191 Bad luck!

"Beihan! Beihan!" Yifei did not hear anything after she informed Xu Beihan why she called. 

She had tried her best to make things stable but at this point, she only had the last option to inform Beihan. Although she knew that informing Xu Beihan would make things worse and might again push him into the worst nightmare she still had to do so. 

Xu Beihan was brought out of his thoughts by Yifei anxiously calling him.

He shook his head to clear his mind, "When did it start?" 

Instead of getting cold feet, he decided to deal with the matter in a better way. The first step that he did was to find out if he still had some time to think and try to prevent the situation or if he was already out of time. 

Yifei instantly relaxed after knowing that Xu Beihan was not as devastated as she thought. 

"It started becoming turbulent last night and started evaporating an hour ago!" Yifei glanced at the place and informed with her knitted brows. 

"What is the level? Are you able to do something?" Xu Beihan asked in a distressed tone. 

No matter how much he wanted to do something on a whim, his last mistake had changed him into a person who had learned a lot of things. Now that he got to know that the time was rapidly running out and he would be not able to reach there before things go out of hand he had to find out the level of stability Yifei could give. 

Yifei informed him, "I ... I tried but it seems that is not enough! The level is less than 50%." Tears welled up in her eyes, "Beihan, you will have to do something. Beihan we cannot..."

His mind went completely blank after hearing that Yifei was unable to do anything. If Yifei could not do anything there was hardly any chance for him to be able to help with anything. Trying to keep his mind sane, Xu Beihan took the most important decision, "Yifei! Do the distraction."

Yifei wiped her tears after hearing what Xu Beihan said. She nodded and decided to go ahead with what Xu Beihan suggested. 

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"Grandma, What happened?" Qing Shan was completely clueless as well as surprised by such an unstable nature of his grandmother. 

In his eyes, she had always been a woman who was calm, composed, rational, and would be emotionless and decisive as well. He was unsure why can a single bracelet make her lose all of her thoughts and become like an uncomposed person. 

"Where is Zhi Ruo, now?" Grandma Qing's heart started beating rapidly while her hands holding the bracelet started trembling. 

Right now she could only pray for things to turn into her favor. 

Qing Shan did not dare to neglect his Grandmother's request or much precisely her order. BHe picked up the receiver and connected it to Secretary Han, "Check where Zhi Ruo is! She went for a coffee."

Secretary Han was quick with his actions, he turned around and opened a page showing the recording of every spot in the company. looking around he spotted the figure of Zhi Ruo, "I saw her. She is waiting for the lift it seems! She should be back soon."

"Ok! Thank you." Qing Shan disconnected the call. 

Turning around he walked towards Grandma Qing, "Grandma, she will be here within a few moments."

Hearing Qing Shan speaking in a reassuring tone, Grandma Qing relaxed. There was still something in her heart saying her that things are gonna be bad and would be out of her control soon. No matter how much she was trying to figure out the feeling, she was unable to. 

At this moment she decided to act calmly instead of becoming irrational and rushing everything. 

---

Zhi Ruo was waiting for the lift and since she had to get down on the last floor she decided to enter and stand in a corner to allow free space to other employees. 

Since it was not a lunch break, there were not many people coming and going. Most of them were employees who were going to the copy room to get some copies for their works and the rest were going to the conference room. 

Apart from Zhi Ruo, many other people boarded the lift and also got down at their destinations. 

Now it was only Zhi Ruo in the lift and there was just one floor left for her to get down as well. 

She quickly came ahead and stood in front of the door with a smile on her lips waiting to get down and go back to tease Qing Shan. She had also started making plans about how to win over him in teasing. 

Just then the lift Dinged and the light on the chosen floor blinked. Zhi Ruo raised her head to look at the floor number and got ready to exit the lift. 

Unfortunately, Zhi Ruo kept on waiting but the doors did not open. There was a slight tremor in the lift following which the lift suddenly started falling down. 

Unable to handle the sudden fall, Zhi Ruo grabbed the side railing while a sudden scream escaped her mouth, "Aaahhh!"

Since hi Ruo was completely unprepared, her body hit the sides fiercely causing pain in her arm. Catching the side railing she tightened her hand and stuck her body to the sidewall trying to decrease the impact from falling. 

Suddenly the lift stopped falling but it was not stable. The floor kept shaking while the lights in the lift started flickering. Generally, the lift will have vents working which supplies fresh oxygen for them to breathe. But now that the connections were lost the vents stopped working making the air stiffen. 

Zhi Ruo was panicked with the turn of events. she was completely unsure if it was her bad luck that she will keep on getting in problems or was it that problems loved her to keep getting attracted to her every now and then. 

Trying to not get panicked at such a time she took a deep breath and calmed herself down. At this moment, there was only one thing she was able to do. Wait and hope that Qing Shan figures out that she is in the lift and is in a problem. 

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"Qing Shan! The lift...the lift broke down." Secretary Han kept the computer on at the same page where he left it after spotting Zhi Ruo. Luckily while watching what was going on, he noticed that the lift was not reaching its destination. After counting for thirty seconds or so he went to the lift and figured out that the lift lost its connection. 

Quickly rushing to Qing Shan's office he informed him. 

"Why are you informing me then? Call the technicians!" Qing Shan nonchalantly answered without focusing much on the matter. 

Secretary Han helplessly shook his head and blurted out, "Zhi Ruo is in that lift!"

Within a split span of second Qing Shan stood up asking, "What did you say?"

"Zhi... Zhi Ruo! In the lift?" Grandma Qing also stood up from the couch and asked with a trembling voice. 

Secretary Han nodded. 

Qing Shan started walking outside the door, "How did this happen?"

Just when he was about to leave and step outside his office he heard Grandma Qing calling him, "Qing Shan!"

Qing Shan stopped and turned around, while Secretary Han went ahead to gather the technicians and figure out a way to help Zhi Ruo. 

"Qing Shan! You will not go to help her." Grandma Qing spoke in a stern voice. 

As if he heard something ridiculous, Qing Shan's lips turned into a self-deprecating smile, "Grandma, she is my wife! You want me to not go to save my wife?" He inquired in an equally stern tone. 

This was the first time Grandma Qing had faced such an unreasonable Qing Shan. She knew she would not be able to persuade him at such a critical point. There was nothing else she could do as well. Thus resigning on her fate she pinched the bracelet in her hands while looking at it with teary eyes. 

"If I say that you are the reason she is in danger, you will not believe. So I will not say anything about it right now." Grandma Qing passed the bracelet to Qing Shan, "Qing Shan if I say that today she is destined to die, will you do anything to save her?"

Without a second thought, Qing Shan nodded. His face which was calm a second ago was now tensed. He knew his grandmother would never speak anything without a reason. Everything that she uttered had a reason, right now he just did not have the time to ask about those reasons. 

Putting the bracelet in his pocket Qing Shan left with the determination of saving Zhi Ruo and finding out the actual mystery behind his Grandmother's words.