Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"What do you mean?" Now Mei Qingyang had everyone's attention. Feng Yue was still lying unconscious. They were yet to hear from Su Lang what had happened at the gym. But it was more concerning that Yu Rong's schemes were winning here.

"See, even if we investigate, we will only get to know who said what to who. The only problem is, she might look stupid to us but she would not have given out commissions by herself. Even if Wang Hao did it, she could always deny her involvement, that Wang Hao was acting on his own." As Mei Qingyang was analyzing the situation, everyone's face was growing anxious. She was correct, it won't take much for Yu Rong to throw anyone under the bus, she was selfish anyway.

"But Wang Hao has worked with her for so long, will she still give him away?" Fan Ruyi raised her question. She personally would never trade her assistant away for anything in the world. It took her time to train him according to her needs and ethics. How could anyone dream of giving up on their closest aide just to save their asses?

"Yu Rong is that cruel. She doesn't spare her own family members, who is Wang Hao then?" Mei Qingyang threw in a careless comment to see everyone's reaction. Yu Tian stared at her in shock and nervousness while Su Lang and Fan Ruyi gave her a confused look. What was she talking about?

Yu Tian fidgeted a bit but since he was standing behind Fan Ruyi and Su Lang and they were focusing on Mei Qingyang, they did not see him. But it did not escape Mei Qingyang. She glanced at him and then gave him a reassuring smile.

"I mean, look at her how she had snatched away portion of businesses when Mr. Yu Ming was not in his right state of mind. She rules this school like she owns it and people inside it," Mei Qingyang explained her earlier statement.

"Ah! That way? I thought she was doing something to Tian. Don't scare us like that Qing Qing," Su Lang patted his c.h.e.s.t and then realized his head was still hurting by any movement. He g.r.o.a.n.e.d in pain.

Fan Ruyi slapped his back. "Mr. Hero, can you take it easy for some time?"

"Ugh Ruyi, why did you hit me? It just increased my pain," Su Lang glared at his doctor.

"Don't be such drama queen, it is indeed a superficial wound. I can already see it did not affect your brain at all."

"Qing Qing, Ruyi is bullying me sob sob."

Mei Qingyang shook her head. At least this guy knew how to lighten the atmosphere. Yu Tian did not like how casually Mei Qingyang had brought up his subject like this. He knew she had her own thoughts but he needed to talk to her later.

"Alright, we need to brainstorm how to counterattack. If it keeps going this way, she will surely get away with this easily," Mei Qingyang proposed. She put her hand on her chin in a thinking pose but she was out of ideas.

"Why do you think she did this though?" Su Lang had the excuse of damaged head so he did not really want to think much about it. Moreover, they had a person with clearer head than any of them in the room, why do extra labor?

"Hmm… Well, this move serves multiple purposes if I am to look at it from all angles. She took out her frustration of past incidents on you both. She angered the two families enough that they would all want me out of the group. And probably driving a wedge between you guys and your families? I don't know," she threw her hands in the air. There were so many things Yu Rong got out of this that her would explode if she started doing an in-depth breakdown. This was completely a win-win situation for her.

"But most importantly, no one will believe us even if we say Yu Rong is behind this, notyour dad senior Su and not senior Feng's family."

"Right, so what to do next then?"

"First of all, Qing Qing needs to focus on her match," Yu Tian spoke for the first time in the whole ordeal.

"Oh, you did not have your match yet?" Su Lang was not updated about the events, he just woke up like a couple of minutes ago.

"Matches remind me, what exactly happened? How come you guys did not know that your opponents were fake?" Mei Qingyang was slightly confused about this aspect. She herself had made sure to check all her potential opponents out, so she at least knew them from their faces. Why did these guys not know that? With their network, they should have gotten their whole history dating generations back in a few minutes.

They all looked at each other and then at Mei Qingyang flabbergasted. What was this girl saying?

"Do we… do we have to check out our challengers before the match? We know we are going to win anyway," Su Lang scratched his chin in embarrassment. This sounded too arrogant but they did have that much confidence in themselves. Others just shrugged their shoulders.

