The annual teacher commendation ceremony, sponsored by a certain group, had just concluded in the rooftop conference room of a five-star hotel in Yuncheng. It was not very prestigious.
"I felt that the soy milk in the morning was not cooked properly, but the owner wouldn't admit it. I've been to the toilet several times this morning, my legs are numb from squatting and they're weak."
Mu Yi'an came out of the restroom, leaned against the wall for a while, and shook her legs, which were numb. It was so hot, and she still had to wear business attire. The air conditioning was practically useless; it was unbearably hot.
"So what if you're over thirty and not married? Who does it bother? So what if you take wedding photos? Does that make you superior? So what if you go for a prenatal checkup? So what if you have a baby? You're contributing to the country's birth rate, so what? In this sweltering heat, why aren't you staying home? Why hold this stupid commendation meeting? It's useless, you're just wasting your time. It's so annoying. Why is the elevator so slow? And this is supposed to be a five-star hotel? It's all hype, it's rubbish."
Mu Yi'an pressed the elevator down button several times in a row, her mutterings becoming mere noise. She felt like pressing it a few more times would hasten her period! Her mood had been fluctuating a lot lately due to her period. And she'd been to the bathroom several times that morning; she was feeling incredibly depressed.
Jiang Shuyun, who had also arrived late, looked at the irritable woman in front of her and unconsciously took two steps back, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
The elevator finally arrived, and Mu Yi'an rushed in first. Jiang Shuyun hesitated, wondering if she should wait for the next one. She felt a little scared to be in the same space as this irritable woman.
"Hey, are you going to get on or not? You're making things difficult."
"Go, go..."
Jiang Shuyun finally got into the elevator. He didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to go home early, take a shower, and get some sleep.
Inside the elevator, the two occupied separate corners, neither of them speaking.
Mu Yi'an remembered the phone call her younger brother had made that morning. He wanted her to consider marriage and try to improve her relationship with their parents. Ugh, so annoying! Why does she have to get married? She has a house, a car, and a job; she's living such a carefree life on her own!
"Sizzle..."
With a hissing sound, the lights in the elevator went out, even the emergency lights stopped working.
"Ah! What happened? Did the elevator malfunction? I knew this five-star hotel was overrated, just a gimmick. The elevator malfunctioned, and the emergency lights are off. I'm going to complain about them as soon as I get out..."
"Stop complaining, press the emergency button immediately and contact the outside world. I'll call the police, and we'll split up."
Jiang Shuyun regretted it; why didn't she wait for the next elevator?
"Okay, okay, stop dawdling."
Mu Yi'an is on the verge of a breakdown. Her stomach is aching slightly, and she feels like her period is coming early. It's so annoying.
I took out my phone, turned on the flashlight, found the emergency button, and pressed it.
"No response, absolutely no response."
"My phone has no signal and I can't make calls. How about yours?"
Jiang Shuyun felt uneasy, sensing that something was about to happen.
Mu Yi'an unlocked her phone, making sure the large "X" on the signal indicator wasn't too obvious. She tried dialing the emergency number, but there was no response.
"I can't make any calls either, not even emergency calls."
The two were at their wits' end and it seemed they could only wait for rescue, hoping it wouldn't take too long.
"My name is Jiang Shuyun. What's your name? We're stuck here by chance, let's get to know each other."
"Mu Yi'an, what kind of tragic fate is this? Trapped in an elevator, is Mars about to collide with Earth?"
Before they could finish speaking, the two felt the elevator was in freefall at high speed, and their hearts started to pound.
"Oh my god, I don't want to die! My house was just renovated! I have a house, a car, and a job. I haven't even finished enjoying the life of a single aristocrat yet!"
"ah……"
Jiang Shuyun heard his own scream burst from his throat, and he could still hear Mu Yi'an's unwilling complaints in his ears. Then, he heard the thud of a heavy object falling to the ground, and his whole body felt like it was being torn apart. He was in so much pain that he lost consciousness.
...
"Damn it, that elevator scared the hell out of me! I thought I was going to die!"
"We're saved! This can't be! I could feel the pain when the elevator hit the ground. Could it be that I was too nervous and it was just a hallucination?"
Both of them, who were both sober at the same time, expressed their feelings simultaneously.
Mu Yi'an sat up abruptly, her face coming right up to the face of someone who had also sat up, and she could see the other person clearly.
"Mu Yi'an?"
"Jiang Shuyun?"
The two stared wide-eyed at the completely unfamiliar person opposite them. Who was this?
"Weren't we in an elevator accident? Where are we?"
"It looks like a small grove of trees in the wild. And why is your attire different? What dynasty is this style from?"
Jiang Shuyun looked at the woman in front of her. This wasn't the same irritable woman from before, or at least not entirely; she looked somewhat different. And what about the meadow and the distant woods?
"You're the same, wearing clothes from who-knows-which dynasty, and your hair is still tied up."
Mu Yi'an hadn't actually noticed what Jiang Shuyun looked like when she was at the elevator; she was quite annoyed at the time.
Jiang Shuyun raised her hand and touched the top of her head. Her hair was indeed tied up, and she even felt something like a stick used to hold her hair in place.
"What's going on? How did we get here? Are we dreaming?"
Panicked, Jiang Shuyun pinched himself hard; it hurt. Unsure, he reached out and pinched Mu Yi'an across from him hard.
"I'm going to die, why are you pinching me? It hurts so much!"
"Does it really hurt? Then it means we're not dreaming?"
Why don't you pinch yourself?
Mu Yi'an was getting a little irritable again. What was going on? Everything was so inexplicable.
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