The security guard who had previously spoken to Caihong stepped out of the checkpoint. He was with someone who seemed to be his boss. The two of them then approached Caihong.

"Young master Mingzhu! We were ordered not to let anyone in. Things are chaotic inside." The person who seemed to be the commander of the security guards looked tired.

"Did my relative's house catch fire too?" Caihong looked straight into the person's face.

The commander of the security guards took Caihong by the arm. He led Caihong to walk away from the gate. They walked over to Shanquan and Yingyue. Yixiong instantly followed behind them.

"I can't say anything yet. The fire department is still trying to put out the fire, which is still raging in some parts."

"What part of the housing complex actually caught fire?" Caihong glared at the person.

"I don't know exactly myself either. Today I was on duty at the front gate, so I haven't toured the complex at all. But from what I heard, a fire broke out in the middle part of this housing estate. The Mingzhu family's house is indeed in the middle but a bit to the back. So it's most likely that the house is okay."

"Thank you Commander Heruo," said Caihong. "This friend of mine also has relatives living here." Caihong pointed at Yingyue.

"Your family lives here. What are their names?" Asked the commander, who turned out to be named Heruo.

"Helian," Yingyue replied.

"Ah! The owner of Helian Mining!" Commander Heruo nodded vigorously.

"Yes, they are!" Yingyue said.

Helian Mining was a prominent business group that played in the mining field. They exploited a lot of minerals. Starting from gold, silver, nickel, copper, tin, and so on. In recent years, they have also penetrated other fields. Those fields were usually still related to Mining.

"The Helian family residence is far back," said Commander Heruo, "the fire obviously didn't reach there."

Yingyue took a deep breath. He lifted her chin and cupped the back of her head with both hands. Her eyes were directed upwards as if staring at the blue sky, filled with clouds that drifted and clumped like cotton that morning. Her mouth opened, but no words came out. Maybe she couldn't describe the relief she felt at this moment.

"What do you think caused this fire?" Yixiong joined the conversation.

"I don't know either. We have to wait for the investigation results from the competent authorities," said Commander Heruo. "But I heard, this morning around five o'clock, there was an explosion from one house in the middle of this housing complex."

"Did the explosion have anything to do with this fire?" Caihong asked.

"Regarding that, I can't say for sure. But the fire broke out right after the sound of the explosion."

They all looked at each other.

If there is an element of intentionality, what are the motives behind the action?

"The thing you explained really made us relieved. Again, thank you, Commander Heruo," said Caihong. The youth seemed didn't want to keep Commander Heruo there too long.

Commander Heruo nodded respectfully. He directly returned to the guard post.

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Caihong looked at Shanquan. "What do you think, Uncle?"

Shanquan looked at the guard post inside the housing complex, right behind the majestic archway. His eyes stared as if he wanted to expose the secrets that were happening behind the gigantic wall surrounding the housing complex.

"I don't think there's any point in him lying. So I guess Commander Heruo was telling the truth. At least that's what he knew."

Yingyue looked surprised at what Shanquan had just said. She tried to open her mouth. At that moment, a question came out of her mouth. "You mean, there's still a chance that what he just said isn't entirely true?"

"I didn't say that. I just wanted to say that we must carefully digest any information. But for the time being, we must believe the things we have just heard!"

"I hope the fire will be extinguished soon," Yixiong said.

"Right now, there's no point in standing here for long. In fact, if it rains soon, we'll be in trouble. So we better head back. Tomorrow we can come back here for more information." Shanquan looked at them one by one.

Yixiong looked up. "Is it going to rain soon?"

"I don't know," said Shanquan. "But the last few days, the weather has been erratic. A clear sky can suddenly turn into heavy rain."

"If it's going to rain heavily, that's even better." Caihong smiled. "That would be of great help to the firefighters."

Shanquan nodded. He smiled too.

There's something different about this kid. Since then, he was always smiling. Very different from six months ago. Is six months enough time to change people so drastically?

"Okay! Now let's get out of here," said Shanquan.

Yingyue was still rooted to where she was standing. Shanquan had to persuade her patiently to leave the place.

After that, they walked back in the direction they had come. They continued towards Caihong's car, which was still stuck in traffic.

"Turns out the car only moved less than a hundred meters," Yingyue said after seeing Caihong's car.

All the vehicles that filled the road could not turn around there. All vehicles have to go forward all the way to the front of the gate, then they can turn around from there.

"If we have to wait for the car to turn around, it could take a long time. I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of here until lunchtime." Caihong frowned. He then got into his car. About a minute later, he came out again after having a little chat with the driver.

"What's your next plan?" asked Shanquan.

"I've given instructions to my driver. Later, after he made it from here, he must take the car to the painting exhibition without delay."

"Where are you going now?" Yixiong asked.

"Of course, I'll go to the painting exhibition," said Caihong. "My initial plan was to go straight to the painting exhibition site after leaving uncle's house."

"By the way," said Shanquan, "what exactly do you want to tell us? The thing that made you take the time to come to our house."

"Actually, nothing special. I just wanted to know about the news of Uncles. Two days ago, when I met with Uncle Nangong, he did not tell in detail about the condition of the other uncles."

"Oh yeah, I haven't had time to thank you for the lockers at the station. We should have come to visit you. You don't have to come to our house," Shanquan said.

"Uncles. You don't have to be shy. If there's anything else I can do, please tell me right away," said Caihong.

"Okay. Later, when I know what I want, I'll just say it." Yixiong laughed.

The four of them walked towards the subway station, which was not far from there. Since it was still early in the morning, their condition was still fresh, so they were on the road leading to the intersection in no time.

"Now, where do you want to go?" Caihong asked kindly.

Yixiong and Shanquan looked at each other. This morning they just wanted to see what Yingyue's relative's house looked like. They haven't thought about where to go after that.

"Nothing. Maybe go home," said Shanquan.

"How about you go to a painting exhibition instead?"

Yingyue's face brightened. She seemed to like Caihong's idea.

Shanquan looked at Yixiong. "What do you think?"

Yixiong smiled. "I think that's a good idea. I also want to see some bright young painters, like the one Yiren told me yesterday."

"Alright! Then let's go there now."

After hearing Shanquan's answer, Caihong immediately waved his hand at an empty taxi speeding towards them. "Let's just take a taxi so we can hurry."

After the taxi stopped, the four of them got into the cab. Caihong sat in the front, next to the driver, while Shanquan, Yingyue, and Yixiong sat in the back. The taxi then departed for the location of the painting exhibition where Caihong was taking part.