So she was the only one who was too anxious since it was her first time to participate in a tournament like this. These guys were way too cool. The four people in the room suddenly were sparkling too much in Mei Qingyang's eyes, blinding her a bit. If she remained with them some more time, she would become as shameless as them.

It was not that she was not confident in her own abilities. But they say proper research and knowing your enemies beforehand are half the battle won. But these guys…

"It is okay, it is your first time here. We are not undermining our opponents, we know they have some great skills and they work hard. But we work harder than them and are much more confident." Su Lang saw that Qingyang looked a bit down, so he could not resist but console her a bit.

"Okay, you are done. You definitely can't participate any further. But this should be okay in like two weeks." Fan Ruyi had finished with her diagnosis for Su Lang.

"I am worried about senior Feng though. He had just joined us and now he is in bed. How did she even think of reeling him into her plans as well?" Mei Qingyang glanced at the other person lying in the bed with bunch of bandages around his head and body hooked to different wires. Her heart ached for the guy who was trying to start anew in life. Fan Ruyi's heart felt a pang of jealousy once again despite knowing that Mei Qingyang was not interested in him.

"Oh yeah, Yue had said that Yu Rong had helped him get into the competition. That means she knew he was coming back. We had no clue!" Su Lang had an idea.

"Elder Broher! That's amazing! It could be a convincing argument to Feng family if not anyone else," Mei Qingyang clasped her hands with excitement. It depended on Feng Yue waking up in time but this was a start.

"I personally think it is a futile attempt to be convincing Su and Feng family that Yu Rong was behind this. Even if they know it, they probably won't do much about it since their majority of business dealings is among themselves only," Yu Tian also had his own thoughts and he knew the dealings of these three families well. Mei Qingyang's earlier excitement was doused instantly.

"I do think there could be some merit for us if we rope in senior Feng's brothers to our side. They are the people inheriting Feng empire, they would know better to get away from Yu Rong,"

"But doesn't that mean Yu empire will suffer losses? If they start shunning Yu empire slowly, other companies would follow suit and then no one would do business with them." Fan Ruyi did not have much idea about business since she had put all her hard work in medical field. Her business advisor was her assistant who had much knowledge in this field.

"You make a valid point Ruyi, but that is way into the future. By that time, hopefully, Tian would have taken over," Su Lang pointed out.

Fan Ruyi nodded and walked towards the bed Feng Yue was in. He looked much thinner and his features had sharpened even more. He did have a healthy complexion on his face, that meant he had taken his meals properly at least and was not wasting himself away while he had disappeared.

Fan Ruyi touched his cheek longingly. Now that everything was over between him and Qingyang, could she still have a chance? Would he look at her once he woke up?

"It's again a superficial wound, a bit deeper than Su Lang's but still, the damage did not reach his brain," Fan Ruyi announced to the group. Everyone else relaxed as well.

"Why is he not waking up then?"

"Probably the shock of having hit his head. He should wake up in a couple of hours. I will still need to monitor you both for any internal damage and have a few tests done."

Someone knocked softly on the door. Yu Tian opened the door to find Yu Bufan outside.

"What's the news?" Yu Tian let him and Su Weixi in.

"Master! Master, are you alright? I could not even ask after you earlier. I am so sorry, I should have paid more attention," Su Weixi started crying. Mei Qingyang observed her closely, she had sat down on her knees and was holding her master's hand. Su Lang patted her head affectionately.

"It's okay Weixi, am I not alright?" Mei Qingyang raised her eyebrows. This guy was definitely interested in her, but he was not giving her any hopes. The look in his eyes were the same when Yu Tian looked at her. It could not be just a master servant relationship.

"Master, my investigation led me to Wang Hao but there is no direct connection to Yu Rong. Also, she is creating a ruckus outside, fanning the fire against Ms. Mei. I am thinking she is going not only after Ms. Mei but after Minister Jiang too," Yu Bufan told everyone the current information.

Everyone looked at Mei Qingyang who was smiling but not smiling at the corner. This girl was frighteningly smart. She predicted each and everything exactly right!