It was no wonder she felt so suffocated and hot at the same time.
Startled, Yan leapt to her feet from the chair. She turned around and ran outside.
Yan was still very glad and relieved since the fire hadn’t spread toward the door yet. Although she didn’t know how the place caught fire in the first place, she would be alright if she managed to get out of the room.
However, by the time Yan ran toward the door to pull the door open, she realized that the door was locked from the outside.
She was locked in a room before recently. When she realized that the door wouldn’t budge no matter how hard she pulled it, there were goosebumps all over her body and shivers crept down her spine as she pulled the door with all her might, but no matter how hard she pulled, the door remained closed.
W-What’s going on? Someone set the place on fire to burn me alive and kill me? No, I can’t die!
Yan banged on the door loudly. “Anyone there? Help!”
However, it was as if she was trapped alone in another world; no matter how loudly she shouted for help, nobody could hear her.
The fire spread very quickly. Moments ago, it was still at the dressing table there, but now it had reached the place where Yan sat just now.
The door was locked from the outside, while her cell phone was nowhere to be found and she was alone in the room. It was as though everything was planned perfectly beforehand.
Someone wants to burn me alive on my wedding day. Yan shivered in fear as her entire body became cold after the thought flashed through her mind. What should I do? What should I do now? How am I supposed to get out of here? Why is there only me in the room? Where’s the makeup artist? No, I can’t sit here, do nothing and just wait for my death. I’ve been in love with Han Qing for so many years. I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and it finally came today. I don’t want to accept my fate and just die in a fire like this. But, what should I do? When there’s a fire…
Suddenly, Yan noticed another room. That area had not been consumed in fire yet. Besides, she remembered that there was a bathroom over there. If there was a bathroom, there must be water as well.
She was ecstatic when she thought of this. So, she dashed there quickly.
Luckily, there was a small basin in the bathroom. Yan filled the basin with water immediately and ran outside while staggering along the way. When she went out, the fire had blazed stronger. It was completely useless splashing the small basin of water over such blazing fire.
If this continued, it would be absolutely impossible for her to put out such a blaze.
Yan went back into the bathroom again. She found something to block the drain through which water could flow out. Then, she opened all the water taps and the bathroom door.
Soon, water gushed out of the taps quickly. Since the water couldn’t flow through the drain, it overflowed and flooded outside quickly.
She wasn’t sure whether this would work, but since she couldn’t put out the fire and couldn’t escape while being trapped in the room, the only way she could think of was using the water to stop the fire.
She didn’t relax of course. Even if she only had a small basin in her hands, she continued to fill it with water and brought it over there to try to put out the fire without giving up.
Even though the small basin of water was useless against such a blazing fire, Yan thought that as long as she could stop the fire from spreading so quickly—even if it was slowed down for one second—it would increase the chances of her survival.
She just hoped that everyone would notice the fire here earlier and then, called the police.
She really didn’t want to die here.
She hadn’t become Han Qing’s wife yet. She hadn’t even told him that she was pregnant with his child. How could she be willing to die like that?
“There’s a fire.”
Han Muzi held Little Bean’s hand while Ye Moxuan walked beside her with Little Sprout in his arms. The four of them came to attend Han Qing and Yan’s wedding.
Since everyone was busy at the reception in the lobby, and Han Muzi wondered how Yan would look like with her makeup on, she took Little Bean over here to have a look at the bride and see how beautiful she was on this day in her wedding dress.
However, right at that moment, someone dashed into the place.
“President Han, the dressing room over there is on fire.”
Han Qing was entertaining the guests. All the guests in the lobby became nervous and worried when they heard this.
“What’s going on? How can the dressing room catch fire just like that?” Han Qing narrowed his eyes while looking at the person who ran toward him in an out-of-breath state. “What happened?”
“I don’t know what happened, but the room that Miss Zhou stayed in caught fire suddenly. Just now, when the makeup artist’s assistant tried to enter the room with breakfast in her hands, she noticed the door was locked and she couldn’t open it. After a while, she smelled something burning inside…”
Before the person finished, Han Qing, who stood in front of him, disappeared without a trace.
“What did you say just now? What happened?” As Han Muzi finished asking, she ran in the same direction where Han Qing disappeared too. After running half-way, she turned around and looked in the direction where Ye Moxuan was standing. “You take care of Little Bean and Little Sprout.”
Ye Moxuan, who was left behind, became speechless with Han Muzi.
“What’s going on exactly? Where’s the place that’s on fire? Is it the place where the bride is?”
“Oh my god, how could this be a coincidence? Did anyone call the police? Hurry up and call the fire station, quick!”
Ye Moxuan glanced around at the chaotic wedding place before he looked at the two children beside him. Something was not right—only one of the two children was left now.
Little Bean had run away quietly along with Han Muzi when Ye Moxuan wasn’t paying attention to him.
D*mn! Little Bean is such a nuisance! There’s a fire over there. What’s he doing running there for?
Ye Moxuan gritted his teeth. He decided to follow them there by carrying Little Sprout with him.
“Moxuan.” A voice was heard behind him. Song An heard about the fire too, so she rushed here. She knew what happened as soon as she saw only Ye Moxuan was left behind there. Thus, she held out her hands toward him. “I’ll take care of Little Sprout. You hurry over there and have a look. Remember to take care of Muzi and Little Bean’s safety, as well as yours, you hear that?”
“Thank you, Aunty.”
The appearance of Song An offered timely help to Ye Moxuan. After all, Little Sprout was too young; it would be difficult for him to do anything while carrying her in his arms.
“Hurry up and go.”
Ye Moxuan left immediately.
Meanwhile, Luo Huimei and Mr. Zhou reached in front of Yan’s dressing room. Everyone on that floor had evacuated and just the two of them were around at that moment. When they tried to open the door, they noticed that it was locked and they couldn’t get it open.
“What should we do now? We can’t get the door to open at all! Yan, are you in there? Can you hear me? Open the door quickly! Sweetie, the place is on fire!”
Luo Huimei was so panicked that she sobbed. What if my daughter is really in there? What should we do then? Why won’t the door open?
Mr. Zhou tried to open the door again. Then, he remarked seriously, “Someone broke the lock. We can’t open the door from either side.”
“What should we do then? Old man, hurry up and think of something! Our daughter is still in there! The smell is so awful, so it must mean that the fire is quite serious inside.”
“Calm down and don’t panic.”
“How can I calm down? That’s our daughter in there! She’s our daughter! How can I not be panicked?”
As Luo Huimei spoke, she became so worried that she cried. Her tears immediately smudged the makeup that she put on just now. However, she couldn’t care less about her makeup anymore now.
“Hurry and think of something!”
“Stop crying. You step aside first and let me see whether I can…”
Before he could finish, a calm and steady voice was heard from behind the old couple. “Sir, Madam, step aside please.”
