When he saw the girls come in to clean, Wang Yide immediately felt a wicked fire blaze up inside him. Mainly, he had been bottling something up inside, and unless he vented it, he could not feel at ease.
He grabbed one of the girls and, without regard for the others around him, began exercising the instinctive talents of creatures in nature.
This could be considered a primitive yet advanced method of picking up girls.
At that point, Chen Nan cut off the surveillance feed. There was no art whatsoever in such a live broadcast. Compared to what he had watched on Earth, it was truly vulgar, crude, and tawdry!
And by then, he also knew that his surveillance should receive plenty of useful information tomorrow.
Therefore, Chen Nan prepared to monitor Renxin Maternity Hospital throughout the entire next day.
After putting away his phone and charging it, Chen Nan knew it was nearly time to cast in the net.
Once he got some results tomorrow, he could begin the second operation.
Who should he target?
Originally, Chen Nan's target had only been the Wu City Prefecture Office, and through Secretary Huang, he had obtained bait more than sufficient to hook them.
But upon closer consideration, that bait could actually reel in both the Prefecture Office and Secretary Huang.
So which one would produce the better result?
Chen Nan still needed to think that over carefully. After all, if he obtained crucial evidence tomorrow, he would have to act immediately, without delay.
Therefore, the transition between the two had to be handled perfectly.
After turning it over and over in his mind, Chen Nan still felt that someone like Secretary Huang—glossy on the surface yet slippery and scheming within—would not be of much real use.
In any world, people like that survived by being smooth on all sides and skilled at fawning and flattering.
When it came to wagging tongues and working their lips, few could match them; when it came to doing practical work, they were good for nothing.
Therefore, he ultimately gave Secretary Huang a pass.
In fact, the things Chen Nan had stolen to use against the Prefecture Office and Secretary Huang were merely the first layer of bait.
There was another layer of bait, which he would throw out when the time came.
But to ensure everything was foolproof and achieve the best possible result, he still needed a computer.
Thus, Chen Nan planned to speak to the landlord about it tomorrow.
In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived. Chen Nan first called the landlord. When he asked for a computer, the landlord initially refused and even looked somewhat displeased.
But the moment Chen Nan mentioned paying, the man's attitude took a sharp one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.
The speed of that turn nearly threw out Chen Nan's back, and it showed just how much of an old hand this landlord was.
To rent a laptop, the landlord charged him five yuan per day.
Though he acted extremely greedy, the price was actually fairly conscientious.
Compared with internet cafe rates, it was naturally far more conscientious.
Once he had the computer, Chen Nan installed the surveillance software on it as well, making it more convenient to operate and save everything.
Just as he finished all that, around noon, the surveillance at Renxin Maternity Hospital finally delivered useful information.
Because Chen Nan always made various judgments and never monitored meaningless information, the surveillance device still had more than forty percent battery remaining.
Chen Nan was certain that this charge would be enough to last until he finished collecting the evidence.
And once the surveillance feed opened, Chen Nan discovered with delight that the people he had hoped to see had actually gathered in the director's office.
The three siblings were all in the office. Wang Yuane sat behind the desk as if it were only proper, with Wang Yifu and Wang Yide seated on either side of her.
By the time Chen Nan opened the feed, they had already begun talking.
"Second Brother, has your efficiency gotten this bad? Where did that ability of yours to pass off my ideas as your own wisdom go?" Wang Yifu said, slapping the desk.
Before Wang Yide could say anything, Wang Yuane spoke. She was a woman who, simply by sitting there, resembled a small mountain.
One could vividly imagine her as a snowman with frog eyes.
She let out several "kekeke" laughs, making goosebumps fall all over the Wang brothers. Even Chen Nan's network connection was affected for a moment and nearly cut off automatically.
Chen Nan patted the computer and said as though soothing a puppy, "It's fine, it's fine. Let's just treat her like a person, then we won't be scared, okay?"
It actually worked. The other end steadily transmitted Wang Yuane's hoarse voice, a blend of male and female tones.
"Big Brother, if you have something to say, say it. Don't slap the desk. We're all getting on in years; acting like this is no longer appropriate," she said in a crooked tone.
Wang Yide immediately chimed in, "Exactly, Big Brother. We're siblings—if there's something to say, just say it.
"Besides, aren't you my big brother? I spend some of your money and borrow a little of your wisdom—are you really going to hold that against me?"
Wang Yifu pointed at them, looking as though he hated iron for not turning into steel. "You're still joking around here?
"We're in danger!
"If we still can't find that child, everything will be too late.
