CHAPTER 1446: CHAPTER 1369: MEETING AGAIN

Sometimes, she would be afraid of him, but most of the time she still saw him as the Fu Family brother who had taken care of her.

Moreover, he was the man of her heart.

Who would be afraid of the person they cherished?

As Ye Ranran was daydreaming, the car came to a stop.

Looking around, there was a charred expanse before her, with white smoke still rising from the tree trunks in the fields, and many people were standing by the roadside.

Just as Ye Ranran was about to walk over, someone appeared in front of her.

"What are you doing here?" Ye Ranran frowned at the somewhat sooty Jun Mochan.

Jun Mochan’s face was covered in soot, half of it blackened, as he wiped his face: "Don’t even mention it, I’ve had some bad luck. I wanted to come here to pick some fruit, but who would’ve thought there’d be a fire. I nearly got burned to death inside."

He said while patting the dust off his body.

In fact, he had come especially to find her and had deliberately made himself look this way.

Zhou Xian, who had just parked his car and walked over, greeted Ye Ranran with a disdainful expression: "Secretary Wen, we meet again."

Although Ye Ranran was somewhat puzzled why Jun Mochan would come to pick fruit himself, she had no time for pleasantries now, so she just nodded and said, "I have something to attend to, let’s not talk now."

Lan Yu naturally recognized Jun Mochan, and although she was curious why Ye Ranran seemed so familiar and close with him, she knew now was not the time to ask.

Jun Mochan and Zhou Xian immediately followed her.

"Do you think this incident was intentional or accidental?" Zhou Xian asked in a low voice.

Jun Mochan looked at the orchard and farm burnt to ashes, frowning slightly: "Without concrete evidence, one should not speculate recklessly."

Although the autumn season is indeed when most fires happen, in places like farms, unless it rains, it’s quite normal for a big fire to start accidentally.

The abnormal part is how fierce this time’s fire was, and the extent of the disaster. What exactly happened?

Ye Ranran was surrounded by the crowd, with a bunch of farm owners around her, talking all at once.

Jun Mochan stood at the edge of the crowd, picking up various pieces of information with his ears. Soon, he heard from the mouths of those people.

It turned out that someone was having a barbecue in the farm yesterday, which was indeed an important source of income for the farm.

A large open space was cleared, positioned amidst the fruit trees, where you could smell the fruit fragrance, enjoy fruits and barbecue.

In the latter part of the night, they even had a bonfire party and, exhausted from playing, everyone went to sleep.

Except that someone had pitched their tent next to the firepit, and a night breeze blew embers onto the tent.

The person was awakened by the heat and jumped out without even dressing.

There were a few more tents behind his, and as the wind blew towards them, they caught fire too.

Those were all students, who, having escaped, were terrified. By the time they reacted and went to call for help, half of the orchard was already ablaze.

When people finally arrived, the fire had fully ignited, beyond any hope of control, and by the time the fire was extinguished, it had turned into what it is now.

The police had also arrived, had already questioned them, and had detained those students.

Ye Ranran also took the chance to learn a little about their backgrounds; they were just kids from ordinary families, who couldn’t afford to compensate for such a huge sum of money.

Everyone was looking at her, waiting for her to make a decision.

"I’ll make a request for a loan to be given to you, to first cover the farm owners’ losses, and then you can repay a portion of the money each year," Ye Ranran said thoughtfully.