The original owner was deeply hurt after staying in darkness for a week, and this hurt has been haunting him. Later, the original owner met Chi Yue, and he transferred his fear and pain to Chi Yue. He hoped that Chi Yue would experience the same experience, share his feelings, and achieve the purpose of freeing him.
Zhuang Baihua despised this kind of behavior from the bottom of his heart. What had the original owner done to Chi Yue? This paranoid boss kept saying that he loved Chi Yue deeply, but he hurt Chi Yue again and again. It was simply shameless.
To put it bluntly, they are just selfish.
Zhuang Baihua subconsciously looked at Chi Yue beside him and found that he had his head lowered, with his jet-black hair hanging down, covering his eyes, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.
At this moment, Zhuang Baihua no longer cared about anything inappropriate. He moved his arm and grabbed Chi Yue's hand which was resting on the carpet.
The white and slender fingers were icy cold, like ice that had not melted for thousands of years.
Zhuang Baihua tried hard to clench those cold fingers in his palms, wanting them to feel his warmth.
The original owner shared pain, and he wanted to share warmth and protection with Chi Yue.
Chi Yue slowly moved her fingers, but Zhuang Baihua held on tightly.
Four mobile phones at the scene turned on their flashlight functions, and everyone else saw Zhuang Baihua and Chi Yue holding hands.
Everyone has his or her own psychological activities.
Secretary Chen: She is indeed a charming concubine, with all her tricks, which made the emperor take the initiative to hold her hand. She is very powerful.
Tang Feng: Damn, Chi Yue is such a little devil. He just wants to hold hands with Mr. Zhuang. I’m so envious and jealous.
Luo Zhenduo's mood was even more complicated.
He had known for a long time that Chi Yue had a crush on Zhuang Baihua, and he always comforted himself that this was just a momentary admiration of a young person. Zhuang Baihua had always insisted that he and Chi Yue were in a "poverty alleviation" relationship, so he was lucky and thought that Zhuang Baihua would not respond to Chi Yue.
But now, right in front of him, Zhuang Baihua took the initiative to hold Chi Yue's hand.
Luo Zhenduo's throat felt bitter and he really wanted to find a bottle of wine to drink to numb the bitterness.
He thought about it, and while he was spitting on himself, he said meanly to destroy the tender atmosphere between the two of them, "What happened in the past is in the past, it's better to forget it."
Luo Zhenduo stood up, walked to Chi Yue, held his shoulders, turned him around, and asked: "Xiaoyue, what have you experienced before? Why are you so afraid of the dark?"
Chi Yue was taken away by Luo Zhenduo, and her fingers automatically slipped out of Zhuang Baihua's palm. Zhuang Baihua looked down at his hand, recalling the touch just now, and a feeling of loss surged in his heart.
Even if it was a cube of ice, he would want to hold it and not leave his palms empty.
Chi Yue raised her eyes and looked at her father. Her deep black eyes were like the sea in the dark night, hiding undercurrents, unfathomable, as if they could swallow everything.
"I was once locked in a dark room for a whole week."
Chi Yue said this word by word.
Zhuang Baihua raised his head in surprise and looked at Chi Yue.
Luo Zhenduo was also stunned. Without thinking, he directly took Chi Yue into his arms, patted the back of his head, and said with gritted teeth: "Whoever did it, tell Dad, Dad will help you get revenge."
Chi Yue was stunned. He had never been treated like this by his relatives before and felt very awkward.
In the past, it was good enough that the Chi family's parents didn't beat him. Later, he returned to the Luo family where Xiyin was. With Xiyin's interference, Luo Zhenduo and Madam Luo were more polite than intimate with him.
And now Luo Zhenduo was actually coaxing him like a three-year-old child.
Chi Yue quickly broke free from her father's arms and said, "I'm already twenty years old, don't treat me like a child."
Chi Yue turned her head to look at Zhuang Baihua, then slowly moved back to Zhuang Baihua.
It’s better to be with Mr. Zhuang than with my corny father.
Luo Zhenduo felt a little hurt by being disliked by his son, and when he saw Chi Yue returning to Zhuang Baihua, he didn't know who to be jealous of for a moment. He could only sit back helplessly, thinking about asking Chi Yue after getting home.
Tang Feng, unwilling to be lonely, slowly stood up and moved towards Zhuang Baihua, saying, "Actually, I'm afraid of the dark, Mr. Zhuang, I need your comfort."
Chi Yue spat out one word: "Get lost."
Zhuang Baihua said: "The pace of criticism and self-criticism will never stop, so you should just stay in the corner and continue to think about life."
Tang Feng: “…”
After all this, the atmosphere in the elevator became much more lively, but the air became more and more stuffy, and I gradually felt like I was having trouble breathing and feeling suffocated.
Zhuang Baihua looked at the top of the elevator worriedly. Although no one would suffocate to death, he was afraid that someone would become dehydrated by dawn.
He was also worried about one thing. He couldn't be sure whether the elevator power outage was related to the plot. If it was really related to the plot, then they would not be rescued unless a certain event point was triggered.
Chi Yue turned her head and saw Zhuang Baihua with a worried look on his face. After thinking for a while, she stood up and walked to the elevator door.
Luo Zhenduo quickly asked: "Xiaoyue, what are you going to do?"
Chi Yue said calmly: "It's useless to just wait, we have to try."
As he spoke, he reached out to open the elevator door.
