Chapter 157: Chapter 157: Feeling More and More Like Crying
Gu Yan inside had no idea what was happening outside. Hearing a noise, she immediately pounded on the door, "Is anyone out there? Help me open the door!"
Lin Fei recognized Gu Yan’s voice, and after observing the attitude of these two people, it seemed she understood something.
Yao Xue warned her with a sharp look, "You’d better pretend you didn’t hear anything and just go about your business."
Lin Fei frowned slightly, clearly disliking Yao Xue’s tone.
But Yao Xue didn’t think there was anything wrong with her attitude at all.
Yao Xue crossed her arms arrogantly, "I think you don’t like that woman inside either. Anyway, it doesn’t concern you, just act like you didn’t see anything."
Lin Fei gave her a cold glance, snorted disdainfully, then turned and left.
She indeed didn’t like that woman, but she also didn’t like these two. It was just them dealing with each other, none of her business.
Seeing Lin Fei leave, Yao Xue snorted, "At least she’s sensible."
"Yao Xue, are you sure she won’t say anything?" Qin Juan asked worriedly.
Yao Xue wasn’t concerned at all, "Don’t worry, Lin Fei can’t stand people who are well-dressed, well-fed, and from affluent backgrounds, let alone someone like Gu Yan, who got in through connections. She definitely won’t say anything."
"Are you really sure?"
Yao Xue waved her hand impatiently, "I’m sure, I’m sure, don’t worry at all. Besides, we’re just locking her up for one night. We’ll release her early tomorrow, who will know it was us? Even if Lin Fei talks, someone has to believe her."
Only then did Qin Juan relax a bit, "Then what should we do now?"
"Wait here until everyone’s off work, ensure no one’s around, and then leave." Yao Xue said, determined to teach Gu Yan a lesson today for shamelessly seducing the general manager!
Shameless vixen.
But she wouldn’t talk about these things publicly, otherwise, it would confirm Gu Yan’s relationship with the general manager.
Gu Yan vaguely overheard their conversation inside, realizing it wasn’t a door malfunction, but someone intentionally locking her in.
She pounded the door hard, shouting outside, "Hey, I know you’re out there, let me out, or I’ll expose you!"
Qin Juan was startled by the sound of Gu Yan’s voice, panicking, "What do we do? She will tell."
Yao Xue also frowned, lowering her voice, "Don’t speak. No matter how she yells, I’m determined to keep her locked in today."
Qin Juan also lowered her voice, still looking worried, "But she said she’d tell others."
"Even if she wants to talk, she has to know who we are. Just hearing voices is useless. Without evidence, she can’t do anything to us."
"But..."
Qin Juan wanted to say something more but was interrupted by Yao Xue, "Don’t overthink it. If anything happens, isn’t it me who will face it? It won’t involve you."
Hearing Yao Xue say this, Qin Juan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright then."
The two kept watch outside the door, pretending to discuss something whenever someone passed by. Qin Juan felt very guilty but was too afraid of being discovered, so she forced herself to stay calm.
Inside the music room, Gu Yan gritted her teeth, determined not to let whoever locked her get away without a beating once she got out!
She pulled out her phone to call for help, only to find it had turned off!
Gu Yan was utterly speechless, why did it have to shut down now!
With no other options, she slumped against the door, clinging onto a slim hope that Wang Qi might come looking for her after work.
Lin Fei returned to the office, just as Wang Qi finished his work. Seeing Gu Yan hadn’t returned yet, he wanted to check the music room.
Lin Fei suddenly spoke, "Are you going to look for Gu Yan?"
Wang Qi felt puzzled and curious but nodded, "Yes."
"Oh, you don’t need to go. I ran into her earlier on my way back from the restroom. She said she wanted to practice a bit more and told me to tell you not to bother going, to just leave first."
Though Wang Qi was curious about when Lin Fei had become so considerate to pass on messages for Gu Yan, he believed her.
Because yesterday when he went to find Gu Yan, she had said the same thing to her.
"Alright then, I’m off, bye."
Watching Wang Qi head towards the exit, Lin Fei quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
She frowned, returning to her seat, wondering why she did such a thing!
She felt unlike herself.
Even though she disliked those who got in through connections and those with a haughty demeanor, she wouldn’t deliberately do anything, especially indirectly aiding and abetting someone today.
Feeling a bit uneasy, she ultimately did nothing, quickly leaving with her things.
Locking Gu Yan in the music room wasn’t her doing, it didn’t concern her, just like that.
More than half an hour later, almost everyone in the entertainment department had left, and no one passed by the restroom area anymore.
