She ultimately didn’t want to bite too hard, only applied a bit of force.
Mo Qian simply felt a tingling numbness on the back of his hand, the bite from her oddly comforting.
She moved her lips away, leaving five distinct teeth marks on his fair hand, yet Mo Qian remained unfazed: "Bite, keep going."
His voice carried a trace of ambiguous intimacy beneath its deep tone.
That’s it. Clearly, she meant to resist him—how did it suddenly turn into flirting?
Faced with such a Mo Qian, Ji Wei was utterly at a loss.
Just as she admitted defeat, Mo Qian suddenly released her hand: "Alright, I’ve teased you enough. It’s getting dark; we need to head down the mountain quickly."
Inside the cable car, Ji Wei deliberately kept her distance from Mo Qian out of spite for his earlier teasing.
He sat on one side, and Ji Wei adamantly chose the seat opposite.
Mo Qian looked at the proud, stubborn little woman across from him, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Ji Wei leaned against the glass, quietly gazing at the night view outside the cable car.
The lights of Rongcheng in the distance scattered across the earth like stars, so impossibly dreamy. Nearby, shadowy trees loomed, tranquil and serene, with occasional calls from wild animals carrying through the air, ethereal and distant.
The cable car moved downward slowly, descending from the mountain peak to the valley, then rising steadily again.
Suddenly, with a metallic clatter—
The cable car violently shook a few times before coming to a complete stop, suspended motionless in mid-air.
In the seconds of the cable car’s jolt, Ji Wei’s heart nearly leapt out of her chest, her face instantly turning pale.
Her body lurched uncontrollably forward, but before she fell, Mo Qian caught her steadily.
As the shaking gradually stopped, Ji Wei remained pressed against Mo Qian’s chest, still shaken and unsettled.
"Mo Qian, why did the cable car suddenly stop?"
Having calmed herself slightly, Ji Wei sensed something was off and looked up at Mo Qian with shock, questioning him.
Mo Qian’s expression shifted slightly, though his voice was steady: "It’s likely a power failure—the circuitry must have been interrupted, causing it to stop. Let’s wait; someone will come to repair it soon."
Despite his words, a trace of unease lingered in his heart.
How could it be so coincidental that the cable car they were riding on malfunctioned?
Hearing Mo Qian’s explanation, Ji Wei let out a small breath of relief.
After the harrowing moment just now, her earlier defiance had completely dissipated, and now she meekly stayed in Mo Qian’s embrace.
Mo Qian held her with one arm while using the other hand to take out his phone, pressing the screen to light it up.
Seeing him staring at the phone intently with a grave expression, Ji Wei couldn’t help but ask: "What’s wrong?"
"There’s no signal on the phone."
Mo Qian’s voice was calm, without inflection, but his eyes were sharp and probing.
"That’s impossible. We’re only at an altitude of around two thousand meters—how could there be no signal?" Ji Wei protested, pulling her own phone from her pocket.
The signal bar at the top displayed nothing—not even a single one!
Ji Wei’s face fell as she looked at Mo Qian, a trace of panic in her eyes.
It was nighttime. If no one realized the cable car had broken down, they would be stuck here all night.
The temperature in the mountains dropped sharply at night, and the cable car offered no protection against the biting cold. How could they survive an entire night here?
A sudden gust of wind swept past, causing the metal parts connecting the cable car and the cable to sway slightly, emitting a faint, rhythmic creaking sound.
Mo Qian abruptly tilted his head upward, glancing at the top of the cable car.
Seemingly noticing something, as he turned back to look at Ji Wei, there was a subtle shift in his expression.
Ji Wei also heard the noise from above her head.
But she didn’t yet grasp how severe the situation was.
"Weiwei, listen to me. The part connecting the cable car to the cable above us has been tampered with. The reason we’re stuck here might be because it’s no longer stable."
Mo Qian suddenly tightened his grip on her hand, pulling her firmly into his arms. "The worst-case scenario is... we might plunge into the chasm below us."