Chapter 1064: The Revolutionary Friends.h.i.+p
At this moment, they were in the room of the club.
At 8:05 PM, Wen Xinya’s friends began to express their displeasure with Si Yiyan for being late.
They initially agreed to meet at eight, but Wen Xinya’s friends arrived at 7:40 PM. Although it was alright for them to wait for the star of the evening, they had been waiting since 7:40 PM.
Hence, they had failed Si Yiyan in terms of punctualness!
The looks of displeasure on their faces made Wen Xinya break out into cold sweat. She frantically explained, “He’s usually very punctual and he’s never late to our dates. He just came back from Russia and he has some stuff to handle. He’s tied up with something and he’s not late on purpose. He’s already on the way and will be here soon.”
Fine! She actually barely went on any dates with Si Yiyan, but he had never been a tardy person. Besides, he would always weigh the pros and cons. Hence, he definitely was aware of how important the meeting with Wen Xinya’s friends was. The only explanation was that the video conference was very important, so much that he could not turn it down.
Wen Xinya’s explanation did not earn their understanding.
Gritting her teeth angrily, Zhou Tianyu said, “It’s his first time meeting us and yet, he’s late. He shall see how I deal with him later.”
Xu Tongxuan grabbed the fruit knife and said, “Men are just like apples. We must skin them to know if they’re good.”
Staring at Ling Qingxuan, Xu Tongxuan smiled peculiarly and revealed their pearly whites. They were just as s.h.i.+ny as the knife. Ling Qingxuan s.h.i.+vered. “Well, this brother is vicious. It’s just a meeting. Why do you have to get knives involved?”
Han Mofeng whistled and asked in a gloating manner, “Xinya, seems like your boyfriend isn’t that satisfactory. Why don’t you consider kicking him away and getting a new boyfriend?”
Since Xu Zhenyu was not around, he decided to do his best friend a favor, on the account of their revolutionary friends.h.i.+p.
Du Ruo stared at Han Mofeng innocently with her eyes wide open. “It seems like you really want Xinya to break up with him.”
The pure and innocent Du Ruo made Han Mofeng feel less angry.
Han Mofeng frantically held onto Du Ruo’s hand and explained to her how great of a sin it was for Wen Xinya’s boyfriend to be late.
Gu Junling was the only one who remained calm.
Previously, Gu Junling’s heart shattered because of what Du Ruo said. At this moment, Si Yiyan, who used to be everyone’s idol and the well-known lady killer, had given everyone a bad impression because he was late. Hence, he felt a sudden and strange sense of equality.
The legendary Mr. Perfect is not that impressive, huh!?!
Well, I’m much more punctual than he is! Gu Junling thought to himself.
Everyone began to express their displeasure.
Wen Xinya suddenly smelled the smell of smoke and asked, “Do you guys smell something strange?”
Zhou Tianyu glowered at her and chastised. “I’m telling you, you’re not allowed to change the subject on purpose.”
Du Ruo agreed. “I think…”
Xu Tongxuan waved the knife in her hand and said with a tender smile, “Don’t put in a good word for her.”
Although Du Ruo was sharp and shrewd, she often took pity on others. Hence, they could not give Wen Xinya the chance to use Du Ruo to escape the punishment.
At this juncture, Gu Junling began to sense that something was amiss too. He took a deep breath and said, “It seems to be the smell of smoke.”
Sensing a threat, Wen Xinya sprung up from the couch and dashed towards the window to draw the curtains open. She then opened the window and stuck her head out to see that there were thick fumes of smoke spreading from the floor above them.
A sullen expression formed on her face and she said, “A fire broke out upstairs, and it seems to be a huge fire. It’ll spread rapidly. Let’s hurry and leave.”
Dismay was written all over everyone’s faces, and the timid Du Ruo turned as pale as a sheet.
Wen Xinya held her hand and said, “Ruoruo, don’t be afraid, the fire hasn’t spread to us yet.”
The few of them hurriedly grabbed their items and dashed out of the private room.
The fire spread rapidly and the entire club was surrounded by thick fumes of smoke as the flames had already spread to the floor that they were on.
At this moment, news of fire had already broken and all the corridors were filled with frantic customers trying to run for their lives. The club was rather small and the corridors were narrow too. To make things worse, there were plenty of customers and service staff. Everyone continuously knocked into each other and trampled all over each other because of the chaos.
Angry customers were hurling vulgarities and airing their grievances.
At this moment, everyone dashed towards the elevators and some of the anxious customers tried to leave using the elevator.
Wen Xinya frantically yelled in a bid to stop them. “Everyone, take the stairs. Don’t take the elevator because it tends to break down during a fire.”
However, some were insistent on ignoring her.
Although Wen Xinya was no saint, she would not watch others end their own lives without rendering them any help. Hence, she stuffed Du Ruo’s hand into Zhou Tianyu’s and sprinted towards the elevator door, after which she pulled a middle-aged woman who had already entered out of the elevator. She then stopped the other two people who were trying to get inside the elevator.
“Are you sick of living!?!”
Everyone seemed to have come to their senses.
“Guys, don’t panic. There’s an emergency safety pa.s.sageway here. Let’s evacuate from here.”
There were more than ten floors in the building which was densely occupied. Wen Xinya and her friends were on the fifth floor, which was rather close to the ground. However, the fire was spreading rapidly and every floor was covered in thick fumes that caused tears to well up in their eyes.
“Hurry and flee! The fire has already spread here,” a voice screamed.
The shriek caused an uproar amongst the people who were trying to escape. Wen Xinya witnessed the gruesome and cruel side of humanity during a life and death situation. Frustrated customers yelled and cursed their hearts out while squeezing through the narrow stairwells. Wen Xinya even witnessed a middle-aged woman being pushed down the stairs by a man and ended up bleeding because of a head injury.
Du Ruo screamed and let go of Wen Xinya before sprinting down the stairs.
As a medical pract.i.tioner, she could not ignore any injured victims or leave them in the lurch.
Wen Xinya frantically chased after her. “Ruoruo… Ruoruo…”
At this moment, Du Ruo was squatting on the ground and trying to stop the middle-aged woman from bleeding by applying her special acupuncture ma.s.sage techniques. She had completely forgotten that she was stuck in a dangerous predicament and her eyes had become bloodshot because of the fumes of smoke. Her mucus rolled down her nostrils continuously and she was coughing violently as well. Feeling extremely touched, Wen Xinya stayed beside Du Ruo and s.h.i.+elded her from the stampede.
However, Wen Xinya felt that she was overreacting, because the people fervently ignored Du Ruo to avoid b.u.mping into her, though they did not offer to give her any help.
Those running away gradually escaped, wave after wave. There were not too many people left.
Wen Xinya deduced from the thickness of the smoke that the fire would soon spread towards them. She could hear the ruckus going on outside, as well as the sounds of a fire engine.