Yuan Wu glanced at him without much expression. "How would I know?"
He was still confused himself!
"Hey, Fifth, tell me—could it be that our master wants to take on a disciple or something?"
"If he wants one, he'd take an adopted son."
There were plenty of young eunuchs in the palace. If their master wanted to take someone in, he would definitely choose an adopted son. There was no way he would take an adopted daughter instead.
And certainly not some little country girl from outside the palace.
"Then could it be..." Xiao Liu bumped his shoulder and waggled his eyebrows.
Xiao Wu's face darkened. "How dare you speculate about the master's affairs? Watch out, or you'll get your backside thrashed."
Xiao Liu rolled his eyes dramatically. "You big log, where did your mind go?"
"I mean, could the master have noticed that this little girl has potential and wants to train her?"
Xiao Wu thought about it. "That really is possible."
That little girl was bold, calm in emergencies, and strong. With proper training, she might truly become a highly capable subordinate.
There were many things that men found inconvenient to do, while women could handle them more easily.
Among the master's hidden guards, there were women as well.
The women they trained were generally sent into the palace or into the homes of court officials.
"Right, the master said that little girl was his lifesaver. Do you believe that?"
Xiao Liu certainly didn't.
His master's martial arts ranked among the top three even in the martial world.
Xiao Wu, however, was not as blindly confident as he was. He analyzed the matter rationally.
"Of everyone who came out alive that day, there were only the master, that little girl, and the old man on her back."
"Judging