Chapter 69: After the Disaster

The fire, which started at an abandoned factory, lasted two days and two nights before it was extinguished.

Of course, this is not because of the intensity of the fires caused by dust explosions, and if such a disaster were to occur in a city, it would not have caused much damage other than panic among the population, because the water flow of the fire trucks was enough to extinguish the flames of this magnitude.

As for why the explosion caused such a wildfire, there are three reasons. One is that the location of the fire is too remote, the entire abandoned factory is almost uninhabited within a radius of 20 kilometers, even if it is more than 20 kilometers away is Han Meimei's hometown, which is just a remote town, and most of the fire stations only exist in big cities, so firefighters arrived at the scene long after the fire, and the disaster was difficult to control at that time. This incident can be said to be lucky to some extent, because Lin Dahu and Han Meimei saw the fire with their own eyes, so they quickly informed everyone of the disaster after returning to the town, so that the fire could be extinguished three days later. If you had to wait until the inhabitants of the surrounding towns discovered the flames before dealing with them, the consequences would be dire.

The second cause of wildfires is that there are a lot of combustibles in the factory. When the factory was abandoned, the contents of the factory were not recycled, and many machines and raw materials were still piled up in the factory's warehouse, such as grain, paper, etc. As a result, after a dust explosion, the fire can spread in all directions.

The most important reason is that the factory is surrounded by a large forest, and once the fire spreads outside the factory, the trees are quickly ignited, and the fire can spread to all parts of the jungle, and by the time the fire brigade finally arrives, the fire is out of control.

As far as accountability is concerned, this account is almost 100% on the head of the Han family. The abandoned factory was originally the Han family's industry, even if it was later handed over to Liang Cheng to manage, Liang Cheng was also at the request of Han Dao to do things for the Han family, and those flammable materials that failed to be disposed of were naturally the responsibility of the Han family, so after the fire was extinguished, a very large amount of fine was handed over to Han Dao.

Han Dao paid the fine without blinking, he didn't care about this, with the Han family's family strength, let alone paying some fines, it was not a problem to buy those mountains. In fact, not only was it a fine, but he also gave a lot of benefits to the person in charge of dealing with the wildfire, telling him to keep his mouth shut, and he did not mention any information that Han Dao did not want to circulate in the report he handed in.

After Han Meimei returned home, she told her father about Liang Cheng's behavior in the abandoned factory. Han Dao suddenly found it difficult to accept this matter, he didn't expect that the "Golden Turtle Son-in-law" he found was actually such a vicious wolf. After knowing what Liang Cheng had done, Han Dao couldn't help but feel a little afraid, he didn't dare to imagine what would happen to Liang Cheng if he attacked himself or the rest of his family. After knowing that Liang Cheng was doing something to his daughter, Han Dao couldn't wait to eat her flesh raw.

Despite the resentment in his heart, Han Dao still managed to cover up Liang Cheng's behavior. After all, the place where those kidnappings and torture incidents took place was the Han family's factory, and the main envoy Liang Cheng was also an employee of the Han family, so he didn't want this matter to spread and affect the reputation of the Han family. Although there are also people who have thought about spending money to silence the families of the victims, on the one hand, the victims themselves are marginalized people in society, and no one knows their origins. On the other hand, the fire at the factory burned almost everything present to charcoal, and the identity of the victims became an eternal mystery.

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Rewind time to the night Han Meimei was kidnapped. The Strauss twins and Li Lei were about to meet Han Meimei and the others after shopping for a while, but found that the two of them were missing. At that time, Lily also laughed and said that the two had a tryst, but it was not until dinner time that Han Meimei and Liu Jianming still did not return to the Han family's compound, and a group of people felt the seriousness of the problem.

That night, Han Dao mobilized all the members of the Han family to find the whereabouts of the two, and they searched almost all the houses in the entire town, until they found 9 o'clock in the evening, but the two were still nowhere to be found, and there was not even a clue. Han Dao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Han's mother couldn't stop crying, Li Lei squatted on the ground dejectedly, and Lucy and Lily hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Just when it was close to 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, there was a sound of brakes at the door of the Han family's gate, followed by a violent knock on the door. Han Dao had been guarding the door without sleeping, and when he saw that there was a Qiao Men God, he stood up and opened the door. When he opened the door, he was surprised to find that it was his baby daughter, Han Meimei, standing outside the door.

"Daddy!" Han Meimei suddenly threw herself into Han Dao's arms, crying bitterly. Han Dao felt like he was dreaming, he didn't expect his daughter to return home after only one night of disappearance. After the two hugged for a while, her classmates also arrived, and several people hugged each other excitedly after meeting, and Li Lei was kicked out by Lucy after a few seconds.

Looking at the girls hugging in front of him, Li Lei was also very happy. That's when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. After the girls hugged each other, Li Lei patted Han Meimei on the shoulder.

"Meimei, what about Jianming, why didn't I see him?"

"Jianming, he ......" Han Meimei just said her name and cried all of a sudden. The people around her hurriedly comforted Han Meimei, but it had no effect. At this time, Lin Dahu walked into the door and cleared his throat in front of everyone.

"Let me explain this." Lin Dahu sighed, "This matter has something to do with me. ”

After settling down Han Meimei, Han Dao arranged a room for Lin Dahu to explain, Lin Dahu told Han Dao everything he knew, during which Han Meimei also calmed down and explained her experience to Han Dao. After hearing the ins and outs of this matter, Han Dao was angry and wanted to punch Lin Dahu, but after raising his fist for a while, Han Dao finally put down his fist.

"Steward Li, where to lock him up first, give me strict care, and I'll settle accounts with him after a while!"

