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Ma Wu had only just returned from Blackstone Slope and barely managed to sleep for an hour when Zhen Jincheng burst in.
"Master Wu, the warehouses are on fire!"
Ma Wu dragged himself out of bed and threw on his clothes with a weary sigh. "Those useless warehouses again. I have wanted to tear them down for ages, but I never got around to it. Wonderful. Now they have finally found a way to cause trouble."
Huo Ling rubbed her sleepy eyes. "It's only a fire. What's there to be afraid of? I will help you put it out."
"Don't go. You will only make a bigger mess!"
Ma Wu hurried to the warehouses and started shouting orders for everyone to fight the fire.
The warehouses were stacked with old oilcloth, and the fire clung to it like it had found its favorite meal. No matter how hard everyone fought, the flames kept spreading, throwing the whole place into chaos.
Ma Wu was deeply anxious, afraid the flames would spread to Freewind Wharf, when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man walk up beside him and say, "Tell Li Qi to meet me at the Tower of Happy Returns at seven tomorrow night. If he's late, you will lose your life."
"Who are you?" Ma Wu froze. When he turned to look again, the middle-aged man had already vanished.
What does he mean by that?
The fire kept growing, and Ma Wu had no attention to spare for that middle-aged man. He could only keep barking orders and fighting the flames.
By dawn, the fire was finally out, but half the warehouses had burned to the ground. Ma Wu was so exhausted that the moment he reached his bed, he collapsed onto it and fell asl...
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