Comprehension against the sky, creating the Five Thunders in the real world

Seeing Chen Jiale get up, Xu Wei squatted down in front of the boss and calmly and patiently comforted him: "Boss, although we don't know exactly what happened between you and her, you have to remember that you are a man. You can't cry over such a small thing. What kind of behavior is that!"

Her words barely concealed her disdain for the boss.

“Yeah, and if other people see you like this, they’ll probably laugh at you,” Chen Jiale chimed in with a sarcastic tone.

The boss stopped crying and instead glared at Chen Jiale and Xu Wei with a resentful look. Anyone who didn't know the situation would think that the two of them had stolen his girlfriend.

"You two know nothing and yet you're lecturing me! Do you know how heartbroken I am? Do you understand how good I am to her? How could she treat me like this?" the boss said indignantly.

Seeing that gentle persuasion wasn't working, Chen Jiale decided to resort to force, his words sharp and confrontational: "But she's treated you this way anyway, and there's no going back. Why are you crying and wailing here? Even if you cry yourself to death here, she won't know."

Anyway, he thought that people who were willing to die for love were all fools, and the boss who was crying at this moment was the worst kind of fool in his eyes.

The boss was so stunned by what the two said that he even forgot to cry.

After he came to his senses, he glared at the two of them angrily and said, "Don't I even have the right to be sad? Can't I even be sad for a moment? You have no idea how I feel right now!"

Xu Wei couldn't take it anymore. He stood up abruptly and coldly retorted, "Yes, yes, we really don't understand your feelings—threatening suicide after a breakup, it's truly incomprehensible!"

Although these words were addressed to the boss, his gaze drifted to Chen Jiale standing to the side. The two had such a tacit understanding that they could know each other's thoughts with just a glance.

Chen Jiale chimed in, "Yeah, boss, your stress tolerance is terrible. How dare you criticize us?"

The boss, already deeply heartbroken, was devastated when Xu Wei and Chen Jiale decided to rub salt into his wounds.

He glared at them both, feeling both angry and aggrieved, and then simply shut up.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent. Although they disapproved of their boss's behavior, they were also worried about leaving him alone in the living room.

The three of them could only stay quietly with him.

Unable to bear the silence any longer, the boss began muttering to himself, "Do you think I want this? Do you think I want to cry all day long? Do you think I don't feel ashamed? But I just can't get over it..."

Xu Wei and Chen Jiale remained silent, but they both listened intently to every word their boss said, afraid of missing any exciting gossip.

"I treated her so well, I gave her my whole heart, how could she fall in love with someone else in the blink of an eye?" the boss roared angrily.

Seemingly feeling that this was not enough to vent his grief and anger, he took another big gulp of wine.

After calming down a bit, she told that old story again: "If she had told me openly and honestly, I wouldn't have refused, nor would I have insisted on pestering her."

At the most crucial point, the boss stopped again. Xu Wei and Chen Jiale subconsciously looked at him, signaling him to continue.

The other person slowly took another sip of wine before saying, "She had many opportunities to be honest with me, so why did she betray me?"

"Why did she..." Xu Wei asked gossipily.

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Jiale stopped him with a look.

He then realized that the other person was telling him something sad, and that he really shouldn't have asked questions with a gossipy mindset.

Xu Wei obediently shut his mouth, waiting for his boss to speak again.

"She betrayed me and left with someone else. It's like all our years of relationship have been worthless. Tell me, why is this happening?" the boss questioned silently.

However, Lin Beichen and his group couldn't provide any answers at all.

"Heh, screw love! I don't believe in love anymore, it's all a lie, a complete fraud," the boss lamented.

Lin Beichen subconsciously clenched his fists, wanting to step forward and punch him, but after thinking about it, he held back.

After all, the other party is not one of their own soldiers. If they really start a fight, it might cause other troubles.

But Lin Beichen really couldn't stand his endless crying and sobbing.

Lin Beichen, who had been silent for a long time, finally blurted out impatiently, "Whether you're heartbroken or trying to commit suicide, don't drag us into it. Do you know how dangerous that was just now?"

The boss, who was crying intensely, suddenly stopped upon hearing Lin Beichen's words.

