Night, torrential rain.

It has not been a long time since there has been such a heavy rain, like the gods who poured a basin of water to wash away the sins of the earth. The rain rushed to the ground, splashing a thick white mist, and the rain seemed to wash away every building in the old town, every creeper on the upper floors.

"It is now 23:29 on October 8, two residential buildings on Anye Road and Jiahe Road in the old city of City C broke out in fire, the cause of the accident is unknown, the firefighters have arrived, and it has not spread due to heavy rain......"

Two buildings in the old city caught fire, and the incident even attracted TV reporters, orange fire trucks and press cars parked next to residential buildings whose walls were burned black under the heavy rain, and people eating melons that couldn't be stopped by heavy rain-

This usually forgotten area is rarely lively, but it is also ironically lively.

No one knows how the fire started – these old buildings don't have fire protection facilities in place, making it difficult to deal with a fire, and many people worry that too close proximity between buildings will cause the fire to spread.

In fact, it's really spreading-

It is said that three minutes after the residential building was engulfed in flames, an old residential building hundreds of meters away was also set on fire, and it was even more lively there, several families needed emergency evacuation, and firefighters took the residents busy.

The people who ate melons were stunned for a while, and even suspected that the fire was spreading through the dimensional channel.

Among these melon-eating people, one figure is different.

It was a young girl, she stood quietly in the rain, although she was holding an umbrella, but it was obviously drenched in the rain, her black hair was sticking to her face, and her bangs turned into wisps.

She didn't look curious, she didn't discuss numbly, unlike the others—

In fact, she should be the so-called "victim", but when she was brought out, people didn't react, so they thought she was just a passerby - to be reasonable, in the eyes of these people, those who escaped from it either fainted or were carried away on a stretcher.

- Only a few black marks of burning on the corners of the clothes prove that, but they are not obvious at the moment.

……

Sand......

Bai Chen stood in the rain, people coming and going, not knowing what she was thinking—until a coat was draped over her body, bringing her a little warmth and bringing her back from her thoughts.

She looked up and saw the man standing with her in the rain.

"The fire they set is different from the others, and it should have burned down." Jiang Li rarely showed a smile that seemed to be smiling, his lips pursed slightly, looked at her and said, "Do you want to go home and have a look?" ”

"It's burned out." She paused, meaningful.

Jiang Li was stunned.

The discussion of the melon-eating masses has allowed her to fully understand the situation, although the cause of the fire can only be put into the category of "urban legends".

Another place where the fire started was her home, where the red light on her PCI was still on.

"The fire they set on fire" - the so-called "they" are naturally only the sword of the king.

"Why are you here?" Only then did Bai Chen remember to ask Jiang Li this question.

If it had been a little later, she might have had nothing left to carry out of it.

"Guardian Night is over, so make sure you're home, of course." Jiang Li was stunned, and grinned for the first time since just now.

Bai Chen blinked and nodded: "...... Thank you. ”

In fact, she was able to escape, and even ...... She was less than ten paces away from the door.

But at that time, she suddenly stood still.

It didn't feel like the result of being dominated by negative emotions like sadness or anger — she just suddenly wanted to stand still, and she didn't care if she had one foot on the brink of death.

…… She still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"The rain doesn't feel good, but it's ...... Thanks to it. Jiang Li looked at her, turned to look at the building, and said with emotion.

After all, she is still a worker of the Xinghai Bureau, and after Jiang Li took her out, he called the police.

Then came the pouring rain.

"You don't like the rain." Bai Chen heard something.

"It's that I don't like this kind of heavy rain, it will remind me of some uncomfortable memories." Jiang Li said, his eyes darkened when he talked about these things.

As he spoke, he felt the girl's gaze, and couldn't help but hang his head, just in front of the girl's eyes.

There seemed to be some curiosity, although there was still no light in the eyes.

“…… My parents left me out on the street in the rain, and they said they would bring me an umbrella and never came back. Jiang Li's eyes flashed, and he raised his head unconsciously, and said in a very soft voice in the rain, "Later, a little other thing happened in such rain." ”

Bai Chen was slightly stunned.

She realized it was a heavy thing.

Although, she has never been exposed to the word "parent" and does not have a mother-daughter relationship with her adoptive mother named Sumire, so she does not understand this mood - or she herself can barely read any mood and react appropriately.

But she tiptoed in the next second, raised the umbrella in her hand, and covered Jiang Li's head.

Jiang Li was stunned again, and turned his head to look at her-

The girl tiptoed slightly, her raised arms were snow-white and slender, because she raised her hand, the coat draped on her body slipped to the side slightly, her face was expressionless, and even her eyes were as bright as ever.

Jiang Li looked at her, and the rain ran down his hair and fell on his face, but he didn't feel anything.

……

"I'll go back and see." After standing for a while, the rain gradually subsided, Bai Chen looked at the ruins not far away again, and said.

She stayed where she was, just wondering if she would ever see the little girl again.

…… It was only at this time that I remembered my only place to stay.

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows, smiled, and took the umbrella from her hand.

Bai Chen walked out, only to feel that the hustle and bustle behind him was getting farther and farther away, and he had a feeling that he was far away from the world.

——

——

Old-fashioned residential buildings in the distance – surrounded by shouts and cries.

The alleys are narrow and crowded with residents.

The fire in this building started from the highest floor - of course no one knows how it all happened.

There were also two onlookers who seemed out of place, looking at them coldly.

Among them was a teenager with eyes filled with frozen anger, and one could imagine what it would have been like when it burned before.

"This is just the beginning, and we'll help you get revenge - you may not have approved of us before, but now you know that only strength and strife can make your wishes come true." The woman beside him whispered softly, "And the others, like the powerless people in front of you, can only struggle." ”

……

On the tall building, a figure flashed away.

She once appeared in front of Bai Chen, and disappeared into the fire at some point, like a ghost in the city, leaving only a chuckle at the moment.