Free Web NovelChapter 316: Chapter 250 Trickster_2
The man immediately came forward anxiously, "You can’t go, you can’t go! Comrade, in the bottom drawer beneath my wardrobe, there’s 120,000 yuan wrapped in a kraft paper package. Can you help me get it out? It’s just under the wardrobe!"
Cao Yi immediately turned his head and stared at the man sternly.
"Are you asking us to save people or save money?"
At that, the man fell silent.
The woman stepped forward, "Comrade, comrade, we’re saving money!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Yi became furious, "Where are the people? The kids?"
The woman panicked, "That... we got it wrong, the kid was already picked up by the elderly at home and taken back to our hometown! Just help us get the money out!"
Dammit, duped again.
This kind of thing wasn’t new.
False alarms about flammable materials, false alarms about explosives, false alarms about people being trapped.
False alarms, all damn false alarms.
"Got it wrong?" Cao Yi’s temper flared, his voice so loud it echoed around, "Our soldiers risk their lives going in there, and you tell me you got it wrong?!"
People nearby who heard this started to rebuke as well.
"I knew it! I’ve never seen a child whenever they come back home at night!"
"What kind of person uses a child as a pretense?"
"Right, if you want to save money just say so! Are you afraid others will know you have money? They are soldiers, they can’t take your money!"
"Deserved to have your house catch fire! It burned our curtains, and we have to hire someone to check the floorboards! Compensate us!"
The woman, chided by everyone, turned her head and huffed, "It’s not your money being talked about, easy for you to say!"
The man, however, boldly faced Cao Yi despite his anger, as if he was certain Cao Yi would not harm him, and retorted:
"Comrade, don’t be hasty! I know in firefighting, property is also your responsibility to rescue! Could you just help me get it?"
Cao Yi snorted with extreme anger, "Let me tell you! The rescue of property doesn’t work like that! We have protocols! We must ensure the safety of personnel first! All personnel, including our own! Only after clearing the fire scene perimeter can we think about looking for your money!"
The man, upon hearing this, also panicked.
"Comrade, comrade, please hear me out, it’s the life-saving money for my mom’s hospital stay! She’s currently in the hospital waiting to pay the bill, it’s really urgent! Please help us!"
Listening to this, Cao Yi closed his eyes and clenched his teeth.
After a long pause, he again picked up the two-way radio:
"Fang Huai, Fang Huai, have you come out?"
...
"Out, out."
Fang Huai hastily caught his breath at the corridor’s sliding window, coughed once, and picked up the two-way radio again, "I’m going back in to check other areas." frёeωebɳovel.com
After putting the two-way radio down, Hao Chengbin came over and patted the back of his neck, helping him to catch his breath.
"I’ll go check the rest; you don’t go back in," Hao Chengbin said.
"Cough, cough..." Fang Huai coughed twice, his tongue hanging out to cool off. After catching his breath and steadying himself with his knees, he waved his hand and said:
"Squad leader, don’t go, cough, you can’t handle it, and you don’t know which areas have been searched. I know... cough... it’s a waste of time, out."
As he said this, Fang Huai spat.
In fact, he suspected that there was likely no one inside.
At that moment, Cao Yi’s voice came through the two-way radio again:
"Fang Huai, Fang Huai, no rush! There’s no one inside, the homeowner... got it wrong."
Hearing this, even Hao Chengbin was about to curse, his chest puffed up with anger.
But Fang Huai finally smiled and picked up the two-way radio, "I guessed as much. Is it the money, or is there some other valuable item, right?"
...
When the man downstairs heard this, he exploded immediately, tugging at Cao Yi and shouting,
"Did he find the money? Did he see it?"
The woman also hurried over, "He must have seen it!"
Cao Yi shook off the man’s hand and spoke into the two-way radio, "Did you see any money in the bedroom? The wardrobe, the drawer below it."
"Z..." Fang Huai’s voice came through the two-way radio again:
"No, but the house doesn’t look like a child lives there, I guess they lied. The wardrobe in the master bedroom is on fire; I had to turn it over a bit to look for people - the clothes inside are probably burning, c might not be able to save the money."
"It can be saved! It can be saved! It’s wrapped in a kraft paper bag! It definitely won’t burn!" the man shouted frantically.
Now he had to deny that the money "could not be saved" at all costs, because if he conceded to that, the people upstairs could simply take the money and wait for the wardrobe to be turned to ashes, then claim all the money had been burnt away.
Seeing the man’s attitude, Cao Yi also felt the situation becoming more difficult.
Because Fang Huai said he saw the wardrobe, and it was still burning. freewebnσvel.cøm
If it really burned down, Fang Huai would have no way to explain.
Cao Yi held the two-way radio, thought over it for a while, and then spoke again.
"Fang Huai, Fang Huai, about the money in that wardrobe, is there any possibility of taking it out while ensuring your own safety?"
Fang Huai’s voice quickly came from the two-way radio.
"I can only try my best, the room is burning. You confirmed there’s no one in there, right? If no one, I won’t search other rooms anymore."
Cao Yi, looking at the man’s stubborn appearance, wrinkled his brow and said:
"All right, give it a try, but if it’s not possible, then let it be. If the money is there and intact, take it down. If it has already started to burn, with the outer packaging damaged, then don’t touch it. Once we get water up there, I will have gun one go straight to that room, and we’ll save as much as we can."
He said this deliberately.
In fact, it did not conform to the protocols for property rescue; any valuable property seen by the public should be moved out of the fire scene as much as possible, regardless of any damage.
Giving such an order was a mistake.
But he needed to force a clear stance from the man.
On the other side, Fang Huai seemed to know that his order wasn’t right, as he didn’t respond.
Sure enough, the man spoke again:
"Comrade! We’ll take it! We’ll take the damaged money, too! Please bring it all out!"
The woman also said, "Right! My husband works at the bank! He can exchange damaged notes! Just bring everything out!"
It was then that Cao Yi said to the people around him:
"You all are witnesses, okay? He told us to take it, if the money that comes out is burnt or damaged, it’s not our fault!"
The people around nodded their heads, "We’ll bear witness!"
Only then did Cao Yi pick up the two-way radio and say in a no-nonsense manner:
"Give it a try, do your best to salvage."
"Yes," Fang Huai finally replied.
Upon hearing this, the man calmed down but then had a second thought and quickly exchanged a glance with the woman, and they both looked around the hallway.
As their eyes met, the woman turned and hurriedly ran towards the elevator in the hallway.
