Although she said that, she felt dizzy and disoriented, as if she couldn't find her soul anywhere.
Chu Nian turned her head and glanced at Lin Jingting, because she found that for some reason he had changed out of his ancient robe and was now wearing a very smart and dashing suit. He looked so good that even she, who had seen countless handsome men, couldn't help but take a second look.
Lin Jingting raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly, thinking that what the Wen family boy said was quite right. Changing out of the long robe and into modern clothes would indeed make women pay more attention to him.
He coughed lightly, took a step forward, and squeezed to the other side of Chu Nian.
Chu Nian turned to look at him, puzzled, and asked, "What are you doing?" He was standing perfectly fine in the back, why did he have to squeeze in! She had no choice but to move a few steps to the other side, forcing Chen Qingqing to move as well.
Lin Jingting turned her head to look at the elevator wall and said, "People don't like standing behind you."
Huh? Chu Nian stared at Lin Jingting, wondering if she was hallucinating: You, an old ghost who has lived for thousands of years, are talking to me in... what kind of tone is that? That self-reference as "I" gave me goosebumps!
This guy's been acting strange ever since yesterday; it feels like he's the one who's been transported to another world. Chu Nian saw Lin Jingting staring at the elevator wall, turning his back on her, so she could only turn her head away with a strange expression and stop looking at him.
Chen Qingqing whispered curiously to Chu Nian, "Is the ghost you're talking about him?"
Chu Nian said in a low voice, "That's right."
Chen Qingqing: "Are you kidding me? He's clearly a high school student!"
Chu Nian: "When we entered the elevator just now, did you see anyone here?"
Chen Qingqing finally came to her senses: when the two of them entered the elevator, there was clearly no one else in the elevator; this boy just appeared out of nowhere.
In an instant, Chen Qingqing's face turned deathly pale, and sweat beaded on her forehead, yet she still couldn't help but steal glances at Lin Jingting.
Lin Jingting seemed to be out of her mind, staring straight at the elevator wall. Chu Nian glanced at the wall a few times but couldn't find anything on it; it was just ordinary stainless steel with their reflections.
Chen Qingqing noticed that Lin Jingting's figure was reflected on the stainless steel wall, and upon closer inspection, she also saw the boy's shadow on the ground.
Thinking that ghosts don't have shadows, she whispered suspiciously to Chu Nian, "Ghosts don't have shadows, but this boy does!"
Chu Nian: "He's a big ghost!"
Chen Qingqing: "A big ghost?"
Chu Nian: "His ghostly power has already been able to condense a physical body that is not afraid of sunlight, just like a living person in the mortal world. So he is not afraid of sunlight and naturally has a shadow."
"Oh." Chen Qingqing suddenly realized. She understood one thing from what Chu Nian said: this ghost is actually the same as a human.
Just as Chen Qingqing was lost in her own thoughts, the elevator suddenly stopped. But when the elevator doors opened, there was no one outside. Then the doors closed, then opened again; closed, then opened again…
After this happened several times, Chu Nian and Chen Qingqing both realized something was wrong.
Chu Nian instinctively turned to look at Lin Jingting.
Lin Jingting asked with a surprised look, "Is there something wrong with this elevator?"
Hearing his words, Chen Qingqing, who also suspected it was the work of a ghost, felt her fear ease slightly. Her voice still trembled as she muttered, "I thought it was some kind of evil spirit causing trouble."
As the elevator doors opened again, she reached out to press the close button. Unexpectedly, pressing it seemed to trigger some mechanism, and the elevator suddenly plummeted downwards, while the lights inside the elevator flickered violently.
"Ah..." Chen Qingqing gasped in fright, instinctively lunging towards Lin Jingting. Perhaps...it was a woman's instinct? She thought of relying on a man when faced with danger.
However, just as the elevator began to descend, Lin Jingting also exclaimed in fright, "I'm so scared!" and then lunged at Chu Nian.
The elevator descended for only a moment before stopping, and the flashing lights then stabilized.
Looking again at the three people inside the elevator...
Chen Qingqing, who had missed her target and fallen to the ground, looked at the two people next to her in shock: Lin Jingting was clinging to Chu Nian like an octopus.
Chu Nian was stunned for a moment before she could believe that Lin Jingting, this big devil, was doing something so outrageous: Is he sick?
She roared, "Lin Jingting!"
Lin Jingting quickly got off her, stood in the spot where Chen Qingqing had been, straightened his suit which was not disheveled, and said calmly, "I'm sorry, the elevator malfunction startled me just now. My apologies."
Chu Nian questioned, "Why is the elevator malfunctioning?"
Lin Jingting said, "It probably needs repairs." Turning his head, he saw Chu Nian's almond-shaped eyes wide open, glaring angrily at him. He added, "I'll contact the property management for repairs right away."
Seeing that the two men hadn't even glanced at her the entire time they were carrying her, Chen Qingqing, who was lying there, had no choice but to get up on her own.
Chu Nian frowned, feigning surprise, and asked, "Qingqing, what's wrong with you just now? If you want to pounce on someone, be quicker! Your movements were so slow that Lin Jingting ended up clinging to her."
She guessed that Lin Jingting didn't want to be pounced on by Chen Qingqing, so he spun around in the air and hung on her.
She turned to Lin Jingting and said, "Stop making a scene." The elevator ghost story is such an old trope, huh!
Lin Jingting paused for a moment, then said, "It wasn't me making a fuss, it really is an elevator malfunction."
Chu Nian rolled her eyes: You're kidding me!
As if it had heard her inner thoughts and was slapping her in the face, the elevator suddenly began to descend rapidly.
"Ah..." Chen Qingqing screamed again in fright. This time she learned her lesson and instinctively covered her head and face, standing still.
The elevator started to sway to one side the moment it descended.
Lin Jingting seemed to be guided by this force and lost her balance, leaning against Chu Nian.
"Get out of the way!" Chu Nian shouted helplessly, reaching out to push him, but to her surprise, she couldn't budge him.
Chu Nian was immediately speechless.
Lin Jingting actually stretched out his hands and clung to her like a pendant again, explaining urgently, "The elevator is crooked, I can't stand up."
"Who would believe that?!" Chu Nian said with a gloomy face, "Lin Jingting, don't go too far." Have you forgotten that you're a ghost?
Lin Jingting: "I really can't stand up. Just let me lean on it for a bit. I promise I'll be standing properly once the elevator is working again."
Seeing the apologetic look on Lin Jingting's handsome face, Chu Nian almost believed him: But this is an old ghost who has lived for thousands of years!
Chu Nian was speechless for a moment, then said, "If you keep hanging on me like this, believe me, I'll kick you out."
Unexpectedly, Lin Jingting clung tightly to her as if glued on, even resting his head on her shoulder, and pleaded in a low voice, "Don't do this, I really can't stand up, just let me lean on you for a while."
The rapidly descending elevator has stopped, but it's now even more crooked.
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