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Kaitian Group is a local real estate development company in Jiangnan City, which owns a number of real estate projects in the city.

In the area around the Gangnam International Circuit, it is a high-end residential area.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a holy place for leisure and retirement, so it has also been developed into a number of high-end real estate.

Kaitian Real Estate's real estate in this place is mainly villa real estate, and the location of the fire just happened to be a half-slope villa located on the periphery of the International Circuit track.

The raging fire, accompanied by thick smoke, lit up the entire area in a fiery red.

Gu Chen drove and took Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Xu Zhenggang to the gate of Kaitian Villa.

At the moment, the property security is organizing firefighting.

However, the fire was fierce, and many property security guards did not dare to approach.

And many residents living inside Kaitian Villas are choosing to evacuate at the moment.

However, fortunately, the burning villa was a detached family, and there was no collateral fire to the surrounding villas.

"Have you contacted the fire brigade?" and how many fire extinguishing tools do you have now?" Gu Chen walked to the communication room and found a security guard and asked.

The middle-aged security guard glanced at Gu Chen and asked, "Who are you?"

"Police. Gu Chen took out his documents and said, "We are from the Furong Branch, and you haven't answered my question just now." ”

The security guard looked at Gu Chen and said half-jokingly: "I thought you were a firefighter, and I said that just after calling 119, someone of you came over, but it's not right, you don't have a fire truck." ”

"Don't talk about this, what about your fire extinguishing tools, how can you not even have a fire extinguishing tool in a villa like you?" Looking at several security guards carrying small fire extinguishers, standing in front of the burning villa sluggishly, Lu Weiwei had a slight headache.

The security guard replied: "I also just came to work, and the specific situation is not clear, but all the fire extinguishers in the communication room have been taken, but we are not professional firefighters, and we don't know how to extinguish the fire." ”

"Is there anyone trapped in the villa?" Gu Chen asked again.

The security guard froze for a moment, his expression slightly embarrassed.

Gu Chen could clearly tell from his embarrassed demeanor that this guy didn't know at all.

Before the customer could speak, Lu Weiwei couldn't wait and said: "I said how do you do property security, which building is inhabited and which one is not occupied, how can you not know any of them?"

"I ......" The property security guard smiled bitterly, but he was also embarrassed, and said directly: "I haven't been here for a long time, so I ......"

"Okay, I got it. Gu Chen knew that no matter how much he said, the property security guard would use this sentence to stop him.

Rather than doing nothing here, it is better to go to the scene and maybe rescue the trapped people in the house before the firefighters arrive.

But when Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Xu Zhenggang ran to the scene of the fire.

A few security guards who were still carrying fire extinguishers just now hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, and when they saw Gu Chen and a few people running, they immediately stopped and said: "Don't go over, the fire is burning badly, and flammable materials will fall on it, so it's important to save your life." ”

"Is there anyone in that room?" Gu Chen asked.

A thin security guard said: "I don't know if there is anyone inside, but we shouted downstairs for a long time just now, and no one inside replied, so I guess there is no one." ”

"yes, I know this family, but it seems that I haven't been at home a lot lately, maybe it's no one?" said another chubby security guard.

But at this time, the thin security guard just now was shocked: "But why did I hear his cat barking so much when I was on patrol yesterday?

The more people talked, the more intense they became, but whether there was anyone in the villa or not, at present, everyone could not give a definite answer.

Gu Chen looked at the raging fire in front of him and asked directly, "Which of you has a useless coat?"

"I ...... We have one piece in the communication room. The tall and thin security guard said.

"Bring it to me, and prepare another bucket of water. Gu Chen said as he took off his coat.

"Senior Brother Gu, what do you want to do?" Lu Weiwei frowned slightly, and quickly discovered Gu Chen's intentions.

Gu Chen obviously wanted to rush into the fire to see if there were still trapped people in the villa.

Seeing this, Yuan Shasha on the side also hurriedly stopped: "Senior Brother Gu, don't take any risks, in case there is no one inside, won't you be trapped inside?"

"Gu Chen. Hearing the words of several people, Xu Zhenggang also stopped in front of him and said: "It's still unclear whether there is anyone here, let's wait for the firefighters to come over, we don't have fire extinguishing tools." ”

"If you want to say that when the firefighters come over, there are really people in the thing, wouldn't that be one or several lives?"

Gu Chen's words instantly choked everyone back.

At this time, the security guard also took a shabby military coat from the communication room and handed it to Gu Chen: "This is what we usually use to keep warm, you can wear it." ”

"Where's the water?" Gu Chen asked again.

