Meanwhile, elsewhere, On Nuoding City's bustling main street, crowds surged back and forth, and waves of noise rose and fell.
All kinds of pedestrians moved through the streets—some hurrying along, some leisurely browsing, some trading and hawking their wares.
Amid the bustling crowd, Xiao Wu, who had sneaked out, stood out as especially lively and nimble.
Having slipped out of the academy, she was no longer an academy student at that moment, but a lively, crafty hundred-thousand-year-old "Hooligan Rabbit."
Mischievous light glittered in her eyes, and a smug smile curved her lips, as though she had found her own playground within this sea of people.
As a Hooligan Rabbit, she was practically a social bandit at times like this!
Especially after meeting a handsome guy like Blade, she felt more and more that she absolutely could not let him get away!
So, after carefully calculating the route Blade might take, she arrived early at a conspicuous spot on Nuoding City's streets.
Her gaze searched through the crowd, but after asking one person after another for quite some time, she still found no clues!
It made her anxious beyond belief! If she had not needed to deal with that Little Scoundrel first, she would have come out much earlier!!
Xiao Wu did not give up. Soon, she spotted a noblewoman who looked like a wealthy lady, her face filled with melancholy and regret.
She had to seize every opportunity. She quickly walked up, deliberately softening her voice as she asked in a sweet, gentle tone:
"Pretty sister, I'd like to ask about someone. He should have just passed through here, but I don't know where he went. Have you seen him?"
Her voice was like a spring breeze brushing over a lake, gentle with a hint of playfulness that made people