He suddenly looked up, staring blankly at Lin Beichen: "What do you mean by that? I did break up with my boyfriend, but I was just throwing a tantrum. I never thought about committing suicide."

"What? You never intended to commit suicide? Then how did it catch fire?" Xu Wei asked, his face full of astonishment.

His expression was as if he had heard some incredible news.

Chen Jiale, who was standing next to him, also looked at him in surprise.

Only Lin Beichen, who was standing behind them, twitched his nose.

He sensed something unusual.

He naively thought that the strange smell he had smelled in the room was the burnt smell of the boss setting fire to something.

But now he realizes that he was wrong.

This smells like gunpowder.

Therefore, the boss did not intend to commit suicide, but rather someone was secretly sabotaging him.

He grabbed Xu Wei and Chen Jiale and pushed them out.

Lin Beichen's action startled the two of them, and they followed his movements in a daze.

Lin Beichen threw them out like trash.

When the two staggered to the door, they asked in confusion, "Instructor, what happened?"

The other party did not answer, but instead shouted sharply, "Run out of here! There's gunpowder!"

Upon hearing Lin Beichen's words, "There are explosives," the two of them instantly showed expressions of astonishment, as if struck by lightning.

Just as they were about to ask how there could be explosives in such a place, Lin Beichen rushed in again—there were still many guests staying around that grove of trees, and if they weren't woken up in time, they would probably all perish in the fire.

Carlos Chan and Xu Wei exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed him inside.

"Run! Run! There are explosives here! Get out of here right now!" Xu Wei shouted at the top of his lungs.

Awakened by the noise, the guests rushed out without even having time to get dressed, only to bump into Lin Beichen, whose expression was stern: "There are explosives here, get out of here immediately!"

But how could those guests easily believe such words?

Instead of fleeing, they leisurely dressed and retorted, "How do you know there's explosives? Are we supposed to believe everything you say?"

However, due to the urgency of the situation, Lin Beichen had neither the time nor the patience to explain to each guest why an evacuation was necessary.

All they could do was grab someone and push them out, trying their best to minimize casualties.

The guests, who were inexplicably thrown out of the door, couldn't help but complain: "What kind of manners do you people have? You just threw us out like that?"

However, the two had already disappeared without a trace.

Lin Beichen rushed to the front, shouting and urging, waking up those who were still asleep.

With the insistence of Lin Beichen and his two companions, some guests did indeed believe the situation was serious and voluntarily evacuated.

Only the guesthouse owner remained seated in the living room, lost in his own sorrow. People came and went around him, but few offered him a helping hand.

Someone in the crowd reached out and pulled the boss up, and he was pushed outside by the crowd.

When the boss was so rudely pushed out, he, who was already holding back his anger, became even more furious.

He was about to unleash a torrent of curses when he suddenly realized that his guesthouse, which he had painstakingly managed for many years, was engulfed in flames.

He screamed, "Fire! Fire! Help! Help!"

But his cries seemed to be drowned out by the sea of ​​fire, and those around him remained unmoved.

In a moment of panic, the boss dropped what he was holding and rushed headlong into the fire.

Fortunately, Xu Wei and Chen Jiale, who were right behind him, reacted quickly and grabbed him firmly.

The owner whirled around, glared at them fiercely, and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Let me go! Can't you see my guesthouse is on fire? If you're not going to put it out, are you going to stop me from doing it myself?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said those words. As soon as he did, Xu Wei and Chen Jiale gripped his hands even tighter, like two heavy iron clamps holding him firmly.

He couldn't even move, let alone struggle.

The owner turned around again and roared, "What exactly do you two want? Are you just going to stand by and watch my guesthouse burn down?"

The fire grew fiercer, and the flames made Xu Wei and Chen Jiale's faces turn bright red.

The two men raised their voices and shouted, "Wake up! Look at this huge fire! How are you going to save it? Don't you even care about your own life?"

Upon hearing this, the owner deflated like a punctured balloon, collapsing so hard he could barely stand. He slumped to the ground, watching his guesthouse, which he had painstakingly managed for many years, gradually crumble and lose its original appearance in the flames, leaving him only with a silent sigh.

Seeing that he had finally calmed down, Xu Wei and Chen Jiale slowly let go of his hands.

Although they understood the immense suffering their boss was enduring, as long as he was still alive, there was still hope.

