Chapter 221 Fire
Cheng Yingzi, on the other hand, was all smiles. She covered her mouth with her hands and waved her hands, her tone light but with a hint of stubbornness, "You don't understand them. They always looked down on our family before. This time is different. I must bring back some good things they haven't even seen before, and give them a good slap in the face."
Her tone became increasingly excited. "Let them know that we are no longer the same as before, and let them know how powerful we are!"
Song Xiaoshan seemed quite satisfied with what she said. She nodded slightly to show her approval, then turned to the driver and said, "Then you get out. I'll go first."
As she spoke, she opened the car window, leaned out, and shouted to Cheng Yingzi outside, "That's settled! Remember to find those hooligans tomorrow and have them cause trouble for Chen Yan's clients, disrupting her normal business operations. By the way, teach her and Song Xiaomei a lesson."
Cheng Yingzi stood by the roadside, watching the taxi slowly start to drive away. The smile on her face gradually faded from the corner of her lips, replaced by an imperceptible cold expression.
She narrowed her eyes and a slightly weird smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Let her just find some people to cause some trouble and affect Chen Yan's business?
No, that's too light.
It's too late, she has already changed her mind!
In the dark of the night, the stall set up by Chen Yan and Song Xiaomei suddenly caught fire without any warning.
The flames spread as quickly as a poisonous snake, engulfing the entire stall in almost the blink of an eye.
A stall next door also started to burn.
Fortunately, the stall owner next door happened to live in the shop.
When he got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, he saw a fire. He was so scared that he rushed out and shouted, waking up many neighbors. Everyone then got up in a panic and put out the fire with buckets of water and fire extinguishers.
Although the fire was eventually put out by everyone's joint efforts, the losses were extremely heavy.
Both Chen Yan and Song Xiaomei were almost bankrupt!
The stall they had just worked so hard to renovate was almost burned down by the fire!
Cao Yangfei used to know a lot of people on Liulin Road, all of whom ran shops.
Those people run all kinds of shops, some sell snacks, some run grocery stores, and some do clothing business.
We interact with each other frequently, often chatting about business and exchanging experiences.
As a result, he established many personal connections with these merchants, and everyone left their contact information with each other.
The phone number he left was his neighbor's landline number.
Because he didn't have his own phone at that time, but his neighbor had a phone and was willing to lend it to him.
So, in order to facilitate communication, he left this number when exchanging information with other merchants.
As soon as the fire broke out, the merchants on Liulin Road immediately called the contact information he left to inform him.
Everyone knew that it was a shop he opened in partnership with someone else, and they had a close relationship, so he had to be notified quickly.
When Cao Yangfei heard the news, he was so scared that he almost fell to the ground.
The whole person felt as if he was struck by lightning. There was a loud bang in his mind, his heartbeat accelerated, his head was buzzing, and he could hardly stand.
He couldn't imagine that the small shop that carried their dreams would be destroyed like this.
He immediately stopped a taxi and hurried to where Shen Yan and Song Xiaomei lived.
He didn't care about the traffic jam and urged the driver to drive faster. He couldn't wait to get to the scene to see everything with his own eyes.
After receiving the news, the two girls immediately packed up and went out, rushing to the stall.
When they finally arrived at the fire scene, looking at the shop filled with smoke and black marks, Song Xiaomei could no longer control her emotions. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and burst into tears.
This small shop means a lot to them. It was the place where they placed their dreams when they were just starting out, and it was also their first base in life.
They had spent a lot of time and effort on the layout, saving money bit by bit to purchase goods, and figuring out the business strategy step by step.
And now, all the efforts have been reduced to ashes by the fire.
They suppressed their grief and hurried to call the police with the original stall owner.
The original stall owner was also very shocked. After all, the fire spread from that side, so he also had to take responsibility.
Soon, the police arrived at the scene to investigate and question the relevant personnel.
Everyone is eager to know how the fire started?
Was the fire caused by their improper operation, or was it someone who deliberately set the fire?
We must investigate thoroughly to find out the truth.
It wasn't long before the police discovered some key clues in their investigation.
The possibility of natural fire has been preliminarily ruled out, but there is evidence that the fire may have been caused by humans.
The police officer in charge of recording the case put down his pen and thought seriously for a while. Then he looked up at the original stall owner, Shen Yan, and Song Xiaomei, and said in a low but clear voice: "Based on the clues we have so far, this fire may not be an accident."
"We will immediately launch further investigations and make every effort to find out the truth."
He paused, then added, "However, during this process, please also recall whether there have been any suspicious or abnormal situations recently."
"For example, have you ever had any grudges with anyone? Has anyone ever had a conflict with you? If you think of any details that you've missed, please feel free to tell us."
There was a hint of caution in his tone, as well as a sense of responsibility.
After the police left, the original stall owner stood in front of his stall, which had been completely destroyed, looking at the charred ruins with a dull and distraught look on his face.
His expression seemed to be silently mourning the days of hard work.
Chen Yan and the others were unable to recover from this blow.
The mood was so heavy that no one could laugh.
They knew that the fire first started from the direction of their stall, and that area burned the most thoroughly, with almost everything destroyed.
The rolling door outside the door has been deformed by the high temperature, and its original appearance is completely unrecognizable. Even the complete wreckage cannot be found.
The places on the wall where shelves were originally hung and advertisements were posted were now all charred black by the thick smoke, and the air was filled with a pungent burnt smell.
The interior decorations, shelves, goods, and counters were all reduced to ruins.
The most serious thing was that the wall separating them and the original stall owner was completely engulfed by the fire and eventually collapsed, turning into a pile of rubble.
The next day, Song Xiaoshan and Cheng Yingzi came to the stall where Chen Yan and her friends had originally stood.
Cheng Yingzi also seemed to be here to watch the fun, but Song Xiaoshan, who was walking next to her, was full of excitement.
When she saw the scorched earth engulfed by flames, an unconcealable joy appeared in her eyes.
She lowered her voice, almost talking to herself, and said, "Great! What a coincidence! It must be God's help that their little shop was burned down!"
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