Hide

From the airport to the hotel, and then into the hotel room with the suitcase, the whole process went smoothly and normally, without any unexpected surprises, as if the lady living next door really just didn't want to waste.

And Lin Hexi did believe so.

In fact, if you really want to say it seriously, it is not without surprise.

After entering the room, seeing the name of the hotel on the table again, Lin Hexi finally remembered that this hotel was owned by Zhou Xuan's family, and he had been to the banquet hall of this hotel before.

Lin Hexi felt mixed feelings in his heart.

Although Zhou Xuan would not come to inspect his hotel for no reason, and You Zhong is a local and does not need to stay in a hotel, but he still took off the watch on his left hand and put it carefully in the suitcase.

The moment he let go of the watch, he looked at the hands moving normally on the dial, and he couldn't tell whether he was avoiding or looking forward to the small probability of encountering You Zhong in the hotel.

On the night of check-in at the hotel, Lin and Xi went downstairs twice to find the front desk because they encountered a little trouble.

Trouble is not a big trouble. As early as the first time he went downstairs, the front desk of the hotel reminded him gently that if he had any problems, he could call the front desk directly, and a staff member would go upstairs to solve them.

However, for the second time, Lin and Xi still chose to go downstairs by themselves.

While waiting for the front desk to deal with the problem, he just stood there silently, with absent-mindedness written all over his face.

Occasionally, when the sound of near or far footsteps came from behind, he subconsciously turned his head to look, and then turned his head calmly.

After the number of times increased, even the receptionist was aware of it, and couldn't help asking him: "Sir, are you waiting for someone?"

Lin Hexi's expression froze slightly, and a slight discomfort of being seen through surged in his heart, and he quickly calmed down, shaking his head at the other party and saying, "I won't wait for anyone."

That night, after finishing their conversation with the front desk, Lin and Xi went back to their room and never went downstairs again.

They didn't sleep well on the plane, and Lin and Xi slept until lunchtime the next day.

After going downstairs to eat in the restaurant, he went to a nearby business hall to apply for a domestic phone card.

When I entered the door, I wanted to ask the staff if I could get back my old number from three years ago.Knowing that the number will be recalled if the number is not paid within the specified time, Lin Hexi gave up the idea of ​​getting back the old number.

During the whole process of business processing, when referring to the phone card being processed, the staff also said "new number".

Thinking that the other party could find out the card-handling records under his ID name, Lin Hexi didn't pay too much attention.

After getting the new phone card, Lin and Xi made a temporary call to their old number.

There was no prompt tone for an empty number on the phone, but there was no answer for a long time, probably because the number was re-issued after it was recalled.

Lin and Xi walked back down the street, then called a Chinese friend they met in the United States.

The friend picked up the phone and was very happy to hear the news of his return to China. After asking about the time of his stay in the country, he said to him on the phone: "I have something to do in a neighboring city last week. When I come back in two days, I will call again." You come out to get together."

Lin and Xi agreed, and after hanging up the phone, they gave up the idea of ​​going out for a stroll, and walked back to the hotel slowly under the autumn afternoon sun.

When I stepped into the hotel lobby, just in time for the elevator door to open, someone entered the elevator.

Lin Hexi shouted from a distance, ran over at a faster pace, and entered the elevator smoothly. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the fingertips of the person next to him who had let go of the elevator button, and subconsciously opened his mouth and said, "Thank you."

Then I heard the person ask again: "Which floor?"

Realizing that the other party was speaking in English, Lin and Xi looked up in surprise, and when they saw the other party's deep and tall western facial features, they also blurted out in English: "The eighteenth floor, thank you."

The man with a mature face in a suit and leather shoes took two steps back and laughed, "That's such a coincidence, we are on the same floor."

Lin Hexi smiled back at him, looked at the jumping floor numbers above the elevator, and stopped talking.

The man seemed to strike up a conversation with him intentionally, and then praised him sincerely: "Your English is very good."

Lin and Xi turned their heads when they heard the words, the answer was already on their lips, but they didn't have time to say it.

After the violent vibration, the elevator stopped without warning, and the lights in the car suddenly went out, leaving only red numbers and light in the darkness.

Lin Hexi looked up and found that the elevator was still on the fifteenth floor, and the elevator door was still closed.

The voice of the foreign guest suddenly raised: "What happened?"

Lin Hexi turned on the phone light, reached out and pressed the emergency button in the elevator, then retreated to the relatively safe corner of the elevator, and said calmly: "The elevator is out of order."

The foreign guest swears a bad word in a bad mood, and has no intention of doing anything else.

The two waited silently in the dark for rescue.

