"Miss...Miss..."
"I will contact the Ouyang family later and will do my best to give you a satisfactory answer." Ouyang Huanshi's voice was extremely calm, but unlike her calm expression, her eyes were extremely sad.
"That's not necessary," Gong Yishui said slowly. "After all, this is the Kantel family, a family that both the Ouyang and Zishu families hold in high regard. If the eldest lady were to handle this herself, she might punish too harshly just to appear guilty. So, let the Gongyi family handle this matter ourselves!"
"This... this isn't good. If you do something wrong, you should be punished accordingly."
Ouyang Huanshi's expression became more serious: "You don't have to give me face——"
"Don't worry, I won't pretend, nor will I care about face." Gong Yishui said calmly: "My greatest strength may be fairness."
Just as Ouyang Huanshi was about to say something to save the situation, Lian Tianning suddenly jumped out.
"Oh no! Master!"
"What's all the fussing about?" Lian Shuiyin curled her lips. "The library is on fire now. I don't think there's any more shocking news than this—and I don't expect any more shocking news than this."
"What's wrong?" Lian Qianying asked worriedly.
Looking at Lian Tianning's heavy expression, they all knew that what Lian Tianning would say next would definitely not be good news.
"Luo Dongxia—Miss Luo, without any protective gear, rushed to the center of the flames."
"What?!" Lian Shuiyin said in surprise.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know either. I was concentrating on the fire when I saw Miss Luo Dongxia running towards the center of the fire. I wanted to call her but she told me not to bother with her—"
Lian Tianning's voice trembled: "Such a huge fire, and it started from the inside, and it's all flammable materials - rushing into the fire is tantamount to committing suicide!"
"Didn't anyone hold her back?" Gong Yitianhe asked coldly.
"There was no way... I couldn't stop her at all. She rushed in in an instant. And then the porch fell down, and I couldn't squeeze in at all—"
"Tell everyone in the Gongyi family to save others first while saving their own lives." Gongyi Tianhe gave the order and rushed to the center of the fire.
"Brother Tianhe!" Ouyang Huanshi held him back, "It was that person who was foolish. You have no right to blame..."
"Yes, I don't need to. If this fire had come from somewhere else, if the fire had been burning for some other reason—"
Gong Yi Tianhe said coldly, "But it's the Gongyi family's library that's on fire now, and the cause of the fire—even if it was unintentional—is inextricably linked to you. Do you hope that a stranger who happened to live here would die by rushing into the library for the Gongyi family? When has the Gongyi family ever allowed such a shameful thing to happen?"
"Brother Tianhe..."
"That's right." Gong Yi Shuiqing patted his son's shoulder: "Your thinking is correct. Father will go in with you to check the situation - no matter what, we can't let the guests die for such an inexplicable reason -"
He turned around and glanced at his wife: "If something happens to Tianhe and me, then the Gongyi family will-"
Lian Qianying took a deep breath, and then another deep breath.
Suddenly, he drew the sword from Lian Shuiyin's waist and rushed into the flames.
A blue-green light surrounded her body, like a shield interwoven with spiritual power.
"Chikage?"
Even Qianying herself didn't know why she ran towards the depths of the flames without hesitation, but her will told her that she had to do it...
It has been a long time since I had such a strong desire. At this moment, it was as if a certain self-awareness had awakened.
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