When Ji Xiaoli stepped out of the car, she took a special look at her phone.
It was 5:50.
She still had time!
Letting out a long breath, she walked briskly towards the company. But then she saw Zheng Nanfeng following up. Her heart sank slightly, but in a flash, she just kept walking on her own.
Actually, speaking of Zheng Nanfeng, he wasn't a bad person. He had been nice to her this week. Although she had some grievances about certain things, but...
She shouldn't blame him for them.
Ding! The elevator door opened.
Ji Xiaoli stepped in first, and Zheng Nanfeng followed right behind. For a moment, they were the only two in the elevator.
Feeling the warmth of Zheng Nanfeng standing behind her, Ji Xiaoli felt a bit flustered. She looked up at the rising numbers on the elevator.
They were on the sixth floor...
The floor where Song Yuan and the others were located was on the twenty - first floor.
"Actually," Zheng Nanfeng suddenly spoke. His good - looking eyes drooped slightly, partly covered by his bangs. "I really didn't know about what you said. I always thought you just got lost."
Ji Xiaoli gave a faint smile. "It's quite normal. Why would she tell you guys about it?"
Zheng Nanfeng pursed his lips slightly, looking like he wanted to say something but stopped. He didn't seem to believe that Wei Yanlan would be such a person.
Ji Xiaoli looked up at the rising numbers on the elevator again.
They were on the twelfth floor...
It was 5:52 now.
If she remembered correctly, Song Yuan and the others got off work at six o'clock.
If he invited her to come at six, he should be planning to get off work and find a coffee shop for the interview, right?
"So, is this the reason why you don't accept our engagement?"
Zheng Nanfeng spoke again.
Through the reflection in the elevator mirror, Ji Xiaoli saw that his hands were in his pockets. He was slightly lowering his head, looking listless.
"I..."
Just as Ji Xiaoli was about to speak, he interrupted her. "Then, Ji Xiaoli, putting the engagement aside, can I pursue you?"
Zheng Nanfeng suddenly looked up at her.
His black eyes were serious, sincere, and full of strong expectation. He licked his lips and asked softly again, "Ji Xiaoli, is that okay?"
Ji Xiaoli was touched by the emotion in his black eyes. Her heart was pounding wildly, and she quickly averted her gaze.
"I... I... Are we there? Shouldn't it be the twentieth floor?"
Ji Xiaoli looked at the numbers guiltily.
They were on the nineteenth floor. It was almost there.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the elevator suddenly stopped.
Then the lights flickered, and the elevator shook. An ominous premonition welled up in Ji Xiaoli's heart.
— No way!
She heard a thud, and the elevator rushed down rapidly! Almost at the same time, Zheng Nanfeng grabbed her waist and pulled her down.
With a thump, she fell onto Zheng Nanfeng's lap. Vaguely, she remembered that when the elevator was out of control, the gravity would be less when squatting than when standing.
Meanwhile, on the twentieth floor.
Song Yuan was walking towards the elevator with a lady.
"The office gets off work at six."
Song Yuan glanced at his watch and said to Yuan Yuan, "We can go to a coffee shop or a restaurant first. Xiaoli may be here soon."
"Okay."
Yuan Yuan was tall. She was holding a notebook and a pen in her hand. She was a reporter from Huayin Voice.
She tucked her hair behind her ear. Her beautiful eyes looked forward, and she suddenly frowned. "Hey, look... Is the elevator broken?"
Song Yuan also looked over and saw that the button area of the freight elevator was completely dark.
"It should not be broken. Maybe it's just stopped because it's almost off - work time?"
Yuan Yuan nodded and didn't think much about it. "Hey, there's another one open. Let's take that one."
"Okay."
The two of them stepped into the elevator together.
Little did they know that the other freight elevator had already descended to the second floor.
It was pitch - black, trapping Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng inside.
"Ouch... It hurts."
Ji Xiaoli grimaced in pain. She supported her waist and tried to stand up.
But when she stood up, she almost felt desperate.
