Chapter 168 - A Beautiful Misunderstanding (1)
Chapter 168 – A Beautiful Misunderstanding (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The sudden jerk caused the two people in the elevator to be a little caught off guard.
Most of the time, the other employees in Zhao Enterprise took the elevators in front of the main hall. Meanwhile, since Zhao Youlin took a private elevator, it was located at a rather remote location, and it was hard for the others to find this place.
Since it was rather remote, the lighting was definitely not that great. Usually, even if the lights were on in the elevator, it made no difference, but now, once the light went out, Zhao Youlin felt her vision suddenly turning dark, and she could no longer see anything.
Then, the elevator under her feet seemed to have swayed a little, causing her body to sway against her control, and she instinctively let out a shout.
Zhao Youlin originally thought that she was about to fall face first and faceplant on the ground.
But the pain she expected did not come. Instead, she slammed into a sturdy but not stiff chest.
Even though her nose hurt because of it, it was still better than having her face meet the floor.
Zhao Youlin rubbed her aching nose. Her eyes were gradually getting used to the darkness, and she saw the contour of the figure in front of her, which was the only thing she could see now because of how dark it was. She asked tentatively, “Mu Tingfeng?”
Zhao Youlin felt the hand around her waist become stiff. Then, a cold voice rang above her head. “Yes.”
Mu Tingfeng gave a simple reply. Then, he felt that it was not very appropriate for him to be so cold, so he added, “Are you hurt?”
Zhao Youlin was stunned. Then, she shook her head. After she was done, she remembered that it was dark now, and Mu Tingfeng could not see her actions at all. She said quickly, “I’m fine. You…”
“I’m fine too.” Mu Tingfeng answered before Zhao Youlin could ask her question.
Zhao Youlin sighed in relief. She looked at the dark surroundings and asked with a frown, “What’s going on? Why did the elevator suddenly stop moving? Why are the lights out as well?”
Mu Tingfeng remained silent for a while and scrunched up his brows in the dark. He remembered all that happened just now, and a rarely seen grim look showed up on his face. Even so, when he spoke, he still remained calm, and there was a level-headed quality in his voice that brought ease to the mind. “The power must have suddenly been cut off the elevator. I pressed the emergency button just now. The people downstairs should come up to rescue us soon. Don’t worry.”
Zhao Youlin did not suspect him and nodded. “Okay.”
When Mu Tingfeng heard Zhao Youlin’s reply, the worry in his eyes did not diminish but became stronger.
Zhao Youlin had never encountered any accidents with elevators before, so she had no idea what was going on, but Mu Tingfeng knew very clearly. A simple power outage in an elevator would not cause it to sway so much, like what it did just now. There was a high chance that something happened to the cables of the elevator.
The elevator had been ascending for nearly one minute before it suddenly stopped.
If there was really something wrong with the cable and nearly one minute went by since they began ascending, this meant that they were likely positioned between the 40th to 50th floors. Then, if…
With that thought in mind, Mu Tingfeng tightened his hold over Zhao Youlin’s waist.
Zhao Youlin had not fully wrapped her mind around the unexpected situation. Suddenly, she felt the arm around her waist tighten, and she realized swiftly that after the elevator became dark, she had fallen into Mu Tingfeng’s arms.
Finally, she noticed where the problem was, and Zhao Youlin felt embarrassed. She asked hesitantly, “Um… Hey, could you let go? I don’t feel quite comfortable.”
Mu Tingfeng shuddered. Clearly, he had also just realized how easy it was for others to have their thoughts run wild if they saw them in their current positions.
“This is for the best before the people downstairs come and save us,” Mu Tingfeng said righteously, and he sounded so poised that no one would think that he was a pervert who was using the chance to take advantage of Zhao Youlin.
But if anyone looked closely, they would notice that Mu Tingfeng’s ears had started turning red, even though he was a boss who could remain calm and not even bat an eye no matter how big of a case he was dealing with during negotiations.
Regretfully, at that moment, the elevator was dark, and it was already hard enough to see a person’s face clearly, much less realize the subtle changes in a person.
When Zhao Youlin heard Mu Tingfeng’s explanation, she frowned a little, but she still did not suspect his intentions. She just felt a little surprised.
Based on how the previous Zhao Youlin communicated with the person in front of her, she thought that when she fell just now, this person would think that she was playing cat and mouse with him and had thrown herself at him.
She did not expect this man to not actually think this way and even supported her considerately. After he supported her, he did not push her away either.
It was just as Mu Tingfeng said, it was better if both of them held each other in this sort of situation, but based on their current situation, no matter what, Mu Tingfeng was not the type who would be so considerate that he would accommodate someone else.
Zhao Youlin frowned. Before she had the time to think about this in-depth, she found that Mu Tingfeng’s arms were trembling a little around her.
‘Is this man afraid of the dark? But why should he? Is there some sort of fierce monster here?’ No matter how she thought about it, Zhao Youlin could only think of one possibility.
“Mu Tingfeng, are you afraid of the dark?” Zhao Youlin was originally joking around when she asked this question, though she was also trying to probe for answers. To her surprise, when Mu Tingfeng heard this question, Zhao Youlin could clearly feel Mu Tingfeng tremble a little.
At that moment, Zhao Youlin was absolutely shocked. ‘This man is scared of the dark? My word! He’s the president of Mu Feng Group and the bachelor with the most potential in Shalnork, the ever stoic young master of the Mu family, and he’s actually afraid of the dark, like some girl?! If this goes out, this will definitely be a major piece of news, and it might even end up on the headlines of the newspapers in Shalnork!’
When Mu Tingfeng heard Zhao Youlin’s question, he knew that Zhao Youlin… had misunderstood him because of his actions.
In truth, Mu Tingfeng’s hands were trembling because he was nervous. This was the first time he experienced the forbidden feeling of having a woman who smelled nice in his arms.
Mu Tingfeng had remained chaste for more than twenty years and lived practically the same lifestyle as a monk. Aside from the accident four years ago, he had never been in such close contact with a woman before. Even when it came to family, aside from the one time Su Qing intentionally hugged his arm in the hospital, he seldom had physical contact with members of the other sex like this.
This was especially so after encountering that matter four years ago. Mu Tingfeng found that the trauma left behind to his body by that accident was greater than he expected, and he grew obsessed with wanting his mind to remain pure at all times. He could not accept other people getting close to him, especially women. This was also why Mu Tingfeng never touched his wife in-name during those four years, and also why he had never done anything out-of-bounds with any other woman.
But now, he found that he seemed to care much more about this person than he imagined. The desire that had laid dormant in his body for a long time started showing signs of stirring awake just because he had hugged her under the cover of darkness. This made Mu Tingfeng not know whether he should laugh or cry.
But since Zhao Youlin was already mistaken, then he should let this misunderstanding continue.
Being mistaken to fear the dark in exchange for hiding a certain indescribable desire and greed was a really good trade-off.
Mu Tingfeng was a businessman. He naturally knew how to use existing conditions to create more benefits for himself.
Hence, this beautiful misunderstanding continued because one of the two involved had deliberately misled the other.