Fighting The Male Lead For The Female Lead (Transmigrated Into A Book) - Chapter 2

Lan Fei’er might not have any other skills, but she did have some ability when it came to running for her life. She knew that with her cultivation level, if she went head-to-head with Sheng Baihe, she would only end up dead. Even if Sheng Baihe did not attack her in order to maintain the protagonist’s righteous persona, he would still hold a grudge over this matter. There was no guarantee he would not make a move against her in secret later.

Not worth it. Lan Fei’er shook her head, then turned and found that this beautiful face, made even more alluring by the torment of the poison, was right in front of her.

Losing her own life for the sake of Wen Wuning’s chastity? That was not worth it.

“What’s wrong?”

Sensing Lan Fei’er’s gaze, Wen Wuning lifted her head in confusion. By now, her mind was burning like paste. She was dazed and muddled, and her usually cold voice sounded somewhat innocent and soft.

Wen Wuning was not someone without vigilance, but at this moment, perhaps because of the effects of the drug, or perhaps because the other person had appeared at the most critical moment and saved her, she revealed her most defenseless side.

And when a beauty—especially a cold beauty—showed this side of herself, it was lethally effective.

At the very least, it made the timid and cautious Lan Fei’er unable to abandon her.

Sighing inwardly, Lan Fei’er resigned herself to saving someone all the way through and continued bringing her through the forest.

In truth, inside this mustard-seed space, with Lan Fei’er’s meager cultivation, it was not easy for her to protect even herself. Now, she also had to bring Wen Wuning along.

Lan Fei’er knew she could not keep running forever. Sheng Baihe would catch up sooner or later. She had to find a place to hide. But concealed hiding places were not cabbages growing everywhere; they were not easy to find.

“Ah—”

Suddenly, her foot stepped into empty air, and Lan Fei’er’s entire body plunged downward.

Weeds scraped across her cheeks. Lan Fei’er shut her eyes and tightened her hold on Wen Wuning. When she could open her eyes again, she kicked both feet against the rock walls on either side, borrowing the force to control her body, which had lost balance from the fall.

Her field of vision was pitch-black. She did not know the situation clearly, and she did not have the ability to fly back up while carrying Wen Wuning. Lan Fei’er could only let her body continue falling. The only thing she could do was kick back and forth against the rock walls on both sides to control the speed of their descent.

This crevice was not shallow. They fell for a full four or five minutes, and the distance between the two rock walls grew wider and wider. Suddenly, that distance widened sharply. In the pitch-black crevice, she could no longer even sense where the opposite rock wall was. She pulled her foot back in time, then quickly twisted around and grabbed a protruding rock on this side of the wall.

The weight of both of them was instantly concentrated on this one hand. They hung suspended in midair, unable to touch anything in any direction.

The crevice had been pitch-black, but below them, there was instead a faint light. She did not know where it came from. A cool wind that pierced straight into the heart rose from beneath their feet. Lan Fei’er tightened her hold around the body slipping downward in her arms and used the faint light to look below.

At this point, the crevice abruptly became like an upside-down bowl, and she and Wen Wuning were now hanging from the bottom of that inverted bowl. From a rough estimate, they were about twenty or thirty stories above the ground.

“Crack!”

The rock she was gripping made a sound as if it could no longer bear the weight. Lan Fei’er lifted her head and looked at the dark crevice above them, where she could not see the opening at all. With her ability, it was impossible for her to bring Wen Wuning back up.

Lan Fei’er looked beneath her feet again. She could only go down first. If she thought in a more positive direction, this was actually not a bad place to hide from the male lead.

Below, there were many towering stone pillars. Lan Fei’er picked one closest to them, tightened her waist, and swung toward it while holding Wen Wuning. At the right moment, she released her hand, took several flying steps through the air, and only then landed heavily on the stone pillar with Wen Wuning. The moment she landed, she twisted around and hooked onto a protruding rock on the pillar to resist the forward momentum.

And the rock that had borne the weight of two people finally broke free from the rock wall.

Splash.

That sound?

Lan Fei’er placed Wen Wuning steadily in the center of the stone pillar, then moved to the edge and looked down. She saw circles of ripples spreading across the ground, with the center being exactly where the rock had fallen.

She had not noticed just now, but it turned out there was a shallow layer of water below.

