Chapter Eighteen: The Sky Filled with Red Light (Seeking Subscription and Monthly Tickets)

  From far away, a fiery red glow was visible in the darkness, like a fire snake, its jaws wide open and wildly twisting, as if to tear apart the restraints of the black night, swallowing everything in a frenzied manner.

  When Wu Hui rushed to the fire scene, he jumped off the car that had not yet stabilized and was about to rush into Tian Shi's home like a madman, but was stopped by the police and firefighters surrounding him.

  The once familiar gate had disappeared, and the fire brigade was carrying out one by one the children who were on their last breath, sending them to the ambulance. Wu Hui rushed towards the ambulance again, inquiring about the condition of the children.

  Medical staff were rushing to rescue the child who was rescued from the fire, and no one paid attention to Wu Hui.

  At this time, Wu Hui panicked and didn't know what to do, what should I do?

  Guo Yining and several others soon arrived at the scene, seeing Wu Hui like a lost child, helplessly pacing back and forth.

  Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui losing his composure, walked forward and patted him on the back, "Wu Hui, don't worry, now we can only wait."

  Waiting, but he can't wait, the children can't wait either. The fire is getting bigger and bigger. Although the fire brigade has arrived, the fire is still out of control. How could this be?

  Guo Yining didn't know why Wu Hui was acting this way, did he have some connection to the Angel's Home? "Don't worry, the children are being rescued one by one, there shouldn't be any casualties."

  Guo Yining had intended to comfort Wu Hui, but unexpectedly Wu Hui flew into a rage upon hearing Guo Yining's words. "Should? What do you mean by should? Do you know how helpless and frightened the children are right now? And what about us? We can only stand outside and wait, we can't do anything, we can't do anything!"

  Seeing Wu Hui's sad look, Wang Si Ting could only comfort him repeatedly, "Wu Hui, don't be like this, Captain Guo didn't mean it that way, the kids will be fine. They'll definitely be fine, this is Angel Home, these little angels have angelic protection, they'll definitely turn bad luck into good fortune. Nothing's wrong."

  Wu Hui can now only hope that heaven has a good life and can protect these children from harm.

  Wu Hui saw the firefighters carrying Dean Qin's mother out, Wu Hui knew Dean Qin's mother, and rushed forward to grab her hand. "Dean Qin's mom, how are you? Are you okay?"

  Some semi-conscious Qin mother heard Wu Hui's voice, opened her eyes with vicissitudes, and choked: "It's Wu Hui, I'm fine, how are the kids?"

  Hearing Qin's mother's voice, Wu Hui held back his tears, "It's okay, they have doctors taking care of them. You don't need to worry, just rest well."

  Hearing that the children are fine, Qin's mother finally closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Qin's mother is almost sixty years old now, for the sake of the children, she has been staying in Angel Home, even neglecting her own grandchildren.

  Wang Siting heard Wu Hui call that person Qin Mama, and thought Wu Hui had some connection with the Angel Home, "Do you know someone from the Angel Home?"

  The flames were slowly brought under control. The rescued children were not in any life-threatening danger, just shocked, and have been sent to the hospital. Wu Hui finally felt a bit relieved. "I'm an orphan, I grew up in this Angel Home from a young age, Qin mom always loved me very much, just two days ago I came to visit her, didn't expect that in just a few days' time, such a thing would happen."

  Wang Si Ting did not expect Wu Hui to have such a background. This can also be understood as the reason for his series of abnormal reactions tonight.

  Wang Hua ran over from the fire department, "Captain Guo, the firefighters said that everyone inside has come out, and there are no casualties. The children just got a little scared."

  Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui's relieved expression and comforted him: "You heard that, the children are fine."

  Looking at the severely burned Angel Home, it is estimated that it will take a long time to repair. "It's okay, it's okay, but the Angel Home was burned like this, what about the children?"

  Guo Yining had an idea in her mind, it seemed that only one person could help, "Don't worry, there are kind-hearted people in society, I think there won't be any problem."

  The next day, the fire department sent the results of the fire scene investigation to the Major Crimes Investigation Division, and this case can be confirmed as arson.

