Chapter 17: The Arson Case (Merry Christmas, Please Subscribe)

  Wu Hui and Guo Yining were sitting on the sofa, chatting intermittently. Neither of them was paying attention to the conversation because Guo Yining was intently watching the Spring Festival Gala, while Wu Hui kept glancing towards the kitchen from time to time.

  When Yang Rong carelessly put the used things on the bar, Wu Hui's hands itched and his heart felt uncomfortable. If he hadn't seen Wang Siting's warning gaze, he would have gone over to clean up earlier.

  "It's actually more like home when it's a bit messy." Guo Yining saw that Wu Hui hadn't spoken for half a day, turned his head to look at him, and saw that he was fidgeting, then looked at his kitchen again, and suddenly understood what the reason was.

  Wu Hui didn't have the heart to reason with him, he had never seen such a chaotic scene before, this scene made him very uncomfortable, he liked everything to be neat and tidy, clear and distinct, "I don't like chaos."

  This year's Spring Festival Gala is really not interesting at all, it's getting worse every year. Guo Yining didn't want to watch anymore, looking towards the kitchen, they should be almost done preparing, "You're just too rigid, living too conventionally, don't you feel tired?"

  Wu Hui picked up the melon seed shells that Guo Yining had eaten, then took out a disinfectant wipe and wiped the tea table again. "I'm used to it, I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

  Seeing Wu Hui's actions, Guo Yining knew that Wu Hui's habits of so many years would not change because of his few words.

  Everything is ready, just waiting to wrap the dumplings. Wang Si Ting moved all the things to the living room and saw two men sitting there chatting, shouting: "You two stop chatting, come over quickly to help."

  Upon hearing Wang Si Ting's voice, the two men put down their work and walked into the living room. Wrapping dumplings was no problem for these two men. Wu Hui had grown up in an orphanage since he was a child and had helped the director's mother wrap dumplings when he was very young, so it came naturally to him.

  Guo Yining's father was a soldier, and when he was in the army, there would often be dumpling-wrapping tasks, so he also learned how to wrap dumplings. Naturally, Guo Yining also learned how to wrap dumplings.

  Fang You and Wang Hua, two young men, could still eat dumplings, but as for wrapping them, they only had the privilege of watching.

  Two girls have never wrapped gifts before, but they've seen family members wrap them. Although the wrapping may not look very good, it shouldn't be too embarrassing.

  "Wu Ge, I didn't expect you to wrap dumplings so beautifully?" Yang Rong looked at the dumplings she wrapped herself, which couldn't be called dumplings anymore. She then looked at Wu Hui's and wondered if there was anything Wu Hui couldn't do.

  "When you're young, it's wrapped up, and after a long time, it's good." Wu Hui neatly arranged the dumplings, then also tidied up the three of them who had placed their dumplings in disarray.

  Three people saw Wu Hui's action, looking at each other with an expression of "is he crazy or not". The three decided to tease Wu Hui, intentionally putting the dumplings in a messy way. But Wu Hui did not disappoint them, one by one, he arranged them neatly and tidily, like a marching team.

  Guo Yining suddenly became playful and dotted a white flour spot on his own nose, then deliberately drew Wu Hui's attention to it. At first, Wu Hui was just lowering his head to wrap dumplings, but later when he saw the thing on Guo Yining's nose, he wanted to reach out and wipe it off for him, but felt that a man doing such an action to another man was very strange.

  She couldn't help but think of the flour on Guo Yining's nose, and her hands moved slower and slower as she wrapped the dumplings. From time to time, she would look up at Guo Yining's nose, while Guo Yining asked with a knowing expression, "Wu Hui, why do you keep looking at me? Is there something on my nose?" As she spoke, she touched her own nose with her flour-covered hand.

  It's better not to touch, with a face full of flour, Wu Hui really couldn't bear to look at it, pulled out a wet wipe and handed it to Guo Yining, "Wipe your face, there's so much flour on it."

  "I won't be able to see anyway, forget it. I'll just go wash my face after wrapping the dumplings." Guo Yining deliberately made an excuse not to wipe, and waited to see what Wu Hui would do next.

  Wu Hui saw it and wouldn't let it go, "You'd better go wash up."

  Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui's worried face, snatched the wet wipe from his hand and wiped Guo Yi Ning's face clean. "Alright, stop making a fuss, or who knows when we'll be able to eat these dumplings."

  Before, when they were making trouble, Wang Siting never got involved. Unexpectedly, today she stood out to help Wu Hui. Yang Rong looked at Wang Siting with some curiosity, "Really? When did you switch to his side?"