Tang Feng was shocked when he saw it and said, "Let's not do this. If we stop between floors, we might fall down."
"It's better than sitting and waiting to die." Luo Zhenduo agreed with his son's approach and went to help Chi Yue.
In fact, there was no need for help, Chi Yue easily opened the elevator door by himself.
But the situation was indeed not optimistic. Just as Tang Feng said, their car was stopped between floors, with two elevator doors underneath.
"What a crow's mouth." Chi Yue muttered.
Tang Feng said unhappily: "Blame me."
Chi Yue observed the position of the elevator and found that it stopped close to the ground. He should be able to climb to the lower floor from the elevator. He was thinking about how to open the elevator door from the outside when he suddenly heard a noise from the outside.
The other people in the elevator also heard it and moved towards the door.
"Don't stand too far outside." Zhuang Baihua was worried that Chi Yue would fall, so he pulled him.
Chi Yue pinched Zhuang Baihua's palm with her backhand, signaling him not to worry.
Xiaoyue paid attention to me, and Zhuang Baihua was as happy as if he had found his runaway child.
At this moment, the elevator door on the upper floor was opened from the outside, and a hat-wearing head poked in.
Everyone in the elevator simultaneously pointed their cell phone flashlights in the direction of the room. Several beams of light shone directly on the man's face, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a red scar.
Before anyone had a chance to see the man's face clearly, he retracted his head.
Zhuang Baihua quickly said, "He's our company's security guard. Don't shine the strong light directly into his eyes."
After a while, a weak voice came from the direction: "I'll be there to help you, climb up by yourselves."
Although Luo Zhenduo was puzzled as to why the security guards of Zhuang's company were so weak, he thought that what the security guard said was the best method at the moment. He turned to Zhuang Baihua and said, "Baihua, you go first."
Zhuang Baihua waved his hand and said to Chi Yue, "Xiaoyue, you go first."
Chi Yue shook her head. Secretary Chen said that he wanted to escort the company, but she was also unwilling to be the first.
Then only Tang Feng was left. The great actor Tang Feng said angrily: "Don't look at me, I'm not a coward."
It would be a waste of time to delay any further, so Zhuang Baihua said, "Xiaoyue, go first, and you can pull us up when you get to the surface."
This time Chi Yue did not object. He supported himself on the floor of the upper floor with his hands and stepped over without any help from others.
From below, Zhuang Baihua saw the security guard's thin hand reach out, grab Chi Yue's arm, and help him gain leverage.
Just when Zhuang Baihua was sighing at the young man's great strength, Chi Yue's body suddenly paused and fell down violently.
Zhuang Baihua and Luo Zhenduo were both surprised. Fearing that Chi Yue would fall, they quickly rushed down to catch her.
Unexpectedly, Chi Yue stabilized himself. He quickly turned over again and crawled out of the elevator.
"What happened just now?" Luo Zhenduo asked loudly.
Chi Yue poked her head in and said calmly, "It's okay."
The security guard stood beside Chi Yue at a loss, his face flushed, almost the same color as the scar on his forehead.
Just now he touched Chi Yue's arm and shoulder, and the pleasant smell of the young man's body penetrated into his nose, making him feel as if an electric current passed through his body, and his whole body became limp. As a result, his hand loosened and he almost dropped Chi Yue.
"I'm sorry." The security guard blushed and whispered to Chi Yue, "Don't hate me..."
Chi Yue ignored him and said to Zhuang Baihua in the elevator with her head down: "Give me your hand, I'll pull you out."
Zhuang Baihua was not polite and held the hand that Chi Yue extended to him. Luo Zhenduo wanted to support Zhuang Baihua from below...
Seeing this, Chi Yue shouted to her father, "Don't touch it!"
Luo Zhenduo: “…”
Luo Zhenduo remained calm even after being exposed. He just lowered his hand a little and exerted force on Zhuang Baihua's waist. Zhuang Baihua became the second person to escape.
Then it was Tang Feng and Luo Zhenduo's turn. They came up one after another. Secretary Chen, who was determined to be the last, was the lightest.
The rest of the people easily pulled the weak scholar Secretary Chen over.
Only after all the people came out of the elevator did other security guards from the company arrive.
Zhuang Baihua was already used to this kind of untimely rescue situation, so he asked Secretary Chen to contact other company executives and ask them to handle the matter properly.
Soon the personnel got back on track, the circuit was still under repair, and the backup generator first supplied power to the other elevators. The first priority was to ensure that all the staff of the program team left safely.
Everyone worked hard all day and was still trapped at night. They were really tired. Zhuang Baihua handed the matter over to the supervisor and called the driver to send Luo Zhenduo and the others back one by one.
Luo Zhenduo didn't hesitate to say goodbye to Chi Yue and Zhuang Baihua, and took the car back to Luo Mansion.
Tang Feng, on the other hand, was still reluctant to leave. He looked at Zhuang Baihua intently with anticipation in his eyes.
Zhuang Baihua was incredulous: "Are you not tired yet? Still want to make trouble?"
Tang Feng: "... I am indeed a little tired." I can't move anymore.
"Then go back quickly." Zhuang Baihua waved his hand.
Tang Feng left, looking back every few steps. Zhuang Baihua gave Secretary Chen a day off and prepared to go back.
Before going back, he wanted to find the security guard to thank him, but he couldn't find him. He didn't know where he had hidden, so Zhuang Baihua had to give up for the time being.