Chapter Thirty-Two: The Blue Light in the Elevator Dinner

  "It's time to get off work, dear secretary, I'll send you home." Du Ruiqi didn't know that his current face was not welcomed by An Qi'er.

  "Thank you for Mr. Duan's kindness, but I'm used to going home alone."

  An Qi'er directly and straightforwardly rejected him, neatly grabbed her bag and was about to walk out.

  Duan Ruiqi hurriedly raised a hand to block the door that An Qi'er was about to open, "Your face doesn't look right, what's wrong with you again?"

  An Qi'er was shocked and stared at Duan Ruiqi, then hastily lowered her head, "I'm just your subordinate, how dare I have any dissatisfaction with General Manager Duan?"

  Duan Ruiqi explained indifferently: "Le Di is the younger sister of my late wife. I promised my beloved wife to take care of Le Di. It's possible that because our relationship is too close, rumors spread among company people that Le Di is my wife. I just regard Le Di as a younger sister, so I don't pay much attention to these rumors."

  An Qi'er was secretly delighted in her heart, but she still put on a straight face and said disdainfully: "This is Mr. Duan's private matter, it has nothing to do with me, please Mr. Duan open the door and let me out."

  "This woman's temper is really stubborn, I don't even know why I need to explain myself to you. Now looking at your reaction, it seems that I was indeed overthinking." Duan Ruiqi readily gave way to An Qi'er and took a step forward to leave first.

  An Qi'er watched as Duan Ruiqi left with a hint of anger, and felt that she had been a bit excessive earlier. But then she thought again, since they were just superior and subordinate, why make things so complicated.

  "Phew, almost got caught up in it, what a close call!" An Qi'er quickly adjusted her mood and stepped out of the door with large strides.

  "Hey, we meet again. Why don't we have dinner together?" Du Ruiqi squeezed into the elevator just as the doors were about to close, startling An Qi'er.

  "Duan Zong, it's already off-work hours, I think I still have my own private time, I just want to hurry home." An Qi'er looked around and saw that only she and Duan Ruiqi were left, her heart was racing with anxiety.

  Duan Ruiqi didn't get annoyed, still smiling deeply, "Miss An, since it's already after work hours, as a friend, I can invite you to dinner too. Please don't think of me as being too complicated, I'm genuinely thinking of being friends with you, please don't reject me just because we're outside of work."

  "Duan Ruiqi has seen thick-skinned people before, but never as thick-skinned as you." An Qi'er couldn't help but want to curse.

  Duan Ruiqi still smiled, as if he had never been angry before. "An Qi'er, what if the elevator suddenly breaks down now and you can't go home?"

  An Qi'er looked at Bai Chi with a disdainful gaze, "Please, Director Duan, this isn't a TV drama, something like this would never happen to us."

  "This doesn't necessarily have to be what I hoped for" As soon as Duanyuqi said this, the elevator suddenly went dark just as he had expected.

  Facing this sudden black space, An Qi'er instinctively let out a loud cry, fear occupying her mind, she pounded around and shouted for help, but there was no response at all.

  It was Duan Ruqi who remained calm, as if he could see An Qi'er, and immediately wrapped his arms around her. His warm lips brushed against An Qi'er's ear, softly comforting her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

  I thought the response would be An Qi's shy hug, and she would coquettishly beg "Now I'm relying on you alone, can you protect me?"

  Duan Ruiqi thought that this beauty was going to be his, but what he got instead was An Qier's violent punching with her bag, which hurt so much that Duan Ruiqi raised his hand to block a punch from the bag. As he retreated backwards, he regretted not remembering earlier that this woman knew some martial arts and wasn't the delicate type.

  "Alright, An Qi'er, I'm comforting you with good intentions, why are you hitting me for no reason?" Duan Ruiqi grasped An Qi'er's hand and quickly pulled her into his own embrace, warning: "You must not forget that my skills surpass yours, I've been holding back all along."

  An Qi'er saw her legs being tied up by him, but she was still angry and simply used the most primitive and effective old technique of women - biting.

  It worked, and Duan Ruiqi let go of her in pain. Looking at his arm, even through the layer of clothing, An Qi'er's sharp teeth had bitten out a thread of blood. He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, and he said sorrowfully: "Indeed, the most venomous thing is the heart of a woman." Meanwhile, a small voice came from the Bluetooth earpiece in his ear: "President Duan, shall we open the elevator? This woman doesn't seem to be a dangerous person?"

  Duan Ruiqi feared that An Qi'er would notice something, so she lowered her head and pretended to still be in pain, whispering: "Everything will proceed according to the original plan, no changes are allowed."

  An Qi'er, panting, had also regained some of his composure at this moment. He walked over and held up Duan Ruiqi's injured arm, massaging it while asking in return: "Don't you know that when people are scared to the extreme, they become angry?"

  Duan Ruiqi obediently took the lesson, "Sorry, I forgot you're a woman who's different from the rest. Luckily you're not the Incredible Hulk, or else I'd really be afraid that my life would be ended by your angry hands."

  "Hehe" An Qi'er burst out laughing

  Duan Ruiqi heard An Qi'er laugh and felt more at ease in her heart. "Are you not afraid now?"

  An Qi'er snorted disdainfully, "Do I look like I'm afraid? I'm just worried that we'll be late getting home. Do you think we'll get stuck here for the night?"

  "It doesn't matter how you put it, my Rui En is a large company, with over 100 security guards and top-notch security facilities" Mentioning her own big company, Duan Rui Qi felt very proud inside.

