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As he approached, he quickly recognized the two individuals and rushed forward in three quick strides.
"Li Da Shu, Xu Le!" Tan Ming checked their breathing.
Both of them had their eyes tightly shut, unconscious, their faces as pale as paper.
"Get over here!" Tan Ming shouted to the outside while lifting the two of them.
Two people hurriedly ran in from outside, wiping the water off their hands, and helped Tan Ming carry the two out.
An hour and a half later, the fire in the kitchen was finally extinguished.
Everyone was utterly exhausted, as if all their strength had been drained away. Around their feet lay various basins and buckets, scattered haphazardly; some basins were already deformed, and some buckets were damaged.
A long water hose was still connected to the faucet, carelessly thrown on the ground, with water continuously flowing along it, forming a small puddle on the floor.
The walls of the kitchen were blackened with soot, resembling a thick layer of ink smeared across them. Large patches of water stains mixed with grime covered the floor, emitting an unpleasant odor that would likely linger in the air for a long time in this airtight space.
Each person's face was smudged with soot and sweat, their clothes dirty and disheveled; some areas had holes burned through by the fire, while others were stained with muck.
After searching around, Jiang Jie furrowed his brow and asked, "Where's Qi Qiuluo?"
The striking yellow hair of Qi Qiuluo was usually hard to miss, but now he was nowhere to be seen.
Tan Ming recalled that when he had come out of the office, Jiang Jie had mentioned that Qi Qiuluo had run into the kitchen.
"Qi Qiuluo?" Tan Ming called out loudly a couple of times, his voice echoing in the empty restaurant.
Could it be? His brow furrowed as he turned and quickly made his way back to the kitchen.
Seeing this, everyone else also rushed in to help search for him.
"Qi Qiuluo!"
After searching for over ten minutes, a classmate shouted in panic, "This!"
Tan Ming quickly rushed over at the sound.
Qi Qiuluo was found inside a storage locker, his body motionless and curled up within the cramped space.
The first classmate who discovered him trembled at their fingertips, their voice shaking like leaves in the wind. "He... he's dead!"
Tan Ming's brow tightened as he slowly crouched down, carefully placing his fingers near Qi Qiuluo's nose to check for breath.
His expression instantly darkened.
There was no breath! Qi Qiuluo was dead.
How did he end up here? Fan Xiaonan was filled with confusion. This was the closest place to the source of the fire, where oxygen was extremely scarce. Moreover, the space inside the cabinet was small and enclosed; hiding here was akin to seeking one's own death. No one would choose to hide inside.
Tan Ming carefully examined Qi Qiuluo's body, not overlooking any minute detail. He found nothing obviously wrong until he gently turned him over and immediately spotted a bruise on the back of his head.
He had been knocked unconscious and stuffed into the cabinet!
His gaze turned icy, his voice as cold as winter frost. This fire had been deliberately set.
If it weren't man-made, how could one explain the malfunctioning water valve in the pool on the first floor? Zhang Liu added, his face dark and his eyes filled with anger.
Tan Ming! Jiang Jie called out, as she had made another discovery.
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