Chapter 659: Unanticipated Freefall (1)
Xu Weilai couldn’t help but frown and ask, “What now?”
Gu Yu replied in a deeper voice, “The power is out.”
“No way!”
The maintenance man had just promised to fix the elevator quickly and yet a power failure happened right after what he said. Xu Weilai was well aware that this would deprive them of all contact with the outside world.
“They should be here soon, don’t be afraid.”
Xu Weilai could hear Gu Yu’s voice in the darkness and although he sounded as frigid as usual, he was speaking to her in a tone of voice that he hadn’t used for a long time. Startled by this, she glanced up at him.
Ever since their divorce, he had been extremely cold and indifferent towards her to the point where it felt as if she was an insignificant stranger and that the things that had happened between them were merely a figment of her imagination.
When she heard his sudden reassurance, for a moment, she even thought that she had misheard him.
As it was dark in the elevator and Gu Yu was facing his back towards her, she could neither glimpse his expression nor read his mood. She couldn’t help but clench her fists before she asked, “What did you say…just now?”
Perhaps because Gu Yu had slipped up and blurted out those words by accident, he remained silent for a long time before he eventually replied, “They’ll be here soon.”
“What else?”
Silent ensued once again.
Xu Weilai took in a deep breath and forced herself to suppress her urge to charge over and pry his mouth open, for she knew that he could only be persuaded by reason and not force. She could only try to outsmart him.
“Gu Yu,” Xu Weilai suddenly lowered her volume and whispered rather fearfully. “Could you…stand a little closer to me? I can’t see you and I’m a little scared.”
This time, however, her words fell on deaf ears and Gu Yu showed no signs of entertaining her. Other than the faint sound of breathing, it was so quiet that Xu Weilai almost felt as if she was the only one left in the elevator.
Reluctant to give up, Xu Weilai continued to ask weakly, “What if… What if the elevator plummets again?”
Eventually, Gu Yu replied, “Hold onto the handrail and don’t move unnecessarily.”
“I released the handrail just now in a moment of fear and I can’t find it now,” Xu Weilai lied blatantly without hesitation. “I’ll move two steps forward to search for it.”
As she spoke, lifted her foot up to take a step forward.
But before she could move, Gu Yu immediately turned and strode up to her in two steps. In the next instant, he grabbed hold of her hand and placed it right on top of the handrail before he ordered frigidly, “Hold on tight!”
“Alright.”
Clutching onto the handrail with one hand, Xu Weilai used the opportunity to grab hold of Gu Yu with her other free hand so that she could get him to stand beside her. “You should hold onto this too in case something happens later.”
Xu Weilai could sense his eyes on her in the darkness and, without breaking free from her grip, he simply pulled away from her slightly and remained by her side within her field of visibility.
Xu Weilai lowered her eyes so that he would not notice the emotions flashing across her eyes.
This time, she was sure that Gu Yu had, indeed, told her not to be afraid earlier on and that he wasn’t as cold and indifferent towards her as how he had appeared to be.
After another ten minutes, they finally heard a commotion above their head. Someone then pried open a small opening at the top of the elevator and a ray of light shone in.
“CEO Gu, give us your hand. We’ll pull you out.” Assistant Lin urged from the outside of the elevator.
But just when Gu Yu was about to reply, the elevator juddered violently once again.