Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Hello, cou… could I meet Ms. Mei please?" a girl with freckles on her face knocked on the door of Yu Tian's room.

The whole top floor of this particular hostel building belonged to the four friends. There were seldom any visitors because these people were each other's group. Not that it was out of bounds for anyone.

But there was a time when all the fan girls and fan boys gathered outside their rooms and made such a clamor that these four had to restrict the entry for everyone. Now anyone who needed to visit any of the four friends had to take permission.

The whole time-consuming process discouraged most of the fans, one had to go through background checks and their intention to visit was scrutinized very strictly. As such, most of the people gave up. It became a lot easier for the assistants. They would still get love calls from their fans every now and then.

This girl had also applied for a permit. It was surprising that she got it within a few hours. So, she decided to visit her friend at this time.

Everyone at the campus had heard how Yu Tian had been keeping Mei Qingyang by his side all the time. They had also seen his attitude at her trial by Yu Rong, and how he had protected her when she had bared herself in front of everyone.

Since then, a rumor had started to circulate that this was Yu Tian taking in a servant unofficially. All the four people were famous for helping their assistants with education and training. None of them had an official servant but with the exception of Yu Tian, everyone had an assistant of opposite gender to their masters.

But again, it was not uncommon for people in this school to take on servants of same s.e.x, which was why the rumors of Yu Tian being gay started. Plus, he was famous for not liking touch of women at all. But now he had Mei Qingyang, he had become a hot topic again.

Because Mei Qingyang could ever only be a servant, something like a favored concubine in ancient times? His official wife would be someone with matching status with their family. And thus, a lot of girls had again started coveting this most eligible bachelor of the college.

It had become Yu Bufan's headache once again, since a lot of girls wanted to meet his master who had seemed to have toned down his coldness a lot. These days, he was seen in a good mood usually, still aloof but somehow, he seemed more approachable now.

At one point, Yu Bufan had started tossing out all the applications for permits in the dustbin directly. Thus, he was very surprised when he found the application from this girl wanted to meet Mei Qingyang.

He had seen this girl trying to get close to his master's beloved in her class. She was the only one who would sit beside her and try to talk to her, despite Mei Qingyang's cold shoulder. He had thought that his future mistress needed to make more friends, otherwise she would end up same as his master, with just four friends, the fourth one being a recent addition in the form of Mei Qingyang.

Yu Bufan never believed in quantity over quality but his future mistress definitely needed a circle of her own. Moreover, the background check for this girl, Ma Shuxin, came out clean. She was the second daughter of Ma family which was a small merchant family in a foreign country. Her family was, what you call it, at the bottom of social ladder in this college.

But her dad had enough money to spare for her daughters to study here. Her elder sister was an alumnus of the college as well. In the end, not finding anything suspicious, Yu Bufan had accepted the application on his future mistress's behalf.

Coincidently, she visited at the time when neither Yu Bufan, nor Yu Tian were at home. They had gone to meet Yu Rong along with Su Lang. Mrs. Zhao had opened the door. It was early morning on another weekend, so everyone was free.

Mrs. Zhao had been on edge these days and she was afraid that she would soon lose her job, or head, because of this lass who had made herself comfortable in their home. Her master deserved better. That girl was in a similar social class as hers, how could she sleep in the same bed as her master?

It would have been okay if she was just a joy toy. But it seemed master was serious about her. Even Yu Bufan, the highest authority among the people under Yu Tian, was okay with the girl living here. Was he also getting benefits from that s.l.u.t?

Anyway, she had received strict instructions from her master to not make any chaos, so she had to make peace with her inner turmoil for now. Seeing a new lass, who looked better in terms of status, Mrs. Zhao was very surprised. She was not informed prior that they were expecting guests. Her eyes lit up.

Although this girl was asking for that wench but it might be on the pretext of meeting her master ultimately. If she could push this girl for her master, it would still be better than having that lass as her mistress in the future.