"The water is coming. Another chubby security guard who knew what Gu Chen meant also brought two buckets of tap water from the transmission room at this moment.

Gu Chen didn't say a word, handed over his mobile phone and documents to Lu Weiwei for safekeeping, and immediately put his military coat on his head.

Then he held the bucket with both hands and poured two buckets of ice-cold tap water on the military coat.

Soon, the military coat was wet, Gu Chen covered his body with it, quickly took the fire extinguisher in the hand of a security guard, and rushed into the fire.

At this moment, the window on the first floor had been burned, and Gu Chen directly picked up the fire extinguisher and smashed it hard at the broken glass.

While opening the windows, use a fire extinguisher to clear the flames on the windowsill.

After a light jump, Gu Chen flipped into the villa.

"Senior Brother Gu, be careful. Lu Weiwei stood outside nervously.

Yuan Shasha also clenched her small fists.

Xu Zhenggang walked back and forth in front of everyone with his hands on his hips, looking at the room from time to time.

Three minutes passed, and thick black smoke began to rise from various windows in the house, and everyone's expressions became more nervous.

Suddenly, there was a thunderclap in the sky, and the wind howled, and then raindrops the size of beans began to fall with a crackle.

After a while, the entire Kaitian Villa began to be rattled by the rain, and the fire began to gradually suppress and spread in the rain.

"Senior Brother Gu. Lu Weiwei walked to the front, put her hands to her mouth, made a trumpet and shouted: "Come out quickly, if you don't come out, you really can't come out." ”

However, apart from the crackling sound of rain falling on the villa, there was no movement at all.

And at this moment, the fire horn began to sound on the road in the distance.

Many residents of Kaitian Villa also held umbrellas around the burning villa.

A minute later, the fire in the burning villa began to be suppressed by heavy rain, and two minutes later, the door of the villa was opened, and Gu Chen, wearing a burned military coat, rushed out of the fire from the house.

Seeing this, several security guards immediately picked up a dry powder fire extinguisher and extinguished the flames burning on Gu Chen's body.

"Are you alright, young man?"

"How's it going inside?

"You're not hurt, are you?"

At this moment, more and more onlookers also came over to check on Gu Chen's injuries.

Gu Chen looked at his burned little white shoes and trouser legs, and said with a smile: "People are fine." ”

"Comrade policeman, that ...... What's going on there?" the tall and thin security guard, who didn't dare to go in just now, came over and asked.

Gu Chen frowned, shook his head slowly, and said, "I have already searched every room inside, and it must be uninhabited." ”

"However, yesterday I heard a cat barking, and I remember that there are cats in this household. A security guard reminded.

And another security guard also affirmed: "yes, we all heard this, just yesterday, if there is no one, what about the cat?

"Dead. Gu Chen took the tissue handed by Lu Weiwei and wiped the dirt on his face directly.

"Dead?" said several security guards in unison.

Gu Chen nodded: "You are right, I did find the cat's corpse in a closed room. ”

"Burned?" The tall and thin security guard froze for a moment, then muttered to himself, "That's a pity, I seem to have heard the owner of the house say that the cat seems to be quite valuable." ”

"Is it worth a lot of money, is it worth a name? As long as people are okay, it's better than anything else. The chubby security guard also couldn't help but say.

At this time, the fire truck has also driven into the residential area of Kaitian Villa.

Several firefighters immediately jumped out of the car, and after some skillful operation, they only heard one of the team leaders say that they would give him a few guns, and immediately several firefighters began to put out the fire with water guns.

Coupled with the heavy rain at the moment, the fire is obviously likely to shrink after the spread just now.

Half an hour passed, and the fire was completely extinguished.

When the team leader wearing a fireproof suit walked out of the villa, he looked at Gu Chen, who was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "This is your home?"

Gu Chen shook his head.

"Then which one are you singing?" the fire leader pointed to Gu Chen's burnt shoes and pants.

Gu Chen smiled at this time and explained: "Save people." ”

"Help, don't you want to die?" said one firefighter.

At this time, the chubby security guard just now came over and explained: "This comrade who rescued people is a policeman, and just now the fire crisis was in danger, and none of us knew whether there was anyone in the house, so this comrade policeman took the risk to enter the house to search." ”

"Original...... I see. "There were some firefighters who blamed Gu Chen just now, but now when they heard that Gu Chen was a policeman, they immediately agreed.

Of course, at some point, both police and firefighters have to be on the front lines of danger, and that's obviously the common understanding.