Xu Wei and Chen Jiale also squatted down, looking at their boss who looked dejected.

For a moment, the two of them didn't even know what to say to comfort him.

The boss slowly raised his head, saying helplessly, "How...how did it turn out like this? This is all the hard work I've put in over the years, how could it turn to ashes in the blink of an eye?"

As soon as she finished speaking, two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks.

The firelight added to the sense of desolation and bleakness.

Xu Wei glanced at the towering flames, then at his boss, and tried to comfort him, saying, "It's alright... as long as everyone is safe."

"How can nothing happen? I'd rather die along with this guesthouse!" the owner said angrily.

After saying this, his eyes suddenly widened.

Xu Wei and Chen Jiale thought he was going to rush out again, and they reached out to stop him, but his body suddenly fell backward uncontrollably. Fortunately, Xu Wei and Chen Jiale caught him in time, preventing him from falling to the cold ground.

"Boss! What's wrong with you?" Xu Wei asked nervously, afraid that something might have happened to his boss, but the other man rolled his eyes and fainted.

After the boss fainted, the scene became chaotic, as noisy as a bustling vegetable market in the early morning.

Some people felt sorry for the boss's situation, while many more felt sorry for their own belongings that they hadn't had time to take with them.

In this chaotic and flustered crowd, Lin Beichen, with his calm demeanor, stood out.

Xu Wei and Chen Jiale supported the boss on either side, afraid that he would fall.

But supporting him like this indefinitely isn't a solution.

The two looked at Lin Beichen with long faces and asked for help: "Instructor, what should we do?"

"Let's wait a little longer," Lin Beichen said calmly.

If you look closely, you'll notice that he's gripping his phone slightly—he's already called the police and is just waiting for them to arrive.

After all, they were unfamiliar with the area, and taking rash action would only make the situation worse.

However, the police still acted swiftly and decisively.

The police arrived at the scene in less than five minutes.

Faced with the raging fire—which clearly could not be extinguished in a short time—they immediately set up a cordon to ensure the safety of everyone on site and had all people retreat to a safe distance.

Another team of police officers went around to the east side of the guesthouse where the fire was most intense and began investigating the cause of the fire.

Under the orderly command of the police, the atmosphere at the scene gradually calmed down.

Everyone stared intently at the police, no longer panicking—because they knew that the people's police would ensure everyone's safety.

Everyone present was eagerly waiting to find out what had happened to cause such a massive fire that engulfed this sizable guesthouse.

Lin Beichen spotted the police officer leading the team in the crowd at a glance.

He pushed aside the people blocking his way and slowly approached the policeman.

The police officer was already in a state of panic. His furrowed brows and anxious expression made Lin Beichen even more certain of his guess: the fire at the guesthouse was definitely not simple; it must have been arson.

"Hello, officer, I am..." Lin Beichen began.

Before he could even finish introducing himself, the other person waved his hand impatiently.

Lin Beichen wisely kept quiet, and only spoke again after the officer finished instructing his subordinates: "Officer, I would like to know the cause of this fire."

Upon hearing Lin Beichen's voice, the policeman didn't even turn his head, saying in a distant and indifferent manner, "I'm investigating this matter. If you have any questions, please contact someone else."

Lin Beichen had anticipated that he would run into a wall.

He had come prepared, so he took out his instructor's badge and handed it to the police.

The other person turned his head and glanced at Lin Beichen before looking at the documents in his hand.

Although their attitude was slightly better than before, it still couldn't be described as friendly.

"What do you need?" the police officer asked.

Although her attitude wasn't particularly warm, she at least paid attention to Lin Beichen.

"I'm a guest staying at this guesthouse. I'd like to know why the fire started. Was it arson?" Lin Beichen asked tentatively.

The police officer was visibly startled by his words, his face instantly darkening, but he quickly regained his composure and nodded with a headache: "It was indeed arson, but we haven't found the suspect yet."

Meanwhile, the boss had already been taken to the hospital.

As soon as he woke up, he smelled the strong, pungent odor of disinfectant, and then another wave of dizziness hit him.

But he held back.

He blinked his heavy eyelids and finally saw that he was surrounded by many unfamiliar faces. (End of Chapter)