Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

This time, truly, it was final matches for everyone. Early morning, Yu Tian came to wake Mei Qingyang up. She could not sleep properly last night for there was much thinking to do. Such a big thing had happened in the day. She did not even have a chance to celebrate her first victory. Yu Rong was becoming a bigger hurdle than she had thought. And it was becoming difficult to be dealing with her with conventional methods.

"What are you thinking so hard?" Yu Tian could make out that his kitten did not sleep well. Her eyes were puffy and she was lost in her own world. She was not even acknowledging his presence by her side.

"Oh… Nothing," she replied dazedly. Focus Mei Qingyang, focus!

"How are the two seniors by the way?" she tried changing the topic.

"Hmm? They are improving fast. They had their MRI done yesterday. Seems like Yue had some internal bleeding but it's not life threatening. Ruyi is taking their care, you need not worry about them," Yu Tian assured her. She still was not looking at him and was walking with her head down. It seemed like she was hell bent on making holes with her gaze in the ground.

"Also, the guys who injured them have been snubbed by us and are undergoing interrogation. Hopefully something will come out of it," he continued his report because he was sensing some unusual air from his lass.

"Say senior Yu," she halted her steady steps in the empty corridor and then looked at Yu Tian straight in the eye, dead serious, "Am I causing you guys more trouble by being here?"

Yu Tian got goosebumps from how clear and limpid her green marble eyes were. It felt like she had been doing soul searching for quite some time now. Yesterday's event must have been a shock to her for his strong lass to have asked this question. Was this what was keeping her awake all night?

He tilted his head for he did not know how to answer her. If he said yes, there was a high chance she would stop associating with them completely. If he said no, then she would jump in for more trouble to herself rather then them. Either way, he would push her away from himself.

"How about, I give you an answer after our matches?" After racking his brain for a while, he decided to delay it a bit.

"Are we going to stay afterwards?" Mei Qingyang had no idea that they would still be enjoying being outside of the school campus some more. She had thought that they would leave within an hour or two after the last match would end.

After all the ruckus, she could finally try to contact her dad later today. She knew Su Lang had been giving him reports but she had been out of touch with him since Yu Rong caught her. She could not use Yu Tian's phone for his phone was tapped too.

She could have used Su Lang's phone, but again, they had to be outside of Yu empire's buildings. She did not know what kind of technology that witch might employ to track her activity and everyone around her. She suddenly felt conceited, was she so important to Yu Rong to track her every activity? Wasn't she being too narcissist right now?

Yu Tian looked at her and she had drifted off to her la la land once again.

"We throw an after party for all the players who participated regardless of whether they won or not. It is to show appreciation to their sportsmanship," Yu Tian still answered her question.

"Oh! A formal party? I should have brought some clothes for the occasion. I did not bring any!!" she replied alarmingly. She had no idea something like this would take place. Why did the guys not tell her this beforehand?

"You do not need to worry about that. I have everything arranged," Yu Tian lightly laughed at her scrunched up eyebrows. She was worrying for nothing.

"Oh? Now you are acting like a real CEO, I guess you must have prepared a couple of dresses and a few make-up artists for me then," Mei Qingyang instantly relaxed on hearing that he had prepared stuff for her. Guess this is what they called having a rich boyfriend? Although, she still had not made her intentions clear to him, it was pretty much obvious that she had accepted him in her heart. Now his presence was just comfortable, as much as it was heart-pounding, of course. Sometimes, it was hard even to look towards him without getting her face red.

"What kind of novels are you reading these days? Do you think those types of things happen in real life?" he tucked her loose hair behind her ear. He loved doing that for her. A small gesture which was intimate just to them. This time, however, his hand lingered on her cheek, suggesting how much he had been holding back, just because she had not explicitly said yet. Mei Qingyang ah! Why were you leaving him hanging, hasn't it been much time already?

"Hmph! I won't accept anything less than that, okay?" she acted cheekily. Yu Tian was kind of surprised because she was finally acting spoiled in front of him. So then, she was opening her heart more to him, wasn't she? An elation rose in his c.h.e.s.t. He was probably going to crush his opponent today.

"I am just kidding. Don't worry. I'll accept whatever you have for me," seeing that he was not withdrawing his hand and was just staring at her foolishly, she thought he took offense over something. How she wished she could hold his hand right now!

"Hey, by the way how did you get my sizes?"

"We have already slept together now, why do you think I would not know your sizes?"

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Wei Qiqi was already waiting for Mei Qingyang in the arena. Yu Tian's gym building was first, so he had gone to his gym on Mei Qingyang's insistence. He had still sent Yu Bufan with her.

"Qingyang! I have been waiting for you. They will start the matches in about half an hour," Wei Qiqi updated her as soon as she entered the building.

"Thank you," Mei Qingyang nodded. It was great to have another female friend whom she could talk equally. She did not need to feel any inferiority complex with her. They were at the same level and she found it was way better than having friends from upper class. It was a relationship free of those things, looking down upon each other did not happen.

"Qiqi," Qingyang adjusted Wei Qiqi's collar a bit, "Please win the match. I would like to share the stage with you during the medals ceremony."

Wei Qiqi's heart warmed up. She had a lot of female friends in her team. Her team was there in the arena too. But they all treated her with respect as their captain, there was no one whom she could talk to freely. Now she thought she had found someone as well.

"Mei Qingyang, don't underestimate me, okay? You are the only special case, otherwise no one has been born in this country who could defeat me yet," Wei Qiqi replied, smiling ear to ear. Guess she could not hide her excitement over how dearly this girl in front of her was treating her, although they had met just one day earlier.

"Rather, you should be prepared to defend my honor, you know? You defeated the Jiu-Jitsu champion yesterday, surely you won't lose to anyone else?" Wei Qiqi had this weird feeling in her heart that Mei Qingyang wasn't in her top form today. Did yesterday's incident shake her this much? But her own match was after the incident, she should be fine, right?

Mei Qingyang looked around and spotted her opponent for today's match. Her challenger's eyes very clearly told her that she was up to a few tricks. She suddenly interlocked both her hands with Wei Qiqi and whispered, "I cannot guarantee my win today, there is more probability that I will lose. But I will still get a silver medal. So, don't worry about me."

"Do you see? That girl did defeat Wei Qiqi but it felt to me more like a fixed match." Mei Qingyang and Wei Qiqi heard a whisper from the back. So now people were openly gossiping about her?

"Fixed match? I do trust Wei Qiqi. I know she is poor but she would not do something like that," another girl replied to her in hushed tones as well. Guys, if you really wanted to gossip, could you not keep your voice down?

"We will see in today's match if she really has talent."

"I just think it was a fluke."

A few more whispers and then Wei Qiqi's teammates came to defend her. They gave Mei Qingyang a glare because she overthrew their queen from her throne. They all were saying 'you better win the next match, otherwise you won't hear the end of it'.

"I am sorry, my frien, I mean teammates can be a bit excessive. Please don't take it to your heart and play freely. I personally don't care whether you win or lose, it's a fact that you are better than me and I need to improve," Wei Qiqi accepted gracefully. By the time she finished her sentence, she was being hugged by Mei Qingyang in a sudden display of endearment. What had come over this silly girl? Wei Qiqi closed her eyes, she knew she had found a gem in this place. She reciprocated her future best friend gesture and patted her back to calm her very evident turbulent emotions.