Su Yue asked in surprise, "Your stomach hurts? Don't tell me it's because you ate ice cream?"
Wang Ling shook her head, brows tightly furrowed. "It's not because of the ice cream. I was too nervous watching the fire just now, and it made me feel unwell."
Su Yue nodded. She knew Wang Ling far too well. This had happened before.
Back when they were still in school, final exams had been approaching, and Wang Ling had been in danger of failing several subjects. She had been extremely restless then, and her stomach had frequently hurt.
"Hold this for me." Wang Ling handed over the unfinished ice cream, anxiety showing in her eyes.
Su Yue hurriedly took the ice cream and watched Wang Ling's departing back.
Wang Ling hurried along, her heels making rapid tapping sounds against the ground.
Before long, Wang Ling vanished into the bamboo grove in the distance.
There were restrooms over there. Hardly anyone would be using them at this hour, so she would not need to queue. It should go smoothly.
After Wang Ling disappeared from sight, Su Yue withdrew her gaze and raised her head, looking once more toward the distant high-rise struggling in the raging flames.
At that moment, terrifying tongues of fire wantonly licked every inch of the building, while billowing smoke shot into the sky like a black dragon, dyeing the heavens a suffocating gray.
A helicopter from the Ability Management Bureau slowly approached the burning site and eventually hovered in midair.
However, the distance was too great, and the sky was pitch-black.
Even with her eyes wide open, Su Yue, standing in the park, could not see what the investigators on the helicopter were going to do to put out the fire.
Even so, everyone stood as if under a