After walking for a while, the police officer following Liang Jian suddenly said: "Chairman Liang, we seem to have gone quite far."
Liang Jian stopped, surrounded by darkness. He was going around and around, and his sense of direction had long been lost. Liang Jian said nothing and continued to shout: "Where are you?"
The sound stopped, but no reply was heard. Liang Jian became a little anxious and shouted again, but still no one answered. The police officer behind him also shouted several times, but there was also no response.
The police officer hesitated and said, "Chairman Liang, how about we go back first?"
Liang Jian also had some hesitation in his heart. At this moment, suddenly not far in front, there was a bang, and a flame as high as a person shot up, engulfing a clothing store in one fell swoop. At this moment, just now
The mother and daughter who had lost their voices started screaming again.
This time, Liang Jian heard the sound clearly, and the sound was near the place where the fire broke out. Liang Jian rushed over immediately, and the police officer behind him followed him while shouting danger.
The air in this building has already become very dry and even hot due to the fire downstairs. The clothes and fabrics here have become more flammable in this dry air. Before Liang Jian got close, the fire had already spread
We arrived at two nearby shops and were still moving around at lightning speed.
The heat wave hit his face, as if it was going to scorch people. Liang Jian finally saw the mother and daughter. They were hiding in a corner, looking frightened. When he saw the light of Liang Jian's flashlight, his originally desperate eyes were full of despair.
Suddenly there was light.
They rushed over immediately. People are always full of strength when they are desperate. At that speed, Liang Jian felt that Liu Xiang could not match it.
"Come on, the fire is coming." The police officer said as he carried the girl who was already a little dazed. Liang Jian supported the woman, held up a flashlight to light the way, and started to walk out based on his feeling.
After walking for a while, Liang Jian felt that they should have reached the exit. However, they did not see it. They were lost. Liang Jian asked the woman: "Do you know how to go?"
The woman shook her head tiredly. The dry and hot air made both the woman and the girl a little dehydrated. Liang Jian and the police officer were better because they hadn't been there as long as them, but they were also very thirsty. They were wet with sweat.
Their clothes were off, and the thick smoke in the air had begun to make it difficult for them to breathe.
At this moment, the whole building seemed to tremble for a few tenths of a second, and then there was a loud bang. Liang Jian only felt that the whole world became quiet after this loud noise. His
He also lost control of his body. As the building shook, he fell to the ground and rolled to the side. The flashlight rolled to no where.
After a long time, a buzzing sound gradually appeared in his ears, then amplified, and finally it became clear that it was the woman beside him calling her daughter. Her daughter's name was Xiaoting.
Liang Jian thought of Nishang and Xiang Jin. Strangely, at this moment, he thought of many people, Liang Dongfang and his wife, Tang Guohe and his wife, his father-in-law, Minister Xiang, and Governor Zhang. He even thought of Gao Chenghan
, but never thought of Hu Xiaoying. This, when he saw Hu Xiaoying after leaving the building, he never understood it. He always thought that he loved Hu Xiaoying, but at this moment, when life
When she was no longer in his hands, he didn't think of her. He even thought of many people with whom he didn't have a deep relationship, but he didn't think of Hu Xiaoying.
"Chairman Liang! Chairman Liang! Where are you?" In the darkness, the policeman's voice came. Liang Jian came back to his senses and shouted back: "I'm here."
Liang Jian grabbed the woman next to him who was already extremely frightened and moved closer to the police officer. Liang Jian asked the police officer: "How are you? Are you injured?"
The police officer replied: "I didn't. But..." The police officer did not continue, but Liang Jian knew what the police officer wanted to say. The little girl probably fainted from the explosion just now.
"Xiaoting? Xiaoting, how are you?" The woman anxiously wanted to take the little girl from the policeman, but was stopped by Liang Jian. Liang Jian comforted him: "She's fine, she just fainted. Let's find a way to get out of here first.
Otherwise, if you wait, the fire will come over and it will be too late!”
The woman stopped worrying about her child for the time being, and Liang Jian supported her. After the explosion just now, the woman's physical strength was even more exhausted, and most of her body weight was on Liang Jian. Liang Jian was injured, and
The shock just now made his internal organs hurt. But he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
In this way, after walking not far, Liang Jian and the others finally saw a bright light not far away. There were also several flashlights, searching for their traces everywhere.
"We are here!" the police officer shouted loudly. The people on the other side heard it, and the flashlight swayed rapidly and approached them. When they were about ten meters away, a light suddenly appeared diagonally, and at the same time there was a snap.
An unknown object fell sideways, burning with fire, between Liang Jian and the exit.
"Chairman Liang, are you okay?" Opposite the fire, a few blurry figures could still be seen vaguely, but they seemed to be so far away from each other. The woman cried uncontrollably. Liang Jian couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart.
