Suddenly, several water balls lightly struck Yu Ke, extinguishing the fire on him. Seeing that he was fine, Yu Ke quickly reacted and charged at the remaining security guards. Perhaps because he had been injured himself, his moves became even more vicious.
Brother Lie saw that most of his men had been dealt with, leaving only two, and became desperate. He had worked so hard to awaken his ability, change his fate, and reach the pinnacle of life; he couldn't just die here. Just as Brother Lie was about to gather a fireball in his palm, Shen Hegui chopped off his hands. The next second, Yu Ke's iron rod struck his head hard. Brother Lie passed out. But Yu Ke didn't let him off; he had Shen Hegui cut off Brother Lie's head with his blade.
The group looked at the nine security guards lying on the ground, plus the two outside, and couldn't help frowning. No wonder they dared to break in—eleven men, enough to form a squad.
The men were taken care of, but the fireballs Brother Lie had thrown around were still burning. Shen Hegui looked, thought of the fire extinguisher in the hallway, and was about to go get it. But before he could move, he saw Jiang Yuntan standing at the door holding two fire extinguishers. Shen Hegui snapped to attention and quickly went over to take them. Then he and Yu Ke used the extinguishers to put out the fires still burning in the room.
After seeing that they were safe, Qi Ruoshui went limp and was sitting on the floor. Yu Ke hurried over, picked her up, and sat her down on the sofa. Qi Ruoshui saw his clothes burned through, revealing reddened skin, and asked, 'Are you okay?'
'I'm fine, I'm okay. How about you? Did you awaken your ability?' Yu Ke asked with concern.
'Mm, I think it's a water-type ability,' Qi Ruoshui said. She tried to conjure some water to show Yu Ke, but couldn't produce any and got a bad headache. Seeing her pained expression, Jiang Yuntan said, 'Sister Ruoshui awakened an ability? That's great. But these are symptoms of overusing your ability. Just rest well.'
'Right, right, right. Ruoshui, get some rest,' Yu Ke said.
'Are you sure you don't want to treat your burns?' Qi Ruoshui was still worried. In the year she had been with him, she knew how little this pampered young master could tolerate pain. Normally, if he got burned taking a bowl out of the microwave, he would howl in pain.
'I'll put some burn ointment on later,' Yu Ke said, pressing her shoulder. 'You rest well. Don't worry about anything else.'
This was supposed to be a very touching speech, but Qi Ruoshui looked at his singed hair and suddenly couldn't feel moved. Yu Ke noticed her strange look and asked, 'What's wrong? Is there somewhere else that's uncomfortable?'
Jiang Yuntan pursed her lips and smiled. 'Brother Yu Ke, why don't you go look in the mirror first and check your hair?'
'Huh?' Full of confusion, Yu Ke walked toward a mirror in the living room. Then Yu Ke cried out in disbelief, 'Ah, my thick hair!' He stared at his hair in the mirror—uneven lengths, with burnt tips—and blinked hard, thinking he was hallucinating. Yu Ke was on the verge of tears, but Shen Hegui quickly pulled him away to help dispose of the security guards.
The three men worked together to throw the security guards out the window. Jiang Yuntan noticed that three of them had actually been killed by her stray bullets.
Downstairs, Jiang Yufeng and Xue Zhao heard the gunshots and figured something had happened upstairs. They were wondering whether to go up and help, since the supplies they had worked so hard for all day were here. Just as they were about to send one person up, they saw several men in security uniforms falling from the sky. The direction seemed to be their presidential suite. The two looked up and saw Shen Hegui and the others. After confirming they were fine, they checked the surroundings to make sure no one alive was around, then returned to the car.
Upstairs, after cleaning up the room a bit, it was finally less of an eyesore. A good portion of the supplies they had collected had been wasted by the security guards. The packaging of the instant food they had gathered was now scattered on the living room table. They went to check the kitchen and saw signs of cooking. Fortunately, the intruders hadn't used up all the ingredients. So they started cooking with the remaining ingredients.
Everyone was exhausted, so finally Jiang Yuntan and the others made rice with mushrooms and cured meat. Luckily, there were two rice cookers in the kitchen, so they and Lin Xuan's group each took one. Jiang Yuntan carried the rice cooker with the finished rice to the study and ate with them.
After eating, Qi Ruoshui also regained her energy. She and Jiang Yuntan cooked all the remaining ingredients into ready-to-eat dishes. Jiang Yuntan directly told them that her space could keep food fresh. Everyone was very happy. It meant they could have hot meals from time to time. Originally they had planned to make enough rice balls for two days, but now they decided to use up all the rice and flour they had collected in recent days. They called them rice balls, but actually it was just rice cooked with various ingredients, formed into fist-sized portions, placed in plastic bags, and stored in her space.
Jiang Yuntan was watching Qi Ruoshui knead dough while also keeping an eye on the rice cookers. In the previously quiet space, Yu Ke's slightly trembling voice came: 'Brother Shen, you've got to keep your hand steady. It's just a haircut, it shouldn't ruin my face, right?'
'Shut up,' Shen Hegui said gruffly.
Jiang Yuntan thought for a moment, then took out burn ointment and anti-inflammatory medicine from her space and placed them beside them. Seeing this, Yu Ke said gratefully, 'Thanks, little sister. I thought we hadn't collected any burn ointment.'
'We did,' Jiang Yuntan said softly. 'But it seems we only have three tubes. We should try to collect more when we get a chance.' Maybe they would encounter more fire-type ability users in the future.
Soon, Yu Ke's hair was completely shaved off. Although he was bald, his handsome face made him look rather clean-cut. Shen Hegui and Yu Ke took over the cooking from them and told them to rest first.
'Do you know how?' Qi Ruoshui asked skeptically.
'We've watched long enough to figure it out,' Yu Ke said.
Jiang Yuntan was also tired, so she didn't stand on ceremony and headed back to her room. Qi Ruoshui didn't want to go back and room with Lin Tingxue and the others, so she simply leaned back on the sofa in the study to rest.
As soon as Jiang Yuntan stepped out, she saw Lin Tingxue pacing outside her room door.