Ji Huan thought he was afraid the Orphanage manager would retaliate later.
"Don't be afraid. I won't go to the Orphanage. Let's try finding County Magistrate Pan. The County Magistrate should have authority over them, right?"
But Zhou still held her back, refusing to let her go.
Ji Huan was very confused. Only after she pressed him repeatedly did Zhou finally explain the reason.
He had been doing fine working at the docks, but then Pan Jiadao saw him during an inspection. After asking and learning he was from the Orphanage, the magistrate ordered the foreman to stop exploiting child laborers. That's how he lost his job.
"County Magistrate Pan only forbade you from working? He didn't arrange for anything else?"
"He did. He told me to go back to the Orphanage and study hard."
Ji Huan: "…"
The root cause of Zhou being at the docks was the Orphanage's corruption. What was the use of just stopping him from working without addressing the source of the problem?
