

She quickly explained, "I didn't know it was that kind of banquet before I went."

"You didn't know before you went, but once you got there you felt right at home, right?"

Jin Wuchen retorted sarcastically, "If you have a clear conscience, why would you hide it from me?"

His voice was still not loud, but his eyes were churning with anger, making Chu Luo feel extremely dangerous.

"I didn't," Chu Luo said, not wanting to lose her life.

"Who is that man who made you follow him?" Jin Wuchen asked coldly.

Chu Luo knew he was asking about Mo Xun; she left because Mo Xun and Luo Fei looked very similar.

But she couldn't tell either of them.

"I mistook him for an old friend; it was a misunderstanding."

"You're just a merchant's daughter with extremely limited social connections. Where would you get so many acquaintances? You might as well just say he's your dream lover."

Chu Luo was taken aback. She really didn't know Mo Xun and Luo Fei in this life. If they were to be compared, they were truly the people in her dreams.

"It's not like that," Chu Luo said seriously.

"You also hit it off immediately with someone who was interested in you, and you had a very pleasant conversation," Jin Wuchen said, mentioning another person.

Chu Luo knew that he probably already knew everything that happened at the flower viewing banquet, and apart from Mo Xun's matter, she didn't intend to hide anything anymore.

But she was unaware that she had instantly become close friends with someone and had a very pleasant conversation with them.

She only spoke to Mo Xun and Chen Shu; there was no one else.

Could it be Chen Shu? It must be him.

"Have you figured out how to write this?" Jin Wuchen thought she was about to come up with another idea when he saw her pondering.

"We know that person, but it's not like we hit it off immediately..."

Jin Wuchen interrupted her, "So it wasn't an instant connection; you really are an old acquaintance, or rather, a former lover."

She and Chen Shu did have a brief romance in their past life, and upon hearing Jin Wuchen's words, some memories involuntarily flooded Chu Luo's mind.

Her barely perceptible expression did not escape Jin Wuchen's notice.

Jin Wu was certain that she and that person had an indelible entanglement.