But Ho Sian's heart struggled to accept the truth. He couldn't understand why, if the Training Head was truly this kind of person, nobody had spoken out against him.
Why was he still in such a high position of power? The more Ho Sian thought about it, the more his mind raced with questions and doubts. He felt like he was living in a dream, where everything he thought he knew was turning out to be a lie.
"Ho Sian's thoughts then turned to his mother, who was also with his sister. "If something was wrong, she would have told me," he reassured himself.
With this in mind, Ho Sian decided to trust his own instincts rather than listen to the gossip of the other guards. He convinced himself that his mother's presence was a guarantee of his sister's safety, and that she would never let anything harm come to her.