novelaction Chapter 94 begins with the elevator.
Chapter 94 begins with the elevator.
weekend.
Joyful Song Community.
Zhang Liangjun knew that Qu Xiaoxiao was already twenty-four years old, which was the age at the beginning of the story. This time, Zhang Liangjun came to the Ode to Joy community to see if the remaining four members of the team had gathered there.
Zhang Liangjun didn't investigate Andy beforehand because Xiaoming had no memory of Andy at all; his only childhood memory was of pi! Zhang Liangjun even considered hiding Xiaoming to prevent Andy from seeing him, since it wouldn't benefit Xiaoming. Later, he abandoned this plan. Even if Andy found Xiaoming later, Zhang Liangjun could keep Xiaoming safe. He was confident that Andy and his group wouldn't harm Xiaoming; he could act according to the situation.
Arriving at Building 19 first, Zhang Liangjun decided to take a look at it himself and try his luck. If he couldn't find it, he would hack into the community's property management software and try searching for it.
As Zhang Liangjun walked from the underground parking garage to the elevator lobby, he was about to press the elevator button when he suddenly remembered the infamous "elevator accident" scene and silently withdrew his foot. Fortunately, there was no one in the elevator lobby at that moment, and Zhang Liangjun's embarrassing action went unnoticed.
Pushing open the stairwell door, Zhang Liangjun decided to walk upstairs.
Zhang Liangjun's "kidney strengthening and body building" skills are stuck at the second step, so so far, his physical strength is only slightly higher than that of an average person. He can't even compare to special forces soldiers, let alone some city-level athletes. Therefore, climbing stairs is quite a burden for Zhang Liangjun. By the time he reached the tenth floor, he was already sweating and panting heavily.
Just as we reached the eleventh floor, we heard someone banging on the elevator, "Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Zhang Liangjun stopped walking uphill and listened carefully for a while. It was indeed the sound of knocking from inside the elevator! Reaching the elevator door, he called out, "Is anyone in there?"
Suddenly, cheers and shouts erupted from inside: "We're saved! Someone's come to rescue us!" "Get me out of here!" "Are you from the property management?" The voices of several people were chaotic and noisy, and Zhang Liangjun couldn't hear anything clearly.
Zhang Liangjun shouted, "Don't panic! Tell us your situation! Only one person needs to speak!"
The room fell silent immediately. Three seconds later, a rather emotionless female voice rang out, "Hello, the elevator seems to be malfunctioning and hasn't stopped. There are four of us trapped inside. We've pressed the emergency call button, but no one is answering. Are you a property management staff member? If not, please help us contact the property management!"
"I'm not from the property management, I'm a homeowner. I'll call them right away and ask them to come and help," Zhang Liangjun replied to the group while taking out his phone and dialing the property management number. After explaining the situation to them, the property management said they would send someone to handle it as soon as possible.
This time it was quick; two employees from the elevator emergency response team and property management staff arrived. Using a special key, they opened the elevator door, revealing the elevator shaft. The elevator car was stopped between the eleventh and twelfth floors; people outside could see the upper part of the elevator from the twelfth floor and the lower part from the eleventh floor.
The location was awkward, making rescue impossible. The two rescuers checked the steel cable and found that it was fine. The problem was with the rope winding device at the top of the elevator. After discussing it, they decided to manually turn the machine to raise the elevator little by little and then rescue the victim from the twelfth floor.
During the process of moving the elevator, the car moves slowly, and the taut steel cable makes the car make a "clunking" sound. There are also some joints or foreign objects on the track that cause the elevator to vibrate when it moves, which frightens the people in the elevator car and makes them scream.
Zhang Liangjun, who had just contracted a "saintly complex," went to the elevator entrance and comforted them, saying, "Listen to me, I am the owner from earlier. You are safe now. I checked, the steel cable is normal. You can get out in a few more minutes. The track is slightly misaligned, so a little vibration during the ascent is normal. Don't worry too much."
“Are you really the homeowner? Homeowners, don’t lie to homeowners!” A tearful voice responded to Zhang Liangjun.
"I am indeed the homeowner. I can show you my house when you come out later!"
"Okay, we believe you!" That same tearful voice responded to Zhang Liangjun.
