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

Chu Songyuan was truly afraid of Jin Wuchen; if he lost his patience, he would kill someone.

He hurriedly ran into the house to get a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and immediately wrote it down.

Madam Chu summoned someone and told her to go to a place to retrieve Lu Yifu's slave documents.

Soon, both items were in Chu Luo's hands.

"There's one more thing, the family tree," Chu Luo wanted to sever all ties.

Chu Songyuan quickly said, "No need for the family genealogy; we haven't had time to write your names on it yet."

"Let me see it."

Chu Luo feared that he was just making things up to get them to leave quickly.

After all, she's already so old, how could she not be included in the family genealogy?

In Dazheng, it is crucial to pass down the family genealogy. If a name is not listed on it, the family cannot be considered one of the same kind.

Chu Luo took the family tree and flipped through it from front to back.

There wasn't a single word about her or her mother in the text.

She and her mother were nothing in the Chu family.

Jin Wuchen truly felt that Chu Songyuan was utterly shameless and callous.

How could he possibly be worthy of being Chu Luo's father?

"Very well, you've never included us in the family genealogy, so we're not considered members of the Chu family."

"The debt of gratitude for giving birth to me and raising me is now wiped clean."

Chu Songyuan said with a slight pang of heartache, "Fine, just pretend I don't have a daughter like you."

He actually hoped that one day, if he needed her help, he wouldn't be too harsh.

But Chu Luo's last feelings for the Chu family vanished completely with the tears she had just shed.

She retorted sarcastically, "Stop pretending. Logically and emotionally, you've never truly treated me like a daughter. I'm not my mother; I'm not that easy to fool."

Chu Luo pulled Jin Wuchen away.

Jin Wuchen said, "Take your mother out first, I'll be there in a bit."

Upon hearing this, the Chu family of three immediately sensed something was wrong; was Jin Wuchen about to go back on his word?

The three hurriedly said, "Chu Luo promised us, you can't go back on your word after getting the things."

So what if Jin Wuchen goes back on his word? He doesn't care.

"Yifu, say something," Chu Songyuan said to Lu Yifu, who was always the most soft-hearted.

Lu Yifu completely ignored him, only glancing at Chu Luo and Jin Wuchen before saying, "I'll go out and wait for you."

After saying that, he walked out with the help of the Jin family.

Her retreating figure was resolute, without the slightest hint of lingering affection.

“Lu Yifu, you…”

Chu Songyuan was surprised that Lu Yifu didn't even turn her head this time, and wouldn't even glance at him.

"What are you going to do?" Chu Songyuan had no choice but to ask Jin Wuchen.

"Don't worry, Chu Luo promised to spare your lives this time. I won't kill you today."

Chu Luo was also somewhat puzzled, wondering what Jin Wuchen wanted to do by staying behind.

"No matter what you see later, you'll be safe as long as you stay by my side. If you're scared, hide behind me and don't look at anything."

Jin Wuchen, fearing he might frighten his wife, gave her these instructions beforehand.

Upon hearing his instructions, the three of them felt like fish on a chopping board, filled with fear and unease.

Madam Chu asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I heard you trapped my mother-in-law with a swarm of snakes. The snakes are still there. Let you experience it for yourselves and see what it's like."

Chu Luo then remembered the snake in her mother's yard.

She took the initiative to stand behind Jin Wuchen.

Jin Wuchen didn't throw the three of them into her mother's yard, saying that wouldn't be "surprising" enough.

He wanted the snake to play hide-and-seek with the three men.

He took out a golden whistle from his pocket and blew it.

The snakes in the courtyard crawled out of the door and circled around the three of them.

The three were so frightened that they cried out for their parents. But the fright wasn't the end of it; some snakes even followed their scent and crawled towards their room.

In short, they will suddenly appear without their knowledge, and they may not necessarily be bitten to death.

But they might be scared to death.

Chu Luo was surprised to discover that Jin Wuchen could actually control snakes.

What else can this person do?

It's really terrifying to mess with him.