Lin Dahu was imprisoned without resistance, he had long thought that he would have such a day, and at this moment he thought more of relief.

After learning the phone number of Liu Jianming's house from Han Meimei, Han Dao immediately dialed the number. The person who answered was Liu Jianming's father, although Liu's father panicked after hearing the news of his son's kidnapping, but after being told by Han Dao that Liu Jianming was likely to have been killed, Liu's father calmed down suddenly. After hanging up the phone, Han Dao couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with the father-son relationship of the Liu family.

Although Han Meimei kept shouting to pick up Liu Jianming from the factory after returning home, the wildfire blocked their way. It wasn't until the morning of the third day that the fire was finally extinguished, and Han Dao and others followed the investigators into the burned ruins of the abandoned factory.

The entire factory is barely recognizable, with either smoke-blackened walls or complete ruins. When Han Dao and the others stretched out one foot and were about to enter the ruins of the factory, the investigators stopped them, on the one hand, the ruins were very dangerous, and on the other hand, it was also to avoid destroying the scene. The group could only stare at the ruins of the factory in a daze.

Since Han Meimei had explained Liu Jianming's situation in advance, the investigators began to disperse after entering the scene to look for signs of survivors, although they did not think that anyone would survive within the confines of the factory in this case, but after all, the Han family was a large local family, and the investigators naturally wanted to sell them face.

After a long time, the leader of the investigators returned to the gate. Seeing that the other party was back, Han Meimei hurried forward.

"Did you find Jianming?" Han Meimei looked very excited, "Tell me quickly!" ”

The other shook his head.

"I'm sorry, but we didn't find any survivors after our search."

Han Meimei's expression suddenly froze.

"But that doesn't mean he's dead." The team leader added, "The possibility that he escaped from the range of the fire after the fire is not ruled out, maybe he is now in the jungle." However, since there is still no news......"

The leader sighed.

"I advise you to be mentally prepared."

After saying this, the team leader returned to the scene of the fire and began to investigate the various evidence left at the scene. After the team leader walked away, Han Meimei's knees weakened and she knelt on the ground.

"Jianming! Jianming! You big liar! Han Meimei cried, and the more she cried, the more sad she became, "Didn't you say you'd come back, you liar!" I don't trust you anymore! ”

Han Dao wanted to comfort his daughter, but his outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, and he didn't know how to comfort her. In desperation, he could only squat beside Han Meimei, wanting to give her some support in this way.

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According to the report given by the investigators, there were a total of 35 bodies at the scene. Fifteen of the bodies were stacked in a small, unroofed house, while six were on the third floor of a building. Although the bodies were completely charred under the influence of the fire, investigators determined that the bodies were unclothed when they were burned, and that they were probably placed together after they died. The report was not submitted, and under Han Dao's influence, information about the victims of Liang Cheng's atrocities was destroyed.

The other corpses were not quite the same as the ones above, they were scattered all over the place, and although they were also burned by the flames, traces of clothing could still be found on those corpses. A large number of daggers, pistols and bullet casings were found at the scene. Of most interest to investigators were two corpses, one of which had a German-made Luger pistol instead of the Southern Type 14 scattered throughout the factory, and the pieces of clothing on this person's body were clearly made of suits, which investigators judged to be the leader of everyone here. Another person came to the investigator's attention because a dagger was plunged directly into his throat, and that would have been done almost exclusively by the deceased, who apparently committed suicide after the fire. No items were found at the scene that could prove the identity of the deceased, and investigators were surprised by the manner in which the deceased committed suicide.

The final published investigation results showed that the whole incident was caused by the poor management of the factory, and the factory manager Liang Cheng failed to take safety precautions, causing the warehouse employees to smoke and ignite the flammable and explosive materials in the warehouse, which led to the fire. Han Dao, the owner of the factory, signed the fine slip and gave the person in charge of the incident a large amount of money to expunge details in the report that he did not want others to know. Han Dao hoped that the whole thing could be turned into a big thing and a small matter, so as not to attract the attention of the people above the rising sun.

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On the morning of the fourth day, Han Dao opened his eyes. After a brief freshening up, he walked towards Han Meimei's room. When he came to his daughter's door, he found that her classmates were already secretly looking in at the door.

"Xiaomei, how is she?" Han Dao gently patted Li Lei on the shoulder. Li Lei shook his head.

"It's been like that since last night." Lucy also turned around, her face full of sadness, "After all, people like him are just gone, and I can't accept it." ”

Han Dao looked into the room, and Han Meimei was smiling and stretching the porridge forward with a spoon at the moment.

"Come, Jianming." Han Meimei seemed very happy, "This is the breakfast I specially prepared for you, come and eat." ”

Han Meimei's behavior looks like a girl in love. However, on the opposite side of Han Meimei, no one was sitting there.

"Why don't you eat it, Jianming." Seeing that the porridge in the spoon had not decreased, Han Meimei puffed out her mouth dissatisfiedly, "If you don't eat, you'll be hungry, you didn't eat last night, you must eat enough this morning." ”

Seeing his daughter like this, Han Dao wanted to cry without tears.

"I guess it's hell." Han Dao sighed, "Maybe only Xiaomei can see that kid." ”

"How so." Lucy laughed self-deprecatingly, "It's just that she can't accept this, so she forms an illusion in her brain." ”

Thinking of this, Lucy turned around and leaned against the wall.

"You're a sinful man, Jianming."

"What's wrong with me?"

"You're a sinful man...... Ahh ”

A group of people in front of the door pointed to the young man who had appeared there at some unknown point, as if they had seen a ghost. He looked embarrassed when he saw the crowd looking at him.

"That...... I don't have anything stuck to my face. ”

Liu Jianming stood in front of everyone as if nothing had happened.

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