Suddenly, heavy rain fell!
The weather forecast didn’t say it was going to rain, so why is it thundering and windy out of the blue?
Xia Zhichu was extremely scared, and suddenly remembered that today seemed to be Ghost Festival.
In an instant, goose bumps appeared all over my body.
Xia Zhichu has always been afraid of the dark, which originated from her original family.
Her parents favored boys over girls. When she was a child, whenever she quarreled with her younger brother, they would always throw her out of the house, no matter whether it was day or night.
Night comes early in the countryside, and the environment is dark, with strange noises all around.
Xia Zhichu was extremely scared and developed a psychological trauma over time.
Even as an adult, she is still afraid of the dark.
Even when sleeping, the night light must be on at the head of the bed.
Now deep in the empty office, with strong winds and heavy rain outside, Xia Zhichu has been consumed by fear, and his mind is full of all kinds of messy horror images.
The plots of old movies seemed to be playing right before my eyes.
She kept telling herself that there were no ghosts or gods in the world, but it didn't work. She even felt as cold as if she was trapped in an ice cellar.
In the end, she lost control of her emotions and screamed.
"Si Mochen, save me!"
In the president's office, Si Mochen had just finished processing the documents. He lowered his eyes to check the time. It was already eight o'clock in the evening.
Two hours ago, Xia Zhichu sent a text message saying that he would stay and work overtime tonight.
It just so happened that he hadn't finished his work, so he stayed to accompany her.
"Xia Zhichu, are you off work?" Si Mochen asked calmly after taking a sip of coffee.
Yan Sen reported, "I just went downstairs and saw that the lights in the design department were off. They must have been off work."
Si Mochen raised his eyebrows when he heard that, then he cleaned up the table, stood up, grabbed his suit jacket from the sofa and walked outside.
Si Mochen took the president's special elevator downstairs, and for some unknown reason, he stopped on the sixth floor.
As soon as I took a step out, it was pitch black and I couldn't see my hand in front of me.
Because the president's private elevator, as well as the circuits and communication signals of the president's office are independent, Si Mochen did not notice the power outage.
However, when standing at the entrance of the design department, Si Mochen suddenly felt something was wrong.
The company's lights are all voice-controlled. From the time he walked to the entrance of the design department, the lights were silent.
"Yan Sen, when did the power go out in the company?" he asked with a frown.
Yan Sen, lighting up with his phone, said in confusion, "No, I haven't received any notice of a power outage. Could it be that the thunder was so loud that the circuit breaker tripped?"
Si Mochen nodded, didn't stay at the entrance of the design department for long, turned around and entered the special elevator.
Worried that it was raining heavily outside and Xia Zhichu had not returned home yet, Si Mochen took out his cell phone and called her, but the receiver was reminded that the phone was turned off.
This made Si Mochen vaguely aware that something was wrong.
As the elevator door slowly closed, a scream suddenly came from the design department.
It’s Xia Zhichu’s voice!
Si Mochen frowned fiercely and kept pressing the door-opening button.
Before the elevator door was fully opened, he rushed out and slammed the door of the design department.
"Zhichu, are you in there?"
From time to time, there were cries and screams coming from inside, but no one responded to him.
Si Mochen pushed the door hard, but the door was sensor-activated and couldn't be opened without power.
"Send an electrician over to fix the circuit immediately, quick!"
Unable to open the door, Xia Zhichu was screaming in fear from inside again, and Si Mochen was extremely annoyed.
Yan Sen said yes and went to do it.
But he soon returned and reported, "President, the electrician took leave and went back to his hometown. He can't make it back, but he asked a friend to come over."
"How long will it take?"
"About thirty minutes."
"It's too late."
Si Mochen's voice was hoarse. From his voice, he knew how scared Xia Zhichu was. After waiting for thirty minutes, he was afraid that Xia Zhichu could not bear it.
So he tensed his leg muscles and kicked the glass door hard.
The loud noise frightened Xia Zhichu so much that he screamed even louder.
"Xia Zhichu, it's me, don't be afraid!"
Si Mochen kept speaking to comfort her.
But Xia Zhichu was immersed in a world of fear and could not hear his voice.
"Bang!" There was another loud noise. No matter how hard the glass door was, it could not withstand Si Mochen's strength and soon cracked into spider-like patterns.
Xia Zhichu was hiding behind the printer at the moment. The thunder had been continuous, and the wind blew in, blowing the documents on the desk all over the place.
The scene was just like a horror movie, with paper money everywhere. She was so scared that her heart almost stopped.
At this time, there was another sound of kicking on the door outside, each sound louder than the last. She was a woman, and it would be abnormal if she was not afraid.
Faintly, she seemed to hear someone calling her.
Xia Zhichu was about to respond when he suddenly saw something explode in front of him. The crashing sound was the same as the sound of beads scattering wildly to the ground.
Then there were hurried footsteps, and soon her trembling hands were tightly grasped by a pair of iron arms, and her cold body slammed into the man's broad chest.
"Don't be afraid, I'm coming."
Si Mochen's gentle cello-like voice rang out. Only at this moment did Xia Zhichu slowly look up at him. Si Mochen's face, bathed in darkness, was so resolute and handsome that it made people tremble.
"How did you know I was here?" Her voice was hoarse from screaming for so long, and she was choking from crying.
Si Mochen stroked her hair and soothed her, "I called you but you didn't answer, and you weren't home. I was worried that something had happened to you, so I came to check on you."
Xia Zhichu said "oh" and hid in his arms. She was no longer as scared as before.
There was thunder and lightning outside, and it never stopped for a moment.
Si Mochen's cell phone rang. It was Yan Sen calling.
"President, we've checked the circuit and found no problems, but the main switch on the sixth floor has been turned off."
Si Mochen's face turned a little ugly when he heard that.
All floors are normal, except for the design department where there is a problem.
Is it a coincidence?
Or is someone targeting Xia Zhichu?
Si Mochen said, "I understand," and ended the call.
Soon, the dim space became bright.
The phone is ringing!
It was not until this moment that Si Mochen clearly saw that Xia Zhichu's face was covered with tears, his hair was messy, and his face was pale due to fear.
It seems that this kind of weather and the power outage scared her a lot.
After Xia Zhichu calmed down, he asked, "Why did you turn off the phone?"
"The battery's out."
Xia Zhichu wiped the tears from her face and took out her black-screened phone to show him.
Si Mochen hummed, helped her stand up, and said, "Let's go home."
"No, I haven't found the evidence yet. I can't leave."
She stayed to prove her innocence. If she didn't get any evidence, Manager Lan would complain to her superiors as soon as work started tomorrow. Being fired would be the least of her worries. The most important thing would be that she would be accused of plagiarism. I'm afraid no company would dare to hire her in the future.
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