Chapter 344 Locked Door, Trapped in Fire

Inside the pharmacy, Kong Wange struggled a few times but couldn't free her skirt. Finally, she gritted her teeth and tore it off with all her might, ripping the hem off.

She strode towards the door again, but when she opened it, she froze.

As if in disbelief, she tugged hard a few more times, the pharmacy door creaking, but she still couldn't open it.

It was only then that she realized that someone had probably locked the door from the inside!

The pharmacy door was open, but it was locked now. It was obviously done on purpose, and who it was... she knew for a second that it was Wen Xiaoxiao!

At this moment, Kong Wange only regretted that she had gone too far and hadn't taught Wen Xiaoxiao a lesson enough. If she had been able to resolve the trouble once and for all, she wouldn't be in this predicament now.

All thoughts flashed by in an instant, but now that the die is cast, there's no point in saying anything.

Thick smoke billowed outside, slowly seeping out from under the door.

"Is anyone else outside?" Kong Wange called out from inside, but no one responded.

She choked, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Seeing that no one responded, she decided not to waste any more time and stumbled around the pharmacy to see if there were any other places she could get out.

However, to everyone's dismay, the pharmacy was closed, perhaps because some of the herbs were sensitive to light, and there wasn't even a window open.

She felt as if she were locked in an iron cage, her only way out blocked, and it seemed that she had no choice but to accept her fate.

But she also felt a strong sense of resentment.

She's weathered so many storms; even if she were to die one day, she couldn't die in such a miserable way!

I took out my phone, which I always carry with me, and sure enough, there was no signal.

She noticed this when she entered the pharmacy; the walls were very thick, and the signal only returned when she went to the outer preparation room.

The pharmacy door was quite old, and the gap under the door was not small, making it easy for thick smoke to rush in. However, in just a short while, Kong Wange felt that she could not breathe properly.

This won't do. She tore off another piece of her skirt, turned around, took out five or six mint leaves from a medicine box, crushed them, mixed them with the fabric, and covered her mouth and nose.

The coolness of the mint leaves jolted her brain awake, instantly making her more alert.

She took the opportunity to touch the exhaust fan switch.

Although this small exhaust fan is hardly enough to combat the increasingly thick smoke, it's better than nothing.

She turned on the exhaust fan, and the room instantly filled with the sound of air being drawn out.

Kong Wange knew she couldn't waste any more energy. The smoke in the room was getting thicker and the temperature was rising. The door was heavy, but it was made of wood, and she didn't know how long it could hold out.

In such a situation, once the oxygen runs out, she has absolutely no chance of survival.

Clutching the cloth in her hand, she sat down under the exhaust fan, trying to get her mind working.

If a fire breaks out midway through the event, the event will definitely have to stop, regardless of which pharmaceutical room it is. Now she can only hope that Leng Jun Xiao Ju Zi will notice that she hasn't come out and then find someone to rescue her.

The fire is quite large; the fire department should be coming soon, right?

The truth about her mother's death is still unclear, her three children are waiting for her, and there's also the man who tells her cheesy pickup lines...

Whatever the reason, she had to persevere.

...

On the asphalt road, Lin Cheng drove at a high speed.

"Young Master Ting, there was supposed to be a luncheon with our partners after the meeting, but you insisted on canceling it to visit the young mistress. Aren't you afraid our partners will be unhappy?"

"Are they unhappy?"

Lin Cheng was speechless, thinking to himself that they weren't without dissatisfaction, but they dared not speak out against it!

Taking a deep breath, he said earnestly, "Young Master Ting, have you forgotten what the young mistress told you? Don't expose your relationship in front of others. Even if you go, you can only do it secretly and can't do anything. You might even upset the young mistress."

While flipping through the documents, Murong Ting said calmly, "I only upset her because I listened to you. If you're going to use corny pickup lines, then you can be corny all the time. Don't drag me into it. You're more trouble than you're worth."

Lin Cheng: "..."

So it turns out that Young Master Ting was going to coax his wife.

Lin Cheng, having already caused his own trouble, dared not say anything more and silently accelerated.

...

Outside the Imperial Pharmacy, chaos reigned.

Several students were too panicked during the evacuation and suffered numerous bruises. Some students also inhaled thick smoke. They were taken to the medical room by the teachers who arrived at the scene.

The remaining students gathered at the doorway, their clothes covered in soot and ripped, some standing and some sitting, all looking quite disheveled.

Han Fei arrived with several teachers. Looking at the scene before them, the flames shooting out of the medicine-making room, and the thick smoke billowing out, he frowned and asked, "What happened?"

A teacher who was supervising discipline today wiped the sweat from his forehead and came over: "The initial suspicion is that a student violated regulations during the drug manufacturing process and caused the fire. Currently, all three drug manufacturing rooms have been affected to varying degrees, with Room A being the most severely affected. The fire department has been called, but it will take at least eight minutes for them to arrive."

"Has the student been identified yet?"

"Not yet, everyone just ran out and hasn't had a chance to ask yet."

Han Fei asked seriously, "Are you sure all the students have come out?"

"We are still counting the number of people. We evacuated the students immediately after the fire broke out, but then several more pharmaceutical furnaces caught fire, and the windows were too well ventilated, causing the fire to spread too quickly..."

Han Fei stopped listening to him and walked into the group of students, saying in a deep voice, "Everyone, look around and see if any of your friends or classmates are missing. Report immediately."

In the crowd, a student tugged at Wen Xiaoxiao's sleeve: "Xiaoxiao, have you seen Kong Wange? She was next to you when she was making medicine, right? Why didn't I see her come out?"

A hint of gloom flashed across Wen Xiaoxiao's eyes, but her face remained calm: "It seems she was taken to the infirmary after smoking."

"Oh, really? Then maybe I didn't notice. It's good that the person is out..."

Han Fei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one in the crowd was speaking, but then he saw three people staggering towards him.

Someone shouted from the crowd, "Isn't that Leng Jun, Zhu Ju, and Shen Ge?"

Everyone looked towards the three of them.

Chen Ge carried Zhu Ju on his back, while Leng Jun supported the two of them from the side.

Han Fei was taken aback at first, then quickly stepped forward to help: "Quick, get him to the infirmary!"

Leng Jun coughed twice and said, "Teacher Han, please listen to me first. We're fine. Zhu Ju just twisted her ankle while running. But we haven't seen Kong Wange come out. We've been calling her but no one is answering. She might be trapped in the medicine room. Teacher Han, let's think of a way to save her!"

The first thing Murong Ting heard when he arrived was this.

Everyone was gathered together, and no one noticed his and Lin Cheng's arrival.

Lin Cheng, standing beside him, gasped and whispered, "Young Master Ting, did I hear that right? The young mistress is trapped in the fire? What should we do?"