Chapter 220 The Cause of Fire (1/2)

Although the fire seemed to have destroyed all the evidence, it had also simultaneously created new evidence.

Lin Mengya took Qinghu’s long sword and used it to part the ashes, as if she were looking for something in the ashes.

“Hey, lass, my sword is precious.”

He looked at his sword with pain in his eyes. He had obtained it from a blacksmith with a huge sum of money.

On usual days, Qinghu would never allow anyone to touch his sword.

He never imagined that Lin Mengya would use it to brush through the hot ashes from the fire.

“Alright, I’ll give you back your sword.”

Lin Mengya tossed the sword to Qinghu and intended to dig through the ashes with her bare hands.

Qinghu looked from Lin Mengya’s delicate hands to his sword, and then offered his sword back to Lin Mengya again without further hesitation.

“No matter how precious it is, won’t it be valuable only if it is useful? It’s alright, you may use it anyway you like,” Qinghu said obsequiously.

Lin Mengya laughed to herself as she knew that Qinghu would not bear to let her use her bare hands to go through the ashes.

She continued parting the ashes diligently using the precious sword and finally found what she was looking for.

There were so many people in the army camp and with many pairs of eyes watching, the vessel used to carry the kerosene had to be carried discreetly.

If the culprit wanted to escape without being caught, it would not be wise for him to carry the vessel with him.

The heaven was just after all. The metal can containing the kerosene as well as the lighter were not completely destroyed by the fire.

“There would be a label on the can showing who the merchant was. Going along this line of investigation, we would be able to find out who bought the kerosene. Moreover, if the culprit had entered the army camp carrying so many things, I’m sure someone would have seen him.”

Lin Mengya had asked her elder brother to go around to calm the army officers, but in reality, her intention was for him to watch each of them carefully.

Then she would come quietly to look for evidence. On the one hand, she was trying to prevent the evidence from being destroyed. Secondly, she wanted to attack the culprit who would be unprepared.

“Just hand this piece of evidence to your elder brother. Let’s get back as early as we can, lass,” suggested Qinghu.

After going through all the searching through the ashes, Lin Mengya, the beauty, had turned into a mud doll.

Her pretty face was now covered with black patches from the ashes. She was looking like a tabby cat by now.

“Erm, alright. Let me hand these to my elder brother.”

Qinghu wiped Lin Mengya’s small face with his sleeves. His intimate gesture appeared so practiced because it had become a habit.

Lin Mengya smiled in response. In her heart, Qinghu was as much of an elder as Lin Nansheng was to her.

However, it was something else from the perspective of the two other men.

“Third Elder Brother, your wife is really not shy about behaving intimately with that owner of Peach Blossom Dock in plain sight.”

Long Qinghan, who had hurried back to the camp and was now standing next to Long Tianyu, made a sarcastic remark purposely.

Long Tianyu shot them a glance but his expression remained indifferent.

If he, living under the same roof as Lin Mengya, failed to understand the relationship between Qinghu and her, he would be deemed a blind man.

Moreover— He turned around and strode away. Long Qinghan, refusing to let this go, ran after Long Tianyu and continued tormenting him.

“Third Elder Brother, if she really cared about your feelings or her status of being your wife, she should stop getting herself entangled with that Qinghu! This is good as despising and humiliating you!”

Long Tianyu glared at his seventh brother as if he were a stranger, and said, “Who incited you to say these words?”

At Long Tianyu’s response, Long Qinghan blushed and was struck dumb at that instant.

“These— are my heartfelt words, Third Brother! Even if you won’t listen to me, shouldn’t you listen to Mother?” Long Qinghan said after a long pause.

Immediately, the expression in Long Tianyu’s eyes revealed the pain from his heart.

He was saddened as he looked at his seventh younger brother.

“Don’t spend so much time with Jiang Sheng and Baili Wuchen from now on.”

Long Tianyu knew very well that his seventh younger brother would never say such words if no one incited him.

Moreover, Long Qinghan had always admired Lin Mengya in the past.

However, at some point in time, Jiang Sheng and Baili Wuchen began colluding with each other.

Before this, he did not really bother about them because they did not commit any grave mistakes.

However, for some unknown reason, these people had turned against Lin Mengya and seemed to want to tackle her.

“Third Elder Brother, we were merely—”

“I know what’s best for myself. Qinghan, I’ve said this before, to each his own. If you can’t grasp this concept, you’ll be made use of by people.”

Long Tiaohao might not spell out everything he knew. In reality, he could see through the minds of everyone around him.

Those two people were obviously taking advantage of Long Qinghan’s care towards him.

Jiang Sheng and Baili Wuchen had been warned by Long Tianyu earlier, which was why they turned to target Long Qinghan.

They had truly taken drastic measures to deal with this situation. Long Tianyu had underestimated those two men all along!

“I—”

Long Qinghan was not an idiot, neither was he a man who was bold but not very astute.

He watched as his third elder brother turned to leave. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out.

He suddenly woke up from his stupor as he realized that he had be used by those two as their tool.

Baili Wuchen ought to be a very persuasive man, otherwise, Long Qinghan would not have been made to believe that Lin Mengya was a stumbling block to them.