Cocoa Pod Workshop Rules

After the two finished speaking, the room fell even quieter.

An Ying suddenly felt his right eyelid twitching. He lowered his head and whispered, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Qin Rang nodded in agreement and whispered, "Me too."

Sure enough, the silence was broken by a boy's trembling voice as the two finished speaking, "Orphanage Director, Mr. Xie, I have someone I suspect."

Everyone turned their heads and saw the child speaking in the center of the crowd.

The speaker was an F-grade child. He was wearing tattered, patched clothes, his face was purple from the cold, his hair was messy, and he was tall and thin.

"Do you know him?" An Ying asked Qin Rang.

Qin Rang shook his head, then looked at Lin Yi, Lin Yi also shook his head.

"That shouldn't concern us." An Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

"Child, speak boldly." Mr. Xie's smile suddenly became particularly warm. He asked, "What did you see?"

The boy cautiously glanced in a certain direction, then mustered his courage and shouted, his voice cracking, "It's Qin Rang and Lin Yi!"

The two large pots that fell from the sky made the two people look up in surprise.

Lin Yi isn't exactly a scapegoat; he was also a participant.

Qin Rang was completely bewildered; he didn't even know that the explosion was orchestrated by Lin Yi and Wang Ding.

"I didn't!" Qin Rang immediately stood up and said.

Lin Yi also stood up, his voice trembling noticeably. "Me neither!"

When the Orphanage Director's gaze fell on Lin Yi, his eyes flickered, and his gaze shifted to Lin Nieran beside him, Lin Nieran her eyes.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"It seems the Orphanage Director can see me." Lin Nieran felt much relieved.

[This may be related to the Orphanage Director's abilities] 007.

Lin Nieran Lin Yi, "It's alright, it's alright, nothing will happen. He won't do anything to you."

"It was them! I saw them clearly! I saw them rushing in with bombs!" the child shouted.

Mr. Xie was about to speak when the Orphanage Director asked, "Really? Then how did they get out?"

"I... I didn't see that... it must have been like just now, suddenly rushing out."

"Didn't you see it?" the Orphanage Director said, but a glint of black energy suddenly flashed in his eyes, and his entire figure instantly became ethereal and transparent.

Sensing something amiss with his own energy, the Orphanage Director immediately said, "You're making accusations and falsely accusing others without knowing anything. Children who are adopted should at least have decent character."

"Alright, that's enough for today. I will continue to investigate this matter. Mr. Xie, I'll leave this to you. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Mr. Xie smiled and nodded, "Take care."

The Orphanage Director left in a hurry. After walking outside the door, he turned back and glanced around, his gaze lingering briefly on Lin Nieran, who was standing next to Lin Yi.

Lin Nieran nodded to him, and the Orphanage Director's lips also showed a smile. However, time was of the essence, and he didn't even have time to look at Lin Nieran again before his body was uncontrollably absorbed into the void.

"007, since he can see me, do you think he can also take me home?"

[It seems... his ability is spatial manipulation, so sending you back shouldn't be difficult.]

"Judging from his appearance, it seems his chaotic nature flared up again, and he was randomly teleported away. We don't know when he'll be back," Lin Nieran said. "We'll just have to ask him next time we see him."

After the Orphanage Director left, Mr. Xie no longer bothered to feign a smile. With a single glance, the Disciplinarian Director caught the boy who had made the false accusation.

The boy turned deathly pale with fright and trembled on the ground like a leaf.

Mr. Xie placed one foot on the boy's back, his obese body pressing down on the boy's back with a creaking sound.

"Trying to scam people with fake information? You've got some nerve. All your points deducted, and you'll be kicked out tomorrow!"

After the Disciplinarian Director took the child away, Mr. Xie turned to Lin Yi and Qin Rang: "I will continue to investigate the bomb incident. If I find out who did it... you know what will happen!"

After saying this, Mr. Xie left, and the Disciplinarian Directors followed him away.

Lin Yi and Wang Ding breathed a heavy sigh of relief. It was alright, thank goodness.

All the children gradually got up and looked at Lin Yi and Qin Rang with strange eyes.

They ignored the stares of others and walked straight out of the Prayer Room.

"By the way, you've been gone for most of the day, have you finished your work yet?" Qin Rang asked Tao Yuan.

Tao Yuan shook her head. "What will happen if we don't finish?"

"Points deducted, no dinner, and no sleep."

Tao Yuan thought for a moment, glanced at the sky, and then said to An Ying, "I don't think we need to sleep or eat tonight. What do you think?"

An Ying hesitated. "But how do I earn 1000 points?"

Wang Ding sighed and said, "Forget about 1000 points, at least we shouldn't let them get kicked out of the Orphanage because of a low score."

Seeing their conflicted expressions, Lin Yi said directly, "Let's go together now. There might still be a chance to complete the mission before dark."

Upon hearing this, Flower Language immediately took her leave. "I have other matters to attend to."

Tao Yuan said, "See you next time."

The group returned to their workplace, Mi Chuchu donned her full-body armor, defeating a Cocoa Pod with a single punch.

Lin Yi and Qin Rang watched with great envy. "What are those things on you? The Orphanage Director and the others have them too, are they superpowers?"

"Shh, this is a secret, only you can know," Tao Yuan said. "These things are called Weird Object, you'll understand sooner or later, so just follow me tonight without worry."

Lin Yi said, "I need to eat dinner and sleep tonight, so I can't go out before the ward rounds. It's dangerous at night."

Qin Rang nodded. "Yes, we can't go out at night."

An Ying glanced at Qin Rang and Lin Yi. He didn't believe that the two of them would really be so obedient, strictly following the Rules of the Orphanage.

They've all presented this extraordinary ability to them; with their boundless curiosity, how can they possibly sleep at night?

Wang Ding understood their thoughts perfectly, and asked directly, "Speak, what are your conditions?"

Lin Yi and Qin Rang exchanged a glance. Qin Rang smiled and said, looking quite like a grown-up fox, "We also need the knives you have for self-defense, and some food."

Lin Yi added, "You must listen to us tonight; you absolutely mustn't go where we don't want to go."

Qin Rang added, "Also, the Disciplinarian Director said there's something that eats people at night. You need to be prepared."

Wang Ding readily agreed, "Okay, it's settled then."

After agreeing on the terms, everyone focused on their work.

After a short while, Mi Chuchu asked, "You've been out for so long, have you found anything?"

Wang Ding dragged over a new Cocoa Pod, peeling the seeds as he said, "I found some of the Rules in this workshop, and I've written them down here. Take a look."

He handed me a piece of paper.