  An Qi'er said angrily, splashing cold water: "The facilities of a large enterprise can still trap people in the elevator, and it's the president of the large enterprise who got trapped."

  "That's because—" Duan Ruiqi hastily stopped herself, secretly panicking that she had almost blurted out the truth.

  "What for?" An Qi'er asked back

  "Because life is full of unexpected events, and this isn't a big deal anyway. Let's just consider ourselves as sitting in a quiet space relaxing and having fun." Duan Ruiqi even thought that this excuse was too far-fetched.

  "But I'm so hungry now!" An Qi'er's stomach growled loudly, sending out signals without any disguise.

  "It's okay" Duanyuqi turned around and started fiddling with something

  Just then, the blue light made An Qi'er excitedly see a fragrant and tempting steak in front of her. She was so hungry that she directly grabbed the steak with her hands and started eating it in big mouthfuls. Duan Ruiqi was surprised by her unladylike eating manners, but suddenly realized that she looked very cute while eating, and happily brought out curry chicken, "Try this one".

  "Hooray" An Qi'er happily devoured

  After eating, An Qi'er had the energy to think about the problem. She suspected Duan Ruiqi and asked bluntly: "How did you bring food into the elevator? Did you know in advance that the elevator would break down?"

  Duan Ruiqi almost choked on the champagne he had just swallowed when An Qi'er questioned him, and he slowly calmed his rising chest, saying: "That's because I brought these up to invite you to have a moonlight dinner in the company's backyard garden."

  "It turns out you had planned this all along, but your plan was good, it just so happened to be a lucky coincidence, and this is the blue light dinner" An Qi'er smiled and pointed at the faint blue glow in front of her.

  Duan Ruiqi said awkwardly: "This light has a mosquito-repelling effect"

  "You're really considerate" An Qi'er covered her stomach and laughed out loud.

  "It's all dark now, why hasn't Mommy come back yet?" An Jinbei looked at the dishes on the table that had not been touched, and was getting a bit impatient.

  Liu Lianhua was also worried, and dialed An Qi'er's phone several times, but it kept ringing without an answer. "It's strange, if she was working overtime, Qi'er would have definitely told us."

  "Or we'll go find Mommy", An Jinbei thought as he went to prepare some of his own defensive small weapons.

  "It seems that's the only way, let's go to the company to find her" Liu Lianhua thought and called Guo Zhēnzhēn again, after all, many hands make light work.

  "How long have we been stuck here? My crappy phone has no signal at critical moments" An Qi'er irritably shook her phone, anxiously thinking of her son and cousin back home.

  Duan Ruiqi had always wanted to take this opportunity to communicate properly with An Qier, but An Qier just wouldn't give him a chance to be ambiguous. This made Duan Ruiqi anxious, and thinking about it, if he waited too long, it wouldn't be good either. This plan was somewhat too rough, so he might as well just drop it.

  "Don't worry, the elevator will be fine soon" Duan Ruiqi patted An Qi'er's shoulder to comfort her.

  "It's a good thing you're here, if I were alone and trapped in this place, I would definitely be like a caged beast, anxious to the point of madness." An Qi'er thought that what people feared most was not loneliness, but rather walking alone in the dark.

  "Then you must be the female version of King Kong." Duan Ruiqi's words had just left his mouth when he was met with a heavy punch from An Qi'er, but he was delighted to receive this treatment. In his heart, he was even thinking wickedly that if An Qi'er were to have a slight fever now and needed him to take care of her personally, how great would that be? But as soon as he thought about it, he started to feel stomach pain. He groaned in pain, indeed unable to think evil thoughts, or else they would quickly come true and land on his own head.

  "What's wrong with you?" An Qi'er looked at Duan Ruiqi, who was lying on the side in pain, and it didn't seem like she was pretending. Her heart became increasingly uneasy.

  "Ow...my stomach...it hurts again." Duanyuqi said with some difficulty.

  An Qi'er quickly supported Duan Ruiqi's head and made him rest on his leg, and rubbed his stomach, anxiously asking: "Do you have any medicine to stop stomach pain with you?"

  Duan Ruiqi's face was covered in cold sweat as she struggled to say: "I... I forgot to bring it"

  "You didn't bring it, so just shake your head and don't say too much. I'll try to massage you a bit, think carefully if there's any way to contact the security guard." An Qi'er exerted herself to massage Du Ruiqi's stomach and lower abdomen, making Du Ruiqi feel slightly comfortable for a moment.

  Duan Ruiqi also knew that there was no time to think about anything else, so she quickly pressed the red button hidden at her waist, and with just one press, she could summon the security captain who had been waiting.

  "Right, does this elevator have any axe or fire extinguisher? Let's just set the fire quickly and call security." An Qi'er was calm and wise, thinking of an emergency plan.

  "Not...not yet, just a bit longer, we'll be out" Duanyuqi was already in so much pain that she couldn't speak coherently.

  An Qi'er looked at Duan Ruiqi, who was in so much pain that she couldn't bear it. She didn't care about anything else now and just needed to calm down. She got up and went to touch the elevator around her, then handed the blue light upwards to take a look at the settings above. At this time, the elevator lit up.

  The security captain followed by two small security guards rushed in, seeing Duan Ruiqi lying on the ground, the anxious security captain quickly ordered the two men to lift Duan Ruiqi. An Qi'er finally regained her senses and hurried over, "General Manager Duan's stomach illness has relapsed, we must hurry to send him to the hospital."

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