Not hearing any response, Zhai Cheng continued to knock on the elevator door.
Finally, Zhai Cheng's voice grew hoarse.
Time ticked by. It seemed as if no one knew they were trapped in the elevator.
Song Ge advised, "Save your energy. Someone should notice us soon." After all, it was working hours. If the elevator broke down, someone would surely be sent to repair it.
Zhai Cheng squatted down and pulled Song Ge to lean against him. The two snuggled together in silence.
In the darkness, only their heartbeats could be heard.
"Is anyone in there?" a voice came from outside.
"Yes!" Zhai Cheng replied quickly. He comforted Song Ge, "Someone's here to rescue us."
Hearing the response from inside, the people outside also tried to soothe them, "Don't be afraid. We'll get you out right away."
About twenty minutes later, the elevator door opened.
Song Ge instinctively covered her eyes with her hands. After getting used to the light, she finally removed them.
Zhai Cheng took Song Ge's hand and led her out of the elevator. The maintenance workers outside trembled slightly when they saw it was Zhai Cheng. They had actually trapped the boss in the elevator!
"Are you feeling okay?" Zhai Cheng asked with obvious concern in his eyes.
Song Ge shook her head. But she always felt that things couldn't be that simple. Everything seemed too much of a coincidence.
Zhai Cheng and Song Ge entered the office and started working.
However, Song Ge couldn't focus on her work. Her mind was constantly occupied by the elevator incident. Logically, someone should have noticed them soon after they were trapped in the elevator.
Seeing Song Ge in a daze, Zhai Cheng thought she was still scared from the previous incident. He got up and walked to her side. His large palm covered her eyes.
Song Ge was startled. She instinctively reached out to pull the hand away from her eyes, but stopped when she heard the voice.
"Take a good rest."
The warm palm comforted her eyes. Song Ge was stunned at first. Her ears turned slightly red. Then she closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment.
The sunlight outside shone on them, gilding their figures.
The junior assistant rushed into the office with some documents. When he saw the scene in front of him, his face darkened. Was he going to be fired? This was already the second time he had interrupted the boss's good moment.
Zhai Cheng shot a sharp look at him. The junior assistant was sensible enough to leave quietly, closing the door behind him.
Zhai Cheng removed his hand, a smile reaching his eyes. "Get back to work." Then he returned to his own seat.
Song Ge saw Zhai Cheng concentrating on his work. She quietly slipped out of the office.
She must investigate this elevator incident.
Song Ge first went to the monitoring room.
However, the monitors in the monitoring room were generally not open to employees. So when Song Ge made this request, the relevant staff looked embarrassed.
"General Manager Zhai asked me to check the monitors. If anything goes wrong, can you take the responsibility?" Song Ge had tried her best to persuade them, but they remained unmoved. So she had no choice but to bring up Zhai Cheng.
Hearing that it was Zhai Cheng's order, the staff immediately became more obsequious. The smile on his face widened. "I'll look for it for you right away."
Song Ge sat in front of the computer. She thought about the time they entered the company and adjusted the time on the monitor. Her eyes were fixed on the screen.
At the beginning of the footage, the two of them were standing in front of the elevator waiting. There was nothing special.
Song Ge frowned. After thinking for a while, she found the monitor of the elevator maintenance department. She checked the footage from last night to this morning, but found nothing.
Was she wrong?
Song Ge began to doubt herself, but quickly dismissed the thought. She immediately went to the elevator maintenance department and found the two workers who had come to repair the elevator today.
"Did you receive a notice that the elevator was broken or something?"
The two looked at each other. After thinking for a while, one of them said, "It was really strange this morning. We were supposed to be on duty, but a colleague suddenly asked to swap shifts with us. Then we encountered this elevator accident when we came to work. Fortunately..."
Song Ge ignored the rest of his words. It meant that the two colleagues who had swapped shifts with them might have known in advance that the elevator would break down, so they deliberately swapped shifts. That was why no one noticed the elevator accident for so long.
"Could you tell me the names of the two who swapped shifts with you?"
One of them readily told Song Ge their names.
Song Ge went to see the manager of the elevator maintenance department to find out more.
When she mentioned the names of the two workers, the manager clearly panicked for a moment, then sighed.
"They were arranged in the department by Zhai Qintian before. Maybe they think they have Zhai Qintian's backing. They're not very motivated at work. We can't easily fire them."
Zhai Qintian?
Were they Zhai Qintian's people?
Song Ge's mind exploded. It meant that this incident was probably related to Zhai Qintian. Then her previous speculation might be true.
Song Ge didn't remember how she got back to the office. When she entered, she found that Zhai Cheng wasn't there. She guessed he had gone to a meeting.
She sat alone in the office, her mind in a mess. At the same time, she was very worried. If everything was really as she had guessed and was the work of Zhai Qintian, Zhai Cheng would surely not be able to accept this fact. What would he be like then? She didn't dare to think any further.
Zhai Cheng pushed open the door and stepped in with his long legs. Seeing Song Ge, he was a bit surprised. "Where did you go just now?"
Song Ge was startled. She looked up, her eyes full of complexity. Finally, she honestly told him where she had been. "I just went to the maintenance department to investigate. I found that this accident might have been man - made."
Zhai Cheng's eyes were sharp. His hand in his suit - trouser pocket twitched. He thought of the signal problem in the elevator.
Song Ge stood up and said word by word, "I asked just now. Someone deliberately swapped shifts, so no one noticed we were trapped. And those two people were arranged in the department by Zhai Qintian before."
Song Ge didn't want to say any more. She believed Zhai Cheng would make his own judgment.
Hearing this, Zhai Cheng wasn't very surprised. After all, Song Ge had suspected Zhai Qintian before.
"Just because those two people were arranged by my father, you think this incident is related to him? Isn't that a bit far - fetched?"
Song Ge rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit helpless. She didn't know what to say. Zhai Cheng was usually very perceptive. Why couldn't he see things clearly when it came to Zhai Qintian?
"After all, you still want to protect Zhai Qintian. You don't want to suspect him. You're just deceiving yourself."
"No!" Zhai Cheng retorted. His face was cold. "He would never do anything to his own son. He wouldn't, he wouldn't." By the end, his voice grew softer and less confident.
Song Ge knew that maybe Zhai Cheng had noticed something, but he just didn't want to believe it. This would undoubtedly be a great blow to him.