Chapter 817: 817
The elevator doors opened, and Gu Xingze stepped inside .
After replying to the message, Yun Shishi followed him into the elevator .
However, as soon as one of her feet stepped inside, she felt a sudden turbulence under her . The lights inside flickered a few times, and then the lift actually uncontrollably lurched downward!
At this point, she was halfway into the elevator . Seeing the elevator lurch down uncontrollably and her about to get caught… he hurriedly grabbed her arm and jerked her inside .
Losing her center of gravity, she fell into his arms .
The phone dropped to the ground with a smack!
Because of the elevator’s intermittent shaking, both fell to the ground together .
Immediately afterward, they felt a strange centrifugal force . The elevator, which was still falling, seemed to crash to the ground with a bang!
He subconsciously covered her in his embrace . The moment his spine collided with the stiff floor, he had the illusion that his bones had shattered from the impact .
The lift rocked for a bit thereafter, and the lights overhead flickered; everything returned to serenity .
Only then did the elevator slowly close .
Yun Shishi could not react . She was even unaware of what exactly had happened . Once it turned quiet, she scanned her surroundings and saw the elevator’s floor panel was black .
From the elevator, she could hear the rope saws swaying, and in this quiet and narrow space, these noises only gave way for uneasiness and anxiety .
“Elevator malfunction?!”
This was her first reaction .
Turning to look at the man, she saw his pale face . It was as if he had lingering fear . Clearly, he was still a little shocked by the earlier accident .
Imagine; were it not for his fast actions, he probably could only watch her get caught in the opening .
He did not dare think of the consequences .
She, too, carefully recollected that, just as she stepped into the lift, she felt it abruptly lurch downward .
Gu Xingze had tugged her into the elevator . Thinking about it carefully now, she felt a chill spread from her feet all the way to her spine .
If he had not reacted fast enough, or if he had chosen to push her out, instead, she would have been fraught with grim possibilities .
That was because, in that situation, it would be too late to push her out, too .
She was nearly caught by the elevator opening .
…
The fear in her heart seemed to devour her from within .
She actually had a brush with death earlier .
“Xingze…”
Her heart raced and her palms turned clammy, yet she calmed herself at once and expressed her gratitude . “Thank you . ”
He closed his eyes and quickly quelled his fears . Slowly, he stood up and pressed the floor button .
The floor indicator was no longer glowing .
The lights overhead flickered unstably, while the exhaust fan continued spinning .
He turned to look at her and his thin lips parted . “Shishi, don’t be afraid . I’m here with you . ”
Humming her assent, she felt an explicable calmness and lose her apprehension .
Gu Xingze speculated that the elevator had likely malfunctioned and fell . Fortunately, it only fell a short distance from the first floor to basement three . If it had been from a higher floor, the consequences were unthinkable .
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