Zhao Hanzhang listened to the footsteps on her left following her to the elevator entrance. The other person was quite considerate, even specifically telling her, “Teacher Zhao, let’s wait a moment. The elevator is just now coming down from the thirty-second floor.”

Although somewhat cold, his voice was quite pleasant. What a pity—they were from the same university, and rabbits shouldn’t eat the grass near their burrow.

She had long heard students coming to the library to borrow books discussing how handsome Professor Fu from the Mathematics Department was. They just had few interactions. Had she known earlier that the blind date Professor Fang arranged was with a fellow professor from the same university, she wouldn’t have come.

After all, her reputation at the school was… somewhat special.

This was a bit awkward.

While thinking this, Zhao Hanzhang turned her head slightly toward his direction and smiled, “Alright.”

As her voice fell, she heard people nearby discussing in low voices, “So handsome.”

“The woman looks good too, they’re quite well-matched.”

“But there’s something odd about the woman—is there a problem with her eyes?”

“Seems like it.”

Zhao Hanzhang’s expression didn’t change; her face still bore a faint smile, only her eyes lowered. She noticed him gently supporting her elbow. Zhao Hanzhang turned her head questioningly and heard him say, “Teacher Zhao, the elevator has arrived.”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him, listening to his footsteps as she entered the elevator together with him.

Now the onlookers were certain—there was indeed a problem with her eyes.

Zhao Hanzhang heard that only the two of them had entered the elevator. She tilted her head slightly.

Seeming to perceive her confusion, Fu Tinghan explained, “I heard there’s a seven-star alignment astronomical phenomenon tonight. They’ve all gone to the observation deck. Only we are going down.”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled, “Professor Fu can also go see it. You don’t need to escort me—I can return by myself.”

She pointed to her own eyes without any evasiveness, “Although I can’t see, I have no trouble getting around.”

Fu Tinghan glanced at her eyes and said, “I don’t have much interest in astronomy, and besides, we’re going the same way.”

True enough, they both lived at the university, so it was indeed the same route.

In the empty elevator, there were only the two of them. Once Fu Tinghan fell silent, Zhao Hanzhang’s entire world became black.

She was truly composed, but didn’t like the overly dark feeling, so she made conversation, “I didn’t expect that the person Professor Fang introduced would be Professor Fu.”

Zhao Hanzhang heard him respond coldly with an “Mm,” then say, “I also didn’t expect that the person my mentor’s wife mentioned was Teacher Zhao. I should have picked Teacher Zhao up on the way here.”

This was interesting. Zhao Hanzhang raised an eyebrow, about to speak, when she suddenly heard something and frowned slightly.

Fu Tinghan noticed and asked, “What’s wrong?”

His words had barely fallen when the elevator suddenly plummeted. Fu Tinghan instinctively reached to support Zhao Hanzhang. She instinctively grabbed the hand reaching toward her, raising her foot to kick before realizing what was happening. She quickly changed from gripping to grasping, apologizing repeatedly, “I’m sorry, my reaction was a bit excessive…”

But with the elevator’s sudden descent, she couldn’t stand steady. Before finishing her sentence, she fell toward him, directly pressing him beneath her.

The two of them tumbled together in an embrace.

This was bad—Professor Fu’s impression of her would be even worse now.

Fu Tinghan could see. Ignoring the pain in his arm, he held her and steadied his body in a half-squat against the elevator wall…

The elevator stopped after its sudden descent, but they felt the elevator car still trembling continuously. Zhao Hanzhang also heard chaotic and noisy sounds outside. She keenly caught certain sounds and frowned, “It seems to be an earthquake.”

Fu Tinghan looked outside through the elevator. This was a glass elevator that allowed viewing outside. Below was complete chaos, with people constantly running out of the building.

