There was no one before

"Are you okay, Xiao Hua?" Yu Dong turned to look at Xiao Hua once Ke Lixin's parents were gone, though she did want to take care of him first but dealing with those troublesome pests was more important. " Did they try to hurt you or something?" 

Xiao Hua shook his head, with his hands clasped in his lap, he stared down and said, "It's just that I cannot get that sight out of my mind, I can't believe that someone would do something like that …like they really think that I would appreciate something so horrible as them cutting off someone's tongue and then placing it in a box like its some sort of precious gifts? They have to be out of their minds. I...I just can't wrap my mind around what happened…." 

He trailed off before slumping on the ground.