Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 110 - 110 Revised 110 Searching for the Reason

110: Revised: Chapter 110 Searching for the Reason 110: Revised: Chapter 110 Searching for the Reason Nearly thirty acres of crops were ravaged by the fire, leaving the landowners with nothing but tears to slightly ease the sorrow in their hearts.

Wu Xiaoyu looked at his mother squatting by the roadside, crying endlessly, and could only console her, “It’s already like this, what’s the use of crying now?”

Several aunts and uncles from the same family were also comforting his mother, urging her to take it easy and not cry herself sick.

But at this moment, no amount of consolation could help.

For farmers, there is no disaster more severe than a total crop failure.

Looking around, only thick ashes were left on the large, burnt wheat fields, drifting in the soft summer wind, like endless sighs.

The villagers surrounding the wheat fields were either crying or lamenting.

Most people were grateful that the fire was extinguished; otherwise, their own fields would look the same.

Wu Xiaoyu, however, had some doubts in his heart.

Although today’s temperature was high, these wheat fields couldn’t possibly ignite naturally.

What caused this fire?

The fire truck was parked by the roadside, and several firefighters were packing up their gear.

A man, who looked like a captain, walked to the village chief, seeming to inquire about something.

Wu Xiaoyu walked over and opened his mouth to ask Niu Mansheng, “Village Chief, how did this fire happen?”

As the village chief, Niu Mansheng faced criticism from the town during the summer harvest season since the wheat fields caught fire, so he was already feeling downcast.

Seeing Wu Xiaoyu walking over so ostentatiously and speaking to him in a questioning tone, he instantly felt a surge of resentment.

‘I am the village chief, do I have to report to you?’

He wanted to say this, but recently Wu Xiaoyu had been pressing down on him significantly and even had dirt on him.

Hence, he reluctantly replied, “Captain Wu is also investigating.”

Wu Weentai, the captain of the fire brigade, found it strange to see the village chief being so polite to a young man and asked, “Who is this?”

“My name is Wu Xiaoyu.

Our family’s three acres of wheat fields were also burned down.

I want to know how this fire started?” Wu Xiaoyu introduced himself while inquiring about the cause of the fire.

Captain Wu was about to speak when he saw a police car approaching.

Three policemen got out of the car, one of whom Wu Xiaoyu recognized as Director Liu from the township police station.

Director Liu walked over and said to Wu Weentai, “Old Wu, the cause of the fire in Weenjiazhuang has been identified.

It was caused by a young man who discarded a cigarette butt!”

Weenjiazhuang was also on fire?

No wonder the fire truck arrived so quickly!

Wu Weentai shook his head, sighed, and said, “Sigh!

The wheat fields catch fire so easily.

How can someone smoke at such a time?

And not even extinguish the cigarette butt!

Really…”

Hearing this, Niu Mansheng quickly asked, “Our village’s fire was also caused by smoking, right?”

Wu Weentai glared at him and said, “Most likely it’s the same case!

The exact cause still needs Director Liu and his men to investigate!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Director Liu leading two policemen to conduct a survey.

The villagers were quite eager to know who set the fire since it was such a big incident, so they actively cooperated.

However, most villagers were having lunch at home when the fire broke out.

By the time they arrived at the fields, the fire was already in full swing, leaving no clues.

The policemen questioned around but found nothing, so they could only search for traces beside the burnt fields.

As the saying goes, “Heaven’s net is vast but not missed.” If the fire was man-made, there must be some clues left behind.

Sure enough, Director Liu and his men found a magnifying glass beside a wheat field.

How could this thing be thrown by the roadside?

Moreover, it was a brand-new one!

Director Liu picked up the magnifying glass and walked to a few women nearby, asking, “Have any of you seen this thing?

Do you know whose it is?”

One of the crying women squatting by the roadside recognized it immediately, “Isn’t this my son’s toy that he bought in the town a few days ago?

How did it get here?”

As a rural woman who hadn’t even graduated from elementary school, she naturally didn’t understand that a convex lens could start a fire.

She thought her son accidentally lost his toy.

The crying woman wiped her tears, snatched the magnifying glass from Director Liu’s hands, and said, “This is my son Mingming’s toy…”

Before Director Liu could react, a five or six-year-old child rushed out from behind the woman, grabbed the magnifying glass, and said, “This is mine!”

A man with a dark face shouted, “Snatch what?

Just gave you the toy, and you lost it!

Wait till I teach you a lesson…”

Wu Xiaoyu saw Director Liu standing in front of his cousin’s family, seemingly questioning them, so he hurried over.

When he saw the magnifying glass in Wu Mingming’s hands, he was startled.

Where did this magnifying glass come from?

Under the scorching sun, could it be…

Director Liu stopped the dark-faced man from scolding and squatted down, placing his hands on Wu Mingming’s shoulders, patiently asking, “Uncle asks you, why was your magnifying glass thrown beside the wheat field?”

Wu Mingming looked up at his father and said aggrievedly, “I didn’t want to lose it; I was using it to burn ants here!”

Burning ants?

The surrounding villagers gathered when they heard the mention of “burn,” while Wu Xiaoyu frowned.

Sure enough, it was this troublemaker!

Director Liu continued to gently coax, “Did you burn the ants?”

The little guy, somewhat disappointed, muttered, “The ants ran too fast; none of them were burned…”

“However, I left the magnifying glass next to the ant nest.

Some ants must have been burned!”

Hearing this, Director Liu felt almost certain, but many villagers were still puzzled.

How could a magnifying glass burn ants?

Director Liu asked again, “After placing the magnifying glass next to the ant nest, what did you do?”

Wu Mingming lowered his head and replied, “I saw the ants running fast, none of them getting burned, so I went back home to eat.”

Went home to eat?

The fire broke out when the villagers were having lunch, which matches the timing.

It looks like the fire was indeed caused by this kid’s magnifying glass!

At this moment, another policeman squeezed into the crowd and said, “Director Liu, this fire should have started from the wheat field where we found the magnifying glass!”

Upon hearing this, the villagers erupted.

Although they didn’t understand why the magnifying glass could burn ants,

it was certain that the fire started from Wu Dade’s home and was possibly related to his son’s burning of ants, making them the culprits.