As the elevator car ascended, the inner door slid open a crack on its own. At this point, the floor of the twelfth floor was above waist level and reached near mid-thigh. The sudden opening of the inner door startled everyone inside and outside.
The property management staff waiting on the twelfth floor heard the voice of the rescuers on the top through their walkie-talkies: "Can you try to climb out? There's a problem here; it's inconvenient to pull the car up any further."
Three girls sent by the property management quickly asked the four people inside, "Can you come out by yourselves?"
"We're terrified, we can't muster any strength!" Zhang Liangjun saw Hua Fei... it was Fan Shengmei, her back pressed against the sedan chair wall, speaking in a strange posture. In this critical moment, life was more important, and Fan Shengmei had no time to maintain her aloof demeanor.
The three female property management staff were a little anxious. "But we are all women, and we can't pull you up. We're afraid that if you fall, it will cause a tremor!"
“I’ll do it! You all come one by one, hand me your hands!” Zhang Liangjun stepped forward again.
The first one to come out was Qiu Yingying, the youngest. The four inside unanimously agreed to let Qiu Yingying go out first. Zhang Liangjun had already warmed up by climbing more than ten floors and was now full of energy, ready to unleash his power. He grabbed Qiu Yingying's arm and used the key to waist and stance coordination. Before Qiu Yingying could react, she felt her body being lifted into the air and then touching the ground.
Next was Guan Juer. She glanced at it, then shyly reached out her hand, only to be pulled away in the same manner.
Next was Fan Shengmei. She didn't hesitate and deftly stretched out her hands. Zhang Liangjun was about to lift her arms off the ground, but because she was a bit heavy, Zhang Liangjun needed to use more finger strength. Fan Shengmei was in so much pain from being squeezed that she cried out that she couldn't take it anymore. Helpless, Zhang Liangjun made her turn around and then pulled her out by holding her armpits.
Finally, it was Andy's turn. She tentatively reached out her hand, but before she could react, Zhang Liangjun grabbed it and pulled her up, putting her on the floor of the seventeenth floor. However, her legs were a little weak and she couldn't stand up. Zhang Liangjun reached out to support her, and Andy grabbed Zhang Liangjun's arm.
Qiu Yingying and Fan Shengmei, sitting on the ground against the wall, were both indignant. Why were they left on the ground and only Andy was being helped? Guan Juer had noticed Zhang Liangjun's handsomeness from the beginning. Handsome people are always right!
However, after Qiu Yingying finished her indignant rant, her gaze involuntarily fell on the man. She hadn't paid him much attention in the elevator, but now that her view was clear and there was no danger, she noticed Zhang Liangjun. The moment she saw him clearly, time seemed to freeze; she was speechless with astonishment—the man before her was simply too handsome!
Her retina seemed to have automatically learned Photoshop, automatically "editing" Andy out of the frame. The elevator lobby turned a dreamlike pink, as if she were in a fairytale world. At this moment, it seemed that only Zhang Liangjun remained in the world. He stood tall and straight, like a dazzling star. Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating his face and outlining his sharply defined features; his smile was like a gentle spring breeze, warm and captivating; his deep eyes shone like the brightest stars in the night sky, gleaming with a mysterious light. Moreover, his every move exuded a mature and composed aura, making him irresistibly charming. All of this combined to create a beautiful picture, leaving Qiu Yingying mesmerized, completely immersed in her beautiful imagination.
Only Qiu Yingying was lost in her fantasies; the others remained normal. For example, Andy, after resting for a while, suddenly realized that she was holding a man's arm. She quickly let go, walked to the corner, and stood up against the wall.
Fan Shengmei stood up and walked to the property management office. "Xiao Wang, you saw it all! This elevator has malfunctioned so many times, why don't you fix it? If it weren't for our lucky escape today, more than half of the people on the 20th floor would be missing! Can you take responsibility for this? There are other residents here, you know that, right, beautiful?"
Fan Shengmei is calling Andy, wanting her to help teach the property management a lesson, because she's just a tenant and the property management doesn't really pay attention to her!
Andy remained unmoved. She was still pondering how strange it was that she hadn't reacted strongly to the intimate contact she'd just had with Zhang Liangjun. She suffered from intimacy phobia and was afraid of close physical contact with others. But the strange thing was, was the lack of any problem with Zhang Liangjun due to fear that prevented her from noticing it? Or…?