His expression changed slightly. He held her tightly, reaching to press the bell. His hand had just touched the red button when the elevator rapidly descended. Zhao Hanzhang felt her entire body floating up. Someone was holding her tightly, protecting her. Then came a tremendous crash, and a flash of light seemed to pass before her eyes…

She found this incredible—how could she possibly see light?

She had been blind for fourteen years.

Then came severe pain. Before she could contemplate whether she was dead or whether Fu Tinghan was also dead, she felt white bright light forcing its way into her eyes.

Zhao Hanzhang’s eyelids trembled. She carefully opened her eyes…

Suddenly she had transferred from the elevator to… an ancient film city?

Zhao Hanzhang looked in astonishment at the tall city wall standing before her eyes. People constantly ran past her, all dressed in ancient clothing, their faces full of terror. Her gaze shifted left and she saw three or four rows of soldiers holding long spears rushing toward the city gate, directly driving out those trying to push inward.

People in ragged clothes desperately squeezed inward. The soldiers showed no mercy, thrusting with their spears and pushing people outward.

Zhao Hanzhang’s gaze contracted, her hands trembling slightly as she watched blood flowing freely, the wide-eyed people continuously falling. She wanted to deceive herself into thinking this was filming, but couldn’t.

The soldiers pushed that group of people out, and the city gate slowly closed before her eyes, with soldiers continuously reinforcing it.

But whether running, shouting, or suffering and bleeding to death, she heard not a single sound. What unfolded before her eyes seemed to be a silent drama.

Great—after her eyes regained sight from blindness, she had gone deaf.

For a moment, Zhao Hanzhang didn’t know whether being blind or being deaf was better.

She lowered her head to look at her own hands and clothes. Mm, a white dress with a red belt tied at the waist—this was the belt her roommate had specially selected for her this afternoon before going out, knowing she was going on a blind date.

They said the red belt tied on her white dress made her waist appear slender as a willow, and the other person would definitely be moved unless they were blind.

So was this reality, or… a dream?

Could an elevator crash not only change time and space but also restore someone’s eyesight?

Zhao Hanzhang clenched her fists and pinched her hand—she could feel it. Her eyes brightened slightly. Seeing someone running past, she reached out to grab them, “Excuse me…”

Her hand passed straight through the other person’s hand. They didn’t even glance at her, running right past.

Zhao Hanzhang froze. Only now did she notice the abnormality. Not only could she not hear sounds, but she was standing right here, yet the people running around seemed unable to see her.

She waved her hand in front of several people, trying to attract their attention, “Hey, excuse me, sir, friend?”

Everyone had no reaction to her. Very well, she was now not only deaf but also invisible, so this was a dream?

Just as Zhao Hanzhang was firmly convinced this was a dream, a group of people carrying a stretcher rushed past her. As Zhao Hanzhang turned her head, she met eyes with the young girl lying on the stretcher.

It was a girl around ten years old, dressed in red foreign-style clothing, eyes tightly closed, lying on the stretcher, her forehead covered in blood. But Zhao Hanzhang recognized her at a glance…

No, she hadn’t recognized her—she didn’t know who she was—but she looked very similar to herself around age ten, when she hadn’t yet gone blind…

The moment her gaze fell on the girl, Zhao Hanzhang seemed to hear a “pop” sound, then something shattered, and chaotic sounds suddenly rushed into her ears.

Zhao Hanzhang could hear!

“Sanniang, wake up, Sanniang, wake up! Quickly take her back to the mansion, immediately summon a physician!”

Zhao Hanzhang stood dazed, following the stretcher forward two steps, when she heard a surprised voice, “Teacher Zhao—”

Zhao Hanzhang turned to look in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome young man in a Western suit standing among the crowd looking at her. He must have just noticed her. Seeing her look over, he excitedly walked toward her, but after just two steps, he suddenly disappeared before her eyes.

Zhao Hanzhang’s pupils contracted. She couldn’t help stepping forward, “Professor Fu—”

But immediately her vision went black, and she lost consciousness in an instant.

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