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Li Xiaoyao was dumbfounded; he couldn't have imagined that Lan Cai made him drive just to ensure his safety.

After understanding the reason, Li Xiaoyao felt somewhat ashamed. He quickly caught up with her and within a few strides, joined Lan Cai in the elevator.

It was just the two of them in the elevator, and Lan Cai was silent with a cold expression on her face, apparently still angry.

It wasn't surprising that Lan Cai was upset; after all, Li Xiaoyao's thoughts had been rather inappropriate, assuming that Lan Cai invited him to stay at her place for... that sort of reason.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Li Xiaoyao decided to apologize to her.

"Um… Director Lan, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were…"

Before Li Xiaoyao could finish, Lan Cai cut him off, saying, "The car I usually use was sent for repairs. You will drive another car to take me later, the keys are in the second drawer of my office; you go get the keys, I will wait for you in the lobby downstairs."

Great, she hadn't mentioned the key thing just before, but waited until they were in the elevator to do so. It was clear she wanted to give Li Xiaoyao a little punishment.

However, Li Xiaoyao wasn't angry. It was his own fault for speaking out of turn.

"Okay, wait for me a moment," Li Xiaoyao nodded, waiting for the elevator to reach the ground floor, then he would go up to get the keys.

But just as the elevator reached the 12th floor, there was a sudden jolt, the lights in the elevator flickered twice, and then it came to a stop.

"What's happening?" Lan Cai was a bit scared. She had never encountered an elevator malfunction before.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at her and said, "It seems to have malfunctioned."

As he spoke, Li Xiaoyao stepped forward and pressed the emergency button in the elevator, but there was no response from the other end.

Li Xiaoyao frowned, wondering if the emergency contact room was unattended?

That shouldn't be the case; even after working hours, there should be staff on duty.

Seeing that there was no response after pressing the emergency button, Lan Cai became even more anxious and afraid. She took out her phone to make a call, only to find there was no signal in the elevator, which caused her to panic and ask, "What do we do?"

"Wait a bit, the staff might have gone out for a meal. When they come back and find out, they will probably send someone to fix it." As Li Xiaoyao spoke, his thoughts had already extended outwards, covering the entire building.

Under the reach of his thoughts, Li Xiaoyao spotted several men with suspicious behavior in the elevator control room.

In the control room, three men were staring at the screen, clearly showing Li Xiaoyao and Lan Cai trapped in the malfunctioning elevator.

One of the men asked, "What should we do?"

Another replied, "Cut the power supply, make it look like an accidental death."

"Don't rush it, let's make a call and ask first."

Upon hearing their conversation through his thoughts, Li Xiaoyao's eyebrows shot up. He had assumed the elevator malfunctioned due to normal reasons, but it turned out to be sabotage.

Moreover, from the conversation of these men, it was clear they intended to kill.

The first person Li Xiaoyao thought of was Long Feiyang; he believed it was Long Feiyang's retaliation.

Now, Li Xiaoyao was feeling tense. If it were outside, even in the face of a barrage of gunfire, he would not be afraid. But in a completely sealed elevator, even though he had some level of cultivation, he was still just a beginner.

He had telepathy but lacked abilities like passing through walls.

An enclosed elevator had reduced Li Xiaoyao's ability by ninety percent.

"I can't keep waiting like this, or those three will cut the power to the elevator and from twelve stories high we'll crash down. I might not die, but Lan Cai definitely won't survive!" Li Xiaoyao made up his mind, a determined look flashing in his eyes. He said to Lan Cai, "Director Lan, move back."

"What are you going to do?" Lan Cai looked at Li Xiaoyao with confusion.

Li Xiaoyao didn't speak; he merely stretched out his hand to pull Lan Cai behind him, then walked to the front of the elevator and forcefully pried the elevator doors apart with both hands.

Lan Cai was frightened by Li Xiaoyao's action and asked with a trembling voice, "Li Xiaoyao, what are you doing?"

Li Xiaoyao didn't answer. He exerted a slight force with his arms and easily pulled the elevator doors open.

With the elevator doors open, they found themselves between the 12th and 11th floors, with only a dark wall outside the elevator doors.

Li Xiaoyao stuck out half of his body and looked around before turning to Lan Cai, who was already dumbstruck, and said, "Come here."

"Li Xiaoyao, what are you doing? It's just a malfunction, don't mess around, we're on the 12th floor, it's very easy to get hurt," said Lan Cai with a face full of concern.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at the elevator's surveillance camera and said, "Director Lan, don't you find it strange?"

Lan Cai was stunned and asked, "Strange? What's strange?"

Li Xiaoyao spoke quickly, "The company's elevators are regularly inspected and maintained. Moreover, this is a branded elevator, it absolutely should not malfunction so easily, and even if there is a malfunction, there should always be someone in the elevator control room. But now, the elevator has malfunctioned for no reason, and there's nobody in the control room. Isn't that strange enough?"

After hearing what Li Xiaoyao said, Lan Cai felt a chill down her spine.

Indeed, for the elevator to malfunction at this particular time, out of the blue, and for the control room to be coincidentally unmanned, was all too coincidental.

"So you... What do you think is the reason?" Lan Cai asked somewhat fearfully. After all, she was a woman, and despite showing the aura of a strong woman in the company, when faced with danger in private, she couldn't help but reveal a woman's vulnerability.

Li Xiaoyao spoke in a deep voice, "I offended the Long Family yesterday, and today the elevator malfunctioned. If I'm not mistaken, someone must have taken control of the elevator control room."

"Ah!" Lan Cai was startled. She couldn't imagine that the Long Family would be so bold as to come to her company and do such a thing.

Li Xiaoyao said, "Now, our most urgent priority is to escape from here."

"But, we're on the 12th floor, how do we get out?" Lan Cai Xiubrow asked softly with a slight frown.

Li Xiaoyao bent down with his back to her and said, "Get on my back."

Lan Cai clearly didn't understand why Li Xiaoyao was doing this, but he didn't explain further. Instead, he just said, "Don't ask too many questions, get on quickly. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it is."

Lan Cai hesitated for two seconds before finally gritting her teeth, stepping forward, and lying on Li Xiaoyao's back.

Li Xiaoyao only felt a light and soft body covering his own.

He took a deep breath, steadied his mind, supported her calves, and walked towards the elevator doors.

Li Xiaoyao stood at the elevator doors, turned his body around, and lightly tapped his feet, leaping into the air in an instant. His right palm grabbed the upper edge of the elevator, his arm forcefully pulling up, and his whole body jumped up, feet landing firmly on top of the elevator.

Lan Cai's arms tightly wrapped around Li Xiaoyao's neck, fear apparent in her watery eyes. She bit her lips tightly, not letting herself make a sound. Dozens of meters below her was open space, and she was afraid that her screams might cause Li Xiaoyao to falter. If that happened, they would both fall and be smashed to pieces.

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