The Orphanage Loren had once stayed in.
He Ao lowered his gaze to the date Silvi had been sent to the Orphanage.
September 17, 754.
The day the Orphanage fire had occurred.
It was also orientation day.
Silvi had been the last child at that Orphanage.
On June 15, her grandparents had died, and she had been adopted by a distant aunt. On September 17, she had been sent to the Orphanage.
"I remember you seemed to have stayed at an Orphanage before too?" Reed suddenly asked as he carried his coffee over to the window.
"Yes." He Ao set down the tablet in his hand and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "The same Orphanage."
He was not surprised Reed knew about it. It would have been stranger if Reed had not looked into his background, especially after the "targeted assassination" last night.
Reed also knew that he knew, so he did not hide it and simply laid the matter out in the open.
"Did you know each other before?" Reed turned back to look at He Ao.
"No." He Ao shook his head. "The day she arrived at the Orphanage, I climbed over the wall and ran away. I never saw her."
"The day the Orphanage caught fire?" Reed froze slightly.
"Yeah." He Ao shrugged and looked at Reed with a smile. "What, do you suspect I set the fire?"
"To be honest, objectively speaking, your suspicion cannot be entirely ruled out. But subjectively, I believe you wouldn't have done that." Reed walked to the conference table and looked at He Ao. "Why did you leave the Orphanage back then? Psychological reasons, or did you simply have trouble adapting to the life there?"
"It was simple. I was afraid of dying," He Ao said casually.
This time, Reed