Pei Tianci called out to Lu Yuanbao again and again, and kept looking at Lu Yuanbao in the black smoke.
Lu Yuanbao was busy around. He pushed away the debris around him and made a clear space around Pei Tianci. He then went to find a kettle and a thermos and brought all the water over.
Crash.
Lu Yuanbao poured the water in his hand on Pei Tianci without any care, and wet his handkerchief with it to cover Pei Tianci's mouth.
"Cough cough... cough cough..." Lu Yuanbao coughed violently, but he was still trying his best to protect Pei Tianci, "Tianci... cover it... cover it... cough cough... breathe again..."
Because Lu Yuanbao had been standing and busy all the time, he inhaled a lot of smoke and dust in the billowing black smoke, and his cough became more severe.
The flames burned his clothes in many places, sparks flew up and landed on his body, and there were dots of pain all over his body.
All this...isn't even more terrifying.
While Lu Yuanbao was busy running back and forth, he smelled a pungent odor, it was kerosene!
The dark kerosene slowly flowed into the store through the gap under the door, and then became a fuel for the flames, and a huge flame expanded in an instant.
This was not an natural fire, but an arson fire.
Lu Yuanbao thought of this, but had no time to care about it.
He rubbed the sole of his foot that had stepped on the kerosene hard on the ground to wipe off the traces of kerosene, then returned to Pei Tianci and poured the remaining water on his body. After he was soaked all over, he hugged Pei Tianci tightly, who had shrunk into a small ball.
"Tianci, don't be afraid... don't be afraid... someone will come to save us... someone will definitely come to save us..."
Outside the door at this moment.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
"Why is the fire so severe? Come out! Come out! Everyone, come out!"
"Go find the firefighters! Go find the fire brigade! Is there anyone else inside? Where's the water? Put out the fire!"
This street is a commercial street, and there were always people in the shops next door, but no one expected the fire to burn so fiercely all of a sudden, let alone that the fire was not only burning in the front, but also in the back.
The shop owners next door were holding basins and buckets, splashing water continuously.
But this small source of water is just a drop in the bucket in the face of the ever-expanding fire and has no effect at all.
Especially now that it is summer, the weather is dry and the old-style houses are made of wood. When the fire started, it was not only Chu Yue's shop that was on fire, but also several surrounding shops that were filled with thick smoke and were engulfed by flames and burned together.
"My shop... my shop... I borrowed money to open this shop... now it's burned... it's over... it's over... how can I pay it back... it's over..."
"You're still worried about your store! Your money! People's lives are the most important! Has everyone come out? Is there anyone still inside? Is there anyone else in your store?"
"No more, no more, my family has all left."
"My family is out too. They're all here."
"What about Mr. Chu's shop? Is there anyone inside? The fire started from their house, have all the people come out?"
Someone in the crowd asked loudly, and everyone turned to look around, seeing frightened faces one after another, but there were still few familiar faces.
"Where's Ye Zhaodi? Where's their Zhaodi?"
"And what about Miss Fang... Miss Fang who has a Beijing accent?"
"Before noon, I saw that their store was closed. It seemed that they were closed for the day. There might be no one in the store. Everyone may have gone out."
"It's fine as long as there's no one... It's fine as long as there's no one dead..."
Everyone felt a little relieved. After all, money can be earned again, but if a person is gone, he is really gone.
Just when everyone was taking a breath, the hair salon owner Xu Zhiyi walked by.
There was a faucet for washing hair in her shop, so many people came to her house to fetch water to put out the fire. She also held a basin and tried her best to do her part.
Xu Zhiyi ran back and forth several times, panting heavily and saying, "...I'm back...half an hour ago...I saw someone coming back...the one who opened the door...and the child...I saw...and the child..."
"What?! Child?!"
When everyone heard this, their eyes widened in surprise. Everyone subconsciously looked around, but there was no sign of Ye Zhaodi and Fang Xiuli, let alone a child, around them.
Could it be that... the children are still in the fire?
Everyone turned their heads at once and looked at the store surrounded by scarlet flames, their hearts sinking to the bottom.
Save... Save the children...
They all had this thought in their minds, but with the fire so big, no one could get in.
All the worries became their tightly furrowed brows.
“Ahem… ahem…”
“Ahem… ahem…”
The black smoke kept rolling. Even though Lu Yuanbao and Pei Tianci tried their best to lie down, the air they could breathe was getting less and less...
Along with it came the high temperatures around them. The moisture on their bodies was gradually dried out by the high temperatures, causing them to become extremely hot.
"Cough... cough... Brother Yuanbao... are we... going to die..." Pei Tianci could no longer cry at this time. He grabbed Lu Yuanbao's clothes tightly with both hands and said tremblingly.
"No... ahem... we won't die... Tianci, listen... there are people outside... someone is trying to save us..." Lu Yuanbao could vaguely hear the noisy sounds outside, and someone kept shouting for help.
They were so close, but separated by the huge flames.
Lu Yuanbao was also afraid in his heart, but he knew that Pei Tianci was younger than him and needed more care than him.
He endured the pain and said in a weak voice, "Mom...Mom...will definitely...come to save us..."
"Cough cough... cough cough... huhu..." Pei Tianci's breathing became weaker and weaker, "Brother Yuanbao... I can't take it anymore... wuwuwu... Mom... I miss Mom... cough cough..."
"Don't be afraid! Tianci, we are not afraid! Mom will definitely come to save us! She will definitely come! Tianci... don't be afraid..."
The two children huddled together, relying on each other.
At this moment, there was a bang and something exploded.
Fragments of the exploded objects flew towards Lu Yuanbao and Pei Tianci with sparks. Lu Yuanbao could barely see them clearly and quickly opened his arms to hug Pei Tianci.
Sparks flew onto Lu Yuanbao's back, instantly burning his clothes and touching his skin.
hiss--
Lu Yuanbao was shaking with pain.
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