Era: You're asked to cook a home-style dish, but you cook Wellington.

Thick smoke, carrying intense heat, swept in, and flames licked wildly along the escape route, the scalding air almost blowing people away.

Gao Yang's pupils suddenly contracted. Almost instinctively, he pulled Su Wanqing to the ground and shielded her beneath him.

"call"

The intense heat, carrying rubble, tore open Gao Yang's clothes, leaving bright red wounds on his back.

"Knock knock knock"

The burning pain instantly penetrated the fabric. Su Wanqing huddled in Gao Yang's arms, her cheek pressed against his burning chest, and she could clearly hear his rapid yet steady heartbeat.

The thick smoke choked Su Wanqing, bringing tears to her eyes and causing her throat to burn.

She suddenly realized that all along the way, whether it was being chased by the Green Dragon Gang, competing in cooking skills, or now, it seemed that Gao Yang was always the one who stood up to protect her at crucial moments.

She felt that she was a terrible boss who couldn't even protect her employees.

This moment felt like an eternity.

Gao Yang winced in pain, and only after the smoke cleared did he lift his body and look at Su Wanqing beneath him.

"Hey boss, why are you crying? Don't be afraid, it's over, we'll just run out."

When Gao Yang saw Su Wanqing curled up on the ground with glistening tears in the corners of her eyes, he was momentarily speechless.

Su Wanqing pushed him in a huff.

"hiss."

The wound on my back was burned by the high temperature, and any movement would pull on my entire back.

Su Wanqing panicked.

"No, I didn't mean to. You must be in a lot of pain. I'm sorry."

She was as flustered as a kitten, which made Gao Yang laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at?"

Su Wanqing realized that she had lost her composure and pouted in dissatisfaction.

She looked at Gao Yang, whose handsome face was smeared with cigarette ash, and whose cheeks were red from the heat. She couldn't help but shed tears again.

"Does it hurt?"

Her voice was choked with sobs.

"It's okay, we'll talk about it once we get outside."

Gao Yang patiently reassured them, showing no signs of tension despite the fact that they were in a fire zone.

However, Old Lin on the other side was not so lucky.

Old Lin huddled in the corner. Although the protruding load-bearing wall protected him from a great deal of harm, the pervasive cigarette ash still stained his entire face black.

"Cough cough, help, help me!"

Old Lin felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life. It was really bad to interrupt the tender moment between the man and the woman, but he had no time to care about anything else at the moment. After all, if he didn't call for help, his old bones would really break right here.

He patted the dust off his head while coughing violently, as if he wanted to cough up his entire lungs.

Gao Yang then remembered that Old Lin was still facing the harm of tobacco ash.

He quickly got up and lifted Old Lin onto his back.

"Can you still walk?"

He looked at Su Wanqing.

Su Wanqing had also recovered her senses by this time, and nodded, her brows full of determination.

"Walk!"

The three of them pushed off with their feet and left the welded-off fire escape.

…………

Meanwhile, outside the hotel.

Because this hotel is somewhat special, it occasionally accommodates people who are not comfortable showing their faces, so the police also come to patrol from time to time.

"Captain, look, those two are acting suspiciously, I wonder what they're up to."

The young police officer had sharp eyes and spotted the situation immediately.

Upon hearing this, the captain frowned and was about to slap the young officer on the head.

"Stop fooling around, there's nothing wrong..."

The next moment, flames shot into the sky, and the hotel, which was covered in gasoline, was instantly ignited. The flames swept upwards and slowly gathered into a fireball in the air.

"Boom!"

The source of the fire was unknown, but the huge explosion startled everyone, and the sky was instantly illuminated.

Using this light, the two police officers also saw the two people who were climbing over the wall and starting the fire.

The veteran police officer's pupils suddenly contracted; his long experience told him that something serious had happened.

"Don't move."

He rushed toward the two people, at the fastest speed he had ever run in his life.

The two men were startled, but they reacted quickly; after a shiver, they took off running.

How could they possibly outrun the police officers?

The two were pinned to the ground in no time.

"What are you doing here? Sneaking around like that, what are you up to?"

The experienced officer pinned the man to the ground and then gripped his shoulders.

At that moment, a huge fireball rose again from the hotel not far away.

The veteran police officer turned pale.

He remembered that his superior had specifically instructed him that a very high-ranking leader was staying at that hotel today.

"Fire! Put it out quickly!"

He roared at the person next to him.

…………

Inside the hotel, due to the burning fire, the oxygen was becoming increasingly scarce, and thick smoke billowed, forcing the three to crawl forward on their knees.

Old Lin was in the worst health and was the first to give up.

"My goodness, please don't take this old man with you anymore, I can't take it anymore."

Old Lin was exhausted, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

He covered his nose with a damp cloth, struggling to breathe.

"This is going to kill me, this is going to kill me!"

At this moment, he no longer possessed the composed and dignified demeanor one would expect.

The same applies to Gao Yang.

He tore off his clothes, moistened them, and laid them on Su Wanqing's body. Her back was blackened by smoke and dust, and every movement aggravated the wounds in front of her.

"Hold on, hold on, we'll be able to escape soon."

His mind went blank for a moment, and under the dual torment of lack of oxygen and high temperature, his vision began to blur.

But Gao Yang didn't dare to stop for a moment. He forced himself to stay awake and crawled forward.

"arrive!"

The three of them looked at the window at the bottom of the stairs, and for a moment, they were moved to tears.

There are no flammable materials here, so it can't burn.

Gao Yang got up and quickly removed the window.

"Hurry up!"

He did not choose Su Wanqing, but turned to Old Lin first.

Old Lin had important documents on him and also needed to catch Su Wanqing below, so being the first to go out was naturally the best choice.

Old Lin understood Gao Yang's thoughts and nodded, his eyes filled with determination.

There are still three or four meters above the ground here, so jumping down would certainly be dangerous.

Gao Yang squatted down and let Old Lin step on his back.

"Mr. Lin, after we go out, could you please pick up Su Wanqing?"

Old Lin looked into the young man's eyes and nodded heavily.

"Boy, I'm from the Lin family in the capital. I'll protect you after you get out of here."

Now it was Gao Yang's turn to be shocked.

The Lin family of Beijing is a very prominent family. In his previous life, he had seen members of the Lin family in the news more than once.

But there's no time to chat right now.

Gao Yang stood up and helped Old Lin to the window.

Old Lin put the folder in his clothes, leaned out of the window, and clung to the windowsill.

After a while.

"Come out quickly, I'll catch you next."

When Old Lin's voice came, Gao Yang also breathed a sigh of relief.

So it seems that going this way is feasible.

He looked at Su Wanqing and said softly, "I'll take you out first. Old Master Lin will be waiting for you outside. Don't be afraid."

At this moment, Su Wanqing no longer possessed that cold and aloof demeanor.

She was already sobbing uncontrollably, her hands gripping Gao Yang tightly.

"Shall we walk together?"

Gao Yang shook his head, his eyes filled with an unwavering determination.

"Hurry up!"

He carried Su Wanqing on his shoulders.

Behind me, an explosion rang out, and thick smoke billowed in once more.

"quick!"

Seeing that the smoke was about to engulf Su Wanqing, Gao Yang shouted in desperation, "Get out of there!"

Startled by the shout, Su Wanqing trembled, lost her grip, and fell straight out.

At that moment, scalding hot smoke also roared in.

"Gao Yang!"

Gao Yang heard someone calling his name outside; it was Su Wanqing.

"Great, we've finally gotten her out of here."