Chapter 265 Race against time
However, when he ran back to the corner of the street, Sheng Jiaojiao was nowhere to be seen.It was empty. Compared with the crowded central street, it was like a forgotten world where no one cared.

Wen Xuyan's hands and feet were instantly cold, and the blood in his body cooled down.

He forced himself to calm down. There were so many people here, and Jiaojiao wouldn't expose herself, so nothing would happen.

He took out his cell phone, his hands were shaking and he almost lost his grip and dropped it to the ground. However, no one answered the number that was broadcast. The busy signal beeped quickly and then automatically hung up.

One, two, three, he called three times but couldn't get through.

"Have the firefighters come?"

"Someone hit it!"

"Why did it suddenly catch on fire?"

"It was caused by those lanterns. There was a lantern wall over there, and many people took photos and checked in there. I don't know who knocked it down, and it caught fire."

"Let's go, don't stay here, it's too dangerous!"

"..."

Several travelers hurried past Wen Xuyan and headed for the exit of Tangcheng.

It was originally a lively and prosperous lantern festival, but now it has become a mess and chaos.

Since the phone call can't be reached, we can only look for him here. He only left for about 5 minutes, so Jiaojiao shouldn't be far away.

A group of people has never been able to find one person faster, Wen Xuyan was about to call Hong Yue and the others when she heard——

"Brother Wen!"

He looked up and saw Hong Yue and Sun Chengye running towards them.

"Let's go, it's on fire, I see many of your colleagues have already run away."

After she finished speaking, she didn't see Sheng Jiaojiao, which was a little strange.
"Hey, where's Sister Jiaojiao? Aren't you together?"

When Wen Xuyan heard this, his expression dimmed, and he blamed himself a little, "I left for a while, and Jiaojiao disappeared when I came back."

"Eh? How come?"

"Xiaoyue, Xiaosun, let's work separately. Whoever finds Jiaojiao first will call the others. It's too chaotic here. I'm afraid something will happen to her alone."

"Okay, Brother Wen, don't worry too much. Sister Jiaojiao often shoots here, and she is very familiar with it, so nothing major will happen. Then I will go this way, Brother Wen, you will go there, and Sun Chengye, you will go to Shiqiao Look over there.”

"no problem."

The three immediately split up and acted in the opposite direction to those passengers who were fleeing for their lives outside Tang City.

……

10 minutes ago,

"It's on fire—someone put out the fire—"

"It's fatal! It's fatal! What should I do?"

Sheng Jiaojiao ran over in search of the shouts and saw several aunts turned pale with fright, with the firelight behind them imprinted on their faces.

She remembered that there was originally a wall of colorful lanterns here. To pay attention to fire safety, except for those with candles, the ones in the middle of the long street were all plugged-in lanterns.

And this lantern wall, with its flickering flames, is particularly lively and became the place where most tourists took photos tonight.

It is probably because of this that the fire started.An entire wall of lanterns fell to the ground, wax oil poured out, and the lanterns burned, getting bigger and bigger, almost spreading to the wooden building next to it.

This is not possible. These buildings are all made of wood. If they burn down, this area will be destroyed.

"Where is the water?"

"There is a river on the other side of the stone bridge. Let's go there to get water!"

"I am coming too!"

There is always no shortage of heroes in this world, and there are already people who volunteer to fetch water and put out fires.

"That's too slow,"

Sheng Jiaojiao stopped them,
"The stone bridge is too far, and there is a lack of tools to hold water."

"Who are you? It will be too late if you don't go, it's better than nothing, just find the tools."

Only then did Sheng Jiaojiao realize that she had not taken off her mask.She took off the mask she had worn all night and threw it aside.

"I'm Sheng Jiaojiao. I'm familiar with this place and know where the fire extinguishers are. Come with me."

She finished speaking quickly and ran in one direction.

"Sheng... Jiaojiao,"

"It's Miss!"

"Follow her—follow her!"

Those who knew her and didn't know her all ran with her.

The mini fire station was more than 200 meters away from the fire point. "Five people got fire extinguishers and went first, and the rest followed me to get water."

Sheng Jiaojiao directed in an orderly manner. When she saw that someone had already taken the fire extinguisher and left, she continued to run in the other direction with the others.

"Miss, didn't you say it was too slow to fetch water from the river?"

"Yeah, we don't have the tools yet."

"Not to the river,"

She answered their questions as she ran,
"Every city has a water tank to store water. I remember there is one nearby."

After she finished speaking, she saw a huge water tank not far away, "There is a bucket over there. Three of you go get the water, and the rest will follow me."

At this time, Sheng Jiaojiao was like the backbone of everyone, and she would believe whatever she said.

Sheng Jiaojiao led the remaining people to find another water tank, scooped out water and ran back to the wall of burning lanterns.

The capacity of the fire extinguisher is limited, and the fire spreads too quickly. Even if everyone tries their best, the fire extinguisher will always run out and the water tank will always run out.

"What should I do? There's no water!"

"Miss, are there any water tanks nearby?"

"These are the only ones within 200 meters recently. I'm not sure about the others. You two will go look for them with me. Don't let them go until the last minute..."

"Woo-woo-"

The sound of police sirens seemed to fall from the sky, causing Sheng Jiaojiao and everyone else who were just about to run away to freeze in place.

"Fire is here!"

"It's 119! They're coming!"

"Let's go, go back! The last bucket of water!"

Everyone rushed back together, and when they reached the lantern wall, they saw a group of flame blues.

The flame that refused to be extinguished was finally doused, leaving only gray smoke and charcoal.

"It's gone, it's gone!"

"The fire is out - great -"

At this moment, everyone was completely relaxed, exhausted after realizing it, and supported each other so that they did not collapse directly on the ground from exhaustion.

Sheng Jiaojiao also breathed a sigh of relief, crossing her arms and panting, she was very tired.

After the fire was out, it was time for her to leave. Wen Xuyan was still there. He should have finished shopping, right?

"Big and small..."

"Uh!"

Just when Sheng Jiaojiao heard them calling her, her body was suddenly turned around and fell into an extremely strong embrace.

It's Wen Xuyan.

His hands were tightly bound, and her chest was pressed against him, almost out of breath.

She patted his back and motioned for him to let go of her.

"Ayan, you...let me go first, it's uncomfortable..."

Before the last word was spoken, he immediately let go, "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Are you injured? I'll take you to the hospital right away!"

He bent down and stretched out his hands to lift her up.

Sheng Jiaojiao quickly stepped aside, "I'm not hurt! Really not!"

"Don't you mean you feel uncomfortable?"

"You hugged me too tightly. I just put out the fire, and I was really tired. I was breathing heavily. You hugged me and I almost ran out of oxygen."

Her chest was still rising and falling rapidly, breathing in enough oxygen.

"Firefighting?"

Only then did Wen Xuyan notice the smoking charcoal not far away. He held her arm, very frightened.
"Can't you just call me? I can."

"You don't know much about this place. I'm very familiar with Tangcheng and know where the mini fire station and water tanks are, so I rushed over immediately. And now the fire has been extinguished by the firefighters. It's okay now, Ayan. .”

(End of this chapter)

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