Bai Su was a native of Heyin. She had also worked the area as a cat burglar, so she knew it inside and out. Which wealthy families lived there, how many people each household had, whether things were peaceful or tense behind closed doors... She knew all the gossip, big and small, like the back of her hand.
If Shen Tang needed to know, Bai Su could even tell her the rough schedule for when each household's servants and guards changed shifts and made their rounds...
The sheer detail left anyone listening in awe.
But Bai Su didn't think it was anything special.
What was her profession?
A cat burglar!
If a thief didn't get to know their target inside and out before making a move, one botched job could cost them their life. Naturally, Bai Su had done everything she could and brought all her skills to bear. She'd even adopted several different identities to case the place, letting her slip easily into her targets' homes.
Of course, the fact that Bai Su could move around so freely also had a lot to do with how women were dismissed in those days. Who would imagine that a seemingly delicate, helpless woman was a cat burglar who came and went without a trace? In most people's minds, thieves were burly young men with shifty faces.
Shen Tang listened with keen interest.
Bai Su was simply made for telling stories. The gossip from behind the inner gates was far more entertaining than the scheming and infighting of the Alliance Army.
For instance, the Zhang family, one of Heyin's wealthiest households, had a juicy scandal. Mrs. Zhang had been married to her husband for years, but they had only one child, a son who was born mentally impaired. He was five and