"Kes, what did you say?"
Hearing this, Finn's face immediately flushed red as he stared wide-eyed at the short-haired boy.
"I said you're a hypocrite! A deceitful little man!" The short-haired boy looked at Finn and said without hesitation, "Everything you do is just an act for the teachers to see! You're the teachers' and principal's lapdog!"
"I'm not!" Finn shouted.
"You are!" The short-haired boy turned to He Ao. "Loren, he's a bad person. Don't believe anything he tells you. He's just trying to deceive you!"
Woooo—
At that moment, a piercing alarm rang out through the Orphanage.
The short-haired boy turned back to He Ao. "Hahaha, the teachers found out you were causing trouble. Security Guards will be here any second. You're going to get caught, and this teacher's lapdog will definitely betray you—mmph—"
Before he could finish, He Ao had already pulled out the tape he had torn from the fat boy earlier and sealed his mouth shut.
"Mmph, mmph—" The short-haired boy seemed to still be trying to say something.
He Ao merely glanced at him and said casually, "Weren't you helping the teachers too?"
The boy's voice caught in his throat.
He Ao directly tore a strip of cloth from the boy's clothes, tied up his hands and feet, and placed him by the wall.
At that moment, urgent footsteps sounded nearby. Security Guards seemed to be approaching, as though they had received some clear instruction, rushing straight toward this place.
He Ao pulled Finn along and quickly left.
Soon, He Ao led Finn back into the main building. They no longer heard any footsteps approaching.
It seemed that restraining the short-haired boy had triggered some rule, allowing the Security Guards to "sense" the boy's location and "hunt" them down.
Sure enough, the children of