Chapter 1204: Chapter 1208: Saved
The tunnel has been closed for years, and the air is stifling. She gradually feels her breathing becoming more difficult!
But she keeps encouraging herself not to collapse like this. At the very least, she has to endure until she reaches the exit! Because she knows Beitang Yao truly came to rescue her, and with Beitang Yao’s temperament, he certainly won’t give up so easily! He must have rushed into the second floor where Lin Bao had bound her earlier to save her!
If those people told him Lin Bao had taken her away through the tunnel, then he would definitely come in. How could she let him take such a risk? Moreover, the oxygen here is so insufficient, he has asthma and surely wouldn’t be able to handle it!
Thinking about all this, Xia Qingqian endures the pain from her feet and quickens her pace.
Xia Qingqian doesn’t know how long she has been walking before she finally reaches the exit, which is a stone door. She pats it with her hands, and a thick layer of dust blows onto her face, causing her to cough heavily! Perhaps her coughing drew the attention of someone lurking by the exit.
Suddenly, she hears a voice from outside: "Lin Bao! You are surrounded!"
Xia Qingqian is overjoyed; the voice is Bai Junhao’s! She wants to speak but can’t make a sound. This place is so close to the outside world, with a few small holes letting some light in. She uses the light to fumble around for the switch by the door!
She often reads emergency rescue books, especially ancient ones and adventure books. So, as a general intuition, the switch for the stone door should be nearby.
Xia Qingqian looks around and sees a stone lion. She reaches out to press the lion’s head, twisting it back and forth. A switch untouched for decades is hard to turn!
She uses all her strength, barely twisting the stone lion’s head, and slowly the tightly closed stone door reacts. Her heart hardens, and despite her hands being bruised and battered, she practically embraces the lion’s head using all her effort to twist it!
Eventually, after she twists the stone lion’s head, the stone door slowly opens! Strong light streams in, and Xia Qingqian can barely stand it, she collapses to the side!
She falls to the ground, hearing someone enter. She desperately wants to open her eyes, but she has no strength left, teetering on the brink of weakness!
The next second, her body is enveloped in an embrace, and a gentle yet urgent voice sounds in her ear: "Xia Qingqian, are you okay? Xia Qingqian, answer me!"
Xia Qingqian tries hard to open her eyes, raising a hand to press against the man’s chest, grabbing his collar with a soft question: "Is it Young Master Yao?"
The gentle voice says softly: "No, I’m Bai Junhao, I’m Yao’s friend."
Upon hearing it’s not Beitang Yao, Xia Qingqian becomes tense, her consciousness clears as she urgently asks: "Mr. Bai, where is Young Master Yao now?"
"He’s ahead, I believe he should be upstairs now." Bai Junhao lifts Xia Qingqian up; her whole body is filthy. His gaze falls to her legs, where her knees are bound with two pieces of wood, and he understands what has happened!
"Mr. Bai, you need to stop Young Master Yao; don’t let him enter the tunnel! It’s filled with traps and mechanisms! He must not go in!" She went through so much to come out just to prevent Beitang Yao from being harmed because of her!
Xia Qingqian tries to push Bai Junhao away, urging him to stop Beitang Yao immediately!
