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

Seeing no one responded, she raised her voice and shouted again, "Is anyone there? Someone come!"

The only response she got was her voice echoing in the empty room.

She was extremely nervous. What on earth was going on? Where was she? Why was it so dark? Could it be that she really couldn't see?

Qiao Yisha thought that she was not as timid as others said. She was not afraid of death or pain. However, ever since she woke up from jumping into the river, she became particularly afraid of the dark. The table lamp beside her bed was never turned off at night, and sometimes she even slept with the chandelier on.

She and Luo Xin all thought it was a sequelae of falling into the water.

Little did she know that it was a sequelae of her blindness.

She couldn't help shaking. Her rich imagination made many terrible scenes emerge in her mind. She felt dizzy and curled up in the quilt with cold sweat on her forehead.

But in her chaotic state of mind, her remaining rationality told her that she couldn't go on like this or she would be scared to death.

So she closed her eyes, slowly crawled out of the quilt, and touched the bedside table covered with a tablecloth with trembling hands.

A bedside table covered with a tablecloth? She took a deep breath, threw back the quilt and got out of bed, but the moment her feet touched the carpet, she fell heavily to her knees, uncontrollably, just like in her dream.

She panicked again. Was her eyes blind and her legs disabled?

She raised her hand to hold the bedside table, trying to climb up, but as soon as she exerted force, the bedside table fell down completely.

The drawers of the bedside table also moved out and fell on her. In the darkness, her leg was scratched by something and she let out a painful "hiss".

This actually made her mind clearer.

A white light flashed in her mind. Yes, she was in the Xizhou Palace. She was not dreaming.

She vaguely remembered that there was a landline phone on the bedside table. She pushed away all the clutter on her body and leaned on the ground to touch the landline phone.

Fortunately, she soon felt an object that felt like a telephone. She kept her eyes closed out of fear.

She picked up the phone based on her memory, touched the number "1", and pressed it.

On the other side of the palace, Nangong Xianyue, who was busy handling official business, heard the landline phone ringing. It showed that the call was from the bedroom in the palace. He was a little surprised and delighted. The only person who could use this phone was Qiao Yisha. He picked up the phone immediately with a smile on his face.

However, the next second his smile froze on his face, because he heard Qiaosha say, "It's so dark, can you come back?" and her voice was trembling. Then there was a "click" sound, as if the phone slipped from her hand.

He stood up and called into the phone, "Hello? Issa? How are you? Can you hear me?"

There was silence on the other end of the line.

He immediately dropped the phone and strode out of the office.

Qiu Yi happened to yawn and passed by. Seeing that Nangong Xianyue was not even wearing a coat, only a shirt, and looked anxious, he knew something was wrong and asked quickly, "What happened, Master?"

Nangong Xianyue did not stop walking and spoke quickly: "I don't know what happened to Yisha. Please contact the servants who are on night watch in the bedroom and ask them to go and check. I will go back now."

"What? Yes, I'll call now," Qiu Yi hurriedly took out his cell phone, "Master, ask someone to drive you back."

"No need, call right away." He quickly went down the stairs and ran out with his long legs.

It would take Qiu Yi several minutes to pick up the car from the garage, but he was extremely anxious and didn't want to wait even a second. He arrived in just seven or eight minutes, a journey that would take more than 20 minutes on foot.

All the servants who were on night watch along the way saw the king, who was always dignified and calm, running for his life.

When Nangong Xianyue rushed to the bedroom, there were many maids gathered in it. After hearing the noise and turning around to see Nangong Xianyue, they all showed a look of horror, and they all made way for him and knelt on the ground with a plop.

Nangong Xianyue's gray pupils trembled violently when he saw the scene beside the big bed.

Joysa was lying in a pile of debris, with blood still flowing from her legs and staining the carpet. Her body was visibly shaking, her hair was disheveled covering her face, her eyes were closed, and her lips were pale.

His breathing almost stopped for a moment. He had experienced this scene several times four years ago, and each time it made his heart ache. It had only been less than a month since he found her, so why was it happening again?

He strode forward, knelt beside her, reached out and picked her up, but the moment he touched her, Qiaosha trembled even more violently.

He put Qiao Yisha on the bed, held her cold body in his arms, and comforted her gently: "Yisha, don't be afraid, I'm here."

He looked at the group of kneeling maids and tried his best to suppress his anger. "What are you still standing there for? Go call Zhuang Qianchen."

Zhuang Qianchen was also transferred here the year he came to Xizhou to take office. It didn't make sense for him, a doctor serving the Nangong family, to continue staying in the Firth Garden where there were no people from the Nangong family, so naturally he had to come here.

One of the maids nodded tremblingly, stood up, turned around and ran out.

Not long after, Qiu Yi also strode in and was also surprised to see this scene, "Master, how is Sister Yisha?"

Nangong Xianyue looked down at Qiao Yisha who was trembling in his arms, feeling distressed, and said, "It looks like she was quite frightened."

Then he raised his eyes and swept his sharp gaze over the maids, "Can anyone tell me what happened? Why did Isa become like this? Who is the servant who was on night watch?"

One of the maids in green uniform bowed her head and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it's me."

Qiu Yi looked at her coldly: "Hurry up and tell me what happened. If something happens to Her Highness Isa, none of you will be able to escape."

The maid's teeth chattered with fear. She bit her lips tightly and shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "I... I really don't know what happened. I'm here to take Xiao Qiu's place. She can't come tonight because of something else. She asked me to help her... to look after Her Highness Isa. When Her Highness Isa falls asleep, I'll stand at the door and come in from time to time to check on her."

She swallowed and continued, "I just came in too. When I turned on the light, I saw Her Highness Isa lying on the ground. The bedside table had also fallen over, so I called a few people to help. We wanted to help Her Highness Isa up, but she got scared when we got close to her, and then Your Majesty came in."

"What did you say? Turn on the light?" Nangong Xianyue's eyes were like knives, "Did you turn off the light?"

Nangong Xianyue's tone was calm, but it almost oppressed the maid. She realized that she had caused a big disaster, "Yes... Your Majesty, I didn't know that I couldn't turn off the lights. Xiaoqiu didn't tell me..."

At this time, Zhuang Qianchen happened to arrive and looked at the maid kneeling on the ground, confused.

"What's going on? Who is sick?" He walked quickly to the bedside. The maid just hurried to find him without saying specifically who needed treatment.

"You all go out first." Qiu Yi said.