Chapter 31: A blocked fire exit leads to a fire?
"Don't demolish it, let's go!"

Su Yueling was about to lead Chu Sheng upstairs.

Suddenly, she felt a tremendous force on the dog leash in her hand! With a 'bang,' it slipped from her grasp!
And then she just watched helplessly as Chu Sheng once again went wild, like a runaway dog... no, like a runaway wild dog!

It ran wildly into the distance, causing a gasp of surprise from passersby!
"..."

Su Yueling stood silently in place, rubbing her forehead and sighing helplessly.

She couldn't even be bothered to call out Chu Sheng's name anymore, because she knew it was pointless.

Why did that stupid dog run away again...?

How many times has this happened?
Su Yueling felt exhausted, but at the same time, she couldn't help but make some surprised guesses.

This time... could it be that it has discovered some criminals again?

After all, every time it fled before, it would bring back at least one criminal!

"I hope my dog ​​can perform consistently..." Su Yueling smiled wryly.

Knowing that Chu Sheng wouldn't hurt anyone if he ran away, she wasn't too worried.

After thinking about it, I decided to go to the tutoring center to deliver the textbooks to my niece first, and then go back to the station to check the surveillance footage to see where that silly dog ​​had run off to again!
So, Su Yueling quickly stepped into the elevator leading to the tutoring center.

This elevator is very old and dilapidated, covered with all sorts of small advertisements, and no one cleans it. It looks like it's been around for a long time.

She wasn't surprised.

Dongchuan District is not a developed urban area; most of the buildings here are old.

The tutoring center her niece enrolled in was also located in a shop on the second floor of an old building in the old town.

Most of the buildings in the old town were built ten or twenty years ago, so it's normal for them to be dilapidated.

After taking the elevator to the second floor, Su Yueling glanced at the sign and walked towards the entrance of "Zhida Tutoring Center".

As she passed the entrance to the fire escape staircase, she paused and frowned.

The fire escape staircase was filled with all sorts of miscellaneous items.

Cardboard boxes, foam, scrap metal, discarded furniture... you name it, they had it. You could set up a stall with it all!

"The fire exits are blocked, is nobody doing anything about it?"

Su Yueling frowned.

Blocking fire exits is risky in itself, especially when the debris piled up inside is full of flammable materials.

If a fire breaks out here... the fire escape will turn into a death trap!
Su Yueling immediately prepared to make a phone call to complain about the fire safety situation here.

After all, it was far too dangerous, especially since her niece was having tutoring here!

Moreover, as far as she knew, this tutoring center had twenty or thirty students attending classes there every weekend, most of whom were senior high school students.

If a fire breaks out... the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, just as Su Yueling took out her phone to call the fire department to report the incident...

suddenly!

A strange smell filled her nostrils; it was a burnt smell, like burnt plastic.

"Ok?"

Su Yueling paused for a moment, then looked in the direction the smell was coming from. Her pupils shrank instantly, and her expression changed drastically.

Suddenly, thick smoke billowed up from the fire escape, which was filled with clutter!
Amidst the thick smoke, a few wisps of flame flickered and spread rapidly!
"Fire...fire!!!"

Su Yueling was terrified; this was exactly what she feared!
We just said there was a fire risk here, and the next second a fire actually broke out!

I'm speechless... Is my mouth blessed or something?

Su Yueling felt like crying but had no time to think about it.

There were too many flammable materials piled up in the fire escape staircase, and the fire spread rapidly within seconds.

Knowing she couldn't possibly extinguish the fire, she quickly dialed 119 on her phone.
"Hello, is this the fire department? There's a fire on the second floor of No. 371, Xia Nan Street, Laocheng, Dongchuan District! The fire escape is spreading very quickly, please come as soon as possible!!"

As she spoke, she ran quickly towards the training center. After reporting the fire, she immediately shouted, "Fire! Fire!! Get downstairs! Everyone get downstairs immediately!!"

……

Zhida Training Course.

In a small classroom of about fifty square meters, there were more than thirty students sitting in the room, and a middle-aged woman was standing in front of the blackboard giving a lecture.

Su Yueling's niece, Tong Wanmeng, sat in the second row. She was a well-behaved, cute, and petite girl with an exceptionally focused expression.

Tong Wanmeng's grades were already quite good; she was among the top fifty in her grade at Dongchuan No. 1 High School, so getting into a top-tier university would have been a piece of cake for her.

But her goal is China University of Political Science and Law, which is one of the best 211 universities! Naturally, she has to work even harder!

So I took the initiative to ask my parents to enroll me in this tutoring center that specializes in preparing students for the college entrance exam!

Although the environment wasn't great, the teachers were quite professional! She felt that after six months of tutoring, her score would improve by at least twenty points!
The thirty-odd students in the classroom were all high school graduates taking the college entrance exam this year, striving for their ideal schools and futures.

Almost no one was slacking off; nearly everyone was listening attentively to Teacher Liu's lecture from the podium.

"Fire! Fire! Run!!"

Just then, everyone heard a woman's panicked and anxious screams.

The students were taken aback.

They all looked up at the door, their eyes filled with a mixture of confusion, curiosity, and surprise.

But none of them panicked. Having been in a safe environment for a long time, they did not realize the danger at first.

Teacher Liu's expression suddenly changed drastically. Without even realizing whether there was a real fire, she slammed her hand on the table and shouted, "Quickly! Get out! Everyone out of the classroom! Get downstairs immediately!!"

"what?"

"What? It's really on fire?"

"I haven't finished my test yet..."

"Sigh! Let's go, let's go, I'll write it when I get back!"

The students stood up with some confusion and reluctance, and some even looked annoyed because their review had been interrupted.

A group of people slowly walked towards the classroom door.

however……

The moment the classroom door was opened, plumes of black smoke billowed in, carrying an extremely pungent and unpleasant odor.

The students, who hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem just moments before, instantly changed their expressions!
My nerves, which had become somewhat numb from studying day and night for so long, have finally been awakened.

Fire...

A fire has really broken out!!

"Cough cough!! No... we can't go this way..."

Amidst the billowing smoke in the corridor, the figure of a young girl, her face covered in soot and dressed in a police uniform, emerged. She quickly scurried into the classroom and slammed the door shut.

Take a deep breath of fresh air, amidst the bewildered gazes of the crowd.

Su Yueling shouted, "Everyone! The corridor is impassable! The fire escape is filled with toxic smoke! The fire has spread! We can't get through! Jump out the windows! Everyone, jump out the windows now! This is the second floor, we should..."

The words are not finished yet.

Su Yueling suddenly saw something, her pupils contracted instantly, and a look of despair appeared on her face.

All that could be seen was that the classroom's only two windows had been sealed shut with thin steel bars!
"Auntie... Auntie, all the windows in our classroom are sealed up..." Tong Wanmeng had already recognized Su Yueling, and said with a pale face.

Su Yueling fell silent, her face growing even paler.

it's over...

It's really over now!

(End of this chapter)

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