Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

As soon as the whole team left the college campus, it started raining once again. They had hired a big bus for the teammates, adequate with all the supplies for a six-hour travel. Yu Tian, Mei Qingyang and Su Lang followed the bus in a separate car.

They had wanted to hire a limousine but there were none available, so they had to make do with a normal car. Su Lang was sitting at the front while Yu Bufan was driving them. Mei Qingyang and Yu Tian sat at the back.

"Why did we not go in the bus?" Mei Qingyang was not aware of how things happened in the sports club but it was weird that they all went separately from the actual team.

Sure, those two girls did not get to participate this time, so she was the only female here but that would not be the reason for this move, right?

"Oh, we thought you would not feel comfortable with so much testosterone around," Su Lang stuck his tongue out cheekily.

So, it was the reason!

"Seriously?" she hit his arm slightly to stop him from making these non-funny jokes.

"Su Lang, I think it's been some time since you got some beating from me," Yu Tian joined the two bickering people.

"Tsk, you're no fun bro," Su Lang pouted.

There was nothing else to talk about so Mei Qingyang ended up sleeping in the car. When she woke up, she saw everyone seemed restless.

"It's raining too heavily, it will be hard for the car to move. The bus is also out of our sight now," Yu Bufan was informing the two young masters about the situation.

"What happened?" Mei Qingyang rubbed her eyes and realized her head was resting in Yu Tian's l.a.p. Upon the realization, she got up wide awake. When had she made such a bold move? She looked at Yu Tian with apologetic embarrassed face.

"You looked uncomfortable, so I shifted you like that. It was not your fault," Yu Tian told her, while using the gentlest tone. Even Yu Bufan got goosebumps, he could never get used to seeing his master like that.

"Bufan, drive to the nearest hotel, otherwise there should be one of dad's cabins here. We might have to stay there," Yu Tian gave orders. They were almost halfway to the place and it started raining cats and dogs suddenly. It was mountainous area, so it was dangerous to drive with such a low visibility.

Yu Tian and Su Lang had been visiting this place since their childhood. Most of the national tournaments in M nation used to take place at this big gymnasium, surrounded by big hills from all the sides. It was not just martial arts, all kinds of matches used to take place here. This place also attracted a lot of attention because of national coaching and training sessions for all kinds of sports.

It was a tourist place as well. Interestingly, it was built and maintained by the three ric.h.e.s.t families – Yu, Su and Feng. It was also a symbol of peace and cooperation among the three empires.

Yu Tian and Su Lang knew the place very well. There were quite a few hotels nearby but they all required at least half an hour of detour. With the rain pouring, they could either wait in the car for the rain to slow down at the hilly edge, which would be very dangerous since there were always chances of landslide. Or, they could just find the log cabin Yu Tian was talking about. It should be somewhere in about five minutes vicinity of the place where they had stopped their car.

"Will assistant Yu be alright? It seems like a rough climb," Mei Qingyang said worriedly while looking out of the window. Small waterfalls had formed along the slope of the hill and she was worried the poor assistant might get injured while looking for the place.

She did not mind waiting in the car. They did not know how much time Yu Bufan would take to find that cabin. But given that the rain was not reducing at all, they could not drive in such treacherous conditions.

"Are you concerned about another man now?" Yu Tian suddenly spoke up with a frown on his face.

What was up with him? Why was he using such a stern tone? Was he not bothered about his assistant at all?

Su Lang guffawed at his friend's statement.

"Oh my God Yu Tian ah! Did you really say that? I wish I had recorded that. It would have been such an entertainment for coming few years for me. I could share it later with Fan Ruyi too. We could laugh at it together then," Su Lang laughed some more.

"Shut up!" Yu Tian harrumphed while turning his head away from both Su Lang and Mei Qingyang. He looked out of the window with his ears red. He himself was embarrassed about his involuntary statement, okay? And how could he not worry about his assistant? He was like an elder brother to him. But he sent him because he was confident about his memory and his skills.

"I have found the cabin master, the key worked too. It was exactly in the direction you had said. I have turned on the heat as well. The place is a little dusty but we will have to make do with it," Yu Bufan took out the big umbrella from the trunk of the car.

"Accompany the lady, we two will be alright," Yu Tian was still worried about her wounds. He let Yu Bufan put the umbrella over Mei Qingyang while the two guys ran away in the rain while covering their heads with their coats, Yu Tian leading Su Lang.

It was a rare occasion for Mei Qingyang to be alone with Yu Bufan. The assistant was even quieter than Yu Tian and seldom spoke, unless he was giving out some information to his master.

"I am sorry assistant Yu, you have to be taking care of me where you could be helping out your master," Mei Qingyang spoke very politely. She really admired this guy who could understand what his ever mood changing master thought all the time. It must have required spending all their time together to come to such sync. And now, he was practically working for her. She felt sorry for him.

"I am just carrying out master's orders." Short and to the point, as usual.

"Still, it must be hard on you. And I am worried that ultimately I belong to your class, you still have to… have to…"

"Serve you?"

Mei Qingyang was struggling to find the word. She did not want to use that one particular ending but Yu Bufan was indeed a sharp person.

"I did not mean it like that," Mei Qingyang fumbled.

"You do not need to worry about that. You are someone our master treasures and thus you are precious to us servants too. We do not have the right to judge your background unless you are out there to harm the master, which I don't see in you. Here," Yu Bufan offered her his hand as they started climbing uphill. His words put all of Mei Qingyang's worries to rest.

She avoided taking help from people under Yu Tian as much as she could. She also tried to do her chores on her own, unless Yu Tian would be mad at her. But they had to still follow their master's orders. She did not want to come off as arrogant or anything for using their services.

"Assistant Yu, thank you," she smiled kindly to the guy. They were almost at the door of the cabin. Seeing such a happy future mistress, Yu Bufan's lips also curved upwards. In looks, he could really compete with his master and he had the manly charm to him due to his age as well. Mei Qingyang got bedazzled for a bit, and her smile deepened. Like master, like servant.

"Are you not jealous this time Tian?" Su Lang was in the mood of more teasing. They were looking at the two climbing the last hill towards the gate. It had been a long while since Yu Tian had seen his assistant smile too.

"I think this girl might bring salvation to all of us. Don't you feel so too?"

Su Lang nodded. Mei Qingyang's kindness had touched hearts of all of them. They all had tragic pasts. A few had a tragic future written in their fate. But the presence of this girl had really brought so many changes in not just their personalities but their relationsh.i.p.s as well.

Good or bad, she had transformed all their lives. And she continued to touch their hearts, one way or other. Feng Yue had finally found a closure to his past love. What he was going to do with it was up to him. Then Fan Ruyi had discovered the hidden demons inside her heart too. She had filled the hole Jiang Bo had left in Su Lang's life and connected him back to his beloved uncle. As for Yu Tian, she had brought a silver lining on his cloudy gloomy being.

Such a precious girl was to be treasured indeed. Yu Tian knew his assistant well too. He was not worried about their interaction that they had seen just now. He wished to protect that kind smile of hers forever. He needed to become stronger, strong enough to overturn the world of a.d.u.l.ts. He needed to get out of his family's clutches!