Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback!-Chapter 279 - : The Sudden Blaze

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: The Sudden Blaze

After getting a good scolding, Jiang Yan resigned himself to lying quietly in bed.

But he kept on muttering:

“Right, right, right, you and Wen Jiaojiao are best sisters, no one can compare.”

“Hmph, don’t get too smug, I have lots of friends too, and I’m sure they’re all preparing surprises for me. When I get back, we’ll drink for three days and nights.”

The more he thought about it, the more agitated Jiang Yan grew, and he snatched Jiang Li’s cellphone away.

“I must test them too, can’t let you be happy so soon.”

Jiang Li: “…”

She wasn’t bored enough to compete with Jiang Yan on this, but if she tried to stop him, he’d only get worse.

She had no choice but to toss the phone to him and sat down at the table to flip through a book, indifferently muttering two words—”Suit yourself.”

Jiang Yan, delighted with himself, logged onto his own account, fingers sweeping across the screen before pausing on a friend’s name.

“Old Chen always comes when called, the most loyal to me. He’s surely planning how to throw me a party, right?”

With that, he made a voice call.

Soon a young man’s voice came from the receiver, “Hello? Young Master Jiang? What’s up?”

Jiang Yan cleared his throat, “Uh, Old Chen, any events coming up?”

“Events? Aren’t you still transforming in the countryside? What kind of events?”

Jiang Yan: ?

“You don’t know I’m coming back tomorrow?”

“Ah? You’re coming back tomorrow? That’s great.”

Jiang Yan: ?

He hung up the phone, frustrated.

Jiang Li said in a ghostly manner, “Instead of frustrating yourself, you’d be better off reading a couple of books.”

Jiang Yan snorted, “Old Chen is just too busy lately, others will definitely remember.”

With that, he dialed another number, “Young Master Lin, I’m returning to the capital tomorrow, got any plans?”

Young Master Lin: “What? Young Master Jiang, what did you say?”

“I said I’m coming back to the capital tomorrow!”

“Ah? What about a towel? I’ve got bad reception here.”

Jiang Yan hung up the phone with a dark expression, not giving up and making another call.

This person was even worse, didn’t pretend to have bad reception, but outright said he was broke and told Jiang Yan not to lend him money.

Jiang Yan cursed out the person and then dialed a few more numbers.

The result was a direct indication that the phone was turned off.

Jiang Li looked up at the clock on the wall.

“Half an hour has passed, Jiang Yan, you’ve wasted another precious half hour.”

Jiang Yan clenched his teeth tightly, “They must be too busy recently, or they’re joining forces to trick me, definitely not because my friends have a problem!”

“Hahahahaha I’ve been laughing for half an hour now, my cheeks hurt from laughing.”

“Help, what’s that phrase again? ‘Birds of a feather flock together, groups are distinguished by those who form them’, Young Master Jiang’s band of fair-weather friends are really just like him.”

“Young Master, let’s not argue over this stuff, it’s meaningless and only makes us suffer.”

“That’s right, why not compare something else? It doesn’t matter if your friends haven’t prepared a surprise for you, our fans haven’t planned to pick you up at the airport anyway, which is good.”

“Hahahahaha I’m dying of laughter, Jiang Li’s fans are all going crazy, and Jiang Yan’s fans are just laying back, right?”

Jiang Yan turned off the cellphone, lying in bed annoyed, constantly tugging at his collar, shaking.

“I’m not angry, must be the weather’s too hot!”

“Indeed,” agreed Jiang Li for once.

The dog days of summer had arrived in the Southwest Region, and these past few days she had keenly felt the weather’s unfriendliness.

After thinking it over, Jiang Li turned a page of her book, “There are a few watermelons Aunt Ying brought over in the water tank. Let’s cut and eat them later.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan was instantly interested.

“There’s watermelon? Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

After devouring a large watermelon, the two of them felt completely revitalized.

But unexpectedly, the weather became even more oppressively hot after they endured the difficult afternoon.

Jiang Yan lay sprawled across the bed, lethargically, and even Jiang Li no longer felt like reading.

After an early dinner, both of them called it a night.

“I can’t take it anymore,” Jiang Yan exclaimed with a weak breath, the second before his eyes shut, “I can’t stay in this dump without air conditioning for another moment, thank goodness we only have about five or six hours left before we leave.”

Jiang Li responded with a hum, “Get some rest early, I’ve set the alarm, remember to get up in time to catch the flight.”

Not long after, she too succumbed to a heavy, dull sleep.

She had thought that sleep might bring some relief, but the surrounding air remained incessantly hot, and even the bed beneath her seemed to grow slightly warm.

Consequently, she found herself plunged into a nightmarish dream.

With a heightened sense of alertness, Jiang Li immediately realized something was amiss.

Ever since she began practicing the Mystical Skill, she had hardly ever dreamed, so why would she be plagued with nightmares all of a sudden?

Sensing trouble, she violently pinched the flesh between her thumb and forefinger, forcing herself to wake up.

Before she even opened her eyes, she was choked by a thick smoke, leading to a bout of violent coughing.

Sitting up and covering her nose and mouth, she was horrified to discover the room was now engulfed in roaring flames, and a few sparks had even landed on her bed.

After quickly extinguishing the small fires, Jiang Li rushed to wake up Jiang Yan, who was still unconscious on the floor.

“Jiang, Jiang Yan, wake up, cough, cough…”

But no matter how she shook him, slapped him, or pressed his acupressure points, there was no response.

She herself started to feel dizzy and light-headed.

Jiang Li finally realized something was seriously wrong.

Could they have been drugged?!

It won’t do to stay like this; if the drug doesn’t take effect, the thick smoke will suffocate her, and the fire will undoubtedly claim their lives!

She tried to get up quickly to call for help, but her cellphone had no signal.

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Then, running to the door, she was shocked to find all the vents had been welded shut.

It was clear.

Someone wanted them dead.

…

…

“Why would the power go out all of a sudden?”

“Yeah, how can we stand this in the middle of the night? It’s way too hot.”

“Village chief, when will the electrical lines be fixed?”

At the other end of the village, a crowd of men and women, young and old, all sweating profusely, were staring at some electric cables not too far away.

The village chief, standing in front of the crowd, sighed.

“It’s probably because of the heat, the lines might have burned out. The repair team won’t make it tonight, so everyone will have to bear with it until daylight.”

A wave of complaints erupted from the crowd.

Zhao Lang, standing at the back, furrowed his brows in concern.

For some reason, he had been restless all evening, feeling as if something was about to happen.

With this thought, Zhao Lang turned and started to leave the crowd.

The eagle-eyed village chief spotted him at once.

“Xiao Lang, what are you off to do? Don’t you know a bit about electrical work? Could you help everyone out and take a look at it?”

Zhao Lang hesitated for a moment, “I’m planning to check on Jiang Li and the others. Their place is old and small, and it’s located at the far end of the village. A blackout would be the most inconvenient for them.”

Only then did the village chief smack his forehead in realization.

“Right, right, right, how could I forget about that? They are our village’s honored guests. Go on, hurry and see if they’re in any trouble.”

“Alright.”