Chapter 161 The Orphanage Catches Fire
Yu Yan leaned against the wardrobe and hugged Shao Muyan for a long time.
The person on him was breathing lightly, and the scent of his masculine hormones was very strong.
Yu Yan felt a little hot, not knowing if it was because she had drunk Chinese medicine in the evening or because she had been single for too long.
Of course, the biggest reason is simply that I like it.
When you like someone to the point of wanting to get close to them, both your mind and body are screaming "I'm smitten."
"cough."
Yu Yan cleared her throat and gently patted Shao Muyan's back. "Uncle Yan, what happened? Can you tell me?"
If it were someone else who didn't like to talk, Yu Yan might just offer some comfort and act as an emotional dumping ground.
But she knew that Shao Muyan was never one to back down from a fight. If it were a small matter, he wouldn't have lost control like this in front of her. Since it was a big deal, she would see if she could help resolve it.
Shao Muyan loosened his grip on Yu Yan slightly, and the moment they looked down at each other, both of them choked up.
For some reason, a certain memory came to mind.
But that memory happens to be related to someone else.
At this moment, Yu Yan suddenly thought of Xiang Jingheng, which she found absurd, but she couldn't forget the face she saw when she opened her eyes after that chaotic night. It was Xiang Jingheng's.
Shao Muyan also thought of that person, but when he woke up after that night, there was no one beside him.
The woman waved her sleeve and left without leaving any message.
Only a splash of red fell onto the pristine white sheets.
Why am I thinking about that night at this time?
Shao Muyan frowned. The words he wanted to say to Yu Yan were stuck in his throat, and he felt annoyed and self-loathing.
The originally warm and pleasant atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
A cell phone rang next door, and there was a knock on the door. Shao Yun said apologetically from outside, "Uncle, excuse me for interrupting. It's my mother on the phone."
Shao Muyan and Yu Yan snapped out of their daze at the same time, went over and opened the door. Shao Muyan answered the phone and called out, "Sister."
Shao Min's voice was faint yet urgent: "Director Xia called me and said the welfare home is on fire. I just arrived at the airport, could you go and check on the situation for me?"
Upon hearing this, Shao Muyan immediately replied, "Okay, I'll be right there."
Upon hearing that something had happened at the orphanage, Shao Yun's expression changed instantly, and he turned around and went back to his room to change his clothes.
Yu Yan: "I'll go with you."
"It's so late, you shouldn't go," Shao Muyan said. "I'll find someone to help me."
Yu Yan stared intently at him, "This isn't what you were trying to tell me, is it?"
Shao Muyan was taken aback, then shook his head: "No."
"Is your matter urgent?" Yu Yan said, "If your matter is urgent, then we'll take action on both fronts."
Her voice was crisp and resolute; she had no intention of hiding.
She wanted to get involved in everything, whether it was his business or Shao Yun's and the Shao family's business.
Shao Muyan felt a scalding sensation in his heart. At that moment, his eyes and mind were filled with only the person in front of him, and no other figure appeared to disturb his heart.
"No rush," Shao Muyan said softly. "I'll tell you slowly when we get back."
Yu Yan nodded: "Okay."
Let's deal with the immediate emergency first.
Dean Xia had already called the fire department. On the way there, Shao Muyan made several more phone calls. Yu Yan was driving and looked at Shao Yun, who was sitting in the back seat with his lips tightly pursed and his hands clenched, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, Yunyun, we're all here."
She knew that Shao Yun had deep feelings for the orphanage. He rarely expressed anything and seemed like a cold and cool kid, but he was exceptionally soft-hearted.
She was born a soft-hearted person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
In this respect, Shao Yun and Shao Muyan are very similar.
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By the time they arrived at the welfare home, the fire had already been extinguished.
Firefighters responded quickly, and the fire was not very large. Fortunately, it was discovered early, and there were no casualties.
Both adults and children were quite frightened. The children huddled in the yard, surrounded by the medical staff that Shao Muyan had called.
"Dean Xia."
Shao Muyan and Yu Yan led Shao Yun over. Dean Xia was still in shock, her face and hands covered in dust, and the old lady looked rather disheveled.
"You've arrived." Dean Xia was familiar with Shao Muyan, but this was the first time he had met Yu Yan. He shook her hand.
As Shao Yun walked into the crowd, a group of children who had been sitting quietly on benches having their hands wiped and their temperatures taken by medical staff couldn't hold back their tears and burst into sobs when they saw Shao Yun.
"Brother..." Like little sparrows, they all pounced on Shao Yun, wanting him to hug them.
Xiang Chu had just arrived at the door when she saw this scene, and her eyes widened in shock.
How come...
When Xiang Chu first came last time, he thought the children were all quite shy and reserved, but now they were all cowering in Shao Yun's arms for comfort.
Hearing Xiang Chu call him "brother" repeatedly like a little frog, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
His brother was never just his brother.
Yu Yan turned her head and saw Xiang Jingheng standing at the door, who had also brought the medical team over.
The two exchanged a glance, but Yu Yan felt nothing.
Xiang Jingheng stepped forward and shook hands with Dean Xia. "I saw the news and knew there was a fire here. What's the situation? Is anyone injured?"
Dean Xia said the fire started in a data room that contained detailed information about the children’s admission dates, backgrounds, and adoptive families.
"Paper is inherently flammable. When Teacher Zhang and I discovered the fire, most of the documents had been burned. We only managed to salvage this small amount."
Looking over, Yu Yan and the others saw that only ruins remained, and most of the documents had been burned to ashes.
Shao Muyan's face was deathly pale.
He had originally planned to come to the orphanage tomorrow to investigate Shao Yun's admission time and related information in detail, but he did not expect that the orphanage would catch fire tonight.
What a coincidence!
"Why did the fire start?" Shao Muyan asked the firefighters. "Can you find the source of the fire?"
Was it an accident, or was it deliberate?
Firefighters thoroughly cleaned and inspected the archives room and found only one cigarette butt.
How did a cigarette butt end up there?
Dean Xia frowned. "Most of our teachers here are women, and none of them smoke."
It would be difficult for a cigarette butt to cause such a large fire. The contents of the archive had been untouched for years, and the papers were damp and worn.
"Who has come here these past few days?" Shao Muyan asked. "Is there CCTV footage?"
Yu Yan and Xiang Jingheng both looked at Shao Muyan.
He took this matter very seriously and was determined to get to the bottom of it.
"There are no surveillance cameras in the archives room, only in the courtyard," said Dean Xia. "Yun'er asked General Manager Shao to help install them, saying it was for security."
The "General Manager Shao" she mentioned was naturally Shao Min.
"Yun'er" was the name given to Shao Yun by Dean Xia before he was adopted. He had a cloud-shaped birthmark on his buttocks. After being adopted by Shao Min, his name was changed to "Yun".
Dean Xia led them to the monitoring room to check the surveillance footage, focusing on whether any men had entered or left in the past few days.
"There have been quite a few people coming to the institute to do charity work lately. Yesterday, several volunteers came over. Who knows, someone might have sneaked into the archives to smoke while we were cleaning."
Dean Xia sighed, not knowing what to say, and could only treat it as an accident.
As the surveillance footage was played back bit by bit, Yu Yan stared at the screen, when she suddenly spotted a familiar figure.
"Mei Nan? She's been to the orphanage too?"
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