"Don't cry, it's okay. We can get out." The police officer comforted the woman with a dry voice, but even he couldn't convince himself. Liang Jian took a deep breath, but the air he inhaled was full of dust.
The thick smoke made me choke. After taking a breath, Liang Jian patted the woman's shoulder and said firmly: "Don't give up, the firefighters will be here soon."
In this moment, the flames in front of them had spread to the shops on both sides, and the surroundings were full of flames. They could no longer stay here. Liang Jian and the others had no choice but to move, and Liang Jian suggested: "Let's go up.
"
The police officer disapproved: "When we came in just now, they had already notified the firefighters. They should come to rescue us soon."
Liang Jian is not so optimistic. The fire has been going on here for so long, but only two fire trucks came from the fire squadron next to it. Even if there are cars coming later, the traffic situation on the road at this time is still worrying. Moreover, he just said
Looking over from below, the ladder truck has not come at all. It is a bit difficult to connect the water pipe to the fifth floor.
Liang Jian didn't say these words out loud, so as not to be discouraged. He just said that if the air here stays here any longer, people will not be able to bear it. Even if he and the police officer can bear it, women and children can't bear it either.
The police officer was persuaded. The four of them groped and experienced several scares before finally reaching the safe passage to the sixth floor - the stairs.
The door to the safety passage was closed. As soon as Liang Jian opened it, a puff of thick smoke rushed into his face. Liang Jian choked and almost carried it away. Liang Jian covered his mouth and nose and helped the woman into the safety passage. The air in the passage was thicker than before.
It was still dry and hot in the building. After going up to the sixth floor, the door on the sixth floor could not be opened and was locked. After Liang Jian kicked it a few times in annoyance and anger, he asked: "Why is the door of the safe passage locked?"
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The woman was already drowsy, but when Liang Jian asked loudly, she sobered up a little and said vaguely: "The sixth floor is rented to a company by the building management. For safety reasons, their company locked the door. It has always been there.
Never opened it.”
"What about the people inside?" Liang Jian said as he looked inside through the place where the glass was originally installed on the door. The glass had been shattered in two explosions.
The company was dark. Liang Jian shouted: "Is there anyone there?"
It was empty, and there were still some echoes. At this time, the woman spoke again: "There is usually no one here."
Liang Jian couldn't help but think that there was no one in this company on a working day. However, it didn't matter if there was no one. Liang Jian and the four of them just had to go up. The security door on the seventh floor was open.
Before I entered, I saw the light of many flashlights.
As soon as the door opened, people rushed over noisily: "Someone is coming! Is it a fireman? Are you here for us?"
In a hurry, Liang Jian and the others were surrounded by a group of people. When everyone saw that they were just "refugees" trapped in this building, they returned to their original positions in frustration.
Liang Jian helped the woman find a place to sit down. The police officer laid the girl down and then tried to wake her up. In this state, she remained unconscious and would most likely not wake up. Liang Jian asked the person next to him: "Who is here?"
Is there water?”
No one spoke. After a while, someone handed over a bottle of water and said, "Want something to drink?"
Liang Jian took it and said thank you. At this time, he was not so particular. He handed it to the policeman and asked the policeman to feed it to the girl.
Liang Jian sat down next to everyone and thought, what should I do next? Should I wait for the firefighters to come to rescue me?
While he was thinking about it, the third explosion occurred. This time the vibration and sound were more intense than before. The wall powder and cement on the ceiling fell in pieces. Someone was unable to dodge and was hit.
Suddenly he screamed and lay on the ground, dripping with blood.
"It's over, we need a couch in this building!" I don't know who shouted, and people suddenly panicked. Some people rushed to one place. "Where are you going?" Liang Jian shouted loudly.
Someone replied: "Instead of waiting to die here, it is better to jump down and give it a try."
They wanted to jump off the building. Liang Jian's heart trembled and he hurriedly reached out to hold them back. The man beside him who also followed was the man who just handed him the water.
Liang Jian shouted: "Don't jump. If you jump, there will be no hope at all! You won't get a bed on this floor!" As soon as he finished speaking, someone had already walked around the row of large iron cabinets and picked up the one next to him.
He smashed the office chair on the side of the glass against the glass next to it. The glass on the wall was semi-tempered glass, which was very strong. As soon as the chair went up, there was only a bang, but the glass did not break. Liang Jian took advantage of this
Seizing this opportunity, he rushed up and stopped them. He shouted: "This is the seventh floor. If you jump down, can you still survive?"
The man who smashed the glass with his chair hysterically tried to push Liang Jian away, but Liang Jian couldn't move. He shouted: "Waiting here will lead to death, it is better to die quickly!"
"How do you know you're going to die before the fire burns up?" Liang Jian asked, "Even if the fire burns up, you can still run up. As long as you are alive, there is hope. If you jump down, there is no hope.
None. Have you ever thought about your family? Judging from your age, you should have children! Have you ever thought about him? "