Lin Hai was unaware that the fire had begun as a conspiracy.

At this moment, he had gathered his Gang Qi, blackened his face with soot, and feigned a state of utter disarray. After making sure he was the only one left in the music stairway classroom, he finally let down his guard and breathed a sigh of relief.

The door had been sealed by the fire, which made escape difficult for ordinary people, because the windows were situated over three meters high, unreachable for most, and with the fire intensifying, thick smoke swirled above.

But none of these posed a problem for Lin Hai. He patiently waited for the surveillance camera's cables to be burned through, after which he could easily break through the window and escape.

Outside, the fire department's trucks had arrived, and a group of firefighters was quickly setting up their hoses.

"Why hasn't my brother-in-law come out yet?" Ruoshuang's face was full of worry.

"Heaven help us, Mr. Lin must be safe," Wang Jingjing's gaze shimmered with tears, her heart in turmoil, praying for Lin Hai's safety.

Wei Shengjin clenched his fists tightly, grinding his teeth in frustration, hating that he was powerless to help Brother Lin.

By his side, the little girl who had pulled Wei Shengjin out by the clothes also looked extremely worried.

"Huh? Someone else has come out."

It was, astonishingly, the last student named Du Wanqing.

"Is there anyone else inside?" asked a fire chief.

"There's one more big brother inside," Du Wanqing quickly replied: "Firefighter big brother, please save that Brother Lin."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll send someone in right away," said the fire chief.

Just then, Director Zhu, with a face smeared in dirt and ash, walked over with a sinister air and coldly commanded the fire chief, "As the Director of Education, I order you to immediately evacuate the students."

"This leader, I will assign someone to evacuate the students. Please help coordinate with school officials and teachers. I need to go save lives now," said the fire chief.

"Save lives? What lives? The girl is out of her mind from the smoke; there's no one left inside. I was the last one out," Director Zhu shamelessly declared.

"How can you be so shameless?"

"That's utterly disgraceful!"

Ruoshuang and Wei Shengjin angrily rebuked.

"Hmm, dare to insult a leader? Wait to be expelled," Director Zhu snorted coldly.

"Expel me then, my sister is good friends with Mayor Tao, Director Zhu, you just wait!" Ruoshuang retorted unabashedly.

"Hmm, little girl, you were playing with a lighter and burned the whole music classroom down. This kind of thing has serious consequences. Now you're openly insulting a leader, do you know the consequences?" Director Zhu snorted coldly.

"Sh*t, isn't that a bit too shameless? Where's the evidence? Show the evidence!" Wei Shengjin was indignant, grinding his teeth furiously.

"Evidence? The over twenty colleagues present, including Principal Qian, can all vouch for me!" Director Zhu thumped his chest confidently.

"Director Zhu, how could you do this? Don't you have a trace of morality at all?" Teacher Wang Jingjing could no longer bear it.

"Hmm, Teacher Wang Jingjing, you're protecting an arsonist. The school can't accommodate you anymore. You decide whether to resign or be dismissed," Director Zhu snorted coldly, pausing for a moment: "Of course, if you write a profound self-criticism tonight and come to my office to reflect properly, maybe I can think of another way."

The profound self-criticism was just a pretense; the true intent was likely to take advantage of Wang Jingjing underhandedly.

"That's despicable!"

"Scum!"

Ruoshuang and Wei Shengjin could no longer contain their anger.

"Shut up, hmph, nothing but a bunch of troublemakers," Director Zhu scoffed coldly.

Crash—a sound of shattering glass rang out.

Lin Hai leaped down from the high window.

"It's our brother-in-law!"

"Brother Lin is alright!"

"Thank goodness!"

Wei Shengjin and the others immediately ran over.

Director Zhu's gaze flickered with venomous malice again, his mind calculating how to take care of Lin Hai.

A multitude of police cars also arrived on the scene.

Xiao Selang got out of the car, wiping sweat from his forehead; he felt extremely miserable inside, sh*t, there was already a major incident at the school last time, and now there's been a big fire. If the higher-ups hold me accountable, my position as a director is definitely toast.

Xiao Selang saw Lin Hai and was stunned for a moment, then became extremely infuriated; it seemed that wherever this kid went, his bad luck followed.

He stormed over, seething with anger.

Seeing Xiao Selang, Director Zhu's eyes lit up, he had a plan in mind to scheme against someone.

"Director Xiao, haha, you've actually come to the scene personally, on behalf of all the teachers, students, and school leaders, I express our gratitude."

"Eh? Director Zhu, oh my, you're here too," Xiao Selang immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Director Zhu, I want to report that someone deliberately set a fire and is also suspected of attempted murder," blurted out Director Zhu hurriedly.

Ruoshuang and the others' eyes widened in shock, for f*ck's sake, isn't that just too shameless? To tell such lies with righteous indignation, as if he was the victim standing on a moral high ground, ready to judge the bad guys.

"Oh? Who could it be? Such a heartless and crazy person? They must be severely punished!" Xiao Selang said with outrage, reading between the lines of Director Zhu's eyes, guessing that the truth was not what it seemed, most likely someone was being framed.

But what did that matter? In the world of people like him, dirty schemes were nothing; interests were the real king.

Following Director Zhu's gaze, Xiao Selang saw Lin Hai and a almost imperceptible, sinister smile crossed his lips. Damnit, every time it's about you, I run into bad luck; this time, it's the perfect opportunity to have you rot in jail. Arson and attempted murder? Especially at this sensitive school, even Mayor Tao can't save you.

Everyone sensed Xiao Selang's ill-intentioned gaze, their hearts skipped a beat—oh no, could it be that the two corrupt officials were going to frame Brother Lin together?

With a worried expression, Ruoshuang took out her phone, ready to call her cousin for help, to ensure her brother-in-law was protected.

Lin Hai looked at Director Zhu with utter contempt, people like him should not be allowed to exist in this world.

Without waiting for Director Zhu to speak, Lin Hai took the initiative to walk over to Xiao Selang.

"What do you want?" Xiao Selang blanched with fright, as this was the arsonist and violent criminal, what if he took him hostage?

His own life was what he valued the most—without it, where would he enjoy wealth and honor?

With an unfazed expression, Lin Hai said to Xiao Selang, "Director Xiao, I have something to say that's very important to you. Whether you listen or not is up to you."

Xiao Selang's expression was unreadable.

Director Zhu prepared to open his mouth and identify Lin Hai.

"Speak," Xiao Selang drew his handgun, appearing cautiously, lacking the authority of a director; instead, he gave the impression of a coward afraid of death.

Xiao Selang didn't care about these appearances. What mattered most was to stay alive, as long as he was alive, still the police director, others wouldn't dare to slander him.

Lin Hai leaned into Xiao Selang's ear and whispered, "Yama Lord sends his regards to you."

[Recommend the new book by a fellow author in Group Seven: My 21-Year-Old Beautiful Wife, rumored to be very R-rated and violent, hmm, worth a read]

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