Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

The day our main leads were getting cozy with each other was also the day when Mei Qingyang was cleared by Fan Ruyi to participate in the competition. The next and the only big task left was to take permission from Yu Rong to let Mei Qingyang leave the campus for a few days. There were still two days in the competition.

This time Yu Tian and Su Lang just barged into Yu Rong's office and cut to the chase right away.

"Principal Yu, we won't waste your time since we know you are quite busy," Su Lang initiated the conversation. They were seated in the comfortable chairs in Yu Rong's office which was dimly lit as usual.

Depending upon who was visiting and where she would seat their guests, the lighting of Yu Rong's office changed. The dim lighting was usually emphasized on her own desk and was placed to accentuate her curvy body than her face. She dealt with mostly men, so half her deals fell into her l.a.p because of her seductive ways.

If she needed to entertain important guests, the light emphasis would be on the seating area, where two very luxurious leather sofas were kept facing each other and across them were similar style armchairs. Right now, the two guests were sitting in this area.

It was very rare for Su Lang to see this part of her office. He usually avoided coming to this place as he could not really stand it for some reason. He always felt a blood stench in there. So he would either call her or just talk to her while standing if he really needed to visit her office and leave as soon as possible.

Today was a serious discussion and they could not really avoid not coming in person to discuss it. They wanted to finish the discussions early but by the way Yu Rong was just staring at them without saying anything was a foreboding that this was going to be a time-consuming process.

Even after five minutes, Yu Rong wouldn't utter a word. She was just playing with her teacup. Wang Hao, and Yu Bufan were both standing at the back. Su Lang would not bring his own assistant to such party because his assistant happened to be a female. He did not want her to see all this nonsense.

There was a battle happening even in the silence. But Yu Tian and Su Lang were veterans too. They remained calm under any kind of duress.

Yu Rong crashed the perfectly fine teacup in her hand on the floor.

"Young Master Su, aren't you being too demanding? You know that b*tch can't leave the campus, why do you keep asking for the impossible?" Even after showing her agitation over their request by throwing the poor cup, Yu Rong could maintain her composure perfectly fine.

"Principal Yu, this is my sister you are talking about, please watch your words," Su Lang raised his voice this time. He might have been weak in the past, not being able to say anything in the death of his cousin, in the misery of his uncle, but he could not very well speak up for himself now and those he held dear.

"Oh, my my, forgive me Young Master Su, I did not realize that that wench had enchanted you enough as well. You think of her as sister eh? Don't tell me you developed feelings for her and now putting this sister-brother charade to disguise a semi-illicit relationship?" Yu Rong glanced at Yu Tian for a reaction. Seeing no effect, she clenched her teeth. Why did he trust his friend and that b*itch so much? She needed to change the tactics.

Su Lang knew it was no use arguing with her over baseless accusation. He chose to remain silent and sip his tea to keep himself calm.

"I was just wondering if you got any call from Master Su recently?", Yu Rong continued once she realized she was not getting any response, gauging the two's expression. Yu Tian was just sitting with dead eyes there, perhaps not even focusing as long as he was not the one the conversation was directed to.

Su Lang, on the other hand, was quite perplexed in his mind. Did this witch tattle to his father once again? Come to think of it, did she not do the same in the past as well? Then she had only thought that he had developed deep friendship with Jiang Bo, without realizing that they were cousins.

She had approached his father and made him look like a foolish and naïve person who was being manipulated by a poor kid. He was powerless then, but this time the conditions were not the same anymore.

"Even if my father did say something, your dealings with him are your own, that has nothing to do with me," Su Lang sipped the tea from the teacup calmly.

Yu Rong nibbled her finger in nervousness. When did this guy grow so much guts to not budge even after taking his father's name? Master Su was known to be a strict person, and he had raised his only son with much harshness. Now it seemed these lads had grown wings. Not to mention her own nephew, who was defying her each and every order.

"Huh? Are you not afraid that our deals with Su family will fall through?" Yu Rong was very confident that this tactic would work because it worked all the time. These rich kids were basically pawns for their parents. Beginning from their education to their marriage and children, everything was done for the purposes of expanding their businesses.

And ultimately, these were still kids. Did they think they could win against her, a person who had been in this cruel business world since she was in her teens? They could dream on!

"Perhaps there is some problem with your informants? I have long stopped associating with Su empire, I have my own businesses to take care of. Why would I be afraid of something I have no control of?" Su Lang looked at Yu Rong in confusion. Sure, he was afraid of his dad. His dad had ultimate say in everything.

But that was precisely the reason why he had worked his a.s.s off to get out of his dad's clutches. And he had succeeded too. Once he had a few businesses earning profits, his dad had stopped treating him like a punching bag for verbal abuse and left him alone. Perhaps he had realized that his own son could be independent and work without him just fine.

Yu Bufan's phone rang and he took the call silently. On the other side of the phone was Su Lang's assistant. Her voice was trembling as she narrated Yu Bufan how Su Yang, Su Lang's father, had called her and scolded her. Yu Bufan relayed the message to the young master.

Su Lang and Yu Rong both sneered at each other. Yu Rong thought it was her victory and Su Lang would back off now. Su Lang on the other hand, asked for his phone from Yu Bufan and dialed a number.

"Hello, Mr. Su?" he spoke emotionlessly on the phone.

"What do you mean by Mr. Su? Is this the way to talk to your dad?" a stern voice came from the other side.

"I don't care. But if you trouble my assistant again over something that is not yours, please forget you ever had a son. Also, you do not have any shares in my businesses, nor do I in yours. If you think I am affecting your finances, feel free to disown me," the guy spoke courageously while smiling towards Yu Rong the whole time.

This final phone call was his way to show his resolve.

"You…"

"Goodbye," Su Lang disconnected the call before his father could say anything else.

Clap, clap, clap. Yu Rong was amused by these reckless youngsters. Well, she had expected this much.

"Anyway Principal Yu, I don't even know why you are bringing all this up. I mean, we are here for the national tournament. It is a prestigious competition, I don't know what the problem is in sending her. We have never had any females participate, so it will be a good boost to our team and reputation," Su Lang tried to explain. Yu Tian did not need to say anything, everyone in his friend circle knew he hated dealing with his aunt.

"I never said that she can't go," Yu Rong glanced at Yu Tian's expression. The subtle change in his demeanor once he heard that there was hope for his lass, enraged Yu Rong so much that she wanted to slap her nephew right here.

But then, given her past record, she knew nothing will come out of being angry.

"But?" Su Land knew she would put another condition. That was how Yu Rong rolled.

"This time, I will personally go and supervise you guys," she declared.