192 The Rescue

In the meanwhile, Secretary Han had already gathered and informed the technicians about the matter with the lift and was now trying to figure out the exact place the lift was in. Qing Shan went ahead towards them and questioned secretary Han, "What happened? Did you find out anything?" His voice was low but was stained with anxiousness. 

Secretary Han turned his head and glanced at Qing Shan. He shook his head. Qing Shan then turned towards the technicians, questioning them in an angry voice, "What are you guys doing? We pay you a hefty amount to maintain the building and the safety of the people. You have no idea what is going on with it!" Qing Shan questioned endlessly. 

Secretary Han quickly grabbed Qing Shan's hand lightly and murmured closer to his ears, "For now, let us just save Zhi Ruo first!" Secretary Han tried to make Qing Shan realize the priorities at this point. 

Qing Shan sobered up hearing Zhi Ruo's name. Turning towards the technicians he ordered them, "Go and find a way to open the lift immediately." Everyone nodded. 

Just then one of the technicians came running and panting through the steps. Reaching closer to them, he spoke, "Sir! The lift is standing on a single wire. According to the length of the wire, it is somewhere near the 7th or 8th floor." He informed while panting loudly and trying to stabilize his breath. 

The head technician felt as if his life was spared from the deadly ghost of hell. He was only informed that there was someone really important to the president on the lift. Although he didn't know who was the important person, with his boss's attitude he was already sure that his life would be not spared if something is to happen to the person in the lift. 

After finding out the location of the lift they were sure about rescuing the person. The head technician quickly asked every one of his team to reach the 8th floor and start opening the left doors. Even Qing Shan and secretary Han felt relieved after the location of the lift were found out. 

But the relief on their face was short-lived. The technician who came running and panting and informed about the floors added another sentence, "The wire is very thin and can break at any point." Before he could continue, Qing Shan's sharp gaze landed at him making him stutter, "I... I fear that, if ... if we try to forcefully open the doors, it might create a pressure on the wire causing it to fall directly causing much more damage."

Even though Qing Shan and secretary Han had never seen any technical details of the lift they already understood the problem in this matter. They can open the doors and rescue Zhi Ruo out of the lift. 

The rescue was a really easy process, they just had to bring her out of the closed environment. 

So the more they delay, the more would be the chances of Zhi Ruo feeling suffocated. 

Qing Shan tensed up. 

The head technician was also surprised after hearing the specifics for the accident. He questioned, "How can this happen? Around 20 wires were supporting the lift on a normal day. The inspection would occur on every Sunday. How is it possible to only have one wire now and that too on the verge of breaking?

The technician guy did not say anything as he himself was trying to figure out the matter. 

At this moment Qing Shan spoke, "Take your team and split them into seventh and eighth floors for rescue. Get some people and open the door on the 9th floor as well."

While everyone was trying to think why Qing Shan ordered to open the door on the ninth floor, he added, "Try to secure the lift from the 9th floor while the other teams can open the doors of the 7th and 8th floor to rescue the person."

Qing Shan's instructions were so clear and straight that no one disobeyed him and started acting quickly. 

Qing Shan tucked his hand in his pocket and touched the bracelet given by grandmother Qing. He tried to derive strength from it thinking about Zhi Ruo. 

The head technician quickly informed his fellows and positioned three different teams on floor number nine, floor number 8, and floor number 7.

With Qing Shan's assistance and guidance, it was decided that they will first open the door of floor number 9 and find out how stable the lift was. The would also able to understand how much weight the wire can sustain? Depending on that, the further course of action would be decided. 

No matter how much Qing Shan wanted to rush and open the door and rescue Zhi Ruo out of it. He still had to be rational, he had to take care that nothing goes wrong. 

Everything was done quickly and the door of the 9th floor left was open forcefully yet cautiously. As soon as the door opened, everyone standing there gasped in surprise. 

The whole lift was actually just hanging on a 1 mm wire which was getting stretched constantly. 

The weight of an empty lift was itself unbearable to sustain on the wire, let alone when the weight of another living person added. A drop of sweat tickled through Qing Shan's forehead. His heart started shrouding in fear, his hands trembled and he quickly ran to the 8th floor. Secretary Han closely followed him with the fear of him losing his emotions and making any wrong decisions. Throughout his life, he had only seen Qing Shan attaching himself to Zhi Ruo. Secretary Hna can not even imagine what he will do if something is to happen to her. 

Now that everyone saw that the string was really thin and can be separated from the lift at any point if time, they quicken their process but still try to maintain the vibrations from reaching the lift. 

Luckily all the technicians that were hired in Qing's company were skilled and were capable of dealing with such emergencies. 

Slowly the first door of the lift was opened and now they had to open the second door of the lift following which they will be able to rescue Zhi Ruo. Opening the first door was easier than the second one as the first door was connected to the building which was taking upon the shocks and the vibrations from it. While the second door was connected to the lift and the vibrations and shocks would be directly absorbed by the lift. The lift in the Qing's company was an old-fashioned one having two different doors and would be closing in a way that the environment inside would be separated from the outside.

The original idea for such type of lift was to prevent the people inside the lift if a fire or smoke happens in the company. Slowly the technicians open the second door of the left. Because the lift was in the middle of the seventh and eighth floor it was really tough for them to do it with care and caution.

Luckily they had the keys which were used to unlock the doors. Opening the door only as much as a single person can come out of it they quickly informed Qing Shan. 

Qing Shan laid down on the floor and tucked in his head inside the lift to look at Zhi Ruo. 

Inside the lift, there she squatted down while holding the side railings with her hands tightly. Her face was pale as paper, clearly showing that she was getting suffocated. 

Qing Shan felt guilty, he felt incompatible for allowing her to be in such a situation. If he would have stopped her and said to her that he will order the coffee in his office, she would not have had to face this situation.

Not letting his brain be controlled by his emotions, Qing Shan called out, "Zhi Ruo! Zhi Ruo!"

He called her for a couple of times before Zhi Ruo opened her eyes and raised her head to look at him. Her eyes welled with tears, while her lips trembled before she softly called out with a distressed face, "Qing Shan!"

"Zhi Ruo, I am here to save you." Qing Shan spoke and quickly stretched out his hand for her to catch, "Zhi Ruo, catch my hand, hold it tight and I will take you out of the lift." 

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