Beyond the Reach of Others

Eyes like black grapes calmly surveyed one rooftop and then another, looking over the shorter roofs in the vicinity and scanning the nearby streets. Yet there was no sign of the missing signboard. Only then did she descend from the rooftop.

She tossed the branch and rope back into the void, then approached Xue Yan, who was standing at the alley entrance, and said, "It must have been taken by someone."

Xue Yan's expression grew somber.

Ordinary people wouldn't just take someone's signboard. Even if it were blown to the ground by the wind and someone saw it, they would at most pick it up to look at or return it to the owner.

Since it was taken, it must have been taken deliberately, and that means it must be useful to the person who took it... So, who took the signboard?

Seeing his somber expression, Jiang Yue spoke after a moment, "There was nothing special about that signboard, except that the characters were much more imposing and attractive than others."