Chapter 44 Aren't you the male lead?! Where's your protagonist halo?!

Fang Ke: "..."

Yes: "...It's you."

Fang Ke could no longer pretend to be blind, so she raised her hand and greeted him, "Hi~ What a coincidence, senior!"

Yes remained silent, subtly observing her before digging his toes into the ground in place.

After a long while, once the elevator doors closed again, the man spoke jokingly, "Aren't you going out?"

Fang Ke: "..."

Fang Ke immediately put on an exaggeratedly distressed expression and said in a high-pitched voice, "Oh, what an idiot I am, I can't help but be unable to walk when I see my senior!"

Yes: "…………"

Come on! Let's make each other feel awkward!

Ye Si stared at her speechlessly, about to speak, when the elevator suddenly shook violently.

Fang Ke's heart skipped a beat, and she stammered, "Could I be that unlucky...?"

She had barely finished speaking when the elevator suddenly plummeted downwards, and the overhead lights snapped off.

"I fucking..."

Just as Fang Ke was about to unleash a curse, Ye Si was thrown backward by the inertia of the rapid descent, his back landing heavily on Fang Ke's side.

It all happened so suddenly, their minds must have gone completely blank.

Fang Ke started screaming as he pressed down on her; she was genuinely terrified.

Fortunately, the elevator came to a stop after descending for three seconds.

Fang Ke was extremely sensitive at this moment. She was very aware of every movement and stillness in the outside world. She could feel that the elevator had stopped, but she was afraid that if she took a breath, the elevator would start to fall again.

After a minute had passed and the elevator hadn't dropped any further, Fang Ke finally dared to catch his breath and finish the sentence he had been holding back.

"...I love this world so much."

Fang Ke didn't expect Ye Si to react even more strongly than her. He was lying motionless on top of her, looking as if he had fainted from fright.

"Holy crap... don't try to scam me, bro."

Fang Ke finished speaking and immediately added, "Damn it is just an interjection with no real meaning. May all the gods and Buddhas in heaven bear witness."

Unable to move, she could only call out to Little B in her mind, "Little B, are you still there?"

Little B: "I've always been the host."

Fang Ke burst into tears, "Thank goodness you're still here, otherwise I would have fainted from fright too."

Little B chuckled twice, a rare occurrence. "I just scanned the screen and it seems there's a short circuit in the wiring above. I've pressed the emergency button on all the floors below the 20th floor and also used a passerby's phone to call 119. Now we're just waiting for rescue from outside."

Fang Ke burst into tears of joy: "You're so reliable, B God!"

She shoved the man on top of her in an annoyance. "These men are all all bark and no bite. They fainted from fright even before I did."

"Ahem." Little B observed for a moment and said, "Host, the male protagonist Yes seems a bit off."

With Xiao B around, Fang Ke seemed to have gained some courage. She gradually calmed her emotions and strength, and slowly lifted the man up.

Yes was very heavy. She had just moved him away a little when the man crashed into her arms.

"Ouch, this is so heavy."

Fang Ke could only kneel on the ground, holding Ye Si in his arms.

She didn't want to struggle anymore, so she stayed in that position, maintaining her balance, and panting heavily.

When she took out her phone, she found that there was indeed no signal, so she turned on the flashlight and shone it around Ye Si's face.

She placed her finger directly on Yes's face, turned his face over, and leaned in to take a closer look.

Then he placed it under his nose to check his breath.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized the man was still breathing.

"Still alive."

Little B: "...It shouldn't be that serious, right?"

What's wrong with him?

Fang Ke noticed that Yes was breathing rapidly, his chest was heaving violently, his fair face was flushed with a sickly red, and he was sweating profusely.

She put her ear to his chest and listened for a while, and found that his heart was beating very fast and his heart rate was erratic.

Little B then guessed, "This might be claustrophobia."

"ah?"

Fang was truly dumbfounded. Ye Si seemed much more reliable than the four male leads, but she never expected that the most reliable person would have such a precious body.

“Claviophobia…” she read the words aloud.