  Guo Yining had never been treated like this before. Wang Siting actually wiped his face for him, "Yeah, why are you helping him?"

  Upon hearing the teasing, Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui, and Wu Hui was also looking at her at that moment. The two suddenly recalled what had happened in the car, and although they were both adults, they still felt extremely embarrassed, quickly shifting their gaze away.

  The whole house could be full of police, and their powers of observation should not be underestimated. The small movements of the two people could not escape their eyes. Yang Rong forgot that she still had a dumpling in her hand, and with her pitiful-looking dumpling, she pointed at the two of them and shouted loudly, "Not possible, you two, you two..."

  Fang You and Wang Hua were eating melon seeds in the living room, watching the Spring Festival Gala, completely unaware of what was happening in the living room. When they heard Yang Rong's shout, they rushed over to see Yang Si Ting wiping Guo Yi Ning's face, Wu Hui bowed his head to wrap dumplings, and Wang Hua didn't understand what was going on at all, "What's wrong? What's up?"

  When Wang Hua and Fang You came over, Yang Rong pointed at Wu Hui with her hand, then pointed at Wang Si Ting, not knowing what to say, anxious to the point of stomping her feet.

  They saw Yang Rong constantly pointing at Wu Hui and Wang Si Ting, while Wang Si Ting was wiping Guo Yi Ning's face with her hand. Guo Yi Ning had a mysterious smile on his face as he looked at Wu Hui, who was lowering his head to continue wrapping dumplings, seemingly unaffected. "Brother Wu, Sister Ting, what's wrong? What happened to Yang Rong?"

  Wang Si Ting didn't think they would pay so much attention to this matter, originally it was nothing, but after their fuss, it seemed like there really was something going on, feeling a bit embarrassed, she tossed the wet wipe into Guo Yi Ning's arms, "You wipe yourself! The package is almost done, I'll go cook." Saying that, she quickly carried the dumplings to the stove.

  Wu Hui felt that these people were really boring, it was just a matter of one sentence, why think so much, "Alright, stop guessing blindly, didn't you see Si Ting getting angry?"

  "Si Ting? When did you two get so close? You're even calling each other by name, there must be something going on! Hearing Wu Hui call Wang Si Ting like that, Yang Rong could 100% confirm that there was definitely something between them."

  This whole thing was caused by Yang Rong, if she hadn't been so jumpy and startling everyone, nobody would have paid attention to this matter, making the two of them feel awkward. In order to shut up Yang Rong's gossiping mouth, they had no choice but to bring out Zhang Qiang, "Yang Rong, if you keep causing trouble, I'll let Zhang Qiang go find you."

  As soon as Yang Rong heard Zhang Qiang's name, she immediately shut her mouth. Zhang Qiang's sticky skills were really not ordinary. She had just managed to take advantage of Zhang Qiang's return to the US and have a few days of peace, but didn't think he would come back so quickly and be bothered by him again.

  Guo Yining never spoke from start to finish, only occasionally looking at Wu Hui. As for Wu Hui's affairs, he was clearer than the few people present, so Wang Siting's affairs shouldn't be what he thought they were. Just by looking at Wang Siting's expression earlier, it was clear that her feelings towards Wu Hui weren't just a simple colleague relationship.

  If Wang Siting really wants to move forward, the current harmonious relationship may have to be broken. Wu Hui is a good case handler and Wang Siting is a good forensic doctor, he doesn't want to lose either of them.

  But I think Wang Si Ting is a clever person and should be able to see the pros and cons clearly, maybe it's just me thinking too much, let's take things as they come, one step at a time.

  Yang Rong lowered her head and stared at the package of dumplings, while Fang You and Wang Hua returned to the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala with a lack of enthusiasm. The excitement they had for watching the gala was completely gone after Yang Rong's outburst, and the two of them kept whispering to each other, wondering what had just happened.

  Yang Siting was busy in the kitchen for half a day, and soon steaming dumplings were served on the table. Wang Hua and Fang You had been hungry for a long time, and when they saw the cooked dumplings, they immediately forgot about what happened earlier and ran to the dinner table to pick up their chopsticks and start eating.

  Yang Rong slapped two palms towards the backs of their hands, "Go wash your hands!" She thought to herself, men are all like kids, eating without even knowing to wash their hands.

  Wang Hua and Fang had their hearts set on eating dumplings, and didn't argue with Yang Rong. They quickly went to the bathroom to wash their hands hastily, then ran back to the dinner table and sat down just as they were about to start eating when Guo Yining's phone rang inopportunely.

