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Just as Lin Mingchang was about to step forward, the young woman suddenly pulled out a pair of tailor's scissors from behind and lunged at him. Lin Mingchang reacted swiftly, pushing Shen Tong aside and turning to evade, but he was still grazed by the scissors on his arm.
"Xiang Yun!" Chen Yuejun shouted, trying to stop her daughter, but it was too late. Lin Mingchang found himself entangled with Chen Yuejun's daughter, both of them exchanging fierce blows.
It didn't take long for Lin Mingchang to recognize her skills—she was undoubtedly the same black-clad figure he had encountered earlier that night, striking with ruthless precision.
Amidst the chaos, a desperate Chen Yuejun gritted her teeth and pulled out a glass bottle from her pocket, smashing it against the workbench and wall. The bottle shattered with a loud crash, immediately releasing the smell of gasoline.
"We mother and daughter will never be captured by you! We might as well... go down together!" Chen Yuejun lit a match, her eyes filled with madness and determination that sent chills down one's spine. "The revenge for my sister and niece will be half avenged!"
As she spoke, she threw the match onto the ground, and in an instant, flames erupted! The fire spread rapidly, thick smoke quickly filling the entire basement.
The young woman immediately supported Chen Yuejun and took advantage of the chaos to escape from the basement, even using a cabinet to block the staircase before setting fire outside as well.
Lin Mingchang couldn't afford to chase after them; escaping safely was his top priority. "Hurry!" he urged as he grabbed Shen Tong and Ruan Xiaoshuang, racing up the stairs and desperately trying to move the already ignited cabinet out of their way.
The wooden cabinet soon crumbled under the flames, and several burning planks suddenly fell from above! Ruan Xiaoshuang had just been choked by the thick smoke and was still coughing violently, completely unaware of the imminent danger.
Shen Tong reacted quickly, turning to shield Ruan Xiaoshuang with her own shoulder against the scalding wood.
"Sister Tong!"
"Shen Tong!"
Both Ruan Xiaoshuang and Lin Mingchang exclaimed in unison.
Lin Mingchang wrapped his arms around the injured Shen Tong, disregarding the burning cabinet still blocking their path as he desperately cleared a way for them to escape from the basement.
The shops below were already catching fire, waves of heat hitting them as the three of them pulled each other out of Yongshun Embroidery Studio.
At this point, neighbors on both sides of the street had been awakened and rushed over to help extinguish the flames. Lin Mingchang settled Shen Tong and Ruan Xiaoshuang across the street before returning to assist with putting out the fire.
As dawn broke, the fire was finally brought under control, leaving Yongshun Embroidery Studio a charred ruin.
Lin Mingchang, his face covered in soot and his clothes drenched in sweat, wearily crossed the street to join Shen Tong and Xiaoshuang.
Shen Tong immediately noticed the numerous small burns and abrasions on Lin Mingchang's hands. Just as she was about to reach out to examine them, he dropped to one knee beside her, looking closely at the injury on her shoulder.
During the wait for the fire to be extinguished, Xiaoshuang had already done a simple bandaging of Shen Tong's right shoulder. Shen Tong bit her lip and smiled, "I'm fine; it's just a surface wound."
"It's all my fault... I promised to protect you..." Lin Mingchang said, guilt etched on his face as he looked at Shen Tong. "Come on, let me take you to the hospital!"
At that moment, Shen Tong suddenly remembered something, her expression shifting. "Lin Mingchang! This isn't the time to go to the hospital. Do you remember what Chen Yuejun and her daughter said when they came in? 'Anyway, we found the next place...'"
Lin Mingchang snapped back to reality. "Oh no! The next place is my cousin, Chu Lin!"
He immediately dashed to a nearby phone booth and called his cousin's home. He learned that she was out traveling with classmates and that her family couldn't reach her at the moment.
A sense of foreboding washed over him as he hurried back to Shen Tong and Xiaoshuang, relaying his cousin's situation.
Ruan Xiaoshuang frowned in thought. "With Chen Yuejun and her daughter losing their foothold at Yongshun Embroidery Studio, where else could they go?"
A realization struck both Lin Mingchang and Shen Tong simultaneously, and they spoke the answer in unison—"The old site of Yulan Embroidery Studio!"
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