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Seeing Yuan Bao looking at her with hopeful eyes, Xiao Ruo's gaze flickered, "I also want to help the government office find the assassin, hoping to severely weaken the morale of Feng Zhao Country's warriors. Considering assassins would likely hide in places where few people come and go, I came here."
"Just wandering around by chance?" Yuan Bao asked her skeptically.
To just wander around by chance and end up here, even sitting on a dusty stool lost in thought, that really is just by chance!
"Mmhm," Xiao Ruo nodded without changing her expression, "You mentioned earlier that some months ago there were foreign people coming and going down this alley. Besides that, have you found anything else?"
"Not for the time being."
Xiao Ruo felt a slight relief, and then she said, "Since we know that they might be hiding in remote places, why not have Lord Xu dispatch more manpower to patrol the secluded streets and alleys? At least, that could serve as a deterrent."
