It turned out that when Shao Pingxi was a child, she had once crawled into a broken refrigerator that was about to be thrown away out of playfulness and curiosity, and ended up trapped inside. Since then, she had been terribly afraid of completely dark, sealed environments.
Having an extremely high sense of self-esteem was a common characteristic between Shao Pingxi and Huo Juren, and her personality did not allow her to show a panicked or flustered expression in front of Huo Juren.
The thick darkness did not become an obstacle for Huo Juren to find Shao Pingxi; in no time, he sensed her location in the darkness.
After the elevator malfunctioned, the first thing that emerged in Huo Juren’s mind was the incident of Shao Pingxi being trapped in the refrigerator as a child.
He knew she would be afraid.
At the same time, he also understood that with Shao Pingxi’s personality, even if she was scared to the point of fainting, she would never ask him for help.
He could ignore her and disregard her frightened emotions; after all, the boss was not obligated to care about an employee’s feelings, especially since she hadn’t said she needed help.
Moreover, she was the one who had deceived his feelings. Let this terrible woman be swallowed by endless darkness!
He thought this, but an unconscious warm male hand reached out towards her.
Shao Pingxi suddenly trembled all over.
Was it… an illusion? How… did it feel like her hand was being held?
No! It was not an illusion! This was real.
The real warmth in her palm confirmed that this warm hand that dispelled her unease truly existed.
In the elevator, with only her and Huo Juren, the owner of the hand was self-evident.
Why? Why? Shao Pingxi was full of confusion.
She was defeated by darkness and swallowed by confinement, what did it have to do with him? He could have stood by and watched, but why did he now…
Huo Juren, what are you thinking? Why do you always hurt me and then make gentle gestures that don’t belong to you? Shao Pingxi wanted to ask this out loud, but—she didn’t dare.
She was afraid, afraid the answer would not be what she expected, afraid she would be hurt again, afraid her emotional wounds would cruelly bloom once more…
