The Mansion Collapses

Chen Nan didn't have that kind of skill. Among ordinary people, thugs like Ghost Head had a unique ability.

This ability was to use the muscles on their bodies to stop bleeding.

They would contract their muscles to compress severed blood vessels, preventing blood from flowing out, much like how someone with an urgent need to urinate can contract their bladder sphincter to hold back the flow, not letting a single drop escape.

However, this skill couldn't always be used to its best effect. For instance, in the carotid artery of Ghost Head, which Chen Nan had cut. Because the muscles there were thin, the contraction force was insufficient, and the carotid artery was located too superficially, making it impossible to get help from all sides.

But at this moment, Ghost Head didn't dare to move at all.

He was still straining, hoping to control the gushing blood from his heart. It was less effortless than Chen Nan, who simply let the blood flow down.

This was akin to the attitude of the poor and the rich towards money. It wasn't that the poor didn't understand effortlessness, but for them, to be effortless meant risking their lives.

But for Ghost Head, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't save himself from his fatal predicament.

He couldn't make any large movements, as that would only accelerate his death.

He knelt on the ground, informants lying dead with their eyes wide and tongues hanging out beside him, the mice already scattered.

Ghost Head asked Chen Nan, "Who taught you your knife skills?"

Chen Nan pulled the butterfly knife stuck in his left shoulder and threw it onto the rainy ground. After a sharp intake of breath from the pain, he said, "Life."

"Life?" Ghost Head was confused. "How can life teach you?"

Chen Nan turned to look at Ghost Head and said, "Necessity."

With those two words, Chen Nan packed his things and quickly left the dead-end alley.

Raindrops struck Ghost Head's bald head, and more water slid down his face than elsewhere.

"Hahaha..." Ghost Head laughed loudly, but blood sprayed wildly from his carotid artery, like a fountain in the rain.

He fell to the ground, clutching his neck, and blood still gushed out. With difficulty, he removed a comical clown mask from his wrist, something that seemed to belong to a playful young girl.

The rain washed away the ferocity in his eyes, leaving behind a deep affection. He no longer seemed so detestable.

He placed the clown mask on his mouth and kissed it gently. Then, his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and he moved no more.

Chen Nan left the alley. The people who had been chasing him were all killed by him. However, this didn't mean he was safe. The events of today would surely cause a stir, but in the interim before that, he was still in danger.

His phone had very little battery left. He had to use this time to immediately find a safe place.

So, in a spot sheltered from the rain, he saved the previous video footage and made a call.

"Hello, who are you looking for?" a woman's voice answered the phone.

Chen Nan immediately said, "Auntie, do you remember me? I'm your former tenant. The kid."

There was a moment of silence on the other end, then a surprised voice said, "Oh, it's you! Where did you go? Why did you suddenly disappear?

Oh, right, I saw the news saying you're an orphan from the orphanage..."

Chen Nan immediately interrupted her and said, "That's all fake. I'm in great danger right now. Can you provide me with a safe place to stay? I'm injured.

As for what happened, I'll tell you everything when we meet."

"Okay, okay, go to this place..." the woman said.

Chen Nan memorized the address, then took a taxi and headed there.

Of course, Chen Nan got out of the taxi a distance away. The taxi driver wouldn't know his specific destination.

He followed the instructions, arrived at a residential complex, and entered a building.

Finally, in a comfortable and warm room, Chen Nan felt at ease.

There was only one person in the room: his first landlady.

She looked at Chen Nan, covering her mouth in surprise, before helping him inside, taking off his clothes, and tending to his wounds.

Chen Nan was sure that this was a very kind-hearted woman, which was why he came to her. And he knew that as long as he could hide for this period, he would be out of danger, which was why he felt so relieved coming to her.

Before this, he could have asked her for help, but it would have put her in danger, so Chen Nan hadn't done so.

The landlady finished tending to Chen Nan's wounds, wrapped him in a bath towel, and then asked him what had happened.

Chen Nan knew that his story would eventually become known, so he told the landlady everything.

After listening, the landlady's jaw dropped in astonishment. Her admiration for Chen Nan was so great that if he weren't a child, she would have been willing to marry him and even give up her property.

It had to be said that this landlady was truly a good woman, fitting the consistent pattern that good people don't have good fortunes.

Around the age of twenty, she had fallen for a man. However, he was a drug addict. Later, after they separated, she never looked for anyone else.

