Chapter 75: On How Hard It Is to Fix an Elevator
Fu Yue’s eyes sparkled as he immediately had the system pull up the structural diagram of the building’s elevators.
Of course, with his technical level, he could only understand the “Open Door” and “Close Door” buttons.
[Host, I’ve marked a red dot on the company map for you. That’s the equipment room. There’s an emergency brake switch there.]
Fu Yue wasn’t at ease, so he went online and downloaded a book titled Elevator Maintenance Guide: From Entry Level to Imprisonment.
He quickly browsed the table of contents.
Chapter 1: How to not be electrocuted.
Chapter 2: How to not be crushed.
Chapter 3: How to not be sued.
Alright, looks useful.
In the blink of an eye, it was 6:30 PM. Most employees had already left work.
The Ji Group building, except for those few departments that often worked overtime, had sunk into silence in most areas.
Fu Yue moved stealthily, slipping into the B1 equipment room.
Before the action, he needed to scout the location.
The corridor was very quiet, with only the hum of mechanical equipment deep inside.
The moment he pushed open the door, a gust of cold basement air hit him.
The lights in the equipment room cast swaying shadows on the walls.
Fu Yue continued further in.
In the quiet space, various red and green indicator lights flickered like countless eyes watching him.
Fu Yue rubbed his arm, feeling a bit of a chill.
Suddenly, the hum of the machinery grew quieter.
The entire basement fell silent.
Just then, footsteps came from the corridor.
Tap, tap, tap…
Very light, very slow.
Fu Yue’s heart rate accelerated. He quickly turned off his phone’s flashlight and hid behind an equipment cabinet.
The footsteps moved closer and then further away, accompanied by a woman’s voice softly humming a song:
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star…”
The nursery rhyme echoed in the empty basement, sounding exceptionally eerie.
Fu Yue peeked out and caught a glimpse of a slender silhouette.
The other party seemed very familiar with this place, moving freely in the darkness.
“How I wonder what you are…”
The humming continued, but the voice grew smaller and smaller.
The person stayed in the room for a few minutes, appearing to be rummaging through something.
Occasionally, there were light rustling sounds and the sound of paper rubbing.
“Up above the world so high…”
The final line of the rhyme vanished in the distance along with the footsteps.
Fu Yue waited in the dark for a long time until he was sure the person had left before he dared to come out again.
This basement was creepy.
He took several deep breaths to calm himself down. Following the original plan, he found the control panel.
Amidst a pile of complex buttons, he found the elevator’s emergency brake switch.
He confirmed the path and the location.
Mission accomplished. Time to go.
Fu Yue walked quickly toward the door.
Tack.
The sole of his shoe stepped on something.
Fu Yue looked down. A yellowed manila envelope lay quietly on the floor, the edge bearing half of his shoe print.
Who would leave something in a place like this?
Fu Yue frowned and instinctively leaned over to pick it up.
The envelope wasn’t sealed.
With a light shake, the contents slid out—
Photos.
They were all photos of him!
Fu Yue’s breathing hitched, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead—all cold sweat.
These photos—
His profile while buying breakfast at the coffee shop this morning, his back view in the company corridor, and even the smile he gave the server while ordering at the cafeteria at noon.
The photos in the envelope were all from today.
The photography was excellent in terms of framing, angle, lighting, and composition. There was zero sense of “creepy stalker” vibes in the quality.
But in this situation, no matter how beautiful the photos were, they were hair-raising.
Fu Yue thought of the surveillance records of him in that USB drive.
He hurriedly left the equipment room and rushed back toward his office.
His mind was racing.
Could that humming woman in the equipment room just now be the person following him?
Maybe even the mastermind?
If it was a woman, maybe she had a crush on him? Or… a crush on Jiang Ying?
That motive would be logical.
“System, who was that woman just now? Can you locate her?”
[Host, the system’s localization function can only be used for Ji Linyue and Chen Bai. It cannot locate other characters.]
Fine.
For characters that weren’t part of the main CP, the system’s perspective was about the same as his.
Fu Yue sat down at his desk, opened his computer, and wrote an application to pull the surveillance footage from the equipment room.
His reason was: “Suspected unauthorized entry into the equipment area, posing a safety hazard.”
After sending the application, Fu Yue stared at the computer screen for a while.
He put the stack of photos in his drawer, pulled up the Elevator Maintenance Guide, and studied it once more.
“It’s just pressing a switch. How hard can it be?” Fu Yue muttered to himself, cheering himself up.
[Host, you have 2 days and 47 minutes left to complete the mission. Otherwise, your running recording will be played.]
“Shut up.”
Compared to that ghostly humming woman, this threat was even more terrifying.
Fu Yue turned off his computer and decided to go home early to rest.
Tomorrow, he had to succeed on the first try.
The next day.
8:58 AM.
It was currently the busiest time in the company lobby.
Fu Yue was crouched behind a potted plant in the lobby. His watch showed: 58 seconds until target entry.
[Host, Ji Linyue has finished buying coffee on the fifth floor and is heading toward the executive elevator.]
“Copy that.”
[Chen Bai is walking toward you. Estimated arrival in 30 seconds.]
[Countdown: 30, 29, 28…]
Fu Yue found the right timing and appeared from behind the plant.
“Chen Bai!” He strode over.
“Fu Yue, morning!” Chen Bai smiled and greeted Fu Yue.
However, his clean, handsome face was still a bit pale.
During this period, the drama between Chen Bai and Ji Linyue had been heartbreakingly intense, with all sorts of extreme tug-of-wars. Naturally, he didn’t feel great.
“Ji Linyue moved the executive meeting forward! He wants you to take the executive elevator up right now!” Fu Yue lied through his teeth with a straight face.
“Huh? Right now?” Chen Bai was a bit flustered.
“Yeah, hurry.” Fu Yue pointed toward the open executive elevator nearby.
“I’ll go then.” Chen Bai pulled a folder from his bag and held it to his chest, then stuffed the bag into Fu Yue’s hands. “Help me put this on my desk.”
“No problem.” Fu Yue took it.
Seeing Chen Bai hurry toward the executive elevator, Fu Yue immediately turned and ran toward the stairwell.
[Host, the elevator doors have closed.]
[The executive elevator has reached the 2nd floor, 3rd floor…]
Fu Yue had already entered the B1 equipment room and was standing by the master control panel.
[Ji Linyue has entered the elevator and met Chen Bai face-to-face.]
[The elevator doors have closed.]
Now!
Fu Yue slammed down the red button.
Wooo— wooo— wooo—
A piercing alarm instantly blared. The lights in the entire building cut out, and emergency lights began to flash frantically.
Fu Yue: “?”
It’s just stopping an elevator. Does it need such a massive commotion?
But the next second, a voice came over the intercom: “Emergency notice! Fire detected! All personnel please evacuate immediately! Repeat, this is not a drill—”
[Host, the plan failed. The elevator has activated the emergency protocols and opened its doors. The targets are evacuating separately.]
“How did this happen?”
Fu Yue looked down in disbelief.
He looked at the red button labeled “Emergency Stop” and found a line of text below it, no larger than 1 mm:
[Highest-level emergency stop, linked to the building-wide fire safety system! Do not press except in case of fire!]
Fu Yue: “…”
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