Before he can cross the ring of fire, the boy is suddenly a blur of white leaping over the flames and finding purchase against the window with an agility which Jiang Cheng would honestly be respecting if only the brat weren't giving him a heart attack right now.

"Boy!" he hollers as he zooms after him, all but ready to grab the teenager by the scruff of his neck and haul him away like a disobedient puppy. Except by the time he reaches him he has already stuck his head into the house and said he can't see anyone so...

He bursts through what remains of the window anyway and tries to drag the boy along with him because he needs to yell at him.

"What was that, Lan brat?!" he growls, then hisses as the near unbearable heat inside the house fully hits him. It is an inferno of flames, the wooden walls are on fire and some beams have fallen down, making the charring insides of the cabin near unrecognizable.

But Yanli must be somewhere here, right?