Falling in Love With My Arranged-Marriage Husband-Chapter 124 - 98 My legs are weak, Fu Yisi, carry me
Chapter 124: Chapter 98 My legs are weak, Fu Yisi, carry me
Lu Ming, who had just plugged Ji Sang’s phone into the charger, raised his eyebrows at the remark.
“In a relationship?”
Ji Sang handed over the phone.
“Thank you.”
Lu Ming took it and casually placed it on the table nearby. Seeing that Ji Sang’s complexion was no longer pale, he asked softly,
“Feeling better?”
Ji Sang stopped wiping the chocolate off her hand, looked up at Lu Ming and asked,
“What happened?”
She couldn’t believe that the normally functioning elevator would break down right after she entered it; the coincidence was too perfect. Plus, she had seen the maintenance team inspecting the elevator not long ago.
Lu Ming briefly relayed the inspection results from the staff to Ji Sang.
“Did you see anyone suspicious before you entered?”
Ji Sang considered this for a moment and then shook her head.
“No.”
When she entered the elevator, she had just received a call from Fu Yisi and didn’t pay attention to her surroundings. She was the only one on the fourth floor at the time. If there had been anyone else or even the slightest noise, she should have been aware of it.
Expecting such a response, Lu Ming handed her another wet tissue.
“I’ll have someone review the surveillance footage tomorrow and get back to you with an answer.”
Ji Sang wiped each finger carefully, one after the other, without replying.
If it weren’t an automatic trip, then it must have been deliberate. And everyone knew the chances of the former were exceedingly slim.
If it was deliberate…
At the TV station, only Zheng Xia had issues with her.
They both understood, but they needed evidence. Confirming there were no other faults in the elevator, the staff left, leaving the entire second floor brightly lit.
Ji Sang sat on the couch, sipping her water intermittently, while Lu Ming sat opposite her.
Neither spoke.
Ji Sang knew Lu Ming was staying with her while waiting for Fu Yisi. In normal circumstances, she wouldn’t want to bother him, but after what had just happened, she really didn’t want to be alone.
Fu Yisi arrived quickly, and just a few minutes later, Lu Ming’s phone rang again.
Ji Sang reflexively reached out for it, but her hand didn’t land, as she glanced at Lu Ming. He gestured with his hand and only then did Ji Sang pick up the phone.
“Hello?”
“I’m in the lobby.”
Fu Yisi’s breath sounded somewhat unsteady.
“Where?”
“Second floor.”
The man quickly walked over, seeing that the elevators were all stopped at the basement, he headed up the stairs instead.
Neither of them hung up, and Ji Sang could hear Fu Yisi’s running footsteps on the other end of the phone, and… that frantic heartbeat.
He must be scared, Ji Sang thought.
What would his reaction be after he learned the whole story?
With this in mind, Ji Sang unexpectedly started to laugh.
“Fu Yisi, slow down, I’m fine, waiting here obediently for you.”
No reply came from the other end of the line; the sound of running continued.
From the moment she picked up the phone to Fu Yisi running up the stairs, no more than twenty seconds had passed.
Ji Sang turned to look at the man at the stair entrance and waved her hand.
“I’m here.”
Fu Yisi finally hung up and quickly walked over.
He stared intently at Ji Sang’s face, then let his gaze drift down, looking her over from head to toe.
“What happened?”
His voice was still tense with worry and fear, and a bit hoarse.
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Ji Sang touched her nose, trying to act as if nothing was wrong.
“The elevator malfunctioned.”
With these six simple words, she tried to play down the incident in front of Fu Yisi.
The man’s expression darkened upon hearing this.
“Elevator malfunction?”
Fu Yisi crouched down, carefully examining Ji Sang’s hands.
“Are you injured anywhere?”
Ji Sang shook her head.
“No.”
But her current state was clearly not one of someone who had nothing wrong.
The man’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he raised his hand to push aside the stray hairs on her forehead, his fingers gently sweeping over the reddened corners of her eyes.
Lu Ming, who had been somewhat uncomfortably ignored since Fu Yisi’s arrival, coughed lightly,
“Ji Sang, I’ll head back first.”
Only now did Ji Sang look up at Lu Ming,
“Vice Director Lu, thank you.”
Lu Ming waved his hand, and glanced at Fu Yisi’s somewhat indifferent eyes, his eyebrows slightly raised,
“Dr. Fu, take good care of her tonight, she’s been quite frightened.”
After saying that, without waiting for a reply from Fu Yisi, he picked up his things and left.
Fu Yisi watched his figure until it disappeared around a corner before withdrawing his gaze.
His eyes then fell on Ji Sang’s pale lips, and he slowly articulated his guess,
“Afraid of the dark?”
Ji Sang’s pupils contracted slightly, and she looked at him in surprise,
“How did you know?”
It seemed like she had never mentioned this to him before.
Usually, in the Yujing Apartment, when it was time to sleep, he was by her side, so she wasn’t afraid. Naturally, she wouldn’t reveal it in front of him.
Fu Yisi impassively glanced over the marks on her clothes, the used wet tissues in the wastebasket, and… her continuously trembling body.
He sighed, leaned in, and embraced her,
“You’ve been scared, haven’t you?”
If it weren’t for what Vice Director Lu said just before he left, he might not have thought of this. But now, thinking carefully about it, those nights when she had nightmares, perhaps experiences from her time in the orphanage left her with some trauma.
The familiar and warm embrace, the unique scent that belonged only to Fu Yisi—Ji Sang, who was originally calm enough to consider the reasons for the elevator malfunction after being rescued, suddenly felt her eyes sting upon hearing Fu Yisi’s words.
Tears dropped one by one, soaking Fu Yisi’s shirt,
“Yeah.”
She gave a soft reply.
Indeed, she was frightened.
The scenes, whether real or imagined, kept playing over in her mind, with cries that overwhelmed her ears and left no escape.
She wanted to run away, but she couldn’t break free.
Fu Yisi patted her back gently with compassion,
“It’s okay, I’m here.”
He comforted her in a soft voice as if she were a child, kissing her forehead one after another.
By the time Ji Sang calmed down, the front of Fu Yisi’s shirt was already half-soaked.
Just as Ji Sang was about to look up and speak, her stomach grumbled inopportunely.
Ji Sang: …
“Hungry?”
“Yeah.”
Ji Sang mumbled.
Could she not be hungry after only having breakfast that day?
“Let’s go, let’s go home, your parents are still waiting for us at home.”
Ji Sang blinked, and suddenly stretched out her arms,
“Hold me.”
Fu Yisi paused, looking down at the woman on the sofa,
Ji Sang pleaded without realizing it,
“My legs are weak, Fu Yisi, carry me.”
The man’s eyebrows lifted and he scooped Ji Sang up in a princess carry.
Upon reaching the lobby on the first floor and encountering the curious gazes of the duty room staff, Ji Sang’s face flushed with embarrassment, and she buried her head deep into Fu Yisi’s chest.
A miscalculation…
Wouldn’t this expose her relationship with Fu Yisi?
Thinking this, Ji Sang stealthily pinched the man’s waist,
“Fu Yisi, hurry up.”
The man’s gaze turned darker, and he quickened his pace.
Arriving at the car, Ji Sang prepared to get down from his embrace, but Fu Yisi held her tight, opened the door to the back seat, placed her inside, and then he followed and sat beside her.
“What are you doin—”
Before she could finish, Fu Yisi suddenly reached out to wrap his arm around her waist and kissed her fiercely.
