The sound made by the fingertips is clear and crisp, which is very abrupt in the thunderstorm night.
"Then...has the hot pot been removed from the table?"
"No hurry, just wait."
Gu Lanchen turned on his phone and made the eighth missed call.
The beeping sounded in his ears for the eighth time.
Gu Lanchen felt that his left chest was being pinched and it hurt even more.
Suddenly, his eyes stared at the corner of the phone, where an unfamiliar pattern lay.
His eyes lit up, like a drowning man catching a wooden board. He opened it and saw Luo Wanqing's profile picture at the company location.
Almost instantly, the man stood up abruptly.
Gu Lanchen touched the key and rushed out despite the wind and rain.
Curtain after curtain of rain covered the front window of the car with a thick layer, and the wiper swung from side to side, making a harsh and unbearable sound.
Finally, the luxury car was thrown downstairs, and Gu Lanchen almost rushed in.
He took the elevator all the way to the project floor, and the empty office immediately caught his eye.
He went straight to Luo Wanqing's workstation, held the cup with his big hands, and a faint residual warmth came from the palm of his hand. Gu Lanchen's face lit up.
People just left.
Glancing at the screen, Luo Wanqing's avatar remained motionless on the company map.
Gu Lanchen frowned, wondering where he had gone.
There was a thunder and lightning handover, and Gu Lanchen's eyes were locked tightly by the words "pause".
He stepped forward unexpectedly, as if controlled by something, and pressed his big hand against the door panel in front of him.
In a daze, he seemed to hear crying.
His brain felt like it was electrified, and Gu Lanchen seemed to have thought of something.
"Could it be!"
Putting his face against it, Gu Lanchen stuffed his voice into the elevator door.
"Wanwan, are you in there?"
When there was no response, Gu Lanchen rushed into the safe passage without giving up.
It was raining heavily when we arrived, and now we ran several floors in a row. The sweat and rain mixed with each other and solidified. The clothes were wet and stuck to Gu Lanchen's body, and his hair was messed up.
Gritting his teeth, Gu Lanchen rushed to another level. He ran out of the safe passage and smashed the elevator door.
"Wanwan, Wanwan, are you in there?"
"..Second uncle?"
There was finally a sound from the crack in the door, and Luo Wanqing was obviously crying, "Second uncle, is it you! Second uncle, are you here to save me?"
The palms of his hands began to tremble, and Gu Lanchen had an inexplicable feeling of regaining something. He slammed the door a few times in response.
"It's me Wan Wan, listen to me, don't be afraid, I will come to save you right away."
"Do you remember which floor you were on before the elevator accident?"
Intermittent replies came from below, "I don't remember, but it's so dark here. It feels like every second seems like years. My phone is out of battery and there's no light at all."
"Don't be afraid. Don't talk now. Keep your strength. Trust me, I will definitely rescue you."
Taking out his cell phone, Gu Lanchen picked up Lin Han from his sleep and called the rescue team.
He didn't stop and continued to explore layer by layer. Finally, he touched all the way from the 47th floor to the 15th floor.
Through the thick elevator door, Gu Lanchen's voice sounded a bit overdrawn.
"Wanwan, is this the floor? Are you in there?"
"Second uncle."
A big stone suddenly fell to the ground on the left side of his chest. Gu Lan let out a long sigh of relief and slowly slid down the elevator door.
"Second uncle...it's so dark here, I'm so scared."
He moved his position instantly, and Gu Lanchen pressed his back against the elevator door.
His face was slightly tilted and his voice was soft and slow, "Wanwan, be good, you lean against the door panel gently, we are back to back, I am here to accompany you."
In the darkness, Luo lost his strength early in the morning.
She was like a wounded deer, holding her body on her hands and feet, crawling to the small crack at the door little by little.
Luo Wanqing pressed his deer eyes against the gap in the elevator door, and saw a familiar figure from behind.
The corners of her eyes that were already dry were sour at the moment. She hugged her knees and curled up into a small one, speaking in a light voice.
"I'm sitting down."
In the silence, neither of them spoke.
Suddenly, a grunt sounded.
Gu Lanchen laughed at an inappropriate time.
"hungry?"
"When I went home, I prepared a hot pot for you, but you didn't show up after waiting for a long time. I wanted to come find you, but I was worried that you had already left..."
Gu Lan spoke slowly and deeply, as if comforting and explaining.
Suddenly, he paused and turned around to stare at the gap.
"I thought about it carefully. I think it's something I didn't do well that made you unhappy."
"How about you tell me about it?"
Gu Lan calmly coaxes a child. The ruthless character who is usually agitated in business wars is actually as soft as water at this moment.
"Mr. Gu!"
Suddenly, Lin Han's voice tore a hole in the silence.
Gu Lanchen looked around and saw that behind Lin Han were three or two workers carrying ladders.
He quickly stood up and said, "The person is inside."
The maintenance man stood still and knocked loudly on the elevator door, "Get out of the way of the people inside, we are about to break open the door. Stay away, it is very dangerous!"
The workers were playing around in front of the elevator, and after a few clicks, the elevator door opened.
At that moment, Gu Lanchen felt mixed emotions in her heart.
A dirty puppy, a gray-faced kitten, a little squirrel without a tail... Gu Lanchen didn't know how to describe Luo Wanqing at this moment. He only felt that she was like an animal, small, especially the pitiful one.
kind.
The corners of his mouth tightened, and Gu Lanchen felt heartbroken.
Watching Sanliang workers rescue Luo Wanqing, Gu Lanchen quickly took off his coat.
The thick warm quilt covered his shoulders. Luo Wanqing couldn't adapt to the light for a while, so he squinted his eyes a few times.
"Second uncle..."
The trembling voice was like a clear silver needle, piercing the softest place in Gu Lanchen's heart.
He was speechless and his voice was hoarse when he spoke.
Blue veins popped out, Gu Lanchen wrapped Luo Wanqing's coat tightly, and he held her tightly in his arms, "Don't be afraid, it's okay, I'll take you home."
The road was slippery on a rainy day, but Gu Lanchen drove slowly and steadily, completely different from when he came.
He looked through the rearview mirror at the trembling little head behind him, "Good boy, just hold on, we'll be home soon."
The moment the car was parked, the usually calm man suddenly rushed out of the car. He carefully protected the person in his arms as if he were a treasure.
His broad shoulders protected Luo Wanqing from all the wind and rain.
Luo Wanqing didn't come back to her senses until she was stuffed into the bathroom.
There was a sound outside the door, and Gu Lanchen seemed to be lying on the bed.
She was holding the shower head, and the water splashed onto the floor with a swishing sound, and then three or two drops splashed onto her calves.
She raised her little hand slightly, and the warm water rolled all over her thin body.
moment.
The girl came out wrapped in a bath towel, and what she saw was a man who was already asleep.
Putting his steps very lightly, Luo Wanqing tiptoed over.
She lowered her eyes and saw that familiar handsome face was full of tiredness.
Feeling guilty for a moment, Luo Wanqing carefully grabbed the corner of the quilt and covered him inch by inch.
Suddenly, their eyes met.
Luo Wanqing was startled, and the next second, he was pulled into a hard chest.
She heard a hoarse and tired voice coming down from above her head.