C43

Chapter 43 - Successful rescue

"Crack!" The door to the office opened, and Gu Lingfeng's assistant ran in with a panicked expression. Gu Lingfeng, who was currently making a call to Qin Ran, turned to look at the assistant. The assistant he had chosen had always been calm and collected. It was rare for him to suddenly barge in like this.

The assistant panted heavily and said, "Director Gu, there's a fire outside. Please leave quickly."

Gu Lingfeng frowned and hung up the phone, asking calmly, "Have the company's employees evacuated? Are there any casualties? "

"We discovered it in time. For the time being, there are no casualties. We are making arrangements for a safe evacuation. Director Gu, let's get out of here quickly!" "The fire is on the second floor. If we don't go to the first floor, we won't be able to leave!"

Without waiting for the assistant to finish speaking, Gu Lingfeng strode out of the door, and the assistant immediately followed behind him. They took the company's executive elevator and descended the stairs.

The group of people downstairs gathered in a group, murmuring noisily.

Sun Xue was with the few colleagues who had called her out earlier. They were anxiously discussing the sounds they had heard at the elevator. Seeing that Gu Lingfeng had descended, the elevator quietened down instantly. Gu Lingfeng looked around, but he didn't see Qin Ran. He could vaguely hear that someone was trapped in the elevator. Gu Lingfeng was a little worried and felt that something was wrong. He looked at the company building and the thick smoke coming out. Gu Lingfeng was not at ease, and wanted to go upstairs to take a look, so he turned around and walked towards the company's main hall.

Fu Jingyi, who was standing right at the front, saw that Gu Lingfeng was about to rush up again, so she walked right up to him and said with concern, "Gu Lingfeng, there's a big fire up there. It's too dangerous."

Gu Lingfeng used his hand to push Fu Jingyi aside and walked into the hall. Fu Jingyi was very unhappy in her heart, but she was afraid that Gu Lingfeng might be in danger so she followed him.

He took the stairs from the first floor all the way up to the control room on the fifth floor. Gu Lingfeng was anxious as he walked quickly. Because Fu Jingyi wore high heels, she climbed up a lot slower than Gu Lingfeng.

With great difficulty, Fu Jingyi climbed up to the fifth floor while gasping for breath. She looked at the sign "Monitoring Room" on the corridor. Fu Jingyi panicked. Gu Lingfeng couldn't have known that Qin Ran was once again covered in cold sweat. No! I can't let him in!

She reached out her hand to block the door to the control room, then pleaded to Gu Lingfeng, "Gu Lingfeng, let's go down! If the fire is uncontrollable, it's dangerous, so don't take it as a joke. "

"Out of the way!" The commanding tone in Gu Lingfeng's voice made Fu Jingyi, who was standing in front of him, shudder. Fu Jingyi still did not move aside and continued to fight him. A cold light flashed from Gu Lingfeng's eyes. He pushed Fu Jingyi to the side, then kicked open the door of the control room and walked in.

Fu Jingyi steadied her body and did not pay much attention to Gu Lingfeng's attitude towards her. The nervousness in her heart grew deeper and deeper as she hurriedly followed him.

Gu Lingfeng walked in and looked at the dozen or so monitoring screens before him, scanning through them one by one. Suddenly, Gu Lingfeng's gaze locked onto the fourth to last screen in the third row. He walked in to take a closer look.

That's right! It was Qin Ran!

This was the surveillance in the elevator. If it weren't for the fact that the company had infrared sensors, he wouldn't have been able to see Qin Ran in that dark environment. After finding out where Qin Ran was, Gu Lingfeng ran out of the control room.

Fu Jingyi looked at the screen, her eyes filled with unconcealable hatred. She clenched her teeth and said, "Qin Ran, Ran!"

Gu Lingfeng hastened his steps and ran to the elevator door on the first floor. Standing at the door, he knocked and called out, "Ran Ran, are you inside? I heard you! "

In the elevator, Qin Ran, who was on the verge of losing all hope, heard a familiar voice, which rekindled her hope. With great difficulty, she grabbed the elevator handle beside her and stood up, using all her strength to shout, "It's me! I'm inside, I'm inside, hurry and save me! " Her voice trembled slightly.

The fire upstairs was gradually spreading downwards, and a strong smell of smoke reached the first floor. Gu Lingfeng took off his jacket and blocked the opening of the elevator, trying his best to prevent the smoke from entering.

He used his hand to grab the elevator door and pulled it open. From time to time, he would comfort Qin Ran inside, telling her not to worry as she would be able to leave immediately.

Qin Ran was listening to the familiar voice inside the elevator. He slowly calmed down inside, continuously hinting that he would be fine.

"Now pull the elevator door to your right with all your might, and a centimeter of crack will be easy." Gu Lingfeng stood outside the door, calmly guiding Qin Ran.

With one hand covering his nose and the other exerting all his strength, he already owed her a lot of things, and he definitely could not let anything happen to Qin Ran. This belief made Gu Lingfeng continuously push outwards, and even Qin Ran was working hard as well.

The beads of sweat on Gu Lingfeng's forehead had already wet his hair. He reached into the crack that could barely fit his fingers, and used all his strength to push himself out. Very quickly, with Gu Lingfeng's efforts, the door opened and Qin Ran, who was standing next to it, let out a sigh of relief.

She was finally saved. The endless darkness made her think that this was the end of her life. Gu Lingfeng looked at the unharmed Qin Ran and felt relieved. He reached out his hand to pull Qin Ran up.

"Ran Ran, are you alright? Are you hurt? " At this moment, Fu Jingyi appeared at the elevator door, blocking Gu Lingfeng's hand. She walked to the elevator door and asked with concern.

Firstly, she wanted to act proper in front of Gu Lingfeng, and secondly, she wanted Qin Ran to feel that it was part of her duty to save her. Otherwise, she wouldn't care about her own life. In fact, Fu Jingyi wished that Qin Ran would die.

She shook her head and prepared to stand up, but because she had been trapped in the elevator for so long, her legs had already become numb. She grabbed the railing beside her and was about to stand up when Qin Ran felt that his body had become lighter. Gu Lingfeng had lifted him up and carried him over to Fu Jingyi.

Fu Jingyi could feel that she was being ignored by two people at the same time. She couldn't help but feel a bit angry. Gu Lingfeng was not giving her any face after coming in with the thick smoke.

When she recalled the scene of Gu Lingfeng hugging Qin Ran just now, Fu Jingyi stomped her feet in jealousy and quickly followed him out.

Gu Lingfeng walked out with Qin Ran in his arms. The gazes of the people outside were all focused on Gu Lingfeng and Qin Ran in his arms. Qin Ran felt that this was not a good idea. He whispered into Gu Lingfeng's ear, "Gu Lingfeng, quickly put me down. I can walk by myself!" However, Gu Lingfeng acted as if he hadn't heard anything, not caring about the gazes of others at all. He carried her in his arms and left the scene like a princess.

Very quickly, the rescue team rushed to the bottom of the building and went through fire extinguishing and safety handling. The fire was put out, and Gu Lingfeng used the phone to instruct the employees to take half a day off, leaving behind a portion to clean up the follow-up work.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Qin Ran who was sitting in the front passenger seat.