Damn it! Did she just encounter an elevator accident? Was she this unlucky??
Unlucky...
As soon as this word popped up, Ji Xiaoli felt a chill run down her spine.
It was over. She was really unlucky.
This week, she hardly spent any money. She just kept thinking about how to squander the money after winning the big prize...
So...
Ji Xiaoli nervously looked at her good - luck value...
Total good - luck value: 437. This week's good - luck value: 47.
Ji Xiaoli felt dizzy. It was over. She didn't even reach 50 this week, so she didn't unlock any good - luck events at all! No wonder she encountered an elevator breakdown when she came for the interview...
Just as she was on the verge of crying, she quickly took out her phone to call for help.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tao Tao called her.
"Hey, Xiaoli! Where are you? I didn't see you in the dormitory."
"I'm currently..."
Tao Tao interrupted her in a hurry. "Hey, don't talk. Just listen to me first! Have you checked the school forum? Let me tell you, there's some bastard who popped up out of nowhere and is smearing you on the school forum!"
"Ah?" Ji Xiaoli was stunned. She didn't have any enemies.
"What are they smearing me about?"
"They say you're a gigolo girl and now you're being kept by an old man. That woman who drove the McLaren the other day is the old man's wife. They describe it in such detail, saying that the wife can't have children, so she wants you to be a surrogate mother and has given you a large sum of money."
Tao Tao herself was so angry that she laughed. "Then they posted a bunch of photos of you going in and out of various high - end restaurants in the past few weeks, claiming them to be iron - clad evidence. Well, Yang Xiaoyang and I have already gone to the forum to clarify for you, but there are too many people on the other side! Come back quickly and take a look!"
Ji Xiaoli was extremely anxious. "It's not that I don't want to come back, but..."
"Beep beep..."
Ji Xiaoli's heart sank suddenly. She looked at the phone screen...
Oh my god! Could she be this unlucky?
The phone actually turned off at this moment!
However, just then, the electronic voice in her mind suddenly sounded:
[Reminder to the player, there are still 53 good - luck points to be completed this week. The player has six hours left. Please hurry up!]
Ji Xiaoli was about to explode.
Now her phone was turned off, and she was trapped in the elevator. She had no chance to hurry up even if she wanted to!
Ji Xiaoli: Can we make a deal? Look at my current situation...
[Please hurry up, player.]
Ji Xiaoli: TAT!!
Ji Xiaoli: Did you see the one - million - yuan donation I made this afternoon? Why hasn't it been counted into the good - luck value?
If that large donation was counted, she would have far exceeded the quota this week.
Thinking of this, Ji Xiaoli's tense heart relaxed a bit.
Unexpectedly, the system said, [Yes, I saw it. But the player donated this money to the Red Cross. Currently, it shows that the money has not reached the Red Cross account yet, so it cannot be counted as consumption.]
Ji Xiaoli: ???
What if this money never reaches the Red Cross?
"Ouch... My head hurts so much."
Zheng Nanfeng, who had fainted over there, slowly woke up. Just now, he only focused on protecting Ji Xiaoli, but he himself was hit by the force of the elevator's fall and fainted.
"Are we currently..."
Zheng Nanfeng rubbed his head and looked at the pitch - black elevator. His handsome eyebrows were knitted into a ball. "Trapped in the elevator?"
"Yeah, that's right."
Ji Xiaoli slumped down and sat.
Zheng Nanfeng clicked his tongue, stood up, and randomly pressed the buttons on the elevator. He also pressed the emergency button.
"But they should notice soon and come to rescue us, right?"
"I hope so..."
Ji Xiaoli was completely dejected.
Now Song Yuan and the reporter from Huayin Voice were waiting for her, but her phone was turned off, and they couldn't call her at all. By the time she got out, the reporter would probably have left already, and she didn't know what Song Yuan would think of her.
She was also being smeared on the school forum. She didn't know what was waiting for her when she got back to school.
And the scariest thing of all was that she didn't complete the good - luck value required by the system this week. She didn't know what punishment was waiting for her...