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The blazing fire engulfed the entire building.
The villagers continued to pour water from buckets at the house, but it was to no avail.
Chu Tian carried a wooden bucket and quickly ran towards the burning house, her hands were already cut open by the handle of the wooden bucket, but even so, she did not stop to rest for a moment.
But even so, it couldn't stop the fire.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the people inside the house did not make any sound.
The firelight shone on the faces of every villager.
Everyone gave up because that small amount of water was of no use at all. Only the people from Jiang Yuan's university were still insisting on carrying the water out to extinguish the fire. But just these few people were of no use at all.
"It's over, it's over, beautiful classmate, why are your fate so bad!" Principal Lin stood outside the burning house and pounded his chest excitedly.
At this moment.
Beep, beep, beep …
In the sky, it was actually raining.
It had started to rain again these past few days.
In the blink of an eye, the light rain turned into a heavy rain.
The torrential rain poured down, pressing down the flames that were constantly leaping up.
No matter how hard the flame tried, it could only lower its head in the face of the pouring rain. In the end, it was crushed back into the wall.
The fire had been extinguished!
The whole house was giving off waves of heat.
Even though the fire had gone out, no one could see the smile on their faces because they all knew that the fire was already gone for half an hour. If there was anyone in the house, it would have long been burnt to ashes.
Someone walked to the door and pushed it open, which was already completely charred black.
With a crash, the door shattered into countless pieces that fell to the ground.
"There's no saving him. The people inside must be dead." Someone said.
"Sigh, why is it that these kinds of things have been happening recently?" Another person said.
"Could it be that the people from these cities are unlucky?" Someone asked in a low voice.
When this person asked this question, many people turned to look at the people from Jiang Yuan University.
At this time, the heavy rain had already soaked Chu Tian and the others' clothes, and the chill pierced their bodies, but it was not as chilling as the villagers' words.
"If it wasn't for those students, I would rather go home now." In these few days, she had encountered too many things, this village's villagers already made her despair to the end, she regretted coming here. If it wasn't for the fact that every day there were still some students eagerly looking forward to the lesson, she wouldn't want to stay here for a whole day.
The surrounding Jiangyuan University teachers and students all had the same thought as Chu Tian. The villagers here were truly disheartening.
"Let's go in and see if anyone is still alive." Chu Tian said.
"Teacher Chu, don't go in. This house looks like it could collapse at any time. Wait for the police to come in." Principal Lin said.
"What if someone is still alive? I want to go in and take a look. " Chu Tian said.
"No one will be alive. Such a big fire has long been burnt to ashes!" Principal Lin said.
"Even if it's burned to carbon, I'm going to take it out." Chu Tian said, walking straight towards the crumbling house.
After being burned by the fire, the house looked as if it could collapse at any time. The entire structure of the house was made of brick, but there were quite a few places made of wood. At this moment, the wood had already been burnt away, leaving only a bit of brick.
"Teacher Chu, let me do it!" Old Xing walked up to Chu Tian and said.
"Teacher Chu, let me do it!" Lin Shuying walked up to him.
"Teacher Chu, there's me too!" Sun Min also walked up with him.
The teachers and students from Jiang Yuan University rushed to the building that the villagers thought was dangerous.
When Lin Mei's parents died, they received a compensation. Lin Mei's uncle took away the compensation and then went to buy a house in the city, leaving Lin Mei and his grandmother behind. In the village, they were almost alone and had no relatives, so no one was willing to risk their lives for them.
Chu Tian walked in through the broken door.
Steam was everywhere, but fortunately, the rain was pouring down. As soon as the steam came out, it was immediately suppressed by the rain, so it wouldn't burn someone's face.
It was pitch black everywhere.
Chu Tian looked left and right, but didn't have any clues, so she could only casually walk into the room to see if there was anyone there.
The other students and teachers of Jiangyuan University also split up. They searched the rooms, even if it was just a corpse. They had to find it and bring it away with them.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A loud shout came from a room in the furthest corner.
Chu Tian and the others quickly ran towards that room.
The room in the far corner was a kitchen with a lot of kitchen supplies inside.
Near the corner, there was a large water tank. And on top of the water tank, there was a charred corpse lying there!
The corpse was completely burnt black and just happened to lie on the top of the water tank.
Sun Min stood by the water tank with a pale face.
