I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 151 I Really Need This Job

"Ding!"

The elevator door opens.

Lin Xing'an pressed 1034.

As the elevator slowly rose, his fingertips trembled softly.

Like tiny, invisible dust particles, they floated in the air and disappeared into the shadow of the car.

And in the camera in the corner of the elevator, an extremely obscure light flashed slightly.

"Ding!"

After a long time, the elevator slowly stopped.

The elevator door opens.

Lin Xing'an walked out from it.

And what came out with him were particles of darkness.

They wandered in darkness and blind corners, and sneaked out through the gaps in the corridor windows.

As the biting cold wind blows in the air...

"call!"

Lin Xing'an blinked and took a deep breath.

After confirming that the house number was 1034, he knocked on the door twice.

"Hello! I'm Lin Xing'an! Little Bee's tutor!"

He looked at the joyful word "Fu" in the middle of the door, cleared his throat and shouted.

"Crack!"

A few seconds later, the door of 1034 opened.

It was the aunt in housekeeping uniform. She nodded and brought Lin Xing'an a pair of cotton slippers.

"Thank you."

Lin Xing'an looked inside the room, then lowered his eyes.

Close the door gently.

Xu Zhe was sitting on the sofa with his back to him, drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.

There are rings on seven of the ten fingers on both hands.

As he raised his hand, the rings collided with each other, making crisp sounds.

"you are late."

After Lin Xing'an changed his shoes, Xu Zhe also put down his coffee.

His ears twitched slightly.

"Sorry...I'll make up double for my lateness!"

Lin Xing'an looked at the time on the wall.

Eight thirty-four.

"I'll be there until 9:45!"

He looked at Xu Zhe.

Xu Zhe also turned around and looked at Lin Xing'an.

In less than half a second after meeting Xu Zhe's gaze, Lin Xing'an avoided his gaze.

"You're nervous."

Xu Zhe sat up.

"...I...I'm sorry. I know your status...is very noble. Actually, my dream is to join the committee."

"Although my ability...my ability is very ordinary, but I will work hard, I...uh..."

"I'm honored to have this job, but... I'm late on my first day... so... I'm sorry..."

Lin Xing'an tried hard to make himself look like a mature tutor.

But under Xu Zhe's gaze, he was still a little incoherent and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"This is the third time I've seen you."

Xu Zhe withdrew his gaze, interrupted Lin Xing'an, and said while turning the ring on his finger.

"……what?"

"It's okay, go to class."

Xu Zhe shook his head and waved his hands, "By the way, turn off your phone and put it here."

He pointed to a small box on the table.

"In our home, we prohibit the use of any electronic devices that can connect to the internet. There are only a few hours in the house."

"Oh, alright!"

Lin Xing'an quickly put the phone into the box.

"No need to take it off, it's cold in the room."

"……good……"

Lin Xing'an was stunned for a moment and put his cotton coat back on.

"follow me."

The cleaning lady whispered.

Lin Xing'an also nodded and followed her to the second floor.

As he went upstairs, he lowered his head and narrowed his eyes slightly.

It's like feeling something...

at the same time……

The gloom that Lin Xing'an released in the elevator, which was originally floating in the wind, seemed to have received an order.

It no longer followed the wind, but wandered in the air and came to Building 9 not far away.

They once again slipped through the gap in the window and entered the empty stairwell.

Grains, little by little, come together...

The dark and gloomy things first changed color with each breath, and then slowly turned into Lin Xing'an's appearance.

Then it floated and transformed into his coat, glasses, and schoolbag...

Finally, just like a painting carving the final details, "Lin Xing'an's" face showed a slight blush due to the cold.

His expression instantly became lively.

Aside from a slight stiffness that might be noticed if one looked closely, there was nothing unusual at all. After a brief movement, the gloomy Lin Xing'an arrived at the door of Room 1403.

This is his goal today.

……

"Teacher Kobayashi."

The cleaning lady stopped in front of a door.

"hiss!"

As soon as he opened the door, a gust of cold wind made Lin Xing'an shiver.

This is a very standard single room.

The layout looks cozy and warm, but the actual temperature is extremely low!

It's like being in a cold storage!
There are gusts of cold wind from time to time.

And even in such an environment where the temperature can reach minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, there is a girl with long hair wearing only a summer dress.

Her small body sat in a wheelchair, and her skin looked as white as ice, without a trace of blood.

Including the lips, they were extremely pale.

It's like a snow lotus on a cold mountain in winter.

"teacher."

The girl was clearly shivering from time to time.

But as if he was used to this temperature, he looked at Lin Xing'an and nodded.

"...Mr. Xu, do you want to put some more clothes on the child? The temperature is so... "

"are you cold?"

Xu Zhe raised his eyes and asked.

“…I’m not cold, but…”

"She's a cripple and isn't afraid of the cold. Your job is just to teach her the questions she got wrong. Don't worry about anything else."

Xu Zhe said calmly.

"..."

These words seemed to block Lin Xing'an's throat, leaving him stunned.

The girl in the room lowered her eyes without saying a word, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

There was a hint of loneliness that was close to numbness in his eyes.

"I'm cold..."

She said in a very small voice...

"Teacher Xiaolin, you are already ten minutes late."

"When Little Bee recommended you, she clearly said you were very punctual."

The ring on Xu Zhe's finger was sparkling.

"Feel sorry……"

Lin Xing'an said no more and went into the house, taking out the collection of Xu Ye's wrong questions that the Little Bee Organization had sent him in advance.

"Xiaoye, your foundation is very good. I've looked at the questions you got wrong recently, and they're all pretty difficult."

"For example, these two questions, this type of question is very difficult to calculate..."

Lin Xing'an spoke while writing on the straw paper.

But he paused when he looked at Su Ye, who was holding the pen with red fingertips.

"...You're actually quite cold..."

Lin Xing'an asked softly.

Xu Ye was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Not cold."

"..."

Lin Xing'an looked at Xu Ye and sighed softly.

After hesitating for a moment, he took off his cotton coat and put it on Xu Ye.

Xu Ye's body obviously stiffened.

"Although... I don't know why Mr. Xu said that, but..."

Lin Xing'an put the scarf on Xu Ye's feet, which were completely cold and colder than ice.

"I have no feeling in my legs."

“I can’t feel the cold.”

Xu Ye said, shaking his head.

"But your feet are clearly shaking..."

Lin Xing'an squatted down and carefully wrapped Xu Ye's feet with his scarf.

"..."

Xu Ye was stunned. The warm feeling seemed to really come from her legs, which she should not have any intuition about.

Her feet...actually moved subconsciously...

"Warm yourself up, it's hard to study in this cold weather."

"I really need this job."

Lin Xing'an didn't say anything else and continued to explain the problem to Xu Ye.

Xu Ye's small body, which was almost completely covered by Lin Xing'an's clothes, also relaxed a little bit.

The cotton coat is very thick.

But it’s really warm...

"Thanks……"

She lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.

Lin Xing'an stood beside Xu Ye who was doing the questions.

He looked out the window, his eyes filled with indifference.

"Boom boom boom!"

And at the door of No. 1403, Building .

Lin Xing'an, who had transformed into a gloomy persona, knocked on the door politely, as if the line had been disconnected and reconnected.

(End of this chapter)