Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"You sure are tough", vice-captain Xuan spoke between his coughs and panting. Timer was stopped till both the players would get up and start again. However, both of them were lying on the ground, huffing heavily. Mei Qingyang was tired from her previous matches and this one move really took a toll on her body. Not to mention how this guy was torturing her with her injuries.

The guy was really choked for air. No one had told him she would be this tough. He tried his best technique and yet she was able to take that point from him. Guess, he needed to use his trump card, eh?

Xu Yang's team had brought him back to the audience area. They were reluctant but their vice-captain insisted to watch the match. He was briefed on what had happened just now.

"That fool never understands. But this girl is not in right shape to teach him a lesson too.", Xu Yang bumped his fist against the corner of the bed he was on. He hated such cheating bastards.

Worry was consistent, in not only the two captains' faces but a few other guys who Mei Qingyang had won over with her moves in the previous match.

One thing was clear in everyone's mind though. From the dark expressions of the two captains, this guy was a goner. He was not playing fair, and he was digging his grave further with his behavior.

Mei Qingyang tried to take advantage of the downtime and take some rest. But the guy just got up within two minutes, cutting short her one chance to recover. Unfortunately, she had to do the same.

Yu Tian delayed a bit further by seeming busy. Mei Qingyang noticed this and chuckled to herself. The two captains were helping her so much, why would she not defeat this trickster? Her heart softened but her resolve to win hardened. With a sharp look in her eyes and newfound confidence, she suddenly felt quite ready to finish off her enemy.

Seeing her in good condition, Yu Tian gave a go ahead and the match started again. Unfortunately, her good condition came crashing down as soon as they started.

Another piercing scream echoed in the gym. At this point, even the girls outside started sympathizing with the girl. If the matches were this brutal, they would never ever join this club. This guy was behaving like a barbarian.

The girl's face was stained with tears. She had never been this embarrassed in her life, she held back even in front of Yu Rong. But this guy knew exactly where her pain points were right now and he was succeeding.

The last thing she wanted was for Yu Tian and Su Lang to see her in this state. She did not care about anyone else, although her strong and cool personality was being shattered right here. She still tried to keep her face away from both of them. On the other side, Xu Yang, who was lying down on a bed on the side with his team members clenched his hands too.

Yu Tian could not take it anymore. He stood up, went onto the mat and grabbed vice-captain Xuan with his collar. Xuan was in a lock position with his opponent, and was so focused in hitting her, he didn't see Yu Tian coming towards him. The sudden grab of his collar made him let go of Mei Qingyang, who coughed again.

Yu Tian punched vice-captain Xuan hard. His one punch was enough to take out a few teeth of this guy. How dare he harm his girl like this? Yu Tian's emotions were all over the place and he could just punch this bastard until he died to vent out his emotions.

"Captain… Yu! This is unfair. I was about to win the match!" Vice-captain Xuan was unsure of where the punch came from at first. He was not expecting this.

"Unfair? You are beating a girl who has already had a tough match, with no conscience, you are talking about unfair? If you really wanted to win the match, you would have finished it by now. I see that you have got some other scheme in your mind. Let me bring you to the same level of exhaustion as her and then we can play a fair match, how about it?" This was perhaps the most the guys had seen their captain Yu speak.

Then, did this girl really mean something to him? He had never been so proactive in helping anyone else out. But since their backgrounds did not match, were the rumors of him taking her as a servant really true? But again, she was adopted daughter of Minister Jiang, he could not possibly take her as a servant. Was there something really going on between them?

Yu Tian kept punching him till he felt a hand on his shoulders. But his anger was still not subsiding, so he still didn't stop. He was just so very furious right now. Whenever he thought about the state of the girl on the floor, a darkness would envelop his heart. He had never felt so anxious for anyone before.

Not to mention his code of conduct, not to mention taking undue advantage of his opponent's state, this guy was trying to kill his girl? That painful scream of hers killed Yu Tian inside bit by bit and he lost his rationale. When did she become so important to him?

He could have very well killed the guy. Then he felt his whole body enveloped in warmth from behind.

"Enough", he heard her sweet melodious voice once again.

"I am alright, so this is enough", she continued. This girl was something alright. Her one sentence was enough to bring him back from insanity.

Vice-captain Xuan, on the other hand, was not alright at all. He was seeing stars right now. The captain has used full force and his voice earlier was so menacing that it was apparent that he was out to kill.

But it didn't matter. Once he rendered this girl half dead, he would enjoy the protection of Yu Rong and benefits he was promised, including the body of this girl.

Everyone else was biting their nails from nervousness, no one was in the mood to approach Yu Tian to tell him he was practically committing murder in the broad daylight. Su Lang had called him a few times but there was no response from him.

Then from the corner of his eyes, he saw his foster cousin getting up and trying to shrug him back to reality. He had seen her in dead calm before but today she was in a different state. Like complementing his friend perfectly. She was perhaps the sun he needed. She hugged him from behind in a bold move.

From how he understood his cousin, she would not do something like this in public. Guess, she didn't see any other way to stop him? Just then, her air was so serene that even others were feeling healing effects from it.

The hug worked like a charm for Yu Tian snapped out of his anger and stopped. The only thing that mattered to him was that Mei Qingyang was alright. He patted her hand that was on his neck, letting her know that he was alright too.

"I think this is enough to bring you both at same level. Now you guys can fight again", Yu Tian smirked coldly towards the swollen face of vice-captain Xuan. He was still not believing this happened to him. Wasn't Yu Rong going to help him?

"I… I will file a complaint against you. You… broke rules", vice-captain Xuan spoke through his broken teeth.

"Why don't you try? We will see who will speak against me. We have so many witnesses here", Yu Tian crossed his arms and swept his glance to everyone present. While everyone cheered him in their heart to have saved the girl, it was a dark side of him they had not seen before. Everyone agreed to be on the side of their idol, even though it would help that hated commoner.

"And so… since you are so eager to win this match, I will forfeit myself. I do not have any intention of continuing. I had thought I would be able to but it doesn't seem like you're going to admit your fault", Mei Qingyang peeked from behind Yu Tian's back and smiled. Her eyes were still carrying that serenity from earlier, but her decision was out of expectation for everyone.