And just when everyone was glad that there were no casualties, a property manager wearing a formal suit and holding a contact book in his left hand hurriedly ran over and said: "The owner has been contacted, he will come over soon." ”

"Can he not come? The house burned down. ”

"Like, how could it suddenly catch fire? It doesn't make sense? It's rare that the wires are short-circuited?"

"No, no, no, this person is not at home, how can he use electricity? And I remember that their family was not at home a week ago. ”

"Didn't you stay home a week ago? Why didn't that cat take it with you? Isn't it rare that you won't starve to death?"

"I don't know, maybe I have cat food. ”

At the scene, many people were expressing their opinions, and Gu Chen was also listening carefully.

After learning enough information, Gu Chen found the man who knew the situation of the resident just now and asked, "You just said that the resident was not at home a week ago, can you be sure?"

The man didn't respond directly to Gu Chen's words, but instead said, "My family lives across from him, do you think I won't be clear?"

"Then do you know where their family went?" Lu Weiwei also hurriedly asked.

"This ......" The man also laughed dryly, waved his hand and said: "I don't know where this is going, but it seems that I am going to go far away, because I saw the hostess opposite, with two little girls, dragging all kinds of luggage, it is estimated that she is going out for a while." ”

Gu Chen nodded, and asked again, "What about the male host?"

"Male host?" the man held his chin and hesitated slightly, "It's strange to say, I rarely meet the male host, because I only moved here half a year ago." ”

After thinking about it, the man suddenly said: "Oh yes, one late at night, I got up to go to the toilet and found that the man on the opposite side opened the door and entered the house. ”

"Another time, it was late at night, and the man seemed to have just come home, and I saw him doing laundry, as if he had just finished taking a shower. ”

"Late at night?" Yuan Shasha, who was standing on the side, was a little curious, and couldn't help but ask Gu Chen: "Senior Brother Gu, what do you say...... Who goes out late at night? Do you have this kind of job?"

"Yes, it seems like a lot. Gu Chen nodded, and just wanted to speak, but in the distance, there was a sudden roar of the engine.

A sedan suddenly drove in and stopped at the door of the villa, which had been destroyed by fire.

After the driver got out of the car, he ran directly to the gate of the villa, and stood at the door with his hands on his waist, sluggish for a long time.

At this time, the man opposite the owner of the main house patted Gu Chen's shoulder, pointed to the driver just now, and said, "See, this is the male owner of this villa." ”

"The back is familiar. Gu Chen was suddenly stunned.

Xu Zhenggang came to Gu Chen's side and asked weakly, "Do you know him?"

Gu Chen nodded slightly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, we'll meet tonight." ”

"Tonight?" When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately walked to Gu Chen's side and asked, "Senior Brother Gu, I've been staying with you tonight, have I seen it too?"

"Yes. Gu Chen nodded, and said, "Not only Senior Sister Lu has seen it, but Yuan Shasha has also seen it." ”

"I've seen it too?" Yuan Shasha pointed at herself unconsciously, but quickly reacted and said, "Oh, I know, it's him?" ”

"Didi driver?" The man was a little unclear about what Gu Chen and the others were talking about.

Gu Chen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Maybe it's him, go over and take a look." ”

Several people pushed aside the hotly discussed crowd and came to the driver's side.

At this moment, the property manager was communicating with the driver, and the two seemed to be very unhappy, and the driver had a bad temper and kept questioning the property manager.

And the property manager also nodded frequently, and he didn't pay a lot.

Just as the two were arguing, Gu Chen suddenly put his right hand on the driver's shoulder.

The driver was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around and saw Gu Chen, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Eh, you're not, you're not ......"

"I'm a passenger in your car tonight. Gu Chen reminded.

The male driver patted his head at this time: "Yes, yes, yes, you have been in my car tonight, but ......"

Glancing at Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha behind Gu Chen, the male driver was puzzled and asked, "But why are you here, and your shoes and pants, what the hell is going on?"

"My brother was busy going into the house to save people, and he was afraid that someone would be trapped in the house, so he searched all the rooms in the fire and finally found only the body of your cat. ”

Xu Zhenggang walked in front of the two of them, looked at the male driver and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you are the owner of this villa, right?"

"I didn't ...... Yes, this is my home, but now, how can it be like this? ”

When he said this, the man cried with a sad face, feeling that all the unlucky things had happened to him, and the whole person squatted on the ground angrily.

After Gu Chen and Xu Zhenggang looked at each other, Gu Chen also squatted directly in front of him and said, "When we arrived, the fire was already difficult to control, and the property security wanted to extinguish the fire, but the general dry powder fire extinguisher could only be a drop in the bucket. ”

"So ......" Looking at the frustrated male driver, Gu Chen asked, "So, do you see if there are any major losses at home?"

