22 Floors That Don't Exist
Xun Jiasheng pretended to be calm and slowly turned his head. Seeing that there was nothing behind him, he laughed dryly and said: "You guys..." He always suspected that the people from Jintang Security were trying to punish him collectively. But before he finished speaking, his expression also changed, because Looking up along the line of sight of Jin Xin and others, he discovered something extremely shocking.
The elevator's floor indicator light showed that the elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor.
With Xun Jiasheng's heart beating violently, there was only one voice stirring in his mind - the Giant Building never had a thirteenth floor! This idea echoed in his mind, leaving him speechless for a moment.
There was a deathly silence in the elevator room, and everyone was attracted by the number 13 on the elevator indicator light.
"It seems that the Giant Building does not have a 13th floor?" Jin Xin finally said, his tone a little strange.
"Yeah yeah."
Hai Mingzhu felt that her heart was about to jump out of her chest. If it weren't for Shen Yue beside her, she would have almost screamed. Trying her best to dilute the fear in her heart, Hai Mingzhu kept saying: "There is absolutely no 13th floor in the Giant Building. I I came here twice, and each time I looked at the floor display, and each time it showed 12 and 14, there was no number 13. I looked at it twice, and it’s not wrong.”
Feeling that the three men in the stairwell were eerily silent, Hai Mingzhu almost cried: "You have to say something, right?"
"What did you say?" Shen Yue finally spoke, but it was the same as not saying anything.
Hai Mingzhu heard that Shen Yue's tone was as calm as ever. She had always felt that Shen Yue lacked emotion in the past, but now she suddenly thought - this is what a real man should look like, right? A man who can take on tasks should be like this!
"For example..." Hai Mingzhu started thinking, "Actually, many commercial buildings are quite superstitious and believe that 13 is an unlucky number, so when building a building, they deliberately ignore the concept of 13 floors."
"Then what?" Seeing Hai Mingzhu stop, Shen Yue asked.
"Then...then..." Hai Mingzhu repeated for a long time, "Why did our elevator stop on the thirteenth floor? Consultant Shen, can you give me some professional advice? You are a consultant."
Shen Yue said calmly: "Constructors can ignore the concept of 13 floors, but they cannot do without 13 floors. Otherwise, 14 floors will not be built. Do you think this is the truth?"
Hai Mingzhu thought about it seriously and realized that this was really the case. She followed Shen Yue's intention and said, "So the 14th floor is actually the 13th floor?"
"No." Shen Yue shook his head, "The 14th floor is still the 14th floor, the 13th floor is still the 13th floor."
Hai Mingzhu was a little anxious again, "Consultant Shen, I'm very stupid. Can you stop talking Zen and explain to me in simpler words?"
Shen Yue sighed and said: "I don't know how to put it more simply. There are 13 floors above the 12 floors, and there are 14 floors above the 13 floors. Is this simple enough?" He also looked a little embarrassed, and finally understood the elementary school Teacher's Difficulties.
Hai Mingzhu shook her head, "I still don't understand. My math teacher keeps saying I'm stupid."
Jin Xin suddenly said from the side: "Didn't you say that the primary school teacher said you were good at math?"
"That's what the physical education teacher said." In this case, Hai Mingzhu had to reveal the truth.
Jin Xin was speechless.
Shen Yue looked a little funny at Hai Mingzhu's aggrieved expression, and extended his left middle finger to Hai Mingzhu.
"It's not my fault that I'm bad at math. Why do you despise me?" Hai Mingzhu said dissatisfied.
Shen Yue quickly stretched out his index finger, "I want to give you a more vivid example. The index finger has three knuckles, like 12, 13, and 14. The first two times you took the elevator, the floor indicator showed 12 and 14. , but it doesn’t mean that 13 doesn’t exist, and it doesn’t mean that we haven’t passed by the 13th floor.”
Hai Mingzhu finally understood, "You mean I didn't see the instructions for 13, but there is really a 13th floor? It's just that we have always sat from the 12th floor to the 14th floor and never stopped on the 13th floor? This gives outsiders a sense of There is no impression of the 13th floor here? But the elevator still goes to the 13th floor?!"
Shen Yue nodded and sighed secretly, thinking that it would be really hard to explain such a simple thing to a superstitious person like you.
"No!" Xun Jiasheng had long since returned to his senses. He had been listening to the exchange between Shen Yue and Hai Mingzhu. At this moment, he suddenly said to Shen Yue: "That's not what you said. There is no more floor between the 12th and 14th floors. Giant The building never had 13 floors."
Shen Yue smiled, "Why are you so sure?"
"Because... because..." Xun Jiasheng gritted his teeth, "Because there used to be mass graves underground here, and there were a lot of ghosts. When the Giant Building was built, in order to prevent the ghosts from causing trouble, these 13 floors were reserved for ghosts. Live. Only if you become a ghost can you see the 13th floor!"
After hearing Shen Yue's explanation, Hai Mingzhu was a little more comfortable. But when Xun Jiasheng said this, she was frightened and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? We are all living people. Look..." pointing to the stairwell, which can almost be used as a mirror. The side metal wall said, "Look, the four of us...are...ah!"
Suddenly there was a shrill cry!
Hai Mingzhu fell back amidst the screams and almost fell into Shen Yue's arms.
Everyone was shocked, and Jin Xin asked anxiously, "What's wrong? What did you see?"
Hai Mingzhu felt supported by Shen Yue and blushed slightly, "No, I just saw five shadows. I didn't notice that Manager Song was there all the time, so I thought there was something wrong. Manager Song, why are you silent all the time? I always thought there were only four people in the elevator."
Everyone didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but Manager Song still didn't raise his head. In this atmosphere, everyone began to feel that Manager Song's behavior was a little abnormal, and looked at each other.
Hai Mingzhu asked tentatively: "Manager Song?" She almost thought that Manager Song was dead. Otherwise, why would she remain silent in this situation?
Manager Song still lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
The elevator stopped, and the air supply system in the elevator seemed to be operating normally, continuously delivering cold air. Everyone felt only a gloomy wind. Xun Jiasheng couldn't help but patted Manager Song on the shoulder, and said dissatisfied: "Old Song, don't pretend to be a ghost. Now is not the time to create atmosphere."
In Xun Jiasheng's heart, Manager Song has always been a doormat. He took advantage of Manager Song's shortcomings and treated Manager Song with utmost contempt.
Arrogance will form a habit, and so will contempt. In Xun Jiasheng's mind, Manager Song is just a lapdog. He, Xun Jiasheng, can bark around, otherwise he wouldn't let Manager Song press his fingerprints. Didn't Manager Song not fart at all?
Without wanting to put his hand on Manager Song's shoulder, Xun Jiasheng felt something was wrong.
Manager Song suddenly raised his head, his eyes were covered with red threads, and shouted sternly: "Don't touch me!"
When Xun Jiasheng saw Manager Song's strange expression and was scolded by Manager Song, he felt his heart tremble. He took a step back and hit the elevator wall, causing his back to hurt.
Chapter completed!