Each had their own version of the truth.
Lu Zhao said Great Grandma had set the fire. Feng Yun said Great Grandma had not set it, that Lu Zhao was crying thief while playing thief himself. Qianqian also said Great Grandma had set the fire. But in my view, all three of them could very well have been responsible for it.
There was no need to explain why Lu Zhao and Great Grandma might have set the fire. They were both ambitious people. They both wanted complete control of Pompeii City and wanted to use me to gain control over the other two ancient factions in the real world. As for Qianqian, it might have been because of love. She said we had a past together and that she had originally been my fiancée, yet Ye Jinghong had now appeared by my side.
Most women would be unwilling to accept such an outcome.
So she might have discussed such a "plan" with Ye Jinghong. The plan to lure Lu Zhao into acting had originally been intended to use the opportunity to get rid of him, but something unexpected had happened—the fire.
From that perspective, Qianqian was also a suspect.
Nor could the possibility that Qianqian harbored the same ambitions as Lu Zhao be ruled out. Otherwise, why had she chosen to appear in Pompeii City instead of remaining outside?
Not only had she appeared here, she had settled down and put down roots, becoming an influential figure in this place.
The Pompeii people were actually xenophobic.
Nearly all three ancient factions were xenophobic.
I was the only exception, because they knew the Wanderers had placed the authority to decide whether they entered the world in my hands. But they were almost entirely intolerant of outsiders, let alone willing to accept