Chapter 220
"Splash."
The sound of flowing water brought a touch of comfort amidst the noisy and restless atmosphere, while the slender figure in the mirror was already showing signs of heat from the scorching temperature.
However, the subtle lines of his back inevitably give off a somewhat frivolous impression.
Duan swiftly took off his shirt, soaked it in the pool, and handed it directly to Yingning, who was standing to the side. His words were tinged with apology:
"I'm sorry, it's because of me."
"I have already called the police."
"Someone should be coming to rescue us soon."
When the two noticed something was wrong, they immediately tried to leave the hall, only to find that the only way out—the main door—was locked.
Fortunately, the fire started in a room in the southeast corner of the hall and spread outwards.
They quickly turned around and hid in the restroom on the other side, where there should be no immediate danger.
Acrid smoke rushed in through the crack in the door, gradually filling the increasingly cramped room with air, and the scorching temperature tormented the already fragile throat.
"Cough cough cough." Duan Shen leaned against the cold tiles, the sensory stimulation of the temperature difference temporarily clearing his mind of some of the confusion.
He instinctively reached into his pocket, only to realize that he had dropped his phone somewhere when the two of them were hurriedly trying to escape.
Fortunately, I had already called the police.
They should be discovered to be locked up here very soon.
Time was slipping away, the air around us was getting thinner, and the anxiety in my heart was gradually eroding the last bit of calm left in my mind.
As the fire grew, the tiles on the wall began to get hot.
The mixture of oxygen and soot burned the respiratory tract.
Duan Shen's breathing became rapid again, so he had to slow down his breathing rate.
To keep his attention, he shifted his gaze to the person on the other side.
He looked down and saw Ying Ning, who was propping up her arms across from him. He noticed that her hair was a little messy, and even her delicate chin was covered in sweat. Her panting and drooping head made it hard to look away.
A beautiful woman is passionate, yet indifferent.
Duan Shen suddenly realized that he had never thought Ying Ning's face was so beautiful and charming before, and that even her every smile and frown touched his heartstrings.
It's clearly the same face, but why do they give off such different vibes?
He then gazed intently at Yingning's face...
Eye....
nose....
mouth....
Nothing has changed.
When Duan Shen caught a glimpse of Ying Ning's face, his eyes stung slightly, and his heart skipped a beat, as if he had discovered something unbelievable.
Eyes...
It's the look in your eyes that's different.
Those eyes no longer held love.
Duan Shen couldn't help but think of what Ying Ning had just said, and felt a bitter smile. The burning pain in his throat had spread to his forehead, and a dark thought inexplicably arose in his mind:
Ningning, maybe she really will choose someone else.
It turns out that just as if they were provoking themselves, they were actually provoking others.
The man's gaze was both painful and burning as he pressed closer to the seemingly frail girl in the small, enclosed space. He slowly and silently approached her.
The smoke grew thicker and thicker, burning my lungs with pain.
But it was not as painful as the unease brought on by the darkness in my chest.
Once a dark thought arises, it is like a rampant, deadly vine, clamoring to drag Duan Shen's entire sanity into the swamp.
The sound of something collapsing outside the door stung my ears.
The fire grew larger and larger, but no one came to help.
"I can't stay here any longer." Yingning gathered her strength and stood up, leaning against the scorching wall.
Duan Shen, who was standing next to her, had taken off his glasses at some point. His condition was much worse than Ying Ning's, and he kept coughing.
His handsome face flushed red from lack of oxygen, and the darkness in his eyes was instantly hidden away. He seemed to sense the sound of the collapse and said in a hoarse voice:
"We have to escape."
Yingning gently opened the door, and a surge of heat immediately rushed into the bathroom. After surveying the surroundings, she quickly closed the door again and turned to Duan Shen, saying:
"One good news, one bad news."
"The good news is that the main gate collapsed just now, so we should be able to go out through the front gate now."
The bad news is...
"The fire has already spread to the gate."
Upon hearing this, Duan Shen walked directly to the pool. The tap was still running nonstop. He scooped up water and wet his bare upper body to cool down.
He then wet the clothes in Yingning's hands again and carefully draped them over her head.
"Let's go outside."
........
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The crystal chandelier fell, and countless shards of glass crashed into the flames, causing a series of explosions.
Duan Shen kicked away a piece of still-burning wooden plank, but almost got his face burned by the falling wood chips.
"Duan Shen, be careful."
He had barely recovered his senses when he was pulled back two steps by a force. When he turned around, he saw a bare wire that was still sparking.
The two quickly crossed the corridor and finally arrived at the entrance of the hall.
The door was burned beyond recognition, but Duan Shen still used his wet clothes to cover the blackened edges of the door frame.
Just as Yingning leaped over, she heard a loud creak.
The upper part of the precarious door frame actually fell directly from mid-air.
In his haste, Duan Shenxin immediately pushed Yingning out.
"Duan Shen!"
In an instant, the heavy door frame slammed into Duan Shen's right arm, the wooden splinter at the top mercilessly tearing through flesh, leaving a trail of blood.
Duan Shen gasped for breath, his right arm so painful he couldn't move it.
He staggered before finally regaining his footing.
But in the next instant, the door, which was still burning and had lost its frame, slammed heavily onto Duan Shen, and he fainted as soon as his vision went black.
In the last moment before his vision blurred, he seemed to see a figure running towards him.
*
Pei and Qing stood guard outside the blockade for about half an hour before the cold voice of a bodyguard finally came through their earpiece:
"Mr. Pei, the person has been found."
"Okay, you can bring her out now."
"Oh, by the way, there was a man with Miss You, we brought him out as well," the bodyguard reported truthfully.
They received a last-minute notification from Assistant Zhang that someone Xiao Pei was looking for was in the hall where the fire had occurred, so they rushed over immediately.
More than a dozen injured people were rescued from the hall one after another, but the firefighters still could not find Miss You, whom Mr. Pei had mentioned.
The bodyguard captain immediately applied for a security clearance pass, put on fire-resistant gear, and found Miss You at the end of the second floor, where she was dragging someone to avoid the flames.
He immediately reported this to Pei Yuqing.
Fifteen minutes later, Pei Yuqing saw the girl on the white stretcher. She must have been exhausted. When the bodyguard found her, she had almost fallen into the fire.
For some reason, Pei Yuqing was getting impatient.
However, Pei Yuqing attributed his impatience to the fact that his own interests had almost led to his complete financial ruin due to the fire.
He noticed the charred ends of the girl's hair on the stretcher, looked away, and said:
"Sleeping pills should stay at home obediently and wait for their owner."
"If you die, I will be very troubled."
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