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.”

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

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

firefighters and fire trucks will be

Xavier will have suffocated to death!” Unable to think of another way, Rufus grabbed the hand

in and save him. If any of you manages to rescue my grandson, I’ll give each of you one hundred million. And if you perish inside, I’ll give that money to

The fire is so intense that going back in will only mean certain death. There are no two

the flames. There’d be no way of escaping once we go in.

empathize with everything he said. However, humans are selfish creatures and naturally want their nearest and dearest to

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

man was momentarily stunned. Then, he quickly fell to his knees in front of Rufus. “Yes, I know

picked up a wet blanket

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

out, and she guessed it was

chances of survival to

Winnie’s arm just as she was about

If something has happened to him, I don’t want to

as long as I’m by

she continued running forward. After she had gone some distance, she suddenly turned around and shouted,

tongues of flame

determination. It seemed as though she was ready to

and four large vehicles drove into the

and taking a look, the butler said to Rufus excitedly, “It’s the firefighters! The fire trucks are here, and there are

at the firefighters, then raised his voice and shouted, “Quick! Hurry

where they looked,

a rescue truck. The well-trained firefighters were clear about each of their tasks, and they carried out the rescue operation in an

Winnie at the entrance to

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

of firefighters in full protective gear, Winnie knew she would only

voice 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 somewhere with water. I

to

saying that, the firefighters charged into the raging

to cause any trouble for them,

she felt herself

when she felt the hand on her waist and

him! What the

had managed to get out through a different exit, narrowly escaping. Upon coming out, he was shocked to

heat from the flames and smoke billowing in the

lowered his head

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

hugged him tightly, then gave him a

his blackened and dirtied face,

you dare to pull something like this again, you’re a

pushed him aside and ran over

other firefighters inside the building know and tell them to come out quickly? There’s no one inside

communication devices to contact those who had gone into

the firefighters’ impeccable teamwork, those inside

a massive fire, fortunately, there were no

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