Suddenly, the long-unseen system light screen popped up out of thin air, emitting a pale golden glow in the dark space.

[Congratulations, host! You have triggered the unlocking of the male protagonist Ye Si's hidden background information by touching the keyword. Current progress: 1/5.]

[If the male protagonist's hidden background is fully and successfully unlocked, the host will receive an additional 300 points of favorability with Yes, as well as a rule-based skill.]

here we go again……

Fang Ke looked at the "Touch Keyword" on the screen and thought for a moment. She remembered that Yan Nuo's hidden progress was unlocked last time because she met Zhao Qi.

It seems that the hidden progress unlocking is not limited to people, but also includes various things related to the protagonist.

Fang Ke had some understanding of claustrophobia and knew that it was caused by severe psychological trauma or childhood trauma that the patient was unable to overcome even as an adult.

Yes's breathing became more rapid, and Fang Ke could only hold up the flashlight while gently patting his chest and reassuring him, "It's okay, it's okay..."

Fang asked Xiao B, "Do you know how Yes got this disease?"

After browsing for a while, Little B shook his head regretfully, "My permissions aren't high enough; I can't see the male lead's hidden information."

Fang Ke nodded, "It's nothing."

But at the same time, she also became anxious. Yes's breathing was fluctuating so much that he urgently needed enough oxygen. It would be best to send him to the hospital immediately for oxygen therapy, otherwise he might suffocate.

Moreover, not only Yes, but the longer it drags on, the more likely she will fall into a coma due to lack of oxygen.

"Why isn't the fire department here yet...?"

"Little B, why don't you try calling the property management for help again?"

"Teacher Xiao Zi said yesterday that my fortune would explode in the next month, I don't believe I'll be stuck here!"

Fang Ke suddenly realized what was happening and grabbed Ye Si's head with both hands, shaking it.

"Wait a minute! Aren't you the male lead? Where's your protagonist aura?!"

Just because the novel is finished doesn't mean the male protagonist's plot armor will stop working...

Fang Ke was going crazy when she realized that when she shook him, Yes seemed to be shaken back to his senses.

"Cough...cough...is that alright?"

The man's voice was hoarse and strained; his hand groped in the air before Fang Ke could quickly grasp it.

"I'm here."

Ye Si remained silent for a long time before weakly grasping her hand and whispering, "Could you... stay here... with me?"

Fang Ke was taken aback, and he roughly understood that Ye Si also found it difficult to say these words, but he was having an attack and there was nothing he could do.

She felt a little sorry for the other person and said with a light laugh, "Of course I'm here. I can't go anywhere else right now."

Yes chuckled softly, closed his eyes, and leaned against her lap, pretending to doze off. "...Thank you."

Little B gasped: "Host, Yes's favorability rating just surged by 200 points, and it's currently -640."

Fang sighed, "These favorability points are too expensive."

She was on the verge of tears. Her phone showed it was already 2:40, more than 40 minutes had passed since she stood up the AIO manager, and she still couldn't answer the phone; she was completely missing.

"I hope the boss of AIO doesn't misunderstand that I deliberately stood him up."

Fang Ke said softly, "Senior, shouldn't you change the property management company for this building? How long has it been since the incident? Have they vanished into thin air...?"

Yes must have heard it. After a long while, he chuckled softly and said, "Hmm... go out and find a few CEOs to complain to together."

"You have to keep your word."

Fang Ke started rattling off, "Hot and sour noodles, cheese balls, dried beef, fried rice with cured pork, hot and sour beef, salted egg yolk chicken wings, hot pot, sukiyaki, coconut chicken, salmon..."

Little B: ……

Yes: "...What is this?"

Fang Ke calmly said, "This is the menu for me after I've been fasting for 24 hours."

The next second, she broke down and screamed, "I'm starving! I haven't eaten a single grain of rice or drunk a drop of water in almost 18 hours! Is anyone there?!"

Yes found her really funny, so he squeezed her palm and comforted her in return.

"Okay, let's eat out."