"Something's not right."
Moqi Xinsi spoke.
He looked at the deserted orphanage, his expression doubtful. "Isn't this an orphanage? Why haven't we seen any children? There are only nuns."
"Who would let kids watch something this bloody? They must all be shut inside."
The high school boy spoke dismissively, then turned, saying he was going to look around the city.
Moqi Xinsi didn't press the issue and left with him.
Seeing that Yin Chao had no intention of leaving, Bai Xu asked, "What about you, Yin? What are you thinking?"
Yin Chao turned and saw Midnight, Bai Xu, and Luo Lingyue waiting behind him.
"I want to look inside. Don't worry about me. Splitting up to search for clues is the most efficient approach."
Seeing how determined he was, the three said nothing more and went their separate ways to look for clues.
The nuns were still reciting incomprehensible prayers.
Yin Chao frowned and followed the orphanage's boundary wall around to the back gate.
From here, he had a clearer view of the moss-covered castle inside. Though called an orphanage, it looked more like an ancient church.
Everything exuded an ancient, mysterious air.
Yin Chao rattled the iron gate. Rose vines covered it, as though it hadn't been opened in a long time.
"It's you?"
A dark-skinned little boy poked his head out from inside the wall, sounding delighted.
Yin Chao recognized the boy who had given him a rose. "Are you from this orphanage?"
A flicker of panic crossed the boy's watery black eyes. "Please, sir, don't tell the nuns I sneaked out."
Yin Chao nodded. "I won't, but you have to do me a favor."
He asked the boy to take him into the orphanage, presenting himself as a traveler from another country and claiming to be interested