The man looked at Yìngyuè blankly. Two seconds later, the look in his eyes changed. At this moment, Yìngyuè saw the man snap out of his reverie and recognized her.

"Why are you here?"

Yìngyuè wanted to make small talk, but realized there were far more critical things to say right now.

"Sir. Listen carefully. Outside this building, I witnessed a crime. I ran into this building to escape the criminals. Currently, they are already in the building. Maybe soon to be on this floor. Is there a way they can't find us?"

The man was shocked to hear Yìngyuè's words. His reaction was typical. Made sense, because that's not a daily conversation.

"We can hide in one of the rooms in this building. How many of them are there?"

"I saw three people. But perhaps there is more," Yìngyuè replied.

"Then we'll just hide in the elevator for a while." He looks at Yìngyuè, then asks.

"Are you willing to risk getting trapped here?"

Nobody had ever asked Yìngyuè such an odd question. Yìngyuè stared at him. But then she firmly answered that unusual question. She didn't have much choice. Getting trapped here with this man still seemed better than dealing with the villains.

"Sure!"

After hearing Yìngyuè's answer, that person right away opened a small panel located beside the elevator buttons. Behind the panel, there were a few more buttons. He was trying to press three buttons simultaneously. On his first attempt, nothing happened. The person pressed three more buttons simultaneously, but this time the third button differed from before. Still, nothing happened. He tried again. This time he pushed with all his might.

Suddenly the lights went off, and the elevator stopped. That person deliberately turned off the elevator from the inside. Yìngyuè didn't know that people could do that. It seemed this was not the first time he did something like this.

Quiet atmosphere. But Yìngyuè could hear faint voices outside. Before this elevator stopped, the indicator showed they had descended to the 8th floor. Yìngyuè guessed those people had reached the front of the elevator on the 8th floor. Most likely, they were pressing the button in front of the elevator. Currently, the only elevator that was still perfectly working is the 3rd one. That elevator was on the 12th floor. Maybe by now, it was going down because someone pressed the down button. After a while, Yìngyuè didn't hear any sound. It seemed those people had already left that place.

"I think we must wait a while longer to be sure they've left," Yìngyuè whispered to that man.

The atmosphere was still tense. It is pitch black inside the elevator.

"Yes. We do have to wait."

His voice sounded calm.

Suddenly there was another elevator sound. The people were going up and down in the elevator next door. Yìngyuè didn't dare to speak a word. Not even whispering a single word.

The situation was silent for about half an hour. They could not hear the elevator's sound going up and down anymore. Maybe those people gave up or thought that somehow Yìngyuè had got out of the building.

"How is it, Sir? Do you think the criminals have left?"

"I don't know," the man whispered. "Maybe they kept quiet on purpose to lure you out of hiding."

This man's thought made sense. They wait again for about half an hour. So they had been in the elevator for more than an hour. The two of them then sit on the elevator floor.

After Yìngyuè felt the situation was already safe, she said something to that man. This time she was still whispering.

"Maybe it's safe now, sir!"

"Do you want to go out now?" Asked the man.

"Yes, Sir !"

"Do you remember earlier when I asked if you will take the risk of being trapped here?"

"What do you mean?"

"My point is that I might know how to turn off this elevator. But I don't know how to turn it back on again. The trick earlier can only turn off the elevator. "

"Oh!" Only that short exclamation emerges from Yìngyuè's mouth.

"Earlier, when you entered this building, was there anyone on the ground floor?" asked the man.

"No one, Sir! Was anyone there before? "

"There is one custodian on the ground floor. When I came, he was still there. He said today he must hurry back home, so he probably can't wait until I finish my business here. He asked me to turn off all the lights and lock the building's doors if he was not there when I finished. I happen to have the front door key and gate key."

"Oh!" Yìngyuè said that exclamation again.

A few seconds later, Yìngyuè said.

"Isn't there a night watchman on duty after that guy left?"

"There should be," the man replied. Then he added, "But there is a chance that the guard won't be able to come tonight. Or even if he can come, maybe he monitors the situation only from the outside, not going inside. This building's security sucks."

"Why is that, sir?"

"I don't know exactly. But it looks like this building is in dispute. All the tenants have left, so there is no activity in this building. It looks like the valuables are not here either. So they don't even maximize security."

"Then what should we do, sir?"

"There is nothing we can do. We wait until tomorrow morning. The guy usually arrives at eight in the morning. It's almost half-past nine at night, so perhaps we should stay in this lovely elevator for over 11 hours. "

"Alright. I think it's still better than getting caught by those people," said Yìngyuè.