At the intersection 5 minutes away from the hotel, while waiting for the red light to turn green, You Zhong put on a bluetooth headset and answered a call.

Zhou Xuan, who was sitting in the co-pilot, didn't hear what the person on the phone said, but he could see a slight change in the expression on You Zhong's face.

"How long have you been on leave?" The traffic lights ahead seemed to be no longer important, You Zhong was a little absent-minded, "Have you checked the flight time yet?"

The person on the phone seemed to give an unsatisfactory answer.

You Zhong frowned, before hanging up the phone, he finally said: "Send it to me when you find it."

Reminding him that the red light has turned green, Zhou Xuan asked curiously, "Who's flight to check?"

You Zhong didn't answer.

Zhou Xuan didn't ask any more questions, and immediately changed the subject: "Why are foreign customers so important? Do you still need to pick them up in person?"

"It's very important, but it's not so important that I'll pick it up in person." You Zhong explained, "Originally, someone was arranged to go there, but my mother called me to pick up things from the hotel, so I just dropped by to pick them up."

Zhou Xuan showed surprise, "Why is your mother still staying in my hotel when she comes back?"

You Zhong said, "I left again this morning."

Zhou Xuan was speechless for a moment.

Five minutes later, the two got off the car outside the gate of Zhou's Hotel. You Zhong threw the key to the doorman, and walked towards the hotel with Zhou Xuan.

After receiving the news that the heir of the Zhou family was coming to inspect it in advance, the senior management waited in the hotel lobby.

After the two entered the door, Zhou Xuan noticed the unconcealable tension on the faces of those people.

Zhou Xuan was puzzled, and asked, "Didn't you already send a notice in advance? Why are you so nervous?"

The senior managers began to sweat on their foreheads, and no one dared to answer.

You Zhong faced the company's subordinates every day, and he had already seen some of the situation at this time, so he asked lightly, "An accident happened?"

It was only then that Zhou Xuan noticed that there were not all the people who greeted him in the lobby.

His face turned cold, and his eyes fell on the person with the highest position among these people, "What happened? Are any guests injured?"

The latter didn't dare to hide it, and spoke quickly and authentically: "The elevator broke down, the maintenance personnel have already passed, and two guests are trapped in the elevator."

In no rush to follow them upstairs, Zhou Xuan turned to look at You Zhong.

You Zhong hung up the phone that no one answered, walked over and asked, "Are there any foreign guests in the elevator?"

The person who answered earlier was taken aback, "Yes."

You Zhong described the other party's appearance in a few words, and the senior management nodded blankly.

Zhou Xuan reacted, raised his eyebrows and looked at You Zhong, "It seems that your luck is not very good, you must go up with me."

The elevator stopped on the fifteenth floor, and You Zhong and Zhou Xuan were also waiting outside the elevator on the fifteenth floor.

During the period, some hotel staff asked about the situation of the guests in the elevator outside the door, and the voices of foreign guests did indeed come from the elevator.

The elevator door did not open for a long time, and someone outside the door proposed to call the fire department for help.When Zhou Xuan was about to nod his head in agreement, the work of the maintenance personnel finally paid off, and the closed elevator doors slowly opened.

The inside of the car was still pitch black, and the lights outside the elevator leaked in faintly, and two figures standing in the dim light could be vaguely seen.

The hotel staff used emergency lights to illuminate the gap between the car and the elevator door, and reached out to help the two guests standing in the elevator.

The foreign guests came out first, looked up and saw You Zhong standing by the elevator door, grabbed You Zhong's hand as if reborn, and spoke very fast.

You nodded his head, patted the opponent's shoulder reassuringly, and signaled him to move forward.

Only then did the foreign guest come to his senses, let go of his hand and walked forward.

You Zhong was still standing by the door, trying to retract the hand that was dragged into the air, and raised his leg to follow.

In the dim light, another slender and beautiful hand stretched out, and it was loosely held in You Zhong's hand.

You Zhong was stunned suddenly, did he regard him as a staff member in the hotel?

He didn't care too much about the other party finding the wrong person, and with a light stroke of his hand, he helped the trapped person out of the elevator.

Those who shake hands with him are instantly exposed to bright lights.

It is important to let go of your hand.

Suddenly entering the bright light from the darkness, Lin and Xi closed their eyes uncomfortably. Before opening the eyes, they blurted out the words of thanks first: "Thank you."

When the voice fell to the ground, instead of letting go of the hand that was holding him, it tightened instinctively.

Breathing stagnated unconsciously, the heart in the chest was beating rapidly and violently, You Zhong raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him, and his dark pupils were full of emotions.

He was suddenly terrified.