In the critical moment, for some reason, many nuns appeared around. They held crossbows in their hands and launched fierce attacks on the black-robed figures.
One of the crossbow bolts hit Kong Xingchang's arm, and he let out a scream, releasing a controller. The pliers remained fixed in their original position.
We struggled, and several nuns came over, drew out katanas, and cut open the mechanisms that bound us. The moment they pulled us up, Xiao Yuande exerted force, directly held a nun hostage, and asked, "Who are you people?"
"Don't misunderstand us. We have no connection to the organization. We are just people from this convent."
"Why are you only coming now?"
"She notified us to come and provide support. We didn't expect the convent to be overrun!"
We initially thought these nuns were enemies. If they hadn't helped this time, we would have had our tongues ripped out. I initially thought they were here to reclaim the convent, but the moment I saw the young woman in purple, I understood.
"Young Master, I'm sorry. I notified them to come and help, so they can reclaim the convent and you'll be safe too."
"So it was you. Long time no see. Where have you been recently?"
"Nowhere special. In fact, I've been keeping an eye on you from nearby all along!"
"Ah? How is that possible? Why couldn't I sense your presence at all?"
"All of us from the He family have a special scent from birth. With my cultivation, I can smell it. You're different from me; you're in forensic investigation."
"We He family? Are you also surnamed He?"
"That's right!"
"Then can you tell me your name?"
"He Xiaoyu!"
The girl readily revealed her name, but I had never heard of her before.
The nuns were overjoyed to reclaim their sanctuary. They helped us subdue the black-robed figures, and Xiao Yuande also apprehended Kong Xingchang.
The man had no idea what was happening and roared, "So you have so many people! No wonder you only found a few when you came to the convent!"
"Haha, did you think the convent could be easily occupied by thugs like you?" A nun kicked Kong Xingchang in the abdomen. The man contorted in pain. I was surprised; how could these nuns be so formidable?
I looked at He Xiaoyu for an explanation. She chuckled and said, "Ahaha, let me tell you, these are all people trained by He Family Village!"
"He Family Village?"
"Yes, you should visit someday. You haven't been home in a long time!"
"I don't know where that is."
"It seems you really haven't been back in a long time. Young Master, well, we'll discuss it later. It's not urgent now. Since everything is fine, you should be able to handle the rest of the work easily. So, I'm leaving!"
Before I could react, He Xiaoyu jumped out of a window in the convent and, with lightning speed, cleared several trees. In the distance, only a few gray-yellow leaves drifted freely in the air.
Some time after she left, everyone slowly came to their senses. Gao Ming grabbed me and said, "He Xiaoyu??"
"Yes, that's what she said just now!"
"Could this be your sister? She looks so pure and cute!"
"No, I've never met her before!"
"How is that possible? I feel like I'm dreaming. Everyone thought we were all going to die!"
I smiled wryly. "I didn't hear your hysterical screams just now, so I thought you weren't scared! Turns out you were just stunned by fear!"
At the police station, we quickly threw Kong Xingchang into the interrogation room. Without delay, I poured him a glass of water and asked, "Kong Xingchang, can you tell us now? Why did you do that live broadcast?"
"I'm convinced I've been arrested by you today. I thought there would be no other unexpected events besides you. By the way, who was that young woman? Can you introduce me to her? She's too beautiful!"
I rolled my eyes at him speechlessly. "You'll never have such an opportunity unless you confess everything immediately."
Actually, I was bluffing. Given his situation, he wouldn't be able to see anyone except relatives.
But Kong Xingchang believed me. "Alright. Honestly, I didn't want to do this at first. I was forced. I've had autism since I was a child. I was often isolated. I'm a very introverted person, can you imagine? Officer He, I lost my parents when I was young. Initially, I was adopted by relatives, but they never treated me like a human. For example, my cousin, my uncle's son, often bullied me behind my back, snatched my food, broke my toys, and often spat on my clothes. Once, on my birthday, he even pushed me into the toilet, making me drink a lot of that dirty water. Another time, during a heavy rain, I didn't have an umbrella after school and got soaked. I saw my uncle pick him up in his car, but he completely ignored me."
"Of course, I don't blame him. I'm not his son, after all. That time, I ran away. I went to the city to find another way to live. However, I was too young to even get a job. I eventually became a beggar, living under a bridge with a few old men, begging for survival. At that time, I lived at the lowest level of society, sleeping in the most cramped and dirty places, eating from trash cans, being spat on and looked down upon by passersby, and constantly being driven away, scolded, and beaten. Do you know at that time? My entire world became extremely dark and desolate, like a plane that had crashed to the bottom of the ocean... Perhaps I'm uneducated and don't know how to describe it, but I was extremely sad and grief-stricken! I felt completely insignificant! Living in the world was a waste of resources!"
"I thought about dying several times, but I failed. Heaven is truly cruel; it wouldn't even grant me the simple wish to die. What could I do? So, I wanted to find a way to vent, or rather, to find something to cling to, so that I wouldn't feel that living was so meaningless."
"Originally, I had no such opportunity. But just as I was about to starve to death, a warm and broad hand reached out and helped me up. He said he admired me and could see a spirit of defiance in me. I didn't understand what he meant at all back then, but he said it didn't matter. He took me away from the dim bridge underpass. A few beggars tried to stop him, but the man casually threw a sum of money, and the beggars were too busy picking it up to pay attention to him."
"I was thus taken away by this man, and my life has changed completely and utterly ever since..."