Chapter 2414: Fire

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"The murderer escaped from here. Did you see him when you came here?" Ye Qingqing asked.

The alley where Pingping had the accident was only open to the outside. If the murderer wanted to escape, he could only go through the alley across the street, and it was in the opposite direction of the old man. Ye Qingqing frowned. There were not many families in this direction, and the Hu family happened to be here.

The old man shook his head, "I didn't come here immediately after I shouted. I found a brick nearby and came here. I was afraid that I couldn't beat him. I must have missed him."

"Then he fled to this side. There are not many families here. The murderer is not hiding here, right?" Someone said in surprise, and everyone's nerves were tense again.

Ye Qingqing said helplessly: "Why panic? There are so many of us. No matter how powerful he is, there is only one person. Are you afraid that you can't beat him!"

After saying this, everyone thought about it. There were more than ten of them. Even if the other party had three heads and six arms, they would not be afraid, so they relaxed.

Ye Qingqing wanted to look forward. She had a hunch that the murderer was still nearby and had not gone far. If she was not found again, she would ask Wu Chen to help ask. This unlucky child has been very arrogant recently. She would be arrogant even if she did something small. Her words were more cruel than stabbing a knife. Ye Qingqing was too lazy to ask this dead girl for help unless it was absolutely necessary. She felt that she could find the murderer.

But after walking a few steps, someone shouted, "There's a fire... It's terrible, whose house is on fire!"

Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of the fire. Sure enough, the flames were soaring and the smoke was billowing. It seemed to be in the alley, but no one knew which house it was.

"It can't be my house, oh my god, my daughter-in-law is still at home for confinement, the old lady is watching..."

The old man who led the way before slapped his thigh and ran back in a hurry. Others didn't care about the murderer and rushed back to their own homes to check the situation. Ye Qingqing frowned. First, Ping Ping had an accident, and then the fire broke out inexplicably. It felt like there were two hands behind her controlling these things.

She had a hunch that the fire was caused by humans, and it was even possible that the same person who killed Pingping was the one who caused it.

"I'm dying... Call the fire truck, my old lady, my daughter-in-law and my grandson are all upstairs... I'm going to save them..."

The fire was indeed at the old man's house. His surname was Ma, and he was a kind-hearted man. He retired a few years ago and lived here with his wife and his youngest son's family. The older children had bought houses and moved out, but the youngest son hadn't bought one yet and lived with his parents. Some time ago, his daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat grandson, and Ye Qingqing even ate his red eggs and fermented rice wine.

The old man Ma's hometown is not far from Lin Shufang's, and the customs are similar. When a child is born, red eggs and fermented rice wine are given to the neighbors. In fact, in the past, only grandsons were given, but later it was changed to grandsons and granddaughters, indicating that both men and women are treasures.

It had been sunny for several days, without a drop of rain, and the air was dry. Uncle Ma's house was an old-style building, with wooden floors, doors and windows, and most of the furniture was also made of wood. Moreover, several houses were connected together, and once the fire started, it was out of control.

"Wow..."

The cry of a baby and the screams of adults could be heard faintly. There were more than a dozen families living in this building, and basically every family had someone inside. A few smart people ran out, but there were still at least a dozen people trapped inside, most of them were children and the elderly.

"My mother and daughter are inside, don't stop me... I want to go in..."

"My wife and son didn't run out..."

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Several men shouted in grief and anger, wanting to rush in to save people, but the raging flames stopped them. They couldn't get out of such a big fire. The others grabbed the few people who were about to go crazy, and couldn't watch them die.