[On the night of the 5th, a major safety incident occurred at Bishuiwan Manor in Ancient Tablet Town, Taoyuan City, Qinzhou Prefecture. According to the police's preliminary investigation, maintenance personnel were suspected of violating operating procedures, causing a leak in the hotel's underground high-voltage cables. Thirty-six people, including hotel staff and guests, have been electrocuted to death. Next, please watch the on-site interview...]
At the center of the screen, the Tao River surged onward. A young man in a security uniform leaned against the railing around a flower bed, his eyes somewhat unfocused. The scrolling captions below gave a brief account of the incident, while blue text on a white background in the lower-left corner identified the interviewee:
Bishuiwan Manor Security Guard, Tian Chengyun.
He and Xie Ya'an were among the few survivors of the Bishuiwan Manor incident.
A hunched man in a short-sleeved undershirt and an orange-red vest sat on a small stool outside the Breakfast Shop, slurping rice noodles as he watched the news report on TV. He was just an unremarkable cleaner having breakfast, with a drop of noodle soup clinging to his faint stubble.
Yet seated across from this cleaner was a middle-aged man in casual clothes. His neat, clean appearance and mild temperament all suggested that he held a respectable status.
For example, the absolute controlling shareholder of New Homeland Real Estate Group.
Bai Fugui did not mind the noisy roadside shop or its less-than-ideal sanitary conditions. Most of the customers coming and going were students rushing off to school. He liked young people full of vitality; their presence let him soak up some of the sense of life he lacked.
The news continued to play on the television. As he chewed his rice noodles, the cleaner sitting across from Bai Fugui pricked up his