Chapter 458： Investigate

Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty Eight

Is this a man or a ghost? How could he be alive? I clearly saw him being swallowed by the fire, let alone ordinary people, even heavily armed firefighters would be burned to ashes in that situation.

Li Tianchen passed by Cao Jingyu and whispered, "Is Captain Cao disappointed?"

Cao Jingyu's body suddenly stiffened, his heart shook, and he stared at Li Tianchen like a ghost.

Li Tianchen ignored him, smiled faintly, and walked to the stairs.

Cao Jingyu stared at Li Tianchen's away back, his face changed drastically, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Why did he say this? I did it secretly, he shouldn't know..."

When He Yan and Li Tianchen walked out of the ruins of Tianfu Building, they immediately caused a sensation.

Warm applause and cheers resounded like a tide.

He Qianyuan walked quickly with the leaders of various departments, and his faces were full of surprises.

"Secretary He."

Li Tianchen walked out of the crowd and came to He Qianyuan and others.

He Qianyuan patted Li Tianchen's shoulder vigorously with his palm, and sighed complicatedly: "You are fine, that's great."

A big stone fell in his heart. Li Tianchen came to fight the fire because of him. If he sacrificed because of this, his conscience would be uneasy, and he would deplore a talent like him, and he didn't know how to explain to Elder He after returning.

Now that Li Tianchen was safe and sound, the fire in Tianfu Building was suddenly extinguished, and the loss was minimized. This was the best result.

Li Tianchen nodded and said, "I was lucky enough to find a safe place in the fire and escaped a catastrophe. However, during the fire fighting process, I found that some firefighters were trying to commit a crime. At that time, the 26th floor was not caught by the fire. It burned, but the chemical suddenly exploded, which caused the subsequent floor to collapse and a more serious situation occurred."

The expressions of He Qianyuan and others suddenly changed as soon as he said this.

"What are you talking about? The chemical explosion was man-made?" He Qianyuan said coldly.

"Yes."

Chief Ma of the Fire Department said solemnly: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's not far away from this matter." Li Tianchen said: "It was Cao Jingyu's team who accompanied us to rescue people. I think Cao Jingyu is very clear about this matter."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was suddenly surprised.

Director Ma of the fire station was even more disheartened and quickly ordered Cao Jingyu to be brought.

Cao Jingyu was walking out of the building in a gloomy mood. He was guilty for a while when he saw Director Ma telling him to go there, but in full view, he could only bite the bullet and follow others to the tent.

The atmosphere in the tent was solemn, and Director Ma first shouted angrily: "Cao Jingyu, you rescued the trapped people at that time. When you evacuated, was the 26th floor burned by fire?"

Cao Jingyu was shocked. At that time, the twenty-sixth floor was not burned by the fire. This is a fact that the team members and the trapped personnel have seen.

"No." Cao Jingyu lowered his head and answered truthfully, his eyes rolling wildly.

Director Ma asked: "Why did the chemical suddenly explode?"

Cao Jingyu said: "I don't know. We had rescued everyone at that time. Who knows that the pile of chemicals suddenly exploded, maybe sparks sprayed out from the ventilation pipe and ignited which chemicals."

Director Ma frowned and stared at Cao Jingyu deeply, as if he wanted to see something from him.

Not long after Cao Jingyu was transferred to the Jiangning firefighting force, Director Ma didn't know him very well, but he knew very well that the reason why Cao Jingyu was transferred from the special forces to the firefighting force was because he made a mistake.

"You really don't know?" Director Ma said solemnly.

"Director, I really don't know. The team members and I were saving people together. I really didn't find anything." Cao Jingyu had a decision in his heart, raised his head, and said frankly.

He Qianyuan and others couldn't help but look at Li Tianchen. Although they were willing to believe in Li Tianchen, if there is no real evidence, it is difficult to accuse Cao Jingyu of igniting the chemical and intending to murder dozens of people upstairs.

Li Tianchen smiled lightly and glanced at Cao Jingyu coldly, "Captain Cao, have you been with all the team members during the rescue process?"

Cao Jingyu shook his head and said, "No."

"What did you do when you left them?" Li Tianchen asked.

Cao Jingyu had long thought of a countermeasure, and said: "I will check if there are people in other places, hoping to save more people."

"The firefighters are at the disaster relief site, and in that case, are they allowed to act without authorization?" Li Tianchen turned around and asked Director Ma.

Director Ma glanced at Cao Jingyu suspiciously, shook his head and said, "For safety reasons, it is generally not allowed to act alone."

Cao Jingyu said sincerely: "I have not been here for a long time since I first came to the fire brigade, and I am eager to do my best work, so...that's why I took the risk of doing this, Chief, I'm sorry, I will definitely change it later." He sneered smugly as he said.

Cao Jingyu's excuse was very good, and it was completely in line with his current situation. It was just a small mistake to take the risk of acting alone, and he would not be punished at all.

Seeing that there was nothing to ask from Cao Jingyu, Director Ma asked He Qianyuan: "Secretary He, do you think?"

He already believed Cao Jingyu's rhetoric.

In fact, leaders of various departments such as He Qianyuan did not believe that Cao Jingyu would do such a thing.

In their view, Cao Jingyu and Li Tianchen did not have any deep hatred. Even if they had had a little holiday before, they would not deliberately detonate chemicals and let Li Tianchen, He Yan, and foreign guests all die.

This is a heinous crime, enough to be shot.

He Qianyuan looked at Li Tianchen. He believed that Li Tianchen was not a targetless person, but there must be evidence for this, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public.

Li Tianchen nodded lightly. Cao Jingyu was very cunning and smart. He thought of excuses so quickly, but since he decided to deal with him, he would never have a chance to stand up.

"Then when you acted alone, you must have been to the twenty-sixth floor and touched the pile of chemicals?"

Cao Jingyu hesitated, "I have been to the 26th floor, because I was worried that someone was hiding there, so I went to check it."

Li Tianchen nodded, "You are looking for someone on the 26th floor. You didn't do anything else, right?"

"Yes, I didn't do anything." Cao Jingyu affirmed.

Li Tianchen smiled meaningfully and asked: "In that case, why do you have chemical powder on your body?"

Cao Jingyu's face changed, "On me? How is it possible?"

"So, what's on your cuff?" Li Tianchen smiled and pointed to Cao Jingyu's right cuff.

Cao Jingyu quickly raised his hand. Sure enough, seeing some powder on the right cuff of the fire-fighting suit, he couldn't help being startled and hurriedly said, "This is... This may have happened by accident."