  Wang Si-ting posted on-site photos provided by the fire department on a bulletin board and, combining them with her own observations of the scene, gave a detailed account of this case of arson.

  The Angel Home is a two-story small building, the first floor is mostly where the children live, with two corridors, on both sides of the corridor are the children's rooms, each room is separated by partitions, and there are number plates on top.

  The first floor was damaged the most, with decreasing severity upwards. There were no obvious signs of fire spreading at the scene, but there were multiple areas with severe burning and deformation.

  The houses on both sides of the western part of the southern passage, the central house in the eastern part, the central house in the northern passage, and the second house from the northeast street, especially the houses on both sides of the western part of the southern passage are the most severely burned areas in the southwest.

  Although the southwest part was burned most severely, there were no signs of fire spreading northward or westward from this location, so it is not the origin of the fire.

  Through investigation, it was found that the houses in the northwest to east of the scene were heavily burned and deformed, with signs of fire spreading to the surrounding areas. This should be the origin of the fire. The metal water pipes on the middle pillars of the partition walls in this area are bent.

  The scope includes rooms 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17 and 18. Rooms 6, 7, 8 and 9 are located on the east side facing the street, while the rest are on the west side.

  Inside the ignition area, further investigation of these several rooms found that Room 7 had the least amount of burn residue. The metal water pipe inside the partition wall of Room 7 was bent southward, indicating that the fire spread from Room 7 to Room 6.

  Inspect room 15 and find a residual wooden column with a height of 30 cm, the carbonization degree is heavier in the east and lighter in the west, indicating that the fire spread from east to west.

  Inspect room No. 8, from the traces of burning and collapse, there are signs that the fire spread from north to south.

  Extract short circuit marks and general residues in the room where the ignition point is located, conduct metallographic and chemical identification, and there are signs of fire spreading from Room 7 to the south, west, and north.

  Moreover, through the testimony of witnesses, Room 7 is facing the street, and the residents opposite Room 7 were at home watching the Spring Festival Gala when they saw a bright light flashing, thinking someone was setting off fireworks. They looked out from their bedroom window and happened to see flames coming from the location of Room 7.

  And gasoline traces were found in Room 7, it can be concluded that it was an arson attack.

  "This is what Qin Min gave me when I went to the hospital to visit the kids today. She thought it was strange, so she handed it over to me." Wang Si Ting took out an evidence bag. Inside the evidence bag was a card with "Happy New Year" written on it, which could be seen everywhere in Angel's Home. The only difference was that at the bottom of the card, there was a red hair clip in the shape of a bow. "After my examination, I found that the material of this hair clip is the same as the ones found at the scene of the previous three cases."

  Guo Yining remembered Wu Hui saying that the second Zhou Dapeng would appear soon, but he didn't expect it to be in the form of arson this time. "Appeared again?"

  Wang Hua took the card and examined it carefully, as if trying to find a clue from it. "What does he want to do? What's the meaning of this? He killed someone last time, and now he's setting fires. What's behind all this?"

  Wang Si-ting noticed that Wu Hui had been silent from the beginning. She continued: "Both cases involved cards, the first one was sent to Wu Hui, and the second one appeared in the hospital room of Tian Shi Yuan's director Qin Min. I think the murderer wanted to tell Wu Hui something, or there must be something related to Wu Hui hidden in these two cases."

  Guo Yining thought Wang Siting's analysis made some sense. "Wu Hui, can you find any connection between the two cases?"

  When Wu Hui saw the card in Wang Si Ting's hand, he understood that these two cases must have some connection. Only this connection, he temporarily has not discovered yet. "I'm still unclear about Zhou Da Peng's case for now, and the second case is related to me because Tian Shi Jia Yuan is where I grew up since childhood, as for the rest, I temporarily can't think of anything."

  Guo Yining speculated. Perhaps the connection between these two cases is related to Wu Hui becoming an orphan, "Fang You, go and investigate the cases related to these two cases in the past thirty years, see if you can find any clues."

  "Good!" Fang echoed in response.

  "Hey Wu Ge, what's the reason you were sent to Angel Home yesterday night?"

  When Yang Rong said that, Guo Yining was stunned. He also wanted to know the reason, but he thought of asking Wu Hui privately again. In front of so many people, he was worried about touching on Wu Hui's unwillingness to face the past.

