Lai Jiayi glanced back at the man.
'Let's see if you can do anything– "
She suddenly saw the man was looking at the elevator ceiling.
'….what the? What is he doing?'
Zhao Yang somehow looked up and began to inspect the lamp with just his gaze and saw the light was still on.
'The malfunction shouldn't be that bad.'
"It's not a power outage." the man concluded.
'He scanned the lamp of the elevator for no reason and said there's no power outage?' Lai Jiayi was baffled.
'He looks like...a weirdo...a genius weirdo to be precise.'
"Can you find the problem and fix it?" Zhao Yang suddenly asked in a cold tone of voice.
Tianjin hurriedly checked the elevator system again and confidently nodded. "I can fix this in 30 minutes."
'With my supercomputer, hijacking almost all technology in this whole city is possible. Moreover, just fixing such an old elevator system. Easy peasy.' The AI snorted.
"Mn. Do it, " Zhao Yang spoke again as he put his hands in front of his chest.
The man folded his hands in such a domineering way that the AI felt a bit pressured.
'My master will be late to work, so, of course, he will be in a slightly bad mood.'
"Yes, master, " Tianjin answered, knowing Zhao Yang's mood. She hurriedly closed her eyes and accessed her supercomputer to help her with this problem.
She looked very dependable and amazing for anyone who saw this scene, but not for Lai Jiayi.
'What? This AI is...fixing the elevator?? For real??'
[Yaya! What's going on? This AI is going to fix the elevator? Can she do that?] Lai Jiayi instantly asked Yaya in her mind.
Seeing the swan AI's body glowed as if she's a divine being that was about to solve this mess, the girl panicked.
Yaya also didn't expect Tianjin to be so formidable.
After he went silent for a few seconds to see what's going on, he then logged off from the supercomputer and said in a rather regretful tone,
[This is bad, quack. That AI is taking over the supercomputer controlling the elevator, quack!]
His words were like a sharp knife stabbing Lai Jiayi's heart. Her head felt dizzy for a second, and in a weak voice, she desperately said,
[So what should we do?? Can you do something to stop her? I already paid points!]
[Wait, quack, calm down-]
[I'm afraid that the next second, the elevator will work again!] Lai Jiayi shouted.
'If that happens, it means I won't have the chance to apologize!'
[Don't worry, quack!] Yaya immediately reassured.
[I already inflicted a few damages to the supercomputer, so for that AI to fix it, she needed 30 minutes or so, quack.]
[Really?]
[Yes, so you still have a chance, quack!] Yaya hurriedly told Lai Jiayi not to panic.
[Even though we only have 30 minutes, it's plenty of time already, right, quack?]
[I suppose so. I can apologize in less than 5 minutes, and the rest of the time can be used to increase the love barometer.]
[Good, good, quack!]
Noticing she still had a chance, Lai Jiayi sighed in relief.
She calmed down before looking back at the man who was crossing his arms in front of his chest while standing still like a statue.
'Should I start now?'
Lai Jiayi knew she had to, but somehow her body refused to move. The girl could only stiffly stand there until Yaya urged her.
[What are you waiting for, quack? Hurry, quack! Take off your mask, catch him under guarded by using your beauty– ]
[You sound like you want to sell me, ah!]
[I mean, just apologize using an extreme way, quack!] Yaya nagged Lai Jiayi since the girl was too scared to move.
'Being inside a small place alone with just a young man...must be quite a burden to her, but still, Lai Jiayi had to overcome this.'
The duck prayed for Lai Jiayi's well-being.
[I-i know. Wait, I'm taking my time. I don't want to make any mistake.] Lai Jiayi took a deep breath.
The girl placed her left hand on her chest while her right hand was on the mask, ready to 'rip it off' in a somewhat cool way.
[I believe in you, quack!] Yaya waited for the girl to make a move.
At this time, the elevator was so silent since no one spoke. The iceberg didn't bother to talk while Lai Jiayi, as nervous as she was, also didn't speak yet.
Still, even though the man didn't speak, he had eyes.
'...I don't want to see her.'
Zhao Yang kneaded his temple. But somehow, he could still see her side view. He noticed her amber eyes almost immediately, and it made him uncomfortable.
Something urged him to leave this girl as that amber eyes only tortured him. It's as if the eyes of his beloved girl– was still alive and staring at him.
'What kind of light will I see inside those eyes?' Zhao Yang's nails dug into his palm.
'Hatred? Disappointment? I can't protect her to the end...I'm the cause of her death…'
Zhao Yang smiled mockingly.
'Will she look at me with sadness, a sense of betrayal or eyes full of hatred? She might blame me...no. She has to blame me.'
Zhao Yang was preoccupied with his thought that he didn't realize Lai Jiayi had approached him and stood right in front of him.
Her sudden movement didn't affect the guy. He only stared blankly at her eyes.
Lai Jiayi broke in a cold sweat.
'So nerve-wracking, ah but…'
The girl gulped hard.
'Here goes nothing!'
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