Chapter 476: Planning a Great Fire

Shen Dazhuang suddenly proposed drinking, saying it was to thank Shen Lan and Li Xuan for taking care of their family of three during this period.

The change in persona was too sudden; Shen Lan and Li Xuan were both a bit at a loss.

Of course, there was another reason for their unease: those two children had gone out together again.

They said they were going to see a movie, but who knew if they would find somewhere to lose control of their emotions again.

"Um, why don't you drink at home?" Li Xuan grew more worried the more she thought about it. "I should go find the two children; they barely ate a few bites of their meal, I hope they don't..."

"Are you looking down on us?" Shen Dazhuang slammed the wine bottle heavily onto the table. "Both kids are grown; can they really lose their lives just by going out?"

Li Xuan & Shen Lan:...

It was indeed possible to lose a life, but this "losing a life" was not that "losing a life."

"It's like this: my wife and I have troubled you for so long, so we were thinking that after finishing this meal and this wine, we'll be leaving."

Shen Dazhuang's words made Li Xuan and Shen Lan feel instantly overjoyed.

The couple had certainly put them through a lot during this time; they had to make sure the food was ready for them to eat first, and they would eat while critiquing it.

If they weren't happy, they would vent their anger on them, and Shen Lan was a spineless one, completely incapable of protecting her; she had watched as she was almost bullied to death.

Now that she heard they were leaving, Li Xuan was simply overjoyed; she didn't even know how to express her happiness, and she wasn't worried about the two children anymore.

"Alright, then I'll toast Brother Shen."

Shen Lan:...

In short, the two couples began to drink, each harboring their own secret agendas.

Li Xuan was not a drinker, so she became drunk after a short while, lying on the table in a daze.

She was still muttering things like "walk slowly, don't see me out" and "don't come back."

Shen Lan's tolerance for alcohol was better, but he felt a faint sense of unease in his heart because of Shen Dazhuang's abnormal behavior today.

Did they really intend to leave?

He heard they used to live in the Pinminku; how could returning there be more comfortable than waiting to be fed and watered at their house?

Why would they suddenly want to leave? Was there some conspiracy?

So Shen Lan kept a bit of sobriety and also laid his head on the table.

"Hehe, you two damn things! Today, I'm going to send you on your way!"

"Husband, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing? Of course, I'm sending them to the Western Heaven!" Shen Dazhuang took out a lighter and pulled a bucket of diesel he had bought earlier from a bundle, sprinkling it in a circle around the room.

"Do you want our son to completely become someone else's in the future?"

Of course Wang Dani didn't want that, but what other choice did she have?

"Dani," Shen Dazhuang suddenly became sentimental. "You haven't had an easy life following me all these years. In the future, you and our son take care of yourselves, and there's also the third one; let them take care of you."

"Husband..." Wang Dani shook her head. "Don't do anything foolish..."

"Wait a moment, run toward the door with all your might, you hear me!"

Not only did Wang Dani hear this, but Shen Lan, who was lying on the table, heard it too.

He slightly lifted his eyelids to look; that son of a bitch Shen Dazhuang was actually setting a fire!

Boom—

The flames met the diesel and instantly shot up as high as the roof.

"What's wrong?" Before they had even reached the cinema, Liang Yu said her stomach hurt.

"Is it you, is that time of the month coming?" Shen Chi asked.

Liang Yu shook her head. "I think I caught a bit of a chill today."

"Then let's not watch the movie today; let's go home and rest."

Shen Chi squatted in front of her, and Liang Yu jumped up onto his back, feeling a sense of peace.

"Shen Chi, if only you weren't my biological brother."

"If only you were very rich."

Shen Chi closed his eyes slightly, but neither of these two things was something he could decide.

He carried Liang Yu on his back, walking toward home step by step; for a moment, he felt as if they were one.

Before they even reached home, Shen Chi saw the fire shooting into the sky on Zhangshu Street.

His heart tightened instinctively.

He quickened his pace and saw that the location of the fire was exactly their house.

"Xiao Yu, is it you..."

"Shh!"

Liang Yu covered his eyes with both hands. "Brother, let me treat you to a display of fireworks!"

She let go of her hands before asking, "Do you think it's beautiful?"

Shen Chi then understood that Xiao Yu was aware of this matter, and a wave of fear suddenly surged in his heart.

"Xiao Yu, do you know that fire can kill people?"

He had said he liked her, including her worst side.

But if it involved taking a life, that was too terrifying.

"I know, but I didn't set the fire."

Liang Yu looked innocent. "Brother, are you afraid of me?"

Shen Chi took a deep breath and grabbed her hand. "Let's go put out the fire!"

He didn't know why he suddenly remembered the things Wang Dani used to say in her superstitious ramblings—that if a person did something morally corrupt, they would be thrown into a vat of boiling oil after death, suffer a thousand cuts, and so on.

If this fire was planned by Xiao Yu, then he only hoped that no one would die.

Running up close, Shen Chi saw that the firefighters had already arrived, along with the public security officers.

Wang Dani sat slumped on the ground, her face covered in black soot from the pot.

"Where are my dad and the others?"

Shen Chi ran over and crouched in front of her to ask, "Mom, say something, will you?"

Wang Dani was still trembling all over at this moment, her mouth quivering as she could only call out the two words "Dazhuang."

"Mom," Shen Chi grabbed her shoulders and shook her, "What exactly happened at home just now? Do you want to worry me to death by not saying anything?"

"Son, son, my son," Wang Dani seemed to calm down only after seeing him, "Your father, he was burned by the fire, such a huge fire..."

After saying this, Wang Dani burst into loud sobs, the scene that had just occurred still echoing constantly in her mind.

After Shen Dazhuang gave her instructions, he lit the fire.

When the firewood met the oil, the entire room instantly went up in flames.

As they were running toward the door, suddenly, Shen Lan, who had been lying on the table drunk, grabbed her.

Shen Dazhuang pushed her away, then started wrestling with Shen Lan.

Just as she ran out the front door, the roof beam collapsed with a boom, and the others were trapped in the raging fire.

"My dad, were they all burned to death by the fire?"

At this moment, several fully equipped firefighters ran out from the sea of fire, carrying two people on their backs, and loaded them onto the ambulance waiting outside the door.

Wang Dani and Shen Chi hurriedly ran over; those two people were burned charred black on their bodies and faces, making it impossible to distinguish who they were.

"There's still one more." Shen Chi gazed into the raging fire.

Ignoring the medical staff's attempts to stop her, Wang Dani felt around on the two people, and soon said with joy, "Shen Chi! This one is your dad!"

Seeing where she had placed her hand, everyone was left somewhat speechless.

"I beg you, you must save my husband, wuwu, he cannot die,"

"Shen Chi, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get in the ambulance, and come with me to save your dad!"

Shen Chi did not get into the ambulance; if Shen Dazhuang had been rescued, that meant there was still one person trapped inside the fire, either Shen Lan or Li Xuan.