  Yang Rong felt everyone's gaze and knew she was a bit abrupt. "Sorry, Wu Ge, I just wanted to know..."

  Although many years have passed, Wu Hui still can't let go of the past when he thinks about what happened back then. However, since the current case is likely related to his own life story, he can't hide it from them either. "I know you're also here for the case, but actually there's nothing much to say. Back then, my parents were murdered and I was sent to Tian Shi Jia Yuan (Angel's Home)."

  Did he ever think that Wu Hui's parents were murdered? He thought Wu Hui was abandoned by his parents. "Murdered? What do you mean?"

  "My dad's name is Wu Fangtao, he is a policeman!"

  When Wu Hui mentioned the name Wu Fangtao, everyone was shocked and couldn't close their mouths. The first to react was Guo Yining, "Legendary police officer Wu Fangtao, is he your father?"

  Fang You, Yang Rong and Wang Hua were young, but they had heard many legendary stories about Wu Fangtao when they were in police school. Now, many records in the police force are still held by Wu Fangtao, and no one can break them. They never thought that Wu Hui would be his son.

  "No need to say, your mom must be Jiang Qing, right? They are the model couple in the police force, and they have solved countless big cases." Yang Rong's favorite thing was this kind of story, and she also hoped to find a comrade-in-arms who could fight alongside her, leaving behind stories that would make people admire.

  Actually, Wu Hui secretly hoped that his parents were just ordinary people, so they could live a peaceful life together, and he wouldn't be an orphan. "Right, I think you should know their story better than me."

  Yang Rong's understanding of Wu Fangtao and Jiang Qing was actually also from other people's mouths, she didn't know that much, even now as a police officer, about the two of them, it's still roughly the same as what she heard before. "Actually we're not very clear either, all from hearing others say."

  Previously, Guo Yining had an old case that implicated Wu Fangtao, so he went to the archives room to remove Wu's file. However, he found that his file was nowhere to be found. "Yes, although the police knew about these two people, their files were gone. I think they were either destroyed or classified as confidential, and we didn't have the authority to see them."

  As for the matter of his own biological parents, Wu Hui still did not want to get involved because he always thought that a large part of the reason for his parents' death was himself. If it weren't for his own stubbornness back then, perhaps that incident wouldn't have happened. "This is an internal police affair, actually I'm not very clear about it either."

  Wang Si Ting saw Wu Hui's eyes darting around when he spoke, and she suspected that he was hiding something. "Is there something you're not comfortable talking about? If it's inconvenient for you to say, then we won't ask."

  Wang Siting secretly touched Guo Yining's arm, and Guo Yining immediately understood Wang Siting's meaning. She hurriedly mediated the situation, "Yes, actually it's not a big deal, this matter is over and done with, don't think about it too much."

  "Guo team, I appreciate your kindness. If my background is really related to this case, I can tell you what I know, but what I know is only a small part of it. To know more, I think we should go find someone." Wu Hui knew that for so many years, there was always someone secretly helping him from behind the scenes. The reason he could spend his quiet childhood in Angel's Home was also related to this person.

  Guo Yining could also guess eight or nine out of ten from the missing files of Wu Fangtao and his wife, which must involve some national secrets. It's likely that Wu Hui wasn't very clear about it either. As for the person mentioned by Wu Hui, when the time comes to investigate the case thoroughly, he will definitely ask Wu Hui for that person's name. But for now, with so many people around in the office, it's better not to say too much, "Let's talk about it when we get to that step."

  Guo Yining was indeed a seasoned police officer, and from Wu Hui's tone, he could hear so much content. Yang Rong, however, did not hear that much, and she was still very curious about what had happened to Wu Hui's family back then. "Brother Wu, what exactly happened at that time? Tell us."

  Wang Hua couldn't hear the meaning in Wu Hui's words, but he knew that if he let him say something he didn't want to say, he would definitely be very unhappy. "Why are you so curious? Haven't you heard the saying 'curiosity kills the cat'?"

  Yang Rong gave Wang Hua a white eye, "I just want to know, don't you guys want to know what happened back then?"