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.”

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.

what happened, 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

have suffocated to death!” Unable to think of another way, Rufus grabbed the hand of the security guard next to

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

that going back in will only mean certain death.

we don’t have any equipment to fight the flames. There’d be no way of escaping once we

the scene could empathize with everything he said. However, humans are selfish creatures and naturally want their

was the one

was momentarily stunned. Then, he quickly fell to his knees in front of Rufus. “Yes, I know that! M-My entire family and I

Winnie picked up a wet blanket from the ground and covered

easily. As long as there’s a

wrapped around him while getting carried out, and she guessed it was Xavier who had prepared

gave all chances of

as she was about to

to him, I don’t want to see you

as I’m by Xavier’s side, we can surely turn any misfortune into a

gone some distance, she suddenly turned around and shouted, “Grandpa Rufus, if anything happens to

up ahead burned fiercely, and the tongues of flame

Winnie ran forward with determination. It seemed as though she was ready to face death unflinchingly,

four large vehicles drove into the compound

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

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

no matter where they looked, there was no sign of

foam truck, and a rescue truck. The well-trained

the entrance to

scene. All unrelated personnel, please stay away!” they said loudly, speaking over the sound of the roaring blaze and dissuading her

firefighters in full protective gear, Winnie knew she would only

to make sure the firefighters could 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

leave. Go to a safe place and wait

the firefighters

trouble for

she felt herself being

she thought a firefighter had pulled her aside to evacuate her. However, realization struck her instantly when she felt the hand on her waist and got a whiff of the familiar

the hell! It’s

narrowly escaping. Upon coming out, he was shocked to see Winnie about to rush into the fire and ran like the wind to stop

the air, he embraced Winnie tightly and refused to

for some time, he lowered his head

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

him tightly, then gave him

at his blackened and dirtied face, and she could

you

pushed him aside and

Could you please let the other firefighters inside the building know and tell them to come out

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

impeccable teamwork, those

massive fire, fortunately, there were

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