Ying Hong hid behind the Old Principal, unwilling to come out. She looked very nervous, but Chen Ge didn't see much fear on her face. In other words, even when facing three Red-Clothed, Ying Hong might still have a way to escape.
Chen Ge had no idea what Ying Hong was relying on, so he could only proceed cautiously.
"Principal?" Chen Ge asked when the Old Principal remained silent, as if there was something he found difficult to say.
"These two children are both Li Xueying. They're the same person." The Principal looked at the two girls with affection and guilt. "I know one is called Ying Hong and the other Ying Bai, but whatever their names, they're both family to me."
The Old Principal gently stroked Ying Hong's head, then shielded her behind him.
As the Old Principal patted her head, a trace of disgust flashed in Ying Hong's eyes. But perhaps because the situation was so unfavorable to her and she still needed the Old Principal as her protector, she didn't resist. Instead, she deliberately acted obedient.
"Actually, Ying Hong is more like Xue Ying was back then. Faced with a father who drank and gambled, and a frail mother who couldn't leave her wheelchair, she had to protect herself." The Old Principal took all the blame upon himself. "It's all my fault. I was blind to believe Xue Ying's father's lies. I was the one who pushed them into the fire."
Ying Bai didn't seem to know any of what the Old Principal had just said. She stared at him in confusion, her beautiful, clear eyes full of bewilderment as she murmured the word "Grandpa."
Ying Hong reacted completely differently from Ying Bai. She was doing her best to suppress her anger. Her expression barely changed, but