Why it never ends

Chapter 1123 Rescue

The two shook hands.

Ximoya was very surprised: "...Were you transferred from District 14 to Tan Yi to participate in the investigation?"

"No, I usually stay in District 3."

"Oh, you are from the Third District?" Ximoya smiled, "I was surprised that you speak the Third District language so well!"

Si Lei did not explain any more. She just smiled and looked through the materials brought by Ximoya, and rearranged the order of several documents. This action made Ximoya feel familiar - she had wanted to do this before, but it was too late and the wind was strong, so she was too lazy.

"...Xia Ying is still missing a degree certification." Si Lei refolded the documents together, "She probably forgot about it. Ask her to deliver it herself tomorrow morning."

Ximoya suddenly developed a lot of good feelings towards Si Lei.

"Okay," she nodded, "I'll tell her tomorrow morning."

"I haven't asked you yet..."

"Technically speaking, I am the ethics review officer of the Inspector, but right now I am mainly helping her with some paperwork."

"secretary?"

"I guess so." Ximoya smiled, "You can call me Ximoya."

"Nice to meet you."

"Me too."

On the way back to Stella's studio, Ximoya once again crossed the path alone.

The wind was still howling, but she didn't pay much attention to it. She was thinking about everything that had happened tonight - the conversation with Hesta, Stella and her team's celebration, Pacat's meeting with her students, and a police officer from District 14 who seemed to be very familiar to the Mercury Needles came among them all...

It was just an ordinary night on the farm, but so many things happened. She had spent countless busy nights in the past, struggling tenaciously with heavy work. However, the difference was that everything here was fresh. Even though she was still pushed forward by many things, everyone was excited and she couldn't help but be infected by this atmosphere...

Thinking of this, Ximoya couldn't help laughing. She suddenly didn't want to go back to sleep - perhaps because she slept too much during the day, or perhaps because of the sudden happiness at this moment. She decided to continue walking in the wind and take stock of the work to be done tomorrow in her mind.

Another gust of wind blew by, and Ximoya was a little dazed - there seemed to be a faint smell of fireworks in the wind.

She unconsciously looked towards the direction where the wind came from, but saw nothing.

Ximoya was a little concerned and slowly approached the source of the smell. When she came to a place less than fifty meters away from the construction site, a tongue of fire licking out of the window instantly lit up her eyes.

In an instant, Ximoya understood everything. She turned around and ran towards the main house where Hesta was.

“There’s a fire!!” Her voice cut through the night sky. “There’s a fire!! Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!!”

……

High winds made all attempts to put out the fire futile.

Some burning fireballs were blown away by the wind and fell everywhere. The wooden house in the backyard was the first to be hit. The plastic sheets used to block the wind were quickly ignited, and the fire began to spread to the main house.

Thanks to Ximoya's quick response, all residents of the main house and its backyard quickly gathered in the open space in the front yard - things happened so quickly that almost no one could react.

After confirming the safety of the personnel, the mercury needles began to race against time to rescue important documents. Arevalo, who had hardly ever been seen outside these days, stood among the women in fear. The flames that shot up into the sky frightened him so much that he could not speak, but he did not even dare to call for help. He was afraid that the fire was coming for him, and he was afraid that there was a pair of eyes staring at him in the endless darkness of the night. Everyone was praying - there was thunder in the sky, but the heavy rain did not fall, and everyone could only watch the fire engulf everything.

Si Lei continued to organize everyone to retreat, from the original front yard to the main road.

"Ximoya!" Si Lei shouted, "Go to Stella quickly and tell all of them to wake up and stop staying in the house! Get your things ready and come meet us!"

Ximoya immediately started running wildly.

At the same time, Si Lei heard a familiar voice from District 14 coming from the crowd. It was from a girl she had never seen before. As everyone continued to retreat, the girl suddenly rushed towards the main house. Before she could run two or three steps, she was pulled back by Younis.

"Where are you going? Come back!"

"I didn't bring all my notes with me! I still have a small box in the room!!!" Lu Qizhen explained quickly, but Eunice ignored her. She stopped the crazy woman who was trying to run back and started scolding her for causing trouble for her.

In desperation, Lu Qizhen began to shout in her native language, "Let me go——"

Si Lei quickly stepped forward and tried to comfort her, asking in the same words "What happened?" In panic, Lu Qizhen couldn't even form a complete sentence, but Si Lei still understood - some important luggage of hers was still in the room, and she didn't have time to take it away.

Si Lei looked back and saw that the house not far away was completely engulfed in flames. The Mercury Needles had already gathered in the front yard, apparently sorting out the things they had just moved out.

"It's too late." Si Lei said, "You——"

Taking advantage of the moment when Eunice was distracted, Lu Qizhen broke free from his hand again, but then she was knocked to the ground by Eunice.

"You are going to die!" Younis was furious. "What is more important than your life?"

"I don't want to live anymore!" Lu Qizhen screamed, her face became hideous, veins popped out on her forehead and neck, "Let me die! Let me die!"

Si Lei frowned. She didn't hesitate for too long, but said to Younis: "Take everyone back and leave her to me."

"But she..."

"Let's go! I'll go with you!" Si Lei shouted to Lu Qizhen, "Let's go ask them if there is any other solution, but don't be impulsive, okay?"

Lu Qizhen immediately answered "Okay", but this answer sounded more like the howl of some animal.

Eunice let go of his hand in confusion, and Lu Qizhen immediately stood up and followed Si Lei towards the main house.

"Jane!" Si Lei shouted from a distance, "There is a girl here. She has very important luggage in her room——"

Several mercury needles stopped what they were doing and turned to Si Lei.

"what?"

After running wildly, Lu Qizhen could hardly speak, and the hot wind mixed with smoke and dust made it difficult for her to breathe.

"Notes...notes..." Lu Qizhen answered with difficulty.

"It's her anthropology notebook," Turan understood. She looked at the sea of ​​fire behind her with some embarrassment. "It's under the bedside table in our room, but..."

"It's not... not on the bedside table..." Lu Qizhen shook his head desperately, "It's... the other one, in... in the closet..."