Saving the Second Male Lead: What to Do When You Enter a Domineering Boss's Novel

Bats piled up at my feet, some dead and some struggling with their wings flapping.

Bats attacked them continuously.

"Get out of the way," Joysa hit several bats that wanted to go around behind her with a stick and sent them flying. The stick and the bats collided with each other and made a dull sound. "What do these bats eat to grow up? Why are they so fat?" Joysa kept waving the torch while suppressing her nausea.

"We can't waste any more time here. We won't be able to kill all these disgusting things even if we run out of energy." The dagger in Xia Zi's hand was stained with the blood of the bats, soaking her fingers. "Run, run to another cave."

"But your legs."

"I can."

Qiaosha and Xia Zi immediately dealt with the bats while moving towards another cave entrance, stepping on the soft corpses of the bats.

"I originally thought you were just a delicate woman, but I didn't expect you to be no less beautiful than me." After all, every time she saw a photo of Joysa, she was either wearing a long skirt or a nurse's uniform.

"You're still in the mood to joke at this moment. What should I do if I really want to vomit?" Qiao Yisha held back her tears.

"You'd better hold back. The moment you open your mouth wide, many bats will crawl into your mouth."

Qiao Yisha gritted her teeth, and instantly she was full of strength and attacked even more fiercely.

When they got to the other side, the stench was even stronger, and the two were almost dizzy from the smell.

"Hold on a little longer, we're almost there." Xia Zi was leaning on a crutch, breathing heavily.

Joysa's eyes were dazed and she didn't know what she saw. She looked terrified and ignored the bats. She turned around, waving a torch, and ran into the cave. Then she bent over and held onto the rock wall and began to retch.

Xia Zi also arrived late. For some reason, after entering the cave, the bats seemed unwilling to chase him and flew away in another direction reluctantly.

Joysa dry heaved a few times but couldn't spit anything out. She wiped the corner of her mouth and stood up.

"Did you see that?"

Xia Zi looked towards the open space and saw bats densely packed on the ground. Some of them were still burning and rolling and struggling on the ground, while some were already dead and motionless.

"See what?"

Joysa turned her back and pointed in a direction, as if she didn't want to see the scene a second time.

Xia Zi looked in that direction and immediately covered her mouth, her stomach churning.

Behind a large rock, several corpses were lying there. Their clothes had disappeared, their flesh was sparse, and even their bones were exposed. The bats were surrounding them, excitedly dividing up their flesh, and even drilling into their ears and eyes.

If they had no weapons or skills, perhaps they would have ended up like them.

"Hurry up." Xia Zi quickly turned around and walked into the cave, his limping steps looking a little unsteady.

Qiaoisha looked up and found that Xia Zi's clothes on her arms were torn and there were several wounds on her arms that were bleeding.

"You're injured. Let's find a place to apply medicine." Qiao Yisha chased after him.

At the next fork in the road, they sat down on the ground and leaned against the rock wall to rest.

Qiaoisha took off her backpack, took out a handful of leaves from it, rubbed them in her palms, squeezed out the juice and dripped it on Xia Zi's wound.

"Your neck is also injured," Xia Zi stretched out her hand, "Give me some, I'll help you apply the medicine."

Joysa nodded and took out a few leaves and handed them to her.

After the two of them took the medicine and rested for a while, Xia Zi stood up with a cane and said, "Keep going, hurry up."

I don’t know how long I walked, but the torch in my hand was blown by the wind and light came from the front again.

"Be careful." After the previous lesson, Joysa was afraid of encountering something disgusting again, so she held the torch tighter in her hand.

The view gradually widened, and this time it was much brighter than the previous time.

Qiaoisa and Xia Zi stood at the entrance of the cave, staring blankly at the scenery in front of them. If the situation did not allow it, they would definitely appreciate it.

This is a completely different space from the previous one. If the previous one was hell, then this one looks like heaven.

All the walls were like irregular diamonds, reflecting dazzling light. There were countless large and small triangular pyramids upside down on the ceiling, with water dripping from the tips at the bottom. The surroundings were quiet with only the sound of dripping water.

Gorgeous and empty.

Qiao Yisha stepped in carefully. "Wow," her voice echoed in the empty area. "I didn't expect there would be such a hidden world in this mountain."

Xia Zi walked under a sharp spike and used the water dripping from it to wash the blood-stained dagger and hands.

Qiao Yisha looked at the dripping dew and swallowed, "Do you think this water is drinkable?"

"No." Xia Zi had no expression on her face.

Qiaoisha licked her dry lips, took off her backpack, and took out the fruits that had been in it for a few days.

It was not as hard as at the beginning and had softened a lot. Joysa couldn't help but take a bite. It was juicy and sweet and delicious.

"Xia Zi, it's ready to eat. It's so sweet." She took out one and handed it over.

Xia Zi took it, found an empty space to sit down, and ate it bite by bite.

"It looks like there's no danger here right now. Let's rest here for a while before we go on." Joysa simply lay down beside her, not caring about how much dirt was on the ground.

"Well, if you're sleepy, take a nap. I'll watch you."

Qiaosha was extremely tired and should have fallen asleep immediately, but she couldn't fall asleep after closing her eyes for a long time, so she simply opened her eyes.

"Xia Zi, do you think there is someone looking for us outside?"

"I don't know. I have no family left. But Ensha might send someone to look for us," Xia Zi smiled self-deprecatingly, "to confirm whether we fell to death."

"That's possible. We have to escape before her people find us."

"By the way, where is the man next to you? Won't he look for you?"

"Yes," Joysa said without hesitation, "Even though I told him not to come to me, he wouldn't listen."

"But he can't help you with anything based on his abilities. It's a wise decision for you to let him leave first."

"I asked him to leave first not because he was incapable, on the contrary, he could definitely help me, but his identity was complicated and would involve too many things. In addition, I didn't want him to fall into such fatal danger because of me. As long as I'm not by his side, no one will dare to cause trouble for him."

"Who is he?"

"Do you know the first family in Dongzhou?"

"It seems to be the Long family, and there is another one..." Xia Zi thought about it, and then an epiphany suddenly occurred to him, "Could it be that he is the other one?"

"Yes, and the former king of Xizhou."

Xia Zi suddenly grabbed Qiao Yisha's wrist, and said excitedly, "No wonder you are so confident in fighting against Ensha. With his help, our chances of winning are many times higher."

Qiao Yisha shook her head and said, "I didn't intend to involve him, otherwise I wouldn't have sent him away."

"Have you really decided?"

"Yes, there is no need for him to take action for just Ensha. I am enough."

Although the two of them were still trapped in the mountains, Xia Zi saw the confidence in Qiao Yisha's eyes. For some reason, she believed that the person in front of her would be able to walk up to Ensha and fight her to victory.