The neighbors around helped put out the fire, but not a single servant in the Fan family mansion managed to escape.
Officials rushed to the scene and fetched water to put out the fire, causing chaos all around the Fan residence.
Fan Xilou shouted loudly, "Father! Mother!"
After he finished speaking, he tried to rush into the fire, but a neighbor grabbed him and said, "The fire is too big! You can't go in!"
Fan Xilou has always been a very gentle person, and he blushes very easily when talking to people.
He struggled desperately, as if he had gone mad, shouting, "My parents are still inside! I have to go in and save them!"
The neighbor held him tightly, saying, "Uncle Fan and Aunt Fan haven't come out yet."
"The fire is so big, if you go in, you won't be able to save them, and you'll probably die inside yourself!"
As if in response to his words, the gate tower of the Fan residence was burned through, the pillars tilted and it fell to the ground, the gate tower completely collapsed.
The collapse of the gate tower actually made it easier to see the fire inside the Fan residence.
The fire inside was even bigger than the fire outside, and everything was being swallowed up by the flames.
Fan Xilou knew that no one could survive such a massive fire.
He just thought that he was chatting and laughing with Fan's parents at dinner that night, and now they were separated by death.
He couldn't take it anymore, and his eyes rolled back as he fainted.
The houses in the Fan family mansion were made of the finest wood, and the fire burned for an entire night.
The fire was barely extinguished by noon the next day.
Fan Xilou rushed into his parents' residence immediately and, with the help of the officials, found two charred corpses.
Besides, none of Fan Xilou's brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, servants, or maids—the entire household of seventy-eight people—survived.
Fan Xilou escaped disaster because he did not sleep in the mansion that night.
The huge blow left Fan Xilou in a daze, his mind a complete mess.
Even so, he still sensed something was wrong. How could so many people in the entire mansion have been burned to death in a normal fire?
Unless it's murder!
When the word "murder" popped into Fan Xilou's mind, his face turned pale.
If he hadn't decided to sleep in the warehouse on a whim, would he have died in the fire too?
Who wanted to kill their whole family?
Mr. Fan was a philanthropist in business. Although he might have some minor squabbles with people, they were all harmless and wouldn't warrant such a brutal attack.
Moreover, killing the entire Fan family silently is something no ordinary person could do.
The entire Fan family was wiped out, and a large fire was set on the entire Fan residence. What was the murderer trying to cover up?
Fan Xilou racked his brains, but still couldn't come up with any results.
He went to ask his neighbors if anything unusual had happened at the Fan residence last night. The neighbors thought around but no one had heard anything unusual.
The murderer left no trace, and Fan Xilou had no way of investigating.
Overnight, Fan Xilou's happy and fulfilling family life was completely shattered.
He went from being the young master of the Fan family to a penniless debtor, with people coming to his door every day to collect debts.
However, none of the money that Fan's father lent out came back to be returned.
Fan Xilou's world has collapsed.
Lin Xiuyan had no idea that such a big thing had happened at the Fan family mansion, thousands of miles away, nor did she know that Fan Xilou's fate had reached a turning point in his previous life.
She was packing her things to return to the Prince of Pingnan's residence, as the Dragon Boat Festival was just three days away.
Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue naturally wanted her to spend the Dragon Boat Festival at the Lin residence.
Even if the Prince of Pingnan and the Princess of Pingnan disliked her and Ye Junfei, their status was still undeniable.
They must all participate in the Dragon Boat Festival ceremonies.
Lin Yunzhi felt once again that there was no benefit to Lin Xiuyan getting married; she couldn't even spend holidays with them anymore.
So when he looked at Ye Junfei, his eyes weren't eyes, and his nose wasn't a nose.
Seeing Lin Yunzhi's dark face all day, Ye Junfei felt that things couldn't continue like this.
He then said to Lin Yunzhi, "After I become the Prince of Pingnan, I will bring my parents to live in the Prince's Mansion."
His words barely earned him a slightly better look from Lin Yunzhi: "I'll remember that. And you'd better hurry up!"
Ye Junfei smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will try to be as fast as possible and strive to become the Prince of Pingnan within a year."
Lin Yunzhi praised him, "A prince who doesn't want to be a prince's heir is not a good prince, and you are clearly qualified."
“Since you have this ambition, let’s discuss how to do this.”
So the father-in-law and son-in-law got together and started thinking about how to kill the Prince of Pingnan.
Lin Xiuyan overheard them whispering about this matter and was speechless.
However, she also had to admit that if Ye Junfei was determined to please someone, he could really make that person happy.
After Ye Junfei and Lin Yunzhi finished discussing, Lin Yunzhi's gaze towards Ye Junfei softened considerably.
After Lin Xiuyan and Ye Junfei rode away from the Lin residence, she whispered, "Don't make any empty promises to Father!"
"If you can't do it, he'll nag you every day until he goes crazy."
In other families, it's the mother who nags and complains, but in her family, it's the opposite.
She would rather provoke Qu Shuangyue and get a beating than listen to Lin Yunzhi nagging in her ear.
Ye Junfei smiled and said, "I didn't make any empty promises to Father; that was a goal I set for myself."
"Two years is enough."
Lin Xiuyan looked at him, and he said calmly, "Before, when I was alone, if they came to bully me, I would just endure it."
"I can't let you suffer because of me right now, and I can't let my father-in-law say that you're not doing as well as you were at your parents' home after you married me."
Lin Xiuyan was somewhat surprised to hear this. She lowered her gaze slightly and said softly, "They can't bully me."
Ye Junfei looked at her gently with his peach blossom eyes: "Whether they bully you or not is a different matter from whether they can actually bully you."
“They haven’t stopped since we got married.”
Lin Xiuyan said earnestly, "Actually, I think this is quite fun. It saves me from being bored at home with no one to play with."
Ye Junfei: "..."
She treated this as a game, and he was quite impressed.
His almond-shaped eyes sparkled: "If you want someone to play with you, you can come to me."
"I not only know all the ways they play, but I also know the ways they don't play."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She felt that his words had a hidden meaning, but she had no proof.
Wu Ge and his guards deliberately lagged behind them, giving them enough space.
He felt that his young master became incredibly promiscuous whenever he met his princess.
They had just reached the outskirts of Chongqing when they saw fireworks exploding in the distance. (M.cascoo.net)
Ye Junfei's expression changed drastically, while Wu Ge said, "These are fireworks we use for communication."
"Look in this direction, it's the direction of Zhuangzi, they're calling for help!"
Ye Junfei said coldly, "I underestimated the shamelessness of those people in the Pingnan Prince's Mansion!"
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