Hong Xue said, "It didn't go all the way, Auntie. I'm still... a little bit clean."
'What does she mean, "all the way?"'
Bai Xi covered Ye Yunyun's ears and said, "I'm so sorry. It was my oversight for not stopping this completely. I don't think you're dirty. This isn't your fault. They're the ones whose hearts are filthy."
Hong Xue laughed. "Everyone says that, but they're all disgusted by me."
The words had barely left her mouth when she found herself in a warm embrace, a bewildered little child tucked into her arms.
"I won't," Bai Xi said. "If you really don't believe me, just tell me who it was. I'll have someone beat them up tonight."
Hong Xue lowered her head. "You wouldn't believe me."
Bai Xi began to run through the list of people Hong Xue might have encountered.
"I'm going back to the orphanage. That's where I belong," Hong Xue said.
An idea flashed through Bai Xi's mind. "Was it the director? Right?"
"...No," Hong Xue mumbled.
"The caregivers, then?"