She used the property left by her parents for rentals and also had a job, so she was well-off. She had long given up on the idea of men, believing that there were no good men left in the world.

Fortunately, Chen Nan's appearance had brought about some change.

She took care of him like her own child, cooking for him and showing concern, which made Chen Nan feel a bit embarrassed.

After all, he only had the body of a child!

He stayed there hiding for a day. News reports on the radio and television had already come out.

Although Chen Nan killing so many people was already a sensational news event in itself, with the embellishment of various media outlets, the impact was even greater.

Headlines screamed about a mysterious child wreaking havoc; gang wars, streets flowing with blood. Some focused on the death toll, claiming that hundreds had been killed or injured in the firefight...

Of course, some news reports even linked Chen Nan, the orphanage, and Immortal Realm, digging deep to write this piece.

It was an in-depth analysis, examining the street fight on Longhua Road from the surface to its core.

More importantly, the content written was quite reliable.

This made Chen Nan have to sigh that no matter where you go, media professionals are incredibly capable.

They are like some kind of hounds, or like some kind of women, able to investigate things that ordinary people can't know, and then spread those things around like gossip.

However, after reading such news, Chen Nan understood in his heart that this was definitely not a sudden inspiration from the current media personnel that led them to fabricate this. Those people must have known some of the inside story, and they just happened to seize this opportunity to report on it.

This was a very good time to release such a report.

And Chen Nan began to contact the Prefecture; he was in a complete mess at this moment.

Upon receiving Chen Nan's call, he no longer made any excuses, only saying that he would definitely make the Wang Clan collapse completely. He would make them receive the legal punishment they deserved.

In fact, the Wang siblings and all involved personnel had already been apprehended by the police.

All sorts of media outlets, like flies discovering a feast, swarmed to the scene.

Chen Nan, on the other hand, had everything settled; there was nothing left for him to do. With the media's push, this matter, like an avalanche, left no room for maneuver.

The evil deeds committed by the Wang Clan were exposed, one by one, piece by piece.

And with the evidence provided by Chen Nan, the police also busted a huge human trafficking ring and a drug trafficking group.

For a time, the uncovering of the underworld forces in Wu City and other matters caused a sensation across the entire country.

With the media and the internet fanning the flames, this all happened in just a few days.

And amidst all this explosive news, the most eye-catching was the mysterious child they spoke of.

Once Chen Nan's deeds were exposed, they quickly went viral across the entire internet.

A child of only ten-odd years old, relying on his own strength, had reported and exposed such a massive and complex dark force. Even more legendary was that he, by himself, had managed to hunt down dozens of villains.

In an instant, Chen Nan became a hero boy whispered about by ordinary people, and even the education department planned to include Chen Nan's story in moral education textbooks.

Furthermore, many reporters and media outlets were searching everywhere for Chen Nan's whereabouts, wanting to conduct a face-to-face interview with him.

Chen Nan, naturally, had no interest in such things, merely hiding at the landlady's place, where no one could find him.

However, reporters and paparazzi also found Butterfly Loves Flowers and Little Black Ox, obtaining some information about Chen Nan from them. Afterward, they fully utilized their professional spirit of "blind men touching an elephant" and began writing extensively about Chen Nan's "heroic deeds."

Such reports, even if Chen Nan himself read them, would make him tear up with emotion, let alone other readers.

Then, there was a completely unknown person, who claimed to be a novelist, who began to write a novel titled "Ballad of the Young Hero Who Sweeps Away Bandits," with Chen Nan as the prototype.

This is about seizing opportunities. Those famous novelists naturally disdained using this trend to write something; even if they succeeded, it wouldn't seem like their own accomplishment.

But the unknown novelist had no such reservations; he wanted to take advantage of this heat to promote himself.

As it turned out, his decision was correct. Because of this one book, "Ballad of the Young Hero Who Sweeps Away Bandits," he became famous overnight, transforming from obscure to renowned.

And after a trial lasting half a year, the Wang Clan finally received punishment under the national laws of Qingyang Kingdom.

Wang Yifu and Wang Yide were convicted of murder, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and organizing prostitution (you know what that means), among other crimes. They were sentenced to death, to be executed immediately, with multiple charges combined.

Wang Yuan'e was convicted of human trafficking and complicity in crimes, sentenced to thirty years in prison and stripped of her political rights for life.

Then there were various fines and so on.

Indeed: Years of glory in front of people, a mansion collapses in an instant. If you wish for longevity in this world, hold onto righteousness and act with steadfastness.