The heavy rain came quickly and went away faster, but the level was just enough to put out the burning fire. Everyone hid under the eaves of Aunt Li's house and watched the fire in Shen Zhizhu's house next door gradually go out.

"The rain came just in time. If we wait until everyone puts out the fire, who knows how long it will take. By then, most of the furniture inside might be damaged. Count them later. I estimate that most of the things inside are not badly burned. Pick them up and see if there are any that are worth keeping. If you don't want them, just let me know and I'll take care of them for you."

"Old Shen is right. You two young couple still have to take an exam tomorrow. You don't have to worry about the rest. Just leave it to us."

"Xiaozhu Haonan, you can take a shower at your aunt's house later. Your uncle hasn't come back yet, so you can give them to Haonan to wear. If you don't mind Xiaozhu's clothes, you can wear your aunt's first. Don't worry, they are definitely washed very clean."

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In Qinlao Village, most of the people have the surname Shen, but they are many times better than Shen Jianjun's family.

Shen Zhizhu didn't get close to the fire, so he was relatively safe, except that his feet were covered in dirt. Xu Haonan participated in the whole process, and the flying sparks burned several holes on his body, leaving black marks.

The clothes definitely can’t be worn anymore. I don’t know what the burnt state of the house is over there and whether there is any clothes left to wear.

There were too many people. When it just started to rain, Xu Haonan returned to Aunt Li's yard and picked up Shen Zhizhu who wanted to run back, so that her feet would not touch the mud on the ground due to the rain.

Shen Zhizhu was shy and didn't let Xu Haonan hug her all the time. Everyone was crowded together, and she would feel embarrassed if he hugged her, so as a second choice, Xu Haonan let Shen Zhizhu step on his feet.

"I'll go back and take a look. The fight just now was quite fierce. I'm a little worried."

[Fortunately, the money was placed in the iron box, so it shouldn’t burn to ashes. Otherwise, I would be heartbroken.]

Xu Haonan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just now, the only thing in his mind was to carry Shen Zhizhu away, and he had no idea of ​​anything else. But now thinking back, it would be really sad if all that money was gone.

He touched the hairy head beneath his chin.

"I'm glad you're okay. I'm sorry to have bothered you all tonight. When Zhu and I finish our exams, we'll come back and treat you all to dinner."

Shen Zhizhu also followed behind to add his comments.

"After my husband and I pass the exam, we'll treat everyone to a nice meal."

The girl smiled so confidently, and both of them were in a very good mood, not affected by the fire at all.

Aunt Li laughed and did not reject the two people's proposal.

"That would be great. Then Auntie can bring Erdan along, and we can soak up the aura of you two intellectuals and try to get into a good university."

"You think too much. I'll bring my kids with me too. When you pass the exam, I'll take them to share in the joy."

They were all looking forward to that day, and they were all telling them not to be nervous and to do well on the exam tomorrow, and asking when the exam would start and end.

We also chatted for a while about this content.

"Erdan, what are you looking at?"

Aunt Li noticed that Erdan had been a little absent-minded since just now, and had been looking at a piece of rag in his hand.

Erdan thought about it, came to Shen Zhizhu and Xu Haonan, and raised the rag in his hand.

"Brother Haonan, Sister Xiaozhu, I first found this on the wall. I thought it was a nuisance, so I subconsciously pulled it down. I was afraid of getting sparks on it, and I was anxious to follow the method my sister taught me to water it, so I forgot about it."

It was only when he touched his pocket just now that he remembered this incident. He always felt that the piece of cloth looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where it was, so he kept holding it in his hand and looking at it carefully. His intuition told him that it was not normal for this piece of cloth to appear on the wall between the two houses.

Shen Zhizhu took the cloth and felt it was somewhat familiar.

She and Xu Haonan looked at each other and realized that the fire was probably not a natural disaster but man-made.

"This piece of cloth does look familiar, as if I had seen it a while ago, but I can't remember where it is all of a sudden. What do you think, husband?"

Shen Zhizhu handed the torn cloth to Xu Haonan. Xu Haonan looked at it for a long time, but still couldn't remember it.

The people on the side also came to their senses and cast their eyes on the torn cloth in Xu Haonan's hand. You know what, some of them felt like they had seen it somewhere before, but cloth of this quality and color is available in many families and is a very basic item.

"You mean... this fire was set on purpose?"

"This is too immoral! How much hatred and resentment must one have to do such a beastly thing!"

"Call the police, we must call the police. It must be someone from the village. If we leave it alone, we don't know whose house will be burned down next time. Everyone is panicking. How can we sleep peacefully afterwards?"

Xu Haonan doesn't have many relatives in the village, and doesn't socialize much. The only places he often goes to are the fields and the hills behind. Now that there's a school, given his personality, he probably won't make enemies with anyone there.

In this way, the fire only targeted Shen Zhizhu.

"It looks like they're coming for me. There are only a few people who hate me. Du Manjun and Du Zaide were called to the police station because of me, not to mention my uncle's family. I'm afraid they hate me to the core."

No matter how you look at it, it's just these few people. However, Du Manjun is going to take the college entrance examination, and Du Zaide is a man who cares about his son all the time. I guess for the sake of his son, even if he wants to disappear, he won't use such extreme methods.

Then it can only be my uncle’s family.

Shen Ai Qiu is the smartest one in the family and she never treats herself badly. She always buys the best clothes. This piece of rag doesn't look like a women's piece and is not something she would have done before. I don't know if she was behind this.

"Ah! I remember now!"

One of the ladies stared at it for a long time, and finally remembered. She pointed at the cloth and stuttered excitedly.

"It's him, him, him, him, what's his name?"

"Oh, come on, tell me. I'm so anxious. I've been talking for a long time but I still can't explain it. Do you know who it is?"

We waited for a long time but didn't hear the name.

The man smiled sheepishly and then explained.

"I'm so excited. I just can't remember his name right now. It's on the tip of my tongue, but I'm going to tell you guys. I'm so anxious myself."

Shen Zhizhu said he understood and told the other party not to be anxious. He was not in a hurry himself. There were only four suspects anyway, and he could eliminate them one by one when the time came.

During the conversation, that name came up again.

"I remember now!"