"Sister, aren't you going to put out the fire?" Qiao Xiong pointed his little finger at the burning villa ahead, seemingly anxious. "If we don't put out the fire... people inside will be burned to death!"
"Children say the darndest things," Ji Yueyao thought, shaking her head dismissively. She had no intention of helping to put out the fire. Instead, she shook her head and coaxed Qiao Xiong, "There's no one in that house. If there were, they would have escaped by now."
"Sister, how would you know no one was there if you didn't go?" Qiao Xiong leaned on Kaqi's shoulder, his little face scrunched up as if he was about to cry, and his question left Ji Yueyao speechless for a moment.
"Okay, okay, I'll go take a look." Seeing that Qiao Xiong was about to cry, Ji Yueyao quickly comforted him, grabbed a coat from the chair, and jumped out of the window, running towards the fire at top speed.
Qiao Xiong's face relaxed. His sister had said before that if he saw someone in need of help, he should try his best to help... Regardless of the consequences, the effort would definitely be rewarded.
He watched as Ji Yueyao leaped away and stopped struggling, his eyes filled with envy. He wanted to work hard to improve his physical fitness, and one day... he would become as strong as Sister Ji. Turning to look at Kaqi beside him, Qiao Xiong's voice was both childish and firm, "Sister Kaqi, put me down, I'm going to exercise."
Kaqi was taken aback, then put Qiao Xiong down and said somewhat worriedly, "It's not even dawn yet..."
"The early bird catches the worm." Qiao Xiong stood in front of Kaqi with his hands on his hips, acting like a little adult. Then, seeing that Kaqi wasn't stopping him, he turned around and ran away.
Kaqi was charmed by Qiao Xiong and could only smile helplessly. She got up so early to make breakfast for Ji Yueyao... She would go make breakfast first and then look after Qiao Xiong.
Thinking of this, Kachi quickly turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue her cooking.
Ji Yueyao leaped swiftly across the rooftops. Having just woken up, the cold wind made her shiver. However, Qiao Xiong was Qiao Jie's only family member, and she couldn't bring herself to harden her heart. She could only coax Qiao Xiong as if he were her own younger brother.
Forget it, let's go check on the place that caught fire. Who was so careless as to burn down a house? How could someone be so negligent in this world? She sincerely wanted to mourn for the owner of that house for a few seconds.
Ji Yueyao reached the fire in less than a minute. Standing there and looking at the raging flames, she clearly realized that she had no ability to put it out... How could she put it out? Should she use her superpower to absorb the fire?
There wasn't anyone around... otherwise she might as well have just sucked the whole house in.
"The smoke is even getting into my room..." Just as Ji Yueyao was speechless, a male voice suddenly came from behind her. She turned around and for a moment thought that the person who came was Wei Kang.
The boy in front of her bore a striking resemblance to Wei Kang. If it weren't for the fact that his eyes weren't as clear and bright as Wei Kang's, Ji Yueyao would almost have thought that the person who had come was Wei Kang.
Yan Yu didn't even glance at Ji Yueyao. He turned around and raised his hand towards the burning house. Small water droplets quickly condensed around the house. In a short breath, the droplets formed a huge water ball that completely enveloped the burning house. Within seconds, the fire inside the house was extinguished with a hissing sound, leaving only water vapor mixed with smoke and dust in the surrounding area.
"Annoying, disturbing my sleep." Yan Yu cracked his knuckles, turned and walked back to his residence, not even giving Ji Yueyao a glance during the journey, his contempt obvious.
Ji Yueyao rolled her eyes. This arrogant look is just like Wei Kang's... Is there anyone in the world who looks so alike?
However, this boy looks to be only fourteen or fifteen years old... yet he can use his superpowers so extensively; he is indeed not to be underestimated.
Now that the fire was out, Ji Yueyao felt there was no point in keeping it. Just as she turned to leave, her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the room through the burnt-out door. The fire inside seemed to still be burning. Ji Yueyao sighed, thought for a moment, and then went in. It looked like a small fire. She could just absorb it into her spatial storage... Otherwise, if the fire started again... it would be troublesome if Qiao Xiong made her run around again.
There were continuous soft cracking sounds around. Ji Yueyao looked around and noticed that a lot of smoke seemed to be coming from underground.
What the heck? There's a basement here too.
She glanced around cautiously. The house was swaying because it had been burned, and it looked very dangerous. She hesitated for a moment, then crouched down in the smoky area.
There seems to be some sound?
Ji Yueyao listened intently with great curiosity. It wasn't the crackling sound of something burning; it sounded like someone was groaning... There was someone down there!
Realizing this, Ji Yueyao stomped on the floor with her foot, and then with a loud bang, a large hole was kicked into the ground beneath her.
It's so hot... Ji Yueyao frowned because she had only put on a jacket when she came out, and her pants were just loose pajama pants. Her ankle had been scratched earlier, and it was hot and painful... Wait, she remembered that she was wearing sports pants when she fell asleep... When did they turn into pajama pants?
What she didn't know was that while she was asleep, Mu Yanxuan saw that she was sleeping uncomfortably and wanted to change her clothes... He hesitated for a long time and blushed so much that he couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only change her top and then he was already done with it. He just couldn't bring himself to change her pants... In the end, he could only ask Kaqi to change Ji Yueyao's pants.
It must be tough for the leader of country C; after living for over twenty years, I reckon this is the only time his face has ever blushed so intensely.
Ji Yueyao couldn't care less about anything else at this moment. She glanced casually at the injury on her foot. Now that she was in this shaky, dilapidated building, all she wanted to do was check if anyone was there and then get out.
The fire below was huge. Ji Yue had only gone down halfway when she could already feel the heat wave hitting her face.
But at the same time, the groans in my ears became clearer.
The stairs were made of iron and were already quite hot. She had only been wearing a sock when she came out, without even shoes. Ji Yueyao tiptoed, rubbed her smoke-reddened eyes, and finally managed to reach the bottom.
The sound was right next to her… She hadn’t expected there really was someone there?! Ji Yueyao crouched down, lowering her center of gravity. Her eyes, stung by the smoke, were already glistening with tears. She tried her best to lift her head and looked around. Then, in the firelight, she spotted the woman lying on the ground. The woman was on fire, but she seemed to still have a faint breath…
"Cough, cough." Coughing twice from the fire, Ji Yueyao rushed over, took off his coat and tried his best to put out the fire on the woman's body. After finally putting out the fire, Ji Yueyao quickly helped the woman up from the ground, but he was stunned when he saw the woman's face.
"Sister Qiao?!" (To be continued.)
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