Mrs. Zhao was heartbroken when she had heard that Young Miss Fan was interested in Young Master Feng rather than her own master. She had already accepted that girl as her mistress in her heart. But anything would be better than Mei Qingyang. Thus, Mrs. Zhao welcomed Ma Shuxin very warmly.

"I was not informed beforehand that you would be coming. I apologize for having to make you wait," the old lady bowed a little in courtesy.

"No, no. It is my fault. I was so excited after I got my permit, that I decided to visit that very weekend. I should have informed properly," Ma Shuxin smiled. This lass was definitely very likeable. She was polite in her demeanor and had good etiquettes, unlike a certain someone Mrs. Zhao knew.

"Please come in. I will call your friend right away," Mrs. Zhao trotted, beaming from ear to ear. She had found a perfect candidate for her master, that Mei lass could now go to hell.

The contempt in this maid's statement was apparent to Ma Shuxin. She had survived in this world full of rich people where she was at the bottom of the food chain, she was very perceptive when it came to such matters. Guess not everyone treated her friend favorably here.

"Ms. Mei, you have a visitor outside," Mrs. Zhao knocked on the guest room door which was bolted from the inside. Hmph! What was so secretive about this lass' operations that she would not even let her, the head maid of mighty Yu Tian, in the room? Was she conspiring something against her master? She had to find out.

Inside, Mei Qingyang was also surprised to hear Mrs. Zhao's voice. She had no idea that she was receive any guests.

"Who is it?" she asked from the inside. It must either be Fan Ruyi or at most that Gu Layue. But Fan Ruyi would have directly barged into the room without any restraints. And if it were Gu Layue, Mrs. Zhao would have informed her directly. Who was this mystery person?

"She is a girl with reddish brown hair and freckles on her face," Mrs. Zhao whispered.

The door opened and Mei Qingyang appeared. She was wearing a full sleeves white turtleneck and an olive-green wide pants to hide her scars. Now she finally chose sensible clothes. Otherwise, she would keep roaming around with her scars visible, especially since the day her master and the s.l.u.t came out of the same bedroom. It was like she had won the ticket to openly display her own scars in front of everyone. Why torture us, servants' eyes ah?

Mrs. Zhao saw the lass with contempt in her eyes but lowered her head once she spotted spine chilling coldness from the girl, very similar to her master.

"Mrs. Zhao, I understand that assistant Yu's arrangements are impeccable. If he gave the permit to someone, that person would be trustworthy. But you let someone in without even knowing their name? I thought you were head maid for a reason," Mei Qingyang spoke in a flat tone.

She was not angry with the maid. She had since known that Mrs. Zhao rose to her position because she was good at housework and she was associated with Yu Tian's mother. She definitely had knowledge of how to navigate in the high society but she was lacking some very basic common sense.

Moreover, it was not difficult for Mei Qingyang to take on another girl, if they were to be attacked. But what if it was someone like that vice-captain Xuan?

"Yes, I trust in Yu Bufan, he would not make any mistakes," Mrs. Zhao kept her head low but still spoke with an angry voice. How dare this lass try to teach her, a person with over fifty years of experience in life?

"Forget it. Please prepare some tea for our guest. I will attend to them," Mei Qingyang left, not wanting to argue with this blockhead of a maid anymore.

As people aged, they became more stubborn, not wanting to admit their mistakes. They were always proud of their rich experiences in life and thus thought that they knew everything. But time waited for none. Thus, people who refused to learn and evolve with time would be left behind in dust. Then, all their experiences would be for nothing. The prime example of this was Mrs. Zhao.

She would refuse to let go of her pride and would hate to hear a lecture from a young a.d.u.l.t like her, thinking she knew better. But she had been cooped up in this campus for her whole life after Yu Tian's mom passed away, how would she know of the current world?

Mei Qingyang sighed and shook her head in pity. If only, Mrs. Zhao would smarten up a bit.

She headed towards the living room where Ma Shuxin was reading a magazine that was on the table.

"Shuxin, what are you doing here?" Mei Qingyang addressed the girl with her first name. Shuxin grinned seeing her friend. Finally, this girl had called her by her first name for the first time.