Fearing that Chu Luo would feel uncomfortable staying too long, Jin Wuchen carried her and flew out of the Chu family.

At the gate, he ordered, "Have someone guard the Chu family residence for half a month. Only allow people to enter, but no one to leave."

"Oh, and don't let them die. They have to be left alive, so they won't say the young mistress broke her promise."

Chu Luo thought to herself, "Living like this is worse than being dead."

But they are not her.

The Chu family has nothing to do with her anymore.

Even if she fails again in this life, she still has one thing to be thankful for.

She, who will never be reborn, will truly have no connection with this family of scum.

"Jin Wuchen, thank you."

Chu Luo thanked Jin Wuchen.

"Madam, aren't you being a little too polite to me?"

Jin Wuchen's words, spoken with a smile as if in jest, were actually his true feelings.

Chu Luo remained polite to him, keeping a distance.

Jin Wuchen wanted to take them back to the Jin family, but Chu Luo refused.

"My mother isn't in a good mood right now. She's not comfortable at the Jin family's place, so I'm taking her to a small courtyard house I bought a while ago."

Jin Wuchen saw that his mother-in-law was indeed not in a good mood, so he didn't think much of it and didn't linger.

Chu Luo was actually afraid that one day, the Jin family would also use her mother to threaten her.

She arranged for Lu Yifu to stay in the small courtyard she had bought many years ago.

The people from Zhongfangtang have been taking care of it.

She had been thinking about taking her mother away from the Chu family for many years.

The flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard were all arranged according to my mother's preferences.

When Lu Yifu saw the small courtyard, she could hardly believe it.

Everything she never got from men in her life, her daughter gave her.

Chu Luo handed the house deed to her, saying, "Mother, from now on, you belong only to yourself, and this place belongs only to you."

Lu Yifu held the house deed, feeling inexplicably excited.

She now has a home of her own, and no longer worries about anyone locking her up or kicking her out.

On the other side, at the government office, the Jin family members had already helped her cancel her status as a slave with the official documents.

She truly belongs only to herself now.

When Chu Luo saw her mother crying again, she thought it was because her mother still couldn't bear to part with Chu Songyuan.

She said, "Mother, Chu Songyuan doesn't treat you like a human being. He's not worth your time."

I didn't ask for your opinion today because I was afraid you would disagree.

"But if you stay in the Chu family any longer, they'll torture you to death sooner or later."

"You are my mother, I can't just abandon you, so whether you resent me or not, you can never go back to the Chu family."

Lu Yifu wiped away her tears and smiled, "It's not that I'm reluctant to part with the Chu family and Chu Songyuan, it's that I'm happy."

"You have someone to protect and take care of you, so I don't have to worry about you anymore. And I've regained my freedom and have my own little family now. I'm very satisfied and gratified."

"You always said it was great to be your own master, and today I truly understand."

"I don't need anyone to support me; I can live on my own two hands and don't have to depend on others."

Chu Luo was surprised that her mother accepted it so quickly. She was a little doubtful, since her mother hadn't said that last time.

"Mother, why didn't you agree when I wanted to take you away from the Chu family last time?"

Lu Yifu pulled Chu Luo down to sit and said to her, "We're out now, it's okay to tell you."

"Chu Yinmei's uncle, you warned me before you arrived that day."

"If I leave the Chu family, they won't be able to track my whereabouts, so they'll come after you."

"Behind him is the Regent, the name you often call out in your nightmares. And you haven't even firmly established yourself in the Jin family yet."

"I can't help you much, and I don't want to hold you back anymore."

Chu Luo was both surprised and delighted to hear this.

She threw herself into Lu Yifu's arms, saying, "Mother, I thought you still couldn't bear to part with that person."

"Since you were old enough to understand, you've explained so many principles to your mother. Your mother isn't as smart as you, but I've heard you say them so many times, and I have some different opinions of yours."

Lu Yifu held her daughter, feeling incredibly content.

Chu Luo was overjoyed; her mother had truly made progress.