Elizabeth

Chapter II Hot Steak Night

What's the difference between the temperature between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock at night?

If it's normal, I'm afraid almost no one can feel it.

But tonight is obviously different. The sun has long since disappeared, but the burning sensation in the air seems to be gradually warming up with the passage of every minute; what's worse, there hasn't been a wind for several days. What floats outside the window is not air, but a suffocating hot sand that is ready to come to your face at any time.

Just as someone had conveyed the instructions, the last small part of the city did not turn on the air conditioner for various reasons, and the outdoor units also turned on one after another. People without air conditioning can't hold on at all. Bars, 24-hour convenience stores, companies... Wherever there is a trace of cool air, go wherever there is.

Thirty minutes later, with a soft knock, several night vision lights in the apartment on the 38th floor suddenly went out. The house fell into absolute darkness - the slight "buzzing" that had been lingering in the bedroom quietly stopped at some point.

The central air conditioner doesn't blow.

Not long after the air conditioning stopped, Lin Sanjiu turned over irritably in his dream. Without the cold air of 26°, she soon had a layer of sticky sweat on her body. This layer of sweat was like an impermeable cover, and she was awake soon.

Well... The remote control seems to be on the bedside table...

This thought flashed through her confused mind. Just as she was about to reach out and touch it, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. Lin Sanjiu was so excited that he immediately stopped his hand and did not move. After a while, he quietly narrowed his eyes and looked up.

A snow-white face hung directly above her face, and two black hole-like eyes were staring straight at her in the dark night.

Here we go again! - Here we go again -!

There was a scream in Lin Sanjiu's mind, but his throat was dry and he couldn't make a sound - her heartbeat was getting faster and louder - the white face listened slightly and suddenly approached Lin Sanjiu.

Two weeks ago, she woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, got up and hit this face at once. At that time, Lin Sanjiu screamed in fright and rolled over and turned on the light. Only then did he find that it turned out to be Ren Nan--

Ren Nan sat next to her at some point, his face was expressionless in the dark. He didn't know how long he stared at her like this - just like tonight.

At that time, Ren Nan said that he had often sleepwalked since he was a child.

If it hadn't been for Lin Sanjiu's doubts, maybe she would have really believed it. At this time, she endured her fear and pretended that she hadn't woken up yet. She reached out and rubbed her eyes and asked in a trembling voice, "Ren Nan, are you sleepwalking again?"

Ren Nan's face smiled silently in the dark, and his words were very clear: "Yes, I'm guilty of the old fault again. Didn't I scare you?"

"Yes, a little..." Lin Sanjiu almost got out of bed and stood at the door - the illusion of being able to escape at any time made her calm down a little, and then she felt the steamer-like temperature in the room again.

"Why is it so hot? Did you turn off the air conditioner?"

Ren Nan didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and pulled it. The thick curtains quickly retreated to both sides, revealing a floor-to-ceiling window. Through this window, Lin Sanjiu usually sees the brilliant night view of half of the city. It's just that tonight, the city has lost the light that has never been extinguished before, and even the starlight has disappeared knowingly, and some of it is just dark.

In the house with closed doors and windows, it was so stuffy that people couldn't breathe.

"The power burden is too great. It seems that the whole city is out of power." Ren Nan's voice was still smiling, and there was a good feeling. As he said, he slowly stood up, bypassed the foot of the bed, and walked towards the door step by step.

Lin Sanjiu's mind suddenly rang the alarm. Without waiting for him to approach, he suddenly turned around and ran to the living room. The arrangement of this apartment over the past three months has finally provided her with a little reward: in the darkness that can't be seen, she still rushed into the entrance of the living room smoothly. Before she could take a breath, she reached out and smashed the elevator button with a snap.

The expected red did not light up - such an expensive apartment does not have a backup power system?

"The backup power supply only supplies corridor lights, elevators - especially private elevators, they don't care." Behind her, there was a voice that she had listened to for half a year. Ren Nan was still so gentle, but when he was biting words and spitting out sounds, Lin Sanjiu heard a trace of water. It's like... Ren Nan can't control the saliva secretion in his mouth...

In the darkness, the vague outline representing Ren Nan strode closer to her and finally stopped in the center of the living room.

Lin Sanjiu only felt dizzy in his head. Her sixth sense was right - a burst of regret surged in her heart: "You...what do you want to do?"

"You're quite awake," Ren Nan took a breath of saliva. "You should have felt it long ago, right? But you should still learn to listen to your own intuitive opinions... Otherwise, you won't come back here with me. In the past few days, you have probably had a lot of psychological struggles... Thank you for your trust in me.