Chapter 656 My sister is still inside
"Brother, wake up!"
Xia Ningxi slapped Xia Jingcheng's face a few times. He opened his eyes groggily, but his consciousness was already somewhat hazy. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but could not make a sound. Xia Ningxi could only try to resuscitate him.
It took Xia Jingcheng a while to recover.
As for the three children, they were fast asleep in bed.
Thick smoke billowed up from the first floor. Xia Ningxi could only close the door, stuff a wet towel under the door to block the gap, and run to call the three children, but there was no response. She could only splash water on the children's faces, and only then did the drowsy children respond slightly.
"Cough...cough cough...Mommy, I can't breathe." Huo Yuan's voice was hoarse as he pitifully cried out.
Xia Ningxi patted the children: "Fire! Get up! Hurry up!"
"What? What happened?" Xingxing opened her eyes groggily.
Xia Ningxi: "Fire! Get up!"
"Fire? Ah! Sister, get up quickly!" Xingxing jumped up with a start, but she found herself weak and powerless halfway up.
They were all dizzy and disoriented, unable to walk at all.
Xia Ningxi remembered that there were gas masks in the cabinet. She used them almost every day when she was doing experiments at the hospital, and she also had a habit of keeping some at home.
She took out the masks and put them on the children, then took the masks to Xia Jingcheng.
"Is this the last one?" Xia Jingcheng asked, noticing that her hands were empty.
Xia Ningxi then realized that one was missing. She said, "Brother, put it on first, hurry up."
"No, I won't wear it. I'm the older brother, I can't wear it. You wear it." Xia Jingcheng's subconscious was all about protecting Xia Ningxi.
But in a situation like this, there's no reason why the older brother should always give way to the younger sister.
Xia Jingcheng's condition was clearly much worse than Xia Ningxi's. Although Xia Ningxi didn't have a gas mask, she could at least find one or two masks to wear, which was barely enough to cope.
She didn't care about anything else and quickly put it on Xia Jingcheng.
He helped Xia Jingcheng to his feet and said, "Let's go out first."
"I can manage on my own, child. Save the child first." Xia Jingcheng pushed Xia Ningxi away.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Ningxi grabbed the three children and headed towards the door.
But as soon as Xia Ningxi touched the doorknob, the scorching heat made her pull her hand back.
"No, the fire must have already spread upstairs," Xia Ningxi judged.
"Waaah, Mommy, we're not going to die here, are we?" Chu Chu burst into tears.
The star said, "Don't be afraid, little sister, your brother will protect you."
The tiny children, barely the size of a palm, were so small and pitiful in the face of the raging fire. They had no ability to protect themselves, let alone each other.
The door was too hot, so Xia Ningxi hurriedly dialed the fire department for help.
The smoke inside the room grew thicker and the temperature rose higher. Their room was the closest to the fire, and staying there any longer was not a solution.
"Come out with me." Xia Ningxi made up her mind.
Xia Jingcheng grabbed her hand: "Ning Xi, are you sure?"
"Let's go to the toy room. It's the furthest place from the fire, and the windows aren't sealed off. Let's jump out of the window."
Xia Ningxi didn't care about anything else. She dragged a quilt and opened the door. A huge wave of heat rushed in, accompanied by thick smoke. The three children and Xia Jingcheng were okay, as they were wearing protective masks.
If the only exit hadn't been engulfed in flames, they could have easily escaped down the stairs.
But the fire was too big to leave through the emergency exits, so Xia Ningxi could only think of jumping out of the window to escape.
With a whoosh, Xia Ningxi pulled back the curtains and opened the window. She was about to throw the blanket downstairs to use as a cushion when she vaguely saw a black car parked not far away. As if seeing that she had opened the window, the car sped away.
Watching the show?
If they were truly just bystanders, they should have noticed the fire much earlier and called the fire department immediately.
What a coincidence!
Could this fire have been set by someone with malicious intent?
How despicable! Who could be so vicious?
Xia Ningxi stared intently at the car speeding away, having no recollection of it at all. However, she hadn't offended anyone recently, except for the Xia family.
Could it be Zhou Fenglin?
Xia Ningxi clenched her fists, not caring about anything else, and threw the blanket in her hand downstairs. It was a thin layer, not enough.
Jumping from the second floor might be okay for adults, but it would definitely hurt a child.
"Wait for me here." Xia Ningxi rushed to other rooms to find blankets, intending to throw several blankets and mattresses downstairs to place under the blankets, so as to ensure that the children would suffer less harm.
The fire grew larger and larger, and the three children cried in distress.
The little baby was crying and sniffling; Xingxing was the calmest and most composed, and after comforting her little sister, she helped throw all the clothes and pillows downstairs.
Huo Yuan held the smartwatch and dialed Huo Nanxiao's number again and again. Finally, on the third dialing, the call went through, and Huo Yuan burst into tears.
"Waaah, Daddy, please save us! Cough cough, Daddy..." Huo Yuan cried and begged for help.
Huo Nanxiao, who had worked an overnight shift at the company, was startled when he heard his child's words. Without a moment's hesitation, he grabbed his car keys and rushed out the door, saying to Huo Yuan on his phone, "What's going on with you guys? Where's your mommy?"
"Mommy is looking for blankets. The way we went out is blocked by fire. Mommy is trying to find a way out for us, but it seems like there isn't one. We can only jump out of the window." Huo Yuan's tears fell down his face.
Huo Nanxiao panicked: "Throw something that can cushion the impact out the window. I'm calling the police right now. Wait for Daddy, I'll be there soon!"
He hung up the phone and immediately called the police. Fire trucks and ambulances were dispatched, and he drove at breakneck speed towards the child's location.
However, Xia Ningxi lives in the suburbs, and even if Huo Nanxiao flew there, it would take a while, and there would be no time to rescue her.
The fire spread so quickly that it was impossible for the fire department to arrive.
Seeing that the three children's complexions were getting worse, Xia Ningxi couldn't care less and picked up Xingxing, ready to throw her downstairs.
"Feet down, keep your balance, understand?" Xia Ningxi instructed.
Xingxing was a little scared: "Mommy, why did you throw me first?"
Xia Jingcheng said, "I jumped down first, and then caught the child below."
"Okay." Xia Ningxi didn't hesitate for a moment.
They threw everything in the house that could cushion their fall downstairs. Xia Jingcheng sprained his leg when he jumped, and one leg became crippled on the spot. But he didn't hesitate for a moment and stood up with a limp.
"Throw the child down!" Xia Jingcheng said anxiously.
Xia Ningxi grabbed Huo Yuan and threw him down, but luckily Xia Jingcheng caught him successfully. Then came the second, the third...
When she finally threw Chu Chu off the building, the fire had already spread to the toy room, with thick smoke billowing out. Her mind was already hazy. She pinched her thigh, trying to clear her head, and gritted her teeth as she threw Chu Chu off the building.
Xia Jingcheng caught all three children safely, and Xia Ningxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. When she tried to climb onto the window and jump out, she found that she couldn't muster any strength at all. Having inhaled too much smoke, she shakily clung to the window, teetering on the verge of falling...
"Sister!" Xia Jingcheng shouted anxiously.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xia Ningxi collapse, and she was no longer in sight.
Xia Jingcheng's mind went blank for a moment, but he recovered and rushed into the sea of fire without thinking!
Whoosh—
A group of firefighters rushed over and stopped Xia Jingcheng.
"It's dangerous inside, you can't go in!" the firefighter said anxiously.
Xia Jingcheng grabbed the man's hand, her voice trembling: "My sister is inside! My sister is still inside! Let go of me, I need to go in and save her!"
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