"I haven't slept well a single day these past few days. That Chen Nan is like a thorn in my back and a worm in my heart. Until he's removed, I won't have a moment of peace!"
Wang Yuane asked, "Is that child really so formidable?
"Though I do remember his mother somewhat. She was a top-tier beauty.
"It's just a pity that beauties have short lives since ancient times. Such a fine girl simply gave birth to the child and left him here. Who knows, perhaps he's some family's illegitimate child."
Wang Yide said, "Could he be from the Chen family? That would be..."
"Shut your crow mouth!" Wang Yifu shouted. "Isn't this chaotic enough already? That's impossible. The Luojing Chen Family is a major Lineage among Transcendents. How could something like this happen?"
In truth, this was merely Wang Yifu comforting himself. From Li Yu and Xun Xin's careless remarks, as well as Chen Nan's performance, he had already learned that Chen Nan possessed the potential to become a Transcendent.
And such potential—or talent—was not something one could possess casually.
Generally, only great Transcendent Lineages, whose genes had undergone continual optimization, could be said to produce Transcendents generation after generation.
As for ordinary commoners, the probability of producing even one Transcendent was exceedingly small.
Based on that reasoning, it was not impossible that Chen Nan was an illegitimate child of the Luojing Chen Family.
If that were the case, and the Chen family learned of it, Wang Yifu found it hard to imagine what future his ordinary Lineage would have.
Even though Transcendents faced many restrictions, if they wanted to wipe out some ordinary people, they could always find a reasonable method.
Of this, he, as someone in the upper strata of ordinary humanity, was clearer than anyone.
Those rules existed only to preserve order. Yet the upper class always stood above ordinary order; that was why he could summon wind and rain.
Setting aside those thoughts, Wang Yifu picked up from what his sister had said, also intending to sort through their current situation. "That child's capabilities far exceed your imagination.
"I think that even now, you may still be wondering: Chen Nan neither reports us to the authorities nor calls the police. He simply stays hidden. What exactly does he want?"
Wang Yide took on the role of the straight man and said, "Yeah, what does he want?"
Wang Yifu glared at him and continued, "Because Chen Nan has an exceptionally clear head. He knows that in his situation, whether he reported us to the authorities or called the police, it would be utterly meaningless.
"He deeply understands this fact: for a person with no status, no money, and no reputation, nothing they do has any meaning.
"He knows that if he exposed us, we would definitely not be the ones struck down. Instead, he would be.
"That would be no different from walking into a net himself, which is why he refuses to do it.
"So he will certainly use other methods to deal with us."
As the second foil, Wang Yuane asked, "What method would he use?"
With the air of an old schemer, Wang Yifu said, "I think he will wait—wait until the Preparatory Academy begins recruiting from society.
"That is, October first.
"He will participate and become a Preparatory Academy student. Then he will strive to become a Transcendent. Step by step, we will have no chance at all."
Wang Yide gave an "oh" and said, "Isn't that what they call a delaying tactic?"
Wang Yifu stroked his chin. "You could say that."
Wang Yuane asked, "Then what do we do?"
Wang Yifu said coldly, "We have to proceed in two steps. First, we must dig him out and kill him. That is the best method.
"The other option is to pull strings at the Preparatory Academy, so that even if Chen Nan can participate in that public assessment, he will be unable to pass.
"Then, while exposing himself, he will also lose the protection of a Transcendent identity, and we can still act without worry.
"But it would be best to finish things in the first step. These days, I've already spent no small amount of money making arrangements everywhere.
"If we complete the first step, we can save a huge expense.
"You know how it is when those Transcendents ask for money—every time, it cuts to the bone!"
Wang Yide slapped his chest. "Big Brother, don't worry. I've already done as you instructed.
"We've begun asking around the entire city about private rentals. I think we'll soon have news of that little bastard."
Wang Yifu waved a hand. "That isn't enough. You can make another move as well.
"Spend money to place missing-person notices through television, radio, small ads pasted throughout the streets and alleys, and flyers.
"Say that Chen Nan was tricked away from the Orphanage by human traffickers, and ask the general public to display their fine moral character and help us find this child.
"That will be much easier than sending out our own people to search for a needle in the sea."
Wang Yide slapped the desk and laughed. "I have to say, Big Brother, you really are underhanded—very clever, much better than us!
"How did I not think of that?"
Wang Yuane said, "Don't slap the desk in my office! And don't include me in this business of being stupid!"
Wang Yide laughed. "Third Sister, didn't we all crawl out of the same mother's womb? There has to be something alike about us, right?"
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