Chapter 175 Something Happened
After lunch.
"Teacher Luo." Zhang Xin suddenly called out to Luo Shu, who was coming out of the restroom.
"What's wrong?" Luo Shu wiped her hands.
"When I opened the door this morning, I saw a man dressed in black loitering around our yard. At first, I didn't think anything of it, but just now I saw him wandering around here again, and I'm a little worried that he might be doing it on purpose or have some other motive," Zhang Xin said in a flustered manner.
Luo Shu paused, her heart leaping into her throat.
"Check the surveillance footage to see where he appears frequently, have the security guards increase their surveillance, and have Yuanxi and Yuannan keep an eye on the surrounding area."
She thought about it and still felt something was wrong, and she felt uneasy.
"Send the person in the surveillance footage to Officer Lu and see if he can send someone over," she continued.
"Okay." Zhang Xin nodded and left.
Luo Shu picked up her phone and called Yu Zhan, but he didn't answer, so she sent him a message.
As soon as she sent the message, the aunt next to her smiled at her.
Luo Shu didn't notice and went straight up to the second floor.
"This dress is so pretty." Yu Hua changed into the dress that had been made for her.
During the Chinese New Year, Yu Hua said she wanted me to make a dress for her. This morning, I was saying that if I didn't make it, I wouldn't make it. I didn't expect that the dress was already made, but there were still some details that hadn't been adjusted.
I noticed it as soon as I walked in.
"It's not that the dress is pretty, it's that you are pretty, that makes the dress look good. If it weren't for your good looks, it probably wouldn't have this effect. Others might not have been able to pull it off either." Luo Shu stood to the side and adjusted the hem of her skirt.
"It feels a little tight." She looked in the mirror and touched her waist.
“It’s not like I’ll stay fat forever.” She smiled. “When I have some free time, I’ll make you a few more outfits. This terrible figure needs to wear pretty dresses so your brother-in-law can feast his eyes.”
Yu Hua blushed as she listened.
They had been trying to conceive for two or three years and finally got pregnant with their first child. Now they are very careful when they go out.
I've put aside a lot of work, and I rest whenever I have time. I also mostly wear loose-fitting clothes.
"I'll get you a few sets to try," Luo Shu said, and then walked up to the third floor.
The third floor has many custom-made dresses, some of which are kept for personal wear, and some are made to be displayed in the store as a signature piece.
There are also quite a few loose-fitting styles.
Judging from what I've seen since this morning, she probably already guessed that Yu Hua is pregnant, especially from her frequent trips up and down stairs and to the bathroom.
She didn't even eat much of the mildly spicy dishes she liked today.
Luo Shu went up to the third floor and started picking out a dress that would suit her well. It couldn't be too tight, too long, or too short. It also had to be convenient and simple.
She had several items hanging in her arms, and just as she was about to go downstairs, she saw a thick plume of smoke rising from the window, and a strong smell of burning instantly filled her nostrils.
The thick smoke was coming up from downstairs, either the first or second floor.
"Sister Hua'er!"
Without thinking twice, she put down the clothes in her hand and ran downstairs.
Just then, Zhang Xin and Yuan Xi also ran over.
The fire originated from the second floor.
But the door to the second floor was locked!
Luo Shu twisted the doorknob, but couldn't open it!
"Sister Hua'er! Can you hear me?" she called, banging on the door.
Coughing sounds came from inside the room, along with banging on the door.
This door cannot be opened from the inside, nor from the outside.
“Shu’er…” came Yu Hua’s weak voice from inside.
"Sister Hua'er, there's water on the tea table inside. See if you can get it!"
“Okay…” Yu Hua covered her mouth and nose, carefully protecting her belly as she walked inside.
The fire started from an electrical outlet next to the workbench. The fabric on the workbench was immediately ignited, and the fire slowly grew larger. What was even more worrying was that the burning fabric emitted a strong, pungent smell.
Yu Hua went to the tea table to get water.
Luo Shu and Zhang Xin were banging on the door.
"Why can't this key be opened suddenly?" Yuan Xi stood to the side, taking the already wet towel and blanket aside.
Yuan Nan had already called the fire department downstairs, and the security guards rushed up and took over breaking down the door.
"Cough cough..." Yu Hua picked up a piece of cloth from the side, picked up the teapot on the tea table and poured water into it, covering her mouth and trying her best to protect herself.
She soaked the clothes next to her and draped them over herself.
But the fire grew bigger and bigger, and had spread to the doorway. The door was not open, so she didn't dare to go over and could only hide in a corner.
"Bang!"
The door was smashed open.
Right next to the entrance was where clothes and materials were stored. The fire had already reached there, and the entrance now resembled a giant crater.
At this moment, Yu Hua was already suffocating, her legs limp beside the tea table.
"Give it to me!" Luo Shu picked up the wet blanket and wet towel next to Yuan Xi and draped them over herself.
"Teacher Luo! Don't go in! The fire is too big!" Yuan Xi grabbed her, preventing her from going in.
The security guards and others rushed to the nearby restroom to fetch water and begin extinguishing the fire.
"Sister Hua'er, you can't stay in there for too long!" She picked up another towel blanket.
A series of violent coughs came from the room, the sound growing weaker and weaker.
"Teacher Luo!" Yuan Xi tried to pull her, but she couldn't hold on.
Luo Shu rushed in, wrapped in a wet blanket.
“I’m here…” Yu Hua’s faint voice came from the tea table.
Luo Shu was very familiar with the location. The room was filled with thick smoke, but she still found Yu Hua without any trouble.
She quickly draped another blanket over her, wiped her face with her own wet towel, helped her up, and the two walked out one after the other.
When Yu Hua came out of the room, her face was covered with a layer of ash.
People outside quickly helped her up.
"Where is Shu'er?" Yu Yu, who had just arrived, glanced at Yu Hua and then looked into the room.
The shelves inside the room had begun to sway, and some had fallen over after losing their balance due to the fire.
At that moment, Luo Shu's left leg was pinned down by the overturned shelf.
Fortunately, Yu Hua had already left.
She endured the excruciating pain and tried to push the shelf off her legs. The shelf wasn't very heavy, but it was very hot.
She took a towel, hugged one corner of the shelf, and moved it aside.
My legs were covered in blisters from the burn.
Yu Yu was calling out from outside the door, almost in tears. She wanted to go in, but the people next to her held her back tightly.
They extinguished a significant portion of the fire at the entrance, and the firefighters arrived at that time.
Luo Shu's condition inside was not good; she was severely lacking oxygen.
She originally had the strength to walk out, but now she was dizzy and couldn't lift her feet at all.
She lay dazed and confused on the floor.
Whether it was her own hallucination or the refraction of the firelight, she seemed to see Yu Zhan.
"Ah Zhan?" she murmured groggily.
"Is that you, Zhan...?" She didn't have the strength to say it aloud; she was just repeating it in her heart.
At this moment, her mind was filled with this man.
It was as if he had returned to the scene when he dismantled the goalkeeper and rubbed Qin Heng to the ground.
This man appeared before her like a knight, rescuing her from dire straits.
Her mind went blank, and she completely fainted.
Her body was suddenly suspended in mid-air when someone picked her up.
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