Chapter 448

The fire on the blanket was still burning. Fortunately, Melody was covered with two blankets so that it would not burn her body.

However, once she turned around and walked upstairs, what awaited her would definitely be death.

The cries for help continued, but the voices grew softer.

Melody closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. A few seconds of hesitation felt as long as a few centuries. She took a deep breath. The air was hot.

Melody thought, ‘Sorry…’

She apologized in her heart and quickly ran towards the safe passage.

She didn’t want to waste the opportunity to start over.

Just now, Zack had asked her if she was afraid of death. She had actually lied. She was not afraid of death.

To someone who had already died once, many things were far more terrifying than death.

However, she still had too many things to do. She had yet to take revenge and she really did not want to die here.

So, she could only apologize to the person who called for rescue,

At the same time, in a room on the sixth floor.

When the girl heard the chaotic footsteps downstairs, she thought that the firefighters had arrived.

However, that was not the case when she listened carefully. That was because the footsteps were clearly running for their lives. Only by running for their lives could they move so quickly.

She thought, ‘The fire is so big that no one will risk dying with me to save me. If they did, they would be a fool or a lunatic.’

However, the more she thought about it, the more she broke down.

She was already prepared to be burned to death just now, but the footsteps made her feel hopeful again.

Now that her hopes had been dashed, it was far more devastating than the beginning.

The girl shrank into a corner and curled up into a ball. She hugged her legs tightly, her entire body trembling.

The air in the room was gradually decreasing, and her consciousness began to blur.

“Dad, Mom…” She burst into tears. She had never felt so regretful and broken in her life.

At this moment, a voice sounded from the corridor. “Is anyone there? Where are you?”

The girl’s eyes suddenly widened. At that moment, she thought that she was hallucinating. It wasn’t until the voice drew closer that she knew for certain that it wasn’t an illusion.

“I’m here!” The girl immediately jumped up. She couldn’t care about the fire that had already reached the room. She ran to the door and pounded on it desperately, shouting, “I’m here! I’m here…”

In the corridor, Melody heard the sound and immediately ran towards the door of the room where the sound came from.

She had already run into the safe passage, but she still couldn’t get over her conscience.

If she really left like this, she was afraid that she would probably spend every night of the rest of her life in regret. She didn’t want to regret it.

There were too many things she regretted in her previous life, so she really did not want to regret anything else in her life. The moment she turned back, she even thought that if she really died there, everything would end early.

*****

The sixth floor was the source of the fire. The fire there was unusually big.

Even though Melody used a wet towel to cover her mouth and nose, the choking smell of smoke still drilled into her nose. Finally, she arrived at the door where the sound came from.

She was surprised to find that the door was blocked by someone with an iron rod. She thought, ‘No wonder the person inside did not come out even after a long time. It turns out that they were trapped here.’

The iron rod was already red from the heat. Melody kicked it away with her foot and kicked the door open. But at this moment, the last blanket on her body caught fire.

Melody gritted her teeth and threw the blanket away before running into the room. Then, she closed the door. After doing this, she had time to observe the room.

All the books inside had been burned to ashes, and the cabinet was on fire. However, the second half of the room by the window had not been engulfed by fire.

The next second, someone hugged her waist. “Help…”

The girl holding her was a head shorter than her and was crying uncontrollably. One could imagine how devastated she was being trapped there.

“Don’t cry. I’m here to save you.” Melody’s tone was filled with confidence, but she was actually completely uncertain. However, her words clearly comforted the girl, who finally slowly stopped her pain and looked up at her.

The moment their eyes met, the two of them were stunned. “It’s you?”

The person who was trapped in the room was none other than the little girl who saw Zack on the first floor. Her face was filled with disdain when she saw Melody.

The girl was the first to react. She let go of Melody’s waist with an awkward expression.

She thought, ‘Who would have thought that the person I have despised for being ugly would actually risk her life to save me?’

For a moment, the girl had mixed feelings. She was so ashamed that she even wanted to find a hole to hide in.

She wondered if Melody would regret coming to save her.

As soon as this thought appeared in her mind, she saw Melody’s face darken.

She thought, ‘See, she really regrets it…

However, in the next moment, Melody said in a low voice,” Didn’t I tell you to go back after class? Why are you here? If your parents know, how anxious will they be?”

The girl was a little surprised. Not only did Melody not seem to regret coming to save her, but she was also worried about her.

She felt guilty again and said aggrievedly and guiltily, “I just wanted to see how your competition was going… But the elevator and safe passage on the fourth floor didn’t allow me to enter, so I could only climb upstairs…”

Melody calmed herself down. As she searched for something to fight the fire in the room, she asked, “Then how did you get locked up in here?”

The girl was stunned as she recalled something terrifying.

She quickly said, “I saw someone setting fire to this floor! When I saw it, my first reaction was to run, but he discovered me and threw me in there. He even locked the door…”

Melody’s eyes narrowed. She stopped what she was doing and asked, “Do you remember what that person looked like?”

The girl nodded. “I remember! I studied sketching. I can draw what he looks like.”

“That’s great…” Melody was overjoyed.

The person who set the fire was definitely Ulric’s staff. If they escaped, she wanted Ulric to pay the price for his actions.

However, Melody immediately remembered that this floor had already been engulfed in flames. It was still unknown if they could escape. Her expression became serious again.

The next second, Melody’s gaze locked onto the curtains that were still unburned. “Come and help me pull down the curtains!”

“Okay…” The girl knew that Melody was thinking of a way to escape. She quickly ran over to help.

At the same time, Zack ran to the second floor in one breath and bumped into someone running upstairs.

The bridge of his nose was sore from the impact, and his mind was in a daze.

However, his first thought was, ‘Didn’t the door open? Why are there still people running upstairs? Could it be that the door still didn’t open successfully?’

He panicked and hurriedly grabbed that person’s sleeve.