The male driver shook his head: "How can I have any major losses? If it is a loss, it may be this house, after all, I bought it before, lived in it for several years, and now it is ...... Now that it's been burned down by a fire, I'm really unlucky. ”

He looked at the property manager beside him, and he was also furious, and directly grabbed him by the collar: "I said how did you Kaitian Property do it? How can you let him burn a good house? Are you all rice buckets?"

"First...... Sir, you ...... Don't get excited, do we have something to say?" the property manager resisted.

"What else is there to say? My house is gone, and your property has nothing to do with it. The male driver was relaxed and dragged the property manager to the other side.

The property manager was also able to break free with the help of Gu Chen and Xu Zhenggang, and he was also angry: "I said this gentleman, if I guessed correctly, you owe a year's property fees." ”

"I want to ask you, when are you going to pay this property fee?"

"The house is gone, I'm still calling a fart?" the male driver said, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to theorize again.

The property manager is also an interesting person, and he knows that he obviously can't take advantage of his physique, so he hurriedly hid behind Gu Chen and said, "I don't know the cause of the fire yet, what's the use of you yelling here?"

"Besides, I kindly called you back, and you still treat me like this, are you still unreasonable?"

"You ......" The male driver was just about to theorize, but was instantly stopped in front of Gu Chen.

"Master, calm down first. Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder, then pointed to the burned villa and said, "The house is gone now, the important thing is that we need to figure out the cause of the fire now, instead of arguing here." ”

"I think so, too. Xu Zhenggang, who was on the side, walked to the side by side with Gu Chen, and then said, "I just heard the neighbor opposite you say that your family left the house a week ago and hasn't come back, right?"

The male driver looked at Xu Zhenggang, then at Gu Chen, and then asked Gu Chen weakly: "I said comrade policeman, who is he? Is he also a policeman?"

"He's my brother. Gu Chen said.

"Then it's not a policeman?" the male driver couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's not a policeman, I don't want to answer your question." ”

"Eh, what do you mean?" Xu Zhenggang was scolded back, unhappy, and just wanted to speak again, but was stopped by Gu Chen.

At this moment, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha also came over and surrounded the male driver in the middle.

On the way to Jiangnan International Circuit, we also had in-depth exchanges with him and learned about the driver's past.

I know that the driver master used to be brilliant, and now he is in debt of 2 million, and he lives by desperately driving Didi every day.

Now a fire has burned down the former villa, which undoubtedly makes his originally indebted family even worse.

So not paying the property fee for a year is also a matter of course in Gu Chen's eyes.

"Master, do you all usually live here?" Gu Chen suddenly asked him without warning.

The male driver was stunned for a moment, and asked weakly: "Could it be ...... Isn't it?"

"Then why did your wife and children leave the house a week ago, and where are they now?" Gu Chen asked again.

"This?" the driver frowned and said reluctantly: "A week ago, the children's grandmother missed them, so my wife told me that she wanted to take the two children back to her hometown and was going to stay there for about ten days." ”

"Then after they left, you have always lived in the house?" Gu Chen said.

The driver quickly shook his head: "No, no, living here is too far away from the city, and every time I go home, I pay a lot of fuel." ”

"And most of the people who live here have private cars, and it is inconvenient to take orders, so in order to save a little is a little, I have lived in the city center for more than a week at my brother's. ”

Gu Chen nodded slightly, and then said: "Then according to what you said, you haven't been home this week, but I have a question, why didn't you take your expensive pet cat with you?"

"Pet ...... Pet cat?" The driver was stunned for a moment, and then said indifferently: "I can't take care of this cat, and I usually don't even have enough time to eat, so I put it at home." ”

"Won't that starve to death?" asked Lou Weiwei.

The male driver shook his head: "How come? I have prepared enough cat food for it to eat for about ten days, and my wife and children will come back in about ten days, no problem." ”

"That's not the case, right?" Seeing that the driver said lightly, Gu Chen couldn't help frowning.

The male driver was puzzled and asked weakly, "What's the matter......?"

Thinking of this, the male driver suddenly became sad: "If my two daughters knew that their most beloved pet cat died, I don't know how sad it would be." ”

sniffed, the male driver looked at the damaged villa after the rainstorm, and then said: "Fortunately, it rained heavily to prevent the spread of the fire, otherwise the loss would not be my villa and pet cat, it is likely that the entire villa area will be affected." ”

"Master. Gu Chen suddenly frowned, stared at him and couldn't help but say, "However, I have been to the scene to inspect and have not found the source of the fire and the ignition device, but how did you burn this fire?"

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