It was also her first time seeing a private person, especially a person who was burned to death. This kind of scene caused her to tremble with fear.
Chu Tian and the others rushed to the kitchen, and they also saw the dead body lying on the water tank.
"Don't be agitated, don't yell. Go help me get the corpse down." Old Xing was more experienced, so he gave the orders on the spot.
Hearing Old Xing's words, the students and teachers from Jiangyuan University looked at each other in dismay. Then they followed Old Xing over to the charred corpse and carried it down from the water tank together.
This corpse had already been burnt to the point that it no longer looked human. Its entire body was covered in darkness, and it was impossible to tell who it was.
After everyone carried the corpse off the water tank, a few of them moved the corpse out of the house.
Chu Tian did not go to help carry the corpse out of the room, because there were already several people moving it, and if she went up to help, it would cause chaos.
Chu Tian looked around the kitchen, the kitchen was also burnt into a mess.
Just as Chu Tian was about to leave, a light sound came from the kitchen.
Crack!
The sound was very soft, but it was especially clear at this moment.
Chu Tian abruptly looked towards the direction of the sound.
This sound came from the water vat.
Chu Tian quickly ran to the side of the water tank and found that it was covered with a thick stone slab.
The stone board had sealed off almost all the openings in the water tank, leaving only a few small cracks behind.
Crack!
With another light sound, the stone slab slightly moved.
Chu Tian was first shocked, then he was overjoyed.
There was something inside the water tank!
Chu Tian quickly grabbed the stone slab with both hands and pushed it to the side.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The stone slab fell heavily to the ground, exposing the interior of the water tank.
In the water tank, a girl was squatting in it.
Her face was pale and there was a wound on her head.
The blood on the wound had already congealed into a scab, but luckily, the girl still looked healthy.
At this time, the girl's eyes were wide open, looking at Chu Tian in fear.
"You … "Is that Lin Mei?!" Chu Tian asked in surprise.
The girl did not say a word, and just stared straight at Chu Tian, as if she was scared silly.
"I'm a teacher here to teach. You must be Lin Mei, right?" Chu Tian continued to ask.
The girl still said nothing.
"I didn't expect you to still be alive. The heavens have opened their eyes, can you come out? Or should I carry you out? " Chu Tian asked again.
The girl trembled in fear. Not only was she unable to speak, she couldn't even move.
Chu Tian reckoned that this girl was scared silly, so she didn't say anything more and reached out her hand to pull him out of the water jar.
This girl's body was too light, so light that Chu Tian almost couldn't believe that she was a teenage girl. She was wearing a heavy cotton jacket, and it was completely soaked. If it wasn't for this jacket, this girl would be even lighter.
After Chu Tian carried her out of the water tank, he wanted to put her down, but he discovered that she was actually about to sit on the ground. From her appearance, she didn't even have the strength to stand.
Chu Tian didn't have any hesitation as he carried the other on his back.
Right when Chu Tian was carrying him on his back, Chu Tian's brows could not help but tremble.
She could clearly feel his stomach pressing down on her back.
That rotund and bulging feeling, why does it feel so much like … Pregnant?
Chu Tian turned his head to look at the girl behind him in shock.
Wasn't this girl only in her teens? How could she be pregnant?
Chu Tian suddenly remembered that this girl had not gone to school for so many years, even if he wanted to persuade her, it would be useless, they could not even meet face to face. Could it be that she did not go to school because she did not want to, but because she was pregnant?
Who caused the teenage girls to get pregnant?
Chu Tian's whole body was in shock, her two hands were supporting the other's butt, her heart was heavy as she walked out of the room.
Not long after, Chu Tian carried the girl outside.
When the surrounding villagers saw that Chu Tian and the rest had appeared, they were all stunned, especially when they saw the girl behind Chu Tian, their expressions could only be described as wonderful.
No one would have thought that this girl was actually still alive.
"Lin Mei?!" Secretary Lin rushed over in surprise, shouting, "Lin Mei, you're actually still alive!"
Lin Mei laid on Chu Tian's back, looking at Secretary Lin, her entire body trembling in fear, unable to say a single word.
"Let's find a place to warm up first. The rain is too heavy and cold, so we brought a lot of medical supplies. How about taking her to school?" Chu Tian asked.
Upon hearing that they were going to school, Lin Mei's entire body trembled even more violently. Her eyes were filled with fear, but at this moment, Principal Lin walked over from the side.
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