Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Young Master Yu, Ms. Mei is ready. I will be taking my leave," Ms. Cai promptly informed Yu Tian via her phone.

"Very well, thank you for your help," Yu Tian personally expressed his gratitude over the phone. He had also dressed up in a dark blue tuxedo. As soon as he put the phone down, he had an urge to just run to see his kitten. Each dress he had chosen, he had envisioned her in them. Only after he determined what all would look good on her, he bought them all.

However, he had no idea what she would like. He prepared the usual bright colors she used to wear and threw in a few light-colored dresses too, just in case. And then he saw that one dress which he knew would look best on her, the plain dress with exquisite design. It came with matching pair of shoes, so he did not even need to think about it. He wanted her to wear that one.

But again, the decision was hers. He paced up and down, excited. Would she have chosen what he thought would suit her? Would their thinking match at all?

"Master, Yu Rong is on the move," Yu Bufan informed Yu Tian. Yu Rong was the host here, along with other representatives from Feng and Su family. They themselves were not present because the two young masters were injured. Now Yu Rong being the main person, she needed to see to the preparations.

"Good. We can leave in half hour from here. She will be busy with last checks," Yu Tian got up from his seat and headed towards the door.

"What about her scheme for tonight?" Yu Bufan asked. Was his master not concerned about what she was going to do?

"We just need to be careful. I will tell Mei Qingyang to not eat or drink anything without my approval. You keep an eye for any suspicious activity. Sneak in a few more guards, I want one with her all the time," Yu Tian gave a few instructions. This is the master Yu Bufan liked, ruthless and decisive. He delightfully accepted the command.

Yu Tian then visited Mei Qingyang's room. The moment she opened the door, he could not take his eyes off her. He did not have words to describe her innocent beauty. Even Yu Bufan was stunned for a moment. Was this the same sweaty girl from hours ago?

Her dress was a snug fit on her upper body. Then her make-up highlighted her pretty green eyes with matching eye shadow. Her sparkly eyes were perfectly matching with the dress. Her lips now had a color of the pinkest shade in her dress. The frock covering her knees made her look much taller than she already was. She was barefoot for now but Yu Tian knew that the shoes he had chosen would complete her look perfectly.

Mei Qingyang's ear tips turned red from the sudden attention.

"I hope I am over or underdressed for the occasion," She turned around and invited them both in, also to hide her slowly heating up face.

"You don't need to care about others. You look??? beautiful," Yu Tian hesitated before finally saying it out loud. Mei Qingyang nodded and decided to dodge the seriousness of the atmosphere by joking a bit.

"I should really thank Ms. Cai, she did a splendid job."

"And what about me?" Yu Tian spoke with very serious expression on his face.

"