Lu Jing quickly helped Qiao Beibei steady and leaned against the elevator door.
Lu Xingyu was too frightened to move.
The four people in the elevator occupied the positions in front of the door, in the right corner, and on the left elevator wall, achieving temporary stability.
The shaking of the elevator gradually slowed down and stabilized.
Qiao Beibei's teeth chattered in fear, and she cried and asked Lu Jing: "Uncle Lu, is the steel wire on the elevator broken? Are we going to fall?"
Lu Jing looked up and remained silent.
Seeing his solemn expression, Qiao Beibei felt even more frightened.
Nowadays, buildings are getting taller and taller, and schools will popularize relevant safety knowledge to children. Qiao Beibei took elevator safety classes when she was in kindergarten.
She has a simple understanding of the structure of the elevator. She knows that there are several wire ropes hanging on the elevator car. The wire ropes above are very strong and will not break easily.
Moreover, general elevators are inspected every year and worn wire ropes are replaced. Generally speaking, there is no need to have a psychological shadow on the elevator, and the probability of encountering an elevator accident is extremely low.
But "extremely low" doesn't mean none.
After Qiao Beibei listened to the teacher's explanation, she had a dream when she got home that night. When she was riding in the elevator, the steel cables on the top suddenly broke. She fell down and was reduced to a pulp, which caused her to have psychological problems for a long time.
Shadow dared not take the elevator.
In the end, her father took her to ride a roller coaster and overcame her fear of heights, so she slowly walked out.
Because of this, I fell in love with extreme sports related to heights. Every winter, I go skiing on the mountains with my parents.
Her father also promised her that when she becomes an adult, he will take her bungee jumping.
Thinking of this, Qiao Beibei looked at Xiang Zichuan with tears in her eyes.
She doesn't understand that even if her father is divorced and no longer lives with her, isn't he still her father?
Why are you willing to kill her?
The elevator fell silent, and only Qiao Beibei's suppressed whimpering could be heard.
Lu Jing lowered his eyes and spoke calmly to comfort Qiao Beibei: "Don't worry, the elevator is not hung by the wire rope alone. It uses a braking device to move or stop. Even if the wire rope is broken, the braking device will
It will also produce huge friction, and we will be fine."
Listening to his calm tone, Qiao Beibei's fear gradually calmed down, and she asked in a low voice: "Then when can we go out?"
Lu Jing smiled softly: "It will be fine soon. Aunt Wen is still outside. If she can't find us, she will definitely call the police to save us."
Qiao Beibei nodded: "Yes!"
Xiang Zichuan, who was leaning in the corner, looked at his daughter's complete trust in Lu Jing and sneered at the corner of his lips: "You two are more like father and daughter."
Lu Jing's eyes swept over him coolly, and an invisible sense of oppression came over him: "Did you do anything in the elevator?"
Xiang Zichuan didn't make any excuses. He smiled softly and met Lu Jing's gaze: "Yes, I just bought this dilapidated building a few days ago."
Lu Jing was speechless. He really couldn't understand. How could a father in this world spend so much money and plan for so long just to let his daughter die?
Xiang Zichuan seemed to see through the doubts in Lu Jing's heart. Before he could ask, he spoke slowly and told: "I have made so much money in my life, more than many people, but in the end I couldn't take anything with me, so I had to
Take the people I care about away."
As he said that, he looked at Qiao Beibei again with loving eyes, "As for why you chose this method... Beibei, didn't dad promise you that he would take you bungee jumping? Now that dad won't live long enough to make you an adult, he has to use
This way helps you achieve it.”
Qiao Beibei shed more tears, but at such a young age, she didn't know how to express herself, so she could only cry.
She only learned from Xiang Zichuan before entering the elevator that he was seriously ill and could leave at any time.
The moment she first found out, she was really sad. She really wanted to be his daughter and accompany him for a long distance.
Unexpectedly, he actually wanted her to die too!
She felt pity and hatred for this father, and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Xiang Zichuan seemed not to hear his daughter's cry, and looked at Lu Jing quietly, and continued: "Actually, my original intention was to take my daughter and Wen Jiu together. Wen Jiu and I are entangled in our grudges.
It's been so long and I can't figure it out in this life, so I thought of taking her..."
Lu Jing interrupted coldly: "Shut up, are you worthy of mentioning her name?"
Xiang Zichuan was startled by his sudden cold aura, and quickly continued what he had just said: "I didn't expect that she escaped by going to buy water, but you and your son came up instead."
Lu Xingyu, whose legs were weak at the side, heard this and dared to interject quietly: "Mr. Xiang, I have no enmity with you. Please open the elevator and let me out..."
Xiang Zichuan glanced at Lu Xingyu calmly: "I can't help it, I didn't leave a way for myself to survive."
As soon as he said this, the elevator descended rapidly with a roar, and the people in the elevator had no time to react!
Fortunately, the elevator seemed to have only descended one level before stopping again, swaying slightly as before.
And because of the movement just now, the inner and outer doors of the elevator opened a gap as wide as the width of a palm.
Lu Jing's heartbeat slowly stabilized.
He raised his head, looked up through the gap, and vaguely saw "11" written on the wall of the elevator room.
They seem to be stuck right in the middle between the 10th and 11th floors.
He approached the gap and shouted loudly: "Is anyone there?"
However, there are no lights on this floor of this dilapidated shopping mall. Even if there are people, they probably think that the passenger elevator is broken and will not come here.
Lu Jing lowered his head and glanced down again.
Generally, residential floors are about three meters high, but shopping malls are much higher than residential buildings. At this location, it is estimated to be more than three meters away from the ground on the 10th floor.
If you jump out from this height, you won't die. At most, you will break your leg.
But what's even more dangerous is that it's easy to slip and fall into the elevator shaft.
There are safety cartoons in elevators in many shopping malls specially designed to educate children. In one of them, when the elevator was stuck between two floors, the parents forced the door open. When the children ran out, their feet slipped and they fell to the ground.
, fell into the elevator shaft.
There is absolutely no chance of survival.
Therefore, for safety reasons, you cannot get out from underneath, you have to climb out from above.
He shouldn't be able to reach this height by himself.
But as long as he opened the door further, he could pick up Qiao Beibei and send her to the 11th floor. Qiao Beibei would be safe, and she could call the police to call someone to rescue them.
Lu Jing no longer sat still and waited for death. He pulled the elevator door with both hands and pulled it out, but the elevator door did not move at all.
Qiao Beibei understood what he wanted to do, and hurried over, put her little hand into the crack of the door, and broke it with him. ((Dangerous behavior! Please do not imitate! It is easy to get your hands pinched! It is easy to fall! Here is
It is a last resort when all external means of seeking help are cut off!))
Lu Jing lowered his head and glanced at her, his eyes pleased.
Fortunately, Xiang Zichuan's daughter did not inherit her father's madness and was still dedicated to life.
Lu Jing reminded her: "Stand inside, the elevator door will open at any time, don't fall down."
Qiao Beibei nodded, stood behind Lu Jing, and worked hard with him.
Seeing this, Lu Xingyu also walked toward the door tremblingly, wanting to help them.
But when he looked down through the gap, he saw only darkness. He instantly imagined the bottomless elevator shaft... If the elevator accidentally shook when the door was opened, he would be thrown down.
…
So he still didn't dare to step forward to help.
Suddenly, the elevator door made a muffled sound and really opened!