  As soon as they heard Guo Yining's phone ring, several people raised their hands and stopped in mid-air, thinking to themselves, no way, it's the first day of the new year, we haven't even eaten dumplings yet, surely nothing has happened.

  Guo Yining took out his phone and looked at it, it was Wang Ju's call. He showed it to everyone, and when several people saw Wang Ju's call, Wang Hua and Fang You didn't say a word, quickly picked up the dumplings, and sent them into their mouths without blowing, each one scalded and dared not make a sound.

  "Hello, Director Wang. Yes, yes, I know. Alright, I'll set off right away!" Guo Yining answered the phone with a furrowed brow, apparently Director Wang's case was an urgent and major one.

  Kuo Yining hung up the phone, his expression extremely serious. "The Angel Home has caught fire, quick response."

  When he heard the words "Angel Home", Wu Hui's mind was like a bomb exploding, that place was all too familiar to him. He grabbed his car keys and rushed out without even putting on his coat.

  Several people saw Wu Hui rushing out like a madman and hastily chased after him.

  Fang You saw Wu Hui take the elevator down and had to press the button for another one. While waiting for the elevator, he asked Guo Yining with some confusion, "What's wrong with Brother Wu? He wasn't so anxious about previous cases, but today it was just a fire, how did he lose his composure?"

  Kuo Yin's mind was a bit annoyed, seeing the elevator delayed and not coming, decided not to wait any longer, "How would I know, less nonsense, take the stairs!"

  Those three men were fine, all wearing flat shoes, running down the stairs was no problem. But today is New Year's Eve, and the two women were dressed up as usual, wearing high heels and skirts, going down the stairs would be inconvenient. Wang Si Ting and Yang Rong looked at each other, no way out, they took off their shoes and followed the three men barefoot to the stairs.

  Wu Hui grew up in Angel Home, where the director was like a mother to him. Now it's New Year's Eve, and all the kids should be watching the Spring Festival Gala and eating dumplings. If a fire were to break out at this time, he really can't imagine what would happen.

  When several people rushed downstairs, Wu Hui had already driven away. Guo Yining called out and several people quickly ran to his car. Guo Yining didn't dare to stay and quickly headed towards Tian Shi Jia Yuan.

  "Captain Guo, what's the situation with casualties?" Fang You saw that Guo Yining was driving very fast and thought that Director Wang must have mentioned casualties over the phone.

  Kuo Yining's expression was serious, he couldn't understand what kind of person would be so cruel as to stretch out their poisonous hands towards a group of children who had already been abandoned by their biological parents. "Everyone in the orphanage is trapped inside, the fire department has arrived, hopefully it's not too late."

  Fang took out a siren and placed it on the roof of the car, and the sharp wail pierced through the night air, shattering the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year's Eve.

  Today is New Year's Eve, there are many vehicles on the road, he hopes to arrive as soon as possible, hoping that the children will hold on for a little while longer, they will be rescued soon.

  Wang Si Ting lowered her head and focused on the news of the fire on her phone, where a live broadcast had already started, showing what was happening at the orphanage.

  Due to the winter weather, everything is dry and a large fire has spread, engulfing the Angel Home in flames, with no news of any casualties.

  "What's up, what did the news say?" Guo Yining asked while driving, occasionally glancing at Yang Siting sitting in the passenger seat, hoping she would talk about the current situation.

  "The big fire has been temporarily brought under control and firefighters have entered Angel Home Garden." Wang Si-ting watched the live broadcast on the internet, seeing such a huge fire, her heart was also tightly knotted.

  When Wang Siting said that the firefighters had entered the house, there should be rescue news. Yang Rong stretched out her head from the back seat and looked at Wang Siting's mobile phone. It was all because she was in a hurry when she went out and left her mobile phone at Wu Hui's house. "What about the children? Are they injured?"

  "No casualties have been reported yet..." Wang Siting shook her head, time was passing second by second, why was there still no rescue report.

  Guo Yining couldn't wait any longer, he floored the accelerator, determined to rush to the scene as soon as possible. "Everyone hold on tight, we need to hurry up and get to the scene."

  Several people hastily grabbed the hands of those beside them, and the car fell silent once again. The police car sped away with its sirens blaring, flying through the night sky towards Angel's Home.

  How are the kids doing? The hearts of a few people are tightly grasped by the children in the orphanage, thinking of those innocent and cheerful smiles, thinking of how they were abandoned by their closest relatives, thinking of how they may have just walked out of the shadows, starting to yearn for a new life, thinking of the kind mothers in the orphanage. These are the most beautiful things in the world. Who is it? Which devil would do such an inhumane thing?