"We can't let the fire reach the pharmacy; there are still so many medicinal herbs here!"

Shen Yuan didn't explain much, leaving behind the instruction that Liu Mama was not allowed to follow, and then limped into the backyard.

Granny Liu was anxious and flustered, but she dared not go in to help. She was old and not very nimble. She had just caused Shen Yuan to fall, so she dared not go in and make things worse.

Granny Liu could only call out to people on the street.

Shen Yuan ran into the backyard; the fire had spread from the kitchen to the stairs.

The kitchen beams and the bottom axis of the stairs in the front building were supported by the same piece of wood. When the wooden structure of the house was hit by a fire, it was like adding fuel to the fire. The flames spread along this piece of wood, and the wooden planks of the stairs were burned and fell down one after another, which made Shen Yuan's heart jump.

If she and Granny Liu had come downstairs any later, they might have been trapped and died in the fire.

Shen Yuan dared not think any further. She picked up the bucket in the yard, scooped water from the water vat, and splashed it onto the stairs.

She poured bucket after bucket of water tirelessly, but it only dampened the wooden planks and did little to help in the raging fire.

Shen Yuan looked at the stairs in front of her and suddenly realized that if she pulled out the wooden stake connecting the stairs to the front hall, cutting off the connection point of the fire, the fire would not spread to the pharmacy in front.

She had to save the medicinal herbs in the pharmacy!

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan wet her clothes and climbed the stairs.

The steps of the staircase had been burned through, and there was fire on every floor. Shen Yuan carefully avoided the flames as she climbed up. The flames burned her face, but she dared not retreat.

As she approached the wooden stake, Shen Yuan was overjoyed and reached out to pull it up, but the two-hand-wide stake was not something a girl like her could easily move.

Shen Yuan used all her strength to pull it out, and the wooden stake swayed, causing Shen Yuan to fall backward.

The ground was covered with broken planks and flames; if you fell on it, you'd probably get a burn on your back.

Panic and fear instantly overwhelmed her. Shen Yuan closed her eyes helplessly, but at that critical moment, a dark figure flashed behind her and pulled her into an embrace.