Seeing that they had finally finished speaking, Sister Hong and Brother Han finally spoke.
"Comrade, I'm sorry. I almost got you into trouble. Are you okay?" Li Han rubbed his hands nervously. "Thank you so much for risking your life to save us. Fortunately, you're okay, otherwise we would be so guilty."
Xing Haodong waved his hands hurriedly, "I'm glad everyone's okay. You weren't in the store when the fire started. It's a blessing in disguise."
Jiang Mingxin picked up the broken pin lock on the ground and looked at Sister Hong: "Sister Hong, was it you who locked the door?"
Sister Hong shook her head in confusion. "No, I've never seen this lock before. It's really strange. In the evening, the power switch in the shop suddenly blew out. Brother Han didn't know how to fix it, so he went out to find someone else. Hu Zi's mother happened to come to me and said Hu Zi had a fever. Since I know a little bit of Chinese medicine, I hurriedly left with her. I just came back and found that the shop was on fire."
Han Ge also said, "Yeah, I also find it strange that the circuit breaker would explode. I just checked it last week and there is no problem."
Jiang Mingxin and Xing Haodong looked at each other tacitly, and saw suspicion in each other's eyes.
This fire must have been man-made!
Staring at the burnt-out noodle shop, Jiang Mingxin didn't want to hide anything and expressed his guess.
"You said that person set the fire on purpose to get revenge on you?" Sister Hong frowned. "No, that shouldn't be the case. I'm very familiar with this arson method. It must have been Zhou Jing who did it."
"Who is Zhou Jing?" Jiang Mingxin widened his eyes in surprise.
Sister Hong smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I didn't expect that even though I'm like this, he still won't let me go."
At this moment, Sister Hong's long-buried hatred was completely released, like a demon that had been unsealed.
Her mother's death has always been an indelible scar in her heart.
She originally wanted to seal up this hatred for Li Han. As long as she didn't touch it, she wouldn't be hurt again.
However, this fire completely burned away the reality that she had been trying to escape from all these years. As long as Zhou Jing was not dead, she would never have peace.
Han Ge looked at her anxiously: "Ah Hong, what are you talking about? Who is Zhou Jing? Why have I never heard you mention him before?"
"I'll tell you slowly when I get back. Mingxin was frightened today and it's not convenient for her to talk about this matter. Let her go back and rest first." Sister Hong stared at Brother Han apologetically, her heart filled with sadness.
Xing Haodong looked at Sister Hong with a complicated expression. He had a lot of questions in his mind, but he restrained himself.
Jiang Mingxin secretly pulled him and said, "Come back with me. I'll tell you everything you want to know."
Xing Haodong nodded.
Seeing how intimate they were, Sister Hong tacitly accepted their relationship.
"The noodle shop is burned down like this. I'm afraid it won't be able to open in the near future. The family business I worked so hard to build is ruined just like that."
Han Ge was also very sad, but as long as Sister Hong was still by his side, he was not afraid of anything. "Don't worry, as long as there is green mountains, there will be no shortage of firewood. At worst, we can set up a stall to sell braised noodles. We can always make back the money."
Sister Hong forced a smile, but there was no trace of smile in her eyes.
Inside the rental house.
Jiang Mingxin took out the ointment and cotton swabs and asked Xing Haodong to sit on the small stool.
Wudi also recognized Xing Haodong and was very excited to see him. He kept running around and even ran over to playfully bite his shoelaces.
Xing Haodong did not drive it away, but reached out and touched its head.
"How about you change your clothes first?"
Xing Haodong felt something strange when he saw his T-shirt loosely fitting on Jiang Mingxin. He felt an inexplicable burning sensation and his throat was dry.
Jiang Mingxin didn't notice this. She poured her a glass of boiled water, then dipped a towel in water and wiped his body.
"I myself..."
"Don't move! Can you see your back? Let me do it." Full of apology, Jiang Mingxin wiped him very carefully, and soon her towel turned black.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have morally blackmailed you just now. Sister Hong and the others have nothing to do with you. Saving her is out of kindness, and not saving her is also natural. I shouldn't have told you that she is Zhou Suyun at that juncture."
Jiang Mingxin thought she was wrong in this matter.
Xing Haodong frowned. "Although I've retired, I still remember my responsibility to protect people's property. This isn't... moral kidnapping. I've never heard of this term before, but it's a very vivid metaphor. But you're being too harsh."
"You don't understand." Jiang Mingxin sighed softly. "Aside from firefighters, no one else has the obligation to put out fires, even if you've retired. Of course, morally speaking, you're right. But I didn't have any good intentions just now. I deliberately provoked you so that you would regret and feel guilty."
"Don't make yourself sound so bad. If I hadn't saved you, wouldn't you have just rushed in?" Xing Haodong's voice was a little tense. "You said someone set the fire on purpose to get revenge on you. What's going on?"
Jiang Mingxin had no choice but to tell the story of the dog bite incident. "That guy pulled a knife on me, and I let Wudi bite him. He probably holds a grudge against me because I have a relationship with Sister Hong, so he deliberately set fire to the Hanhong Noodle House to teach me a lesson. But from Sister Hong's tone, it seems that this is not the case."
"She mentioned a man named Zhou Jing. Does this man have a grudge against her?" Xing Haodong asked.
Jiang Mingxin couldn't help but ponder and said, "How about this, I'll tell you everything I know, and we'll analyze it carefully."
After listening to her subsequent statement, Xing Haodong was silent for a long time.
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