Although Butterfly Loves Flowers had agreed to help him, which was an excellent thing, Chen Nan still had to give her a warning.
He asked, "Sister Hua, what we're doing is practically staking our lives on this. Are you really sure?"
Butterfly Loves Flowers gave a miserable smile. "Am I even alive right now? I'm nothing more than a tool for some heartless, frenzied people to rake in money. And if even a child like you has this kind of courage, wouldn't I become a laughingstock if I still shrank back?"
Chen Nan secretly stuck out his tongue. You don't know that although I have the body of a ten-year-old, I have the heart of someone in his twenties. So when it comes to courage alone, I might not necessarily be braver than you.
Not only did Butterfly Loves Flowers seem unafraid, she was even eager to do this. She continued, "Do you have any specific plan?"
Chen Nan said, "The overall strategy is to gather evidence of their crimes. The best kind would be evidence that keeps them from ever getting back on their feet."
After thinking for a moment, Butterfly Loves Flowers asked, "Human trafficking, murder, organizing that kind of trade, child abuse, bribing high-ranking officials, and so on—would those do?"
Chen Nan nodded. "Of course. But there has to be evidence. Your task is to gather that evidence."
Upon hearing this, Butterfly Loves Flowers showed a troubled expression. "That won't be easy for me. I'm only on the fringes; I can't touch anything at their core."
Chen Nan took out a bugging device. "You only need to put this somewhere their main people hold meetings. You should know where that is, right?"
Butterfly Loves Flowers sighed. "How could it be that simple? I know where they often discuss things, but when people like us enter the club, we have to undergo strict inspections.
Actually, once we pass through those doors...
We... we aren't allowed to wear any clothes. We can only change into specific work uniforms inside before we're allowed to move around freely. So there's no chance to bring this thing in."
Someone passed nearby, and Chen Nan pulled Butterfly Loves Flowers farther into hiding, drawing a burst of laughter from the passerby.
They hid behind clusters of ornamental trees. They could see anyone approaching, but because it was dark, people outside could hardly make them out.
Chen Nan whispered to Butterfly Loves Flowers, "Do you have a condom?"
"What?" Butterfly Loves Flowers asked in shock.
Chen Nan moved closer, and the heat of his body washed over hers. Holding her hand, he spoke by her ear. "A condom, that thing—"
Anxiously, Chen Nan gestured. He held his right index finger upright and said, "For example, this is it, you know. A layer goes over it, then..."
He curled his left hand into a hollow, then inserted his right index finger into it and moved it back and forth.
"Understand? You shouldn't..." Chen Nan had wanted to say, You shouldn't not understand, but immediately stopped himself.
Now that was called having high emotional intelligence.
With a smack, Butterfly Loves Flowers slapped Chen Nan's hand away. Her face flushed bright red as she said, "I misjudged you! I never thought you were this kind of person!"
The contrast before and after was so great that she actually shouted.
A passerby nearby vaguely saw a girl and a boy together and was utterly shocked. "What kind of society is this? Morals are truly declining by the day! By the day!"
Chen Nan was stunned at first, then understood. He pulled Butterfly Loves Flowers closer and softly said, "Sister Hua, where did your mind go? I need that thing for our plan. It has a special use!"
Butterfly Loves Flowers seemed to calm down somewhat, but her face turned even redder. She took one out of her bag and asked, "What use could this possibly have?"
Chen Nan sighed. "I still have to trouble you with it. You'll know in a moment."
He tore open the square, brightly patterned wrapper, revealing the slick condom inside.
Looking at it, Butterfly Loves Flowers thought, What trick can a little brat like you possibly pull? Are you going to blow it up and use it as a balloon?
Chen Nan placed the bugging device and a surveillance device inside the condom, then suddenly remembered something. "Do you have more? Give me a few more. Put on several layers—it'll be safer."
Butterfly Loves Flowers said, "That makes sense." She took out several more.
Chen Nan layered them one over another, tied a dead knot at the closed end, and said, "This is where you'll have to suffer a little. You'll need to swallow it, enter the club, and then pass it out.
That way, the two devices can be brought inside. Then you can find a chance to place them somewhere they hold meetings."
Butterfly Loves Flowers suddenly understood. "Oh, I know this method. Right, they also deal drugs!"
That settles it, Chen Nan thought. It would be strange if people in that line of work didn't traffic drugs.
After handing it to Butterfly Loves Flowers, Chen Nan looked at her with some concern.
Butterfly Loves Flowers wore a sorrowful expression. "Don't worry about me. We've all practiced this. Without this skill, it would be impossible to graduate from the Orphanage."
After saying that, Butterfly Loves Flowers put it into her mouth. Then distinct successive bulges could be seen moving down her throat—the path of the device sliding down her esophagus.
Butterfly Loves Flowers lightly pounded her chest, coughed a few times, and said, "I'll buy some laxatives later. Don't worry, I'll definitely get it done."
Chen Nan said, "Both devices are fully charged. They can operate for six or seven hours, but their standby time is much longer. So they may need to be replaced."
Butterfly Loves Flowers asked, "Then how will we contact each other?"
Chen Nan said, "I have a phone. Remember my number: 0467785412."
Butterfly Loves Flowers took out her phone. "I'll ring you."
Very soon, Chen Nan received her call and committed the number to memory.
"Don't save the number in your contacts. Keep it only in your head. Delete the call records at all times. You absolutely cannot be careless," Chen Nan warned.
Butterfly Loves Flowers nodded. "Mm, I understand."
At that moment, she felt that although the child before her was only ten years old, he handled things with composure and efficiency, and his thinking was extraordinarily meticulous. He was nothing like a child. Forget children—even ordinary adults probably could not reach this level.
"Then I'm leaving. It's already late, and I'll be scolded if I go back now," Butterfly Loves Flowers said.
Chen Nan nodded, but after watching Butterfly Loves Flowers take only a few steps, he ran after her and grabbed her.
Butterfly Loves Flowers turned around. Looking into Chen Nan's large, clear eyes, she felt an intoxicated sensation in her heart. It seemed she held some expectation she should not have had.
But Chen Nan merely asked softly, "By the way, what's the surveillance situation like over there? When you place the cameras, will you be caught by other cameras?"
Butterfly Loves Flowers felt somewhat disappointed, then said, "There are no cameras inside the meeting place, but there are cameras in the corridors.
But that isn't a problem. The place always needs cleaning, and people like us are responsible for that too. I can use that opportunity to go in, and nothing will happen."
Butterfly Loves Flowers was about to leave again when Chen Nan stopped her once more. "If it becomes too difficult, you can choose not to do it for your own safety. Or if things become urgent, and selling me out is the only way you can survive, then sell me out. I won't blame you."
"Unless I die!" Butterfly Loves Flowers threw down those words and walked away without looking back.
Chen Nan's heart felt heavy. This sort of thing should never have been borne by weak people like them.
Yet he had never imagined that punishing evil and upholding justice would have to rest on the shoulders of such a frail woman.
Chen Nan clenched his fists. Sure enough, weakness itself is a sin! If I were a Transcendent with great power right now, would I still let a woman bear such a burden on her delicate shoulders?
The wish to become a Transcendent took root deep in his heart at that very moment.
Butterfly Loves Flowers had already left, leaving Chen Nan alone here.
Now that he was suddenly alone, he felt somewhat uncertain. The people around him made Chen Nan feel that every one of them was highly suspicious.
He hid in the shadows, turned on his phone, deleted Butterfly Loves Flowers's call record, and then opened the map.
He wanted to find his other target: Renxin Maternity Hospital.
This was a somewhat prejudiced view of Chen Nan's.
Since the Orphanage was a den of darkness, could Renxin Maternity Hospital possibly be a clean place?
Chen Nan absolutely did not believe that.
Moreover, some half-formed ideas had taken shape in his mind, and he needed to go there to verify them.
He hailed another cab. Now utterly alone, Chen Nan headed straight for Renxin Maternity Hospital.
After arriving, Chen Nan got out in a secluded spot and began gathering the small animals around the place.
Naturally, Rats were still his first choice. After preparing several bugging devices, he distributed them among the Rats.
A hospital was a public place, and its defenses against Rats were not actually very strict.
Chen Nan moved as close to the hospital as possible, even entering the hospital grounds at one point.
Then, using the connection between his mind and the Rats' minds, he used the Rats' sensory systems to understand the hospital's entire internal layout.
Under this kind of control, Chen Nan felt as though his head were about to split apart, but he had to persist.
Then Chen Nan called the Rats back and gave them surveillance devices. The Rats placed those devices in several ideal locations.
There were surveillance devices in the director's office, reception area, nurses' station, and other places.
The director's office in particular was a place Chen Nan focused on. It had not only cameras, but also bugging devices.
Comrade Wang Yuane was especially fond of flowers, and there were quite a few potted plants in her room.
This gave Chen Nan an excellent opportunity to place the devices.
He chose a potted plant that clearly did not need frequent watering and placed the camera directly facing the chair.
Hidden by the potted plant, it would not be discovered unless someone looked very carefully.
While using the Rats to carry out this task, Chen Nan suddenly felt his nose begin bleeding again.
Once everything had finally been placed, he ordered all the Rats to withdraw, while he himself collapsed weakly onto the ground.
At night, Chen Nan remained among the plants, unnoticed by anyone.
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