Slowly the doors of the elevator opened while Li Na was stumbling towards it.
Scared she closed her eyes in hope that it would hurt less. Li Wei and Xiao Lienji moved at the same time but Li Wei was faster because of his height. Getting a hold on his sister he managed to pull her safely upwards.
"Are you alright?" worried Li Wei asked. How can she be so irresponsible in a place where they plan to work.
Xiao Lienji fretted as well but restrained herself from touching Li Na further. She was well aware of the way of thinking of such people. Xiao Lienji would have helped her wholeheartedly a minute ago and she would have been appreciative as well but now that Li Na was safe her concern might be taken in the wrong way.
"Are you comfortable walking?" Xiao Lienji asked she looked at the open doors of the empty elevator wondering if she should leave now or not.
"I think I need help"
"I'll give you a hand, you can lean on me," turning towards Xiao Lienji he was speechless for a minute. Li Wei could see the anxiety in her blue eyes for his sister but he could not fathom why an unknown girl world be worried for a stranger. "And you, press the ground floor button"
Xiao Lienji nodded her head in understanding.
Li Na took the support of Li Wei's body and began walking towards the elevator followed by Xiao Lienji.
The siblings entered the elevator while and Xiao Lienji pushed the button once she was in. As she turned around looking forth the elevator door started closing.
Xiao Lienji could see the one person, in particular, she had no intention to look at during her stay at Yan Empire. Her eyes widened but she counterbalanced her appearance soon.
With shaking hands, she held her bag tightly. She wanted to disappear, she turned her head down while her eyes lingered on the floor as it was the most interesting thing in the world.
There were two elevators on the top floor, both situated adjacent to one another. One for the employees and the other, a private elevator reserved for the President and his secretary.
It was a normal thing for the President to work till late night, but today an evening charity gala was organized where artifacts would be auctioned and the money would be donated to the hospital to give free treatment for children.
Yan Julong made his way towards his private elevator, followed by Lui Cheng.
As he was getting nearer to the elevator he saw the public elevators door closing. He could see a girl holding her bag firmly with trembling hands. He did hear from Lui Cheng that the bunch of new interns has been taken in and one of them would be joining Ye Mei soon.
'She looks like a frightened deer'
The girl had her face facing downwards as if she was deeply in thoughts.
As soon as Yan Julong was ready to take his eyes off her and turn, the girl glanced up. Coincidently their eyes meet making Yan Julong halt in his tracks. His mind went completely blank.
As soon as Xiao Lienji's eyes meet Yan Julong she started shivering all over. She was grateful that she looked in his eyes for only a second. Taking deep breaths she tried to make her heart-beat calm but it was of no use.
"Are you okay, Xiao Lienji?," frightened by the sudden voice from behind her, Xiao Lienji spun around to look at them both.
"Yes, I'm fine" smiling to conceal her real emotion was soon seen by Li Na.
None of them spoke a word till they reached the bottom. Li Na and Li Wei have seen her trembling from behind, they were able to judge the change in the atmosphere around her immediately but were unable to see the person responsible for it.
"Sir, Is something wrong?" looking at his Boss who stopped unnaturally while his eyes were fixed on the elevator, Lui Cheng asked. He was worried that something might have occurred for the boss to behave like this.
Coming back to his senses, Yan Julong resumed walking towards his private elevator.
He was certain that she did not work here and her expression was proof that she did not like it when she saw him but that was not what struck him the most, it was her set of blue eyes.
'I have seen them somewhere.'