Yao Xue and Qin Juan left with confidence, leaving only Gu Yan locked in the music room.
Gu Yan sat on the ground, hugging her knees, head resting on them, feeling almost a sense of despair. It’s been so long, Wang Qi was surely already gone.
The phone is out of battery, and she had stupidly told Tang Yuxiu that she was going to have dinner with colleagues. Now it’s likely Tang Yuxiu has already left work, so no one knows she’s here at all.
Does she really have to stay here all night?
If she had known, she wouldn’t have been in such a hurry. It would have been better to go out for dinner tomorrow night!
At this moment, she couldn’t call for help from the heavens or the earth.
There isn’t a trace of life in the piano room, and the company never works overtime. At seven o’clock, they will turn off the lights in the whole building promptly to prevent anyone from lingering longer or a supervisor forcing employees to work late.
Gu Yan used to think such a policy of the Tang Family was too democratic and humane, but now, she wished the company had overtime every day so there wouldn’t be a blackout.
As if to confirm her idea, the gentle light in the piano room suddenly went out!
The piano room is closed off without windows, so when the lights go out, it’s pitch black, and nothing can be seen.
Gu Yan was greatly startled and hugged herself tighter.
She couldn’t even see herself, let alone anything else.
She squatted in place, not daring to move an inch.
The piano room was so silent and completely dark, which made it easy for people to overthink at such times.
Gu Yan wasn’t a cowardly person, but she was afraid of the dark, especially being alone in a place where she couldn’t see her hand in front of her face.
Although it was August, and the daytime temperature was high enough to roast people, Jiang City had some temperature differences between day and night, with lower temperatures at night.
Maybe it was psychological, but Gu Yan always felt a bit of a chilly air in the piano room.
At this time, all the ghost stories she had ever read came to her mind. Even scenes from horror films long forgotten were now clearly recalled.
She wanted to restrain herself from thinking about it, but she couldn’t stop!
She wanted to cry!
The images flashing in her mind, combined with where she currently was, made her feel like everything around her was eerie, with cold winds blowing, making her shiver.
The night is originally when people’s hearts are most vulnerable, especially when in a dark place, making it impossible to be strong.
Gu Yan kept swallowing her saliva, wanting desperately to break open the door and rush out, but she had no ability to do that, nor did she have tools to smash the door.
She didn’t dare to make a sound, fearing that ghosts around would find her and pounce on her, and even if they didn’t eat her, she would die of fright!
Cursing the one who trapped her here forever without finding a husband, dying alone!
That’s the most vicious curse she could think of.
For her, nothing was more frightening than loneliness.
Being alone for so long, she thought she wouldn’t be afraid of anything, but at this moment, she was scared to death.
Suddenly she thought of Tang Yuxiu, would he be worried and come looking for her if he didn’t see her return?
Let her indulge in wishful thinking at this time. He surely wouldn’t have the heart to leave her alone, right?
For some reason, thinking of Tang Yuxiu slightly eased her fear.
She gradually remembered the process from when she met Tang Yuxiu until now.
At first, she genuinely thought this person was too nitpicky and annoying, and she still thinks that to this day.
But unknowingly, she developed some other feelings, a different understanding.
He seemed unapproachable, cold, and distant, but once you got familiar with him, you’d find he could actually be soft-hearted.
When he got angry, he was practically ruthless, saying anything and doing anything, but at critical moments, he would always come to his senses, and afterwards, he would realize his mistakes and feel guilty, even though he wouldn’t show it, she knew.
Gu Yan didn’t really like that he always realized his mistakes only after causing hurt, but for Tang Yuxiu, it was already rare.
One can’t ask too much of Tang Yuxiu.
He was sarcastic, often making her feel worthless, speechless, but she found him easier to get along with this way, more like a normal person.
He was also very introverted, sometimes wanting to express some goodwill but being too awkward to speak the truth, and would instead indirectly mock her to achieve his goal.
In Gu Yan’s eyes, Tang Yuxiu was a charming introvert, a sarcastic narcissist, and a cleanliness freak that would annoy both people and gods.
He was very easy on the eyes, and being with him was a great visual pleasure. If he weren’t so nitpicky, it would be even more perfect.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan drew a faint smile in the darkness.
It turned out she’d known so much about him, even though they had known each other for less than two months.
But so many things happened between them in the meantime, catching her off guard and suddenly breaking into his life, binding them together.
Everything seemed like a movie scene, flashing by quickly.
Sometimes she felt that meeting Tang Yuxiu was the unluckiest thing in her life, and sometimes she also felt that knowing Tang Yuxiu was a very fortunate thing for her.