Song Wang said, "Wu Tao Ying's grandmother was asleep inside! She didn't get out! There was a silver lining, though! Everyone else in the Wu family was fine!"
Everyone was baffled. The house had burned down, but everyone else was fine... Had someone warned them?
Only the grandmother hadn't been rescued? Had they run out of time to save her, or was there... some other reason?
Song Wang wasn't good at explaining things. He talked for ages, his face red, before everyone finally understood what had happened.
Wu Tao Ying had been discharged from the hospital yesterday.
After returning home, she announced over dinner that she was dating someone new, a student at Qingbei University, and had already broken up with Song Wang.
Her mother flipped the table on the spot. No university student could offer anything as tangible as the Siheyuan Courtyard.
Wu Tao Ying stormed back to her room. Unexpectedly, when her eldest brother came home late that night and heard that the Siheyuan Courtyard had slipped through their fingers, he charged into her room and hauled her up.
Wu Tao Ying had a fiery temper herself and started fighting with her eldest brother.
Her mother came in to break them up, only to get caught in the scuffle. She struck the corner of the table and passed out.
The siblings had no choice but to borrow a tricycle and take their mother to the hospital that night.
They went to the hospital late at night, and shortly after midnight, their home caught fire.
The fire burned without a sound.
The Wu family's home and old Mrs. Wu were both consumed by the flames.
Their mother's injuries weren't particularly serious. After some treatment at the hospital, she woke up.
When they returned home after daybreak, they found the