Winnie stared at the blazing fire before her with a frown deeply etched between her brows.

“You don’t have to stop me. I know what I’m doing.”

Despite being older than Winnie, the butler was nowhere near how imposing she was.

He did not attempt to stop her anymore, nor did she continue moving forward.

While dialing Xavier’s number, she turned to the butler and asked, “How much longer will it take for the firefighters to get here? Has the hose in the garden been connected?”

“The firefighters are on their way. The hose isn’t long enough, so we’re trying to think of another way. The main concern is that the winds are too strong tonight. As soon as the sparks fall to the ground, they’ll catch fire immediately. All we can do now is wait for the firefighters to arrive.”

“D*mn it!” Although Winnie heard what the butler said, she had no time to pay attention to those matters. The only thing occupying her mind was that Xavier’s phone was going unanswered.

Thick clouds of smoke have already engulfed the area outside, and the chances of surviving inside the building are only getting bleaker.

The usually calm and composed Winnie could not help cursing. “Aren’t there security guards protecting Old Mr. Fairchild inside that d*mned place? Why hasn’t a single person come out?”

The butler was also feeling anxious. “Don’t get angry, Mrs. Fairchild. No one knows what’s going on inside. Perhaps… Perhaps everyone inside is safe.”

As soon as he had uttered those words, the room in front of them came crashing down.

A house with a wooden frame collapses especially fast. By the looks of things, even if those inside are fine now, there’s no saying whether they’ll be able to get out!

“Where on earth are the firefighters? Why aren’t they here yet?” Winnie was racked with worry.

Immediately after she asked those questions, someone in front yelled, “They’re coming out! The people inside are coming out!”

Upon hearing the shouts, Winnie looked ahead and spotted several people rushing out from the inferno. One of them was carrying another person on his back.

She hurried forward without hesitation.

Those who just escaped had wet towels wrapped around their faces, so she could not tell who they were.

Suddenly, she heard someone say, “Quick! Old Mr. Fairchild is unconscious. Hurry up and call for an ambulance!”

Then, that person lowered Rufus from behind his back.

Seeing that, Winnie and the butler quickly went to help.

Rufus’ breathing became easier after getting out of the burning building. Soon, he opened his eyes and could even talk.

After seeing that Rufus was fine, Winnie began calling Xavier’s name.

As she shouted, she tore away the damp towels covering the faces of the others around Rufus. However, none of them were Xavier.

Her heart lurched and seemed to stop beating for a split second.

A moment later, she regained her senses and asked the people around her worriedly, “Did you see Xavier? He went in about a few minutes ago to save Old Mr. Fairchild. Did you see where he was when you were coming out?”

Two of them shook their heads at once. “No. We didn’t see him.”

on his back, piped up, “I heard Mr. Xavier’s voice. The door was locked from the outside at the time, and we couldn’t open it from the inside. The person who came to open the door for us was Mr. Xavier. However, we had already retreated next to the window, so he rushed into the room. After coming in, he went to get wet towels for us, then told me to carry Old Mr. Fairchild out first. It was a life-or-death situation, so I did as he said. I thought Mr. Xavier would follow us out, but it’s clear he didn’t. I don’t

Rufus was so agitated that he started coughing. He fixed his gaze on the butler and said, “Save him! Hurry up and get Xavier out of there! No matter what it takes, I want

Fairchild, the firefighters and fire trucks will be here any second now. They’ll definitely find

they get here, Xavier will have suffocated to death!” Unable to think of

you go in and save him. If any of you manages to rescue my grandson, I’ll give each of you one hundred million.

guards did not feel tempted. The fire is so intense that going back in will only mean certain death. There are no two ways about it. One hundred million is a large sum, but what good is all that money

security guard, whose hand was in Rufus’ tight grasp, said, “The fire inside is too strong, and we don’t have any equipment to fight the flames. There’d be no way of escaping once we go in. We have

with everything he said. However, humans

know Xavier was the one who gave you the towel to wrap around your

fell to his knees in front of Rufus. “Yes, I know that! M-My entire family and I will

wanting to waste time, Winnie picked up a wet blanket from

I’m going in to search. Xavier isn’t someone who’ll die so easily. As long as there’s a path cleared for him, he’ll surely make

wet blanket wrapped around him while getting carried out, and she guessed it was Xavier

gave all chances of survival

Rufus grabbed Winnie’s arm just as she was about

wife. If something has happened to him, I don’t want to see you

believe that as long as I’m by Xavier’s side, we can surely turn any misfortune

around and shouted, “Grandpa

tongues of

with determination. It seemed as though she

suddenly blared, and four large vehicles drove into the compound one after

the firefighters! The fire trucks are here, and there are four of them! There’s hope

raised his voice and shouted, “Quick! Hurry up and tell Winnie to come back! Get

looked,

The well-trained firefighters were clear about each of their tasks, and

at the entrance

please stay away!” they said loudly, speaking over the sound of

firefighters in full protective gear, Winnie knew she would

hear her clearly, saying, “My husband is still inside and is the only one left. He’s likely trapped in one of the bathrooms or somewhere with water. I leave the rest to

Hurry up and leave. Go to a safe place and wait

saying that, the firefighters

to cause any trouble for

when she felt herself being

aside to evacuate her. However, realization struck her instantly when she felt the hand on her waist and

the hell!

shocked to see Winnie about to rush into

heat from the flames and smoke billowing in the air, he embraced Winnie tightly and refused to

that position for some time, he lowered his head and pressed a

was still panting heavily from running so fast earlier. “Dumbo, did you come to save

him tightly, then gave him

at his blackened and dirtied face, and she could

not to make me worry again. If you dare to pull something like this again,

pushed him aside and ran over

but my husband got out already. Could you please let the other firefighters inside the building know and tell them to come out quickly? There’s no one

firefighters immediately used their communication devices to contact those who had gone into

teamwork, those inside the building soon

massive fire, fortunately, there were

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