The tycoon's wicked wife from the era of literature has been reborn.

The sounds of smashing, looting, and screaming could not be ignored and came from the west end of the village.

Like a thunderclap, it startled the sleeping village from the darkness.

One by one, the lights came on in the houses, and people in their pajamas came out to look around.

A burst of flame shot into the sky, illuminating the night as bright as day.

"Fire! Help!"

Now, there was no way to sleep. Some grabbed buckets, some basins, some dragged water hoses, and some wielded mops. The villagers tried everything they could to put out the fire, fearing that it would spread and cause even greater disaster.

Qi Lianxin, still wearing her clothes, hurriedly knocked on the door of the master bedroom.

"Xiao Hai, Xiao He! Wake up! The village is on fire!"

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Baohai opened the door and came out, saying, "Mom, take good care of Xiaohe. I'm going out to check on things."

Qi Lianxin nodded hurriedly, then added worriedly, "Be careful."

For several years, no one in the village has heard of a house catching fire in the middle of the night.

The temperature this summer wasn't particularly high, and coupled with the sounds of vandalism he'd heard earlier, Jiang Baohai hurried to the scene with some suspicion in his heart.

Gao Qinghe was woken up from her sleep by Jiang Baohai, and she was still a little dazed.

Seeing her mother-in-law rush in anxiously, she snapped out of her daze and reached for the clothes on the bedside table to change.

Fires are difficult to control in rural areas, as all the houses in this area are connected and separated by only one alley.

If it can't be contained and spreads, then we're doomed.

When Gao Qinghe saw her mother-in-law offering to help her with her clothes, she quickly instructed her:

"Mom, go and quickly pack up all the important documents and valuables at home, just in case."

Just then, the courtyard gate was slammed shut, and Xiao Hei barked threateningly in the yard, startling the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Gao Qinghe rushed out of bed, threw on a dress, and hurried out.

It turned out that a villager who was busy putting out the fire was carrying things and accidentally bumped into her gate while passing by her house.

At the same time, Gao Qinghe also saw flames shooting into the sky at the west end of the village.

The wooden house was completely engulfed by the fire, burning fiercely, and the rumbling sound of the roof beams collapsing under the weight could be heard from time to time.

Even from two or three hundred meters away, you could feel the scorching heat.

"Oh my god! How can we save her? She's beyond saving!" Qi Lianxin exclaimed.

Gao Qinghe frowned and murmured, "It's beyond saving. I hope no one is hurt."

Just in case, Gao Qinghe and her mother-in-law packed all the important things in the house into a backpack, so they could pack it up and leave at any time if there was a problem.

At the same time, close all the doors in the house tightly, including the front door.

On such a chaotic night, it's easy for someone to take advantage of the situation and do something bad.

Gao Qinghe still remembers when she was a child, someone's house caught fire in the village, and the whole village rushed to put out the fire. When they came back after putting out the fire, they found that all the valuables in the house had been stolen.

Seeing that the fire was too big to be extinguished, the people of Zhao Village could only retreat, while watching the fire spread and letting it mercilessly engulf their houses.

The cries and curses echoed throughout the village, making Qi Lianxin uneasy, as the voice sounded familiar.

Upon closer inspection of the direction from which the flames were rising, she exclaimed in surprise:
"Could it be that Qin Jianshe's house burned down?"

"That was incredibly careless; I have no idea how the fire started."

Qi Lianxin looked around and muttered to herself, sincerely hoping that no one was in trouble.

But things didn't go as planned. Soon after, police cars from the town and ambulances from the county arrived.

This is the first time an ambulance has ever entered Zhao Family Village.

At first glance, Qi Lianxin couldn't tell what kind of car it was, thinking it looked like a police car. Watching medical personnel carry the bloodied Qin Jianshe past his house, and seeing the police arrest two equally vicious, blood-covered strangers and put them in a police car, she finally realized that tonight's fire was caused by human intervention.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law waited anxiously at home for another twenty minutes before Jiang Baohai finally returned.

The first thing I did upon entering was to lock the door. Seeing Xiao Hei, who was squatting outside the lobby, I felt a little relieved.

"What happened?" Upon seeing her son return, Qi Lianxin hurriedly got up and went forward to ask.

Gao Qinghe first checked Jiang Baohai from head to toe. Apart from his clothes being covered in black ash, there was nothing wrong with him.

"I am fine."

Jiang Baohai shook his head reassuringly at his wife and whispered:

"You don't know me yet, I was just standing on the sidelines watching from afar."

In case anything happens, he will definitely be the first to run.

Gao Qinghe rolled her eyes at him. Of course she knew, otherwise she wouldn't have let him leave.

Neither of them are moral exemplars; on the contrary, the fact that they don't actively scheme against others is already a rare act of kindness.

In short, nothing is more important than your own life.

Seeing that everyone was alright and the fire was under control, Gao Qinghe took out her identification documents and money from her backpack and put them back in their place while asking:

"What exactly happened? Why did even the police have to be called in?"

Qi Lianxin poured her son a bowl of water and gave him a handkerchief to wipe the dust off his body.

Jiang Baohai tidied himself up, sat down in front of his mother and daughter-in-law, and said with a serious expression:
"They came to Qin Jianshe's house to collect a debt, and when they couldn't get the money, they smashed up Qin Jianshe's house and set it on fire."

Qi Lianxin exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"

Gao Qinghe also found it strange. She had never heard of Qin Jianshe gambling or borrowing money, so how could he have offended such a group of people?

The key point is that the two people who were just taken away by the police didn't look like loan sharks; they looked more like villagers from a nearby village.

Jiang Baohai shook his head. "This matter is a bit complicated; it's related to betting on large and small bets."

As she spoke, she waited for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to ask her what "big village" and "small village" meant.

Neither of them asked, and their expressions seemed a bit strange.

Gao Qinghe reacted quickly and pressed, "What are the big and small estates?"

Jiang Baohai glanced at his mother suspiciously; why did she look so stunned?

However, remembering the minor conflict between her mother and Qin Jianshe's family, she didn't think too much about it and continued:
"This is a scam that promises high returns. It's especially popular in Qing County this year, particularly in villages. In some villages, the whole village is buying it."

"Qin Jianshe bought some himself. Not only did he buy some, but he also acted as a big bettor. If he couldn't raise 10,000 yuan, he would ask his relatives and friends to contribute. He was responsible for distributing the interest he earned each month. Those people just now came to ask him for money."

Qin Jianshe said that the people above him had run away and all the money was gone.

His relatives didn't believe him, thinking he had hidden the money and embezzled all of it, so they smashed up his house and turned it upside down.

Qin Jianshe's family tried to stop them, but they were surrounded and beaten by their relatives who were now enraged, almost resulting in a death.

Those relatives were honest farmers who, lured by high interest rates, invested all their family savings.

Two or three hundred, or even five or six hundred, may not seem like much money, but for them, it's their family's lifeline.

The thought of losing money made them feel like the sky was falling, and they became extreme, forcing Qin Jianshe to pay compensation. In a fit of rage, they set fire to his house.

As a result, the house burned down, and the people involved ended up in the hospital.

Jiang Baohai said, "This will definitely bring about unimaginable chain reactions, so please stay home as much as possible recently."

Yawning, and seeing that it was still dark, Jiang Baohai pulled his wife back to their room for another nap. (End of Chapter)