Lan Fei’er looked up at this vast, empty cave and frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

For a place like this, with a hidden world inside another world, there was usually some kind of opportunity concealed within it. And opportunity also meant danger. She did not want opportunities. She only wanted to stay alive. Opportunities should be left to the protagonist.

Besides, she had originally thought that they could at least avoid the protagonist here. But with the protagonist’s constitution for attracting opportunities, he would find his way here sooner or later. This place was not safe either.

Lan Fei’er was heavy with worry as she returned to Wen Wuning’s side.

Wen Wuning’s eyes were tightly shut, her brows deeply furrowed. Her breathing was heavy, and her face was flushed red. Sweat-damp strands of hair clung to her fair forehead. A sound like weeping came from her, though Lan Fei’er could not tell whether it came from her throat or her nose.

As a twenty-first-century adult college student who had been poisoned by the complicated environment of the internet, Lan Fei’er might never have eaten pork, but she had certainly seen pigs run. She was very calm in the face of this seductive scene.

She placed Wen Wuning’s sword beside her, then, with deep heartache, took out a treasured Heart-Clearing Pill from her robes and stepped forward to feed it into Wen Wuning’s mouth.

The Heart-Clearing Pill was not actually some precious medicinal pill. Wen family disciples could receive a certain amount every month, and in Wen Wuning’s eyes, it was probably no different from common cabbage. But for the dirt-poor young girl Lan Fei’er, it truly was the best thing she could take out.

“Senior Sister, hold on. This poison may be filthy and overbearing, but as long as you endure it for a while, you should be fine.”

Whether she heard Lan Fei’er’s words or the Heart-Clearing Pill took effect, Wen Wuning opened her eyes slightly. She seemed to glance at Lan Fei’er, and she also seemed to give a response.

Seeing that her mind had cleared a little, Lan Fei’er said quietly, “Senior Sister, Senior Brother Sheng won’t be able to find this place for a while. Rest assured and recover. I’ll go look around. I’ll be back soon.”

This place did not give her any sense of danger, but that could also be because her cultivation was not high enough and her perception was not sharp enough. In short, this place looked mysterious. She could not possibly sit still and wait for danger to arrive.

She told Wen Wuning for two reasons. First, she was afraid Wen Wuning would think she had abandoned her, causing her to be affected and unable to focus on resisting the drug’s effects. Second, after they got out, they would still have to see each other often. As a junior sister, if she was going to take any action, she should still inform her senior sister. That could be considered giving this senior sister proper regard.

The light in the cave partly came from dots of phosphorescence on the rock walls, but most of it came from beneath the water below.

Whether it was because of the drug or not, there was always a faint, almost imperceptible fragrance around Wen Wuning. Smelling that fragrance made people restless. If that scent also had an aphrodisiac effect, that would be terrible. Lan Fei’er pinched her nose and looked around, then carried her own sword and kicked off toward a neighboring stone pillar.

The air immediately became much better. Lan Fei’er lowered her hand and looked back at the stone pillar where Wen Wuning was. For now, Wen Wuning should not be in any danger.

The stone pillar where Lan Fei’er stood was lower. She leaned over the edge and looked down.

The ripples in the water below had already disappeared. A faint light seeped up from the bottom of the water. This light was not everywhere; there was only one spot. The glow was not strong, but it covered a considerable area.

Based on her many years of reading web novels, she did not believe there was nothing living in this cave dwelling.

She just did not know whether that thing had gone out to hunt or something else.

Curiosity made Lan Fei’er want to go down and investigate, but her cautious personality held her back. She knew she was only a passerby. Opportunities could not possibly belong to her. Even if she encountered one, she was fated to be cannon fodder.

In any case, she did not have any great ambitions. She was not greedy. In this world, it was enough as long as she could stay alive.

Thinking this, she withdrew her gaze, stopped thinking about it, retreated to the center, lay down, and closed her eyes to rest.

Sheng Baihe, who was currently searching for traces of Wen Wuning, happened to pass over the ground above them.

The crevice was overgrown with weeds. Unless someone walked directly over it, it would be impossible to discover that there was a person-wide crack here. And Sheng Baihe was different from Lan Fei’er. His cultivation was higher, and when he moved, he did not need to keep both feet firmly on the ground step by step like Lan Fei’er did.

Moreover, because the crevice was too deep, he failed to sense Wen Wuning’s aura, and thus missed them.

No matter what, he never would have imagined that deep beneath his feet was a strange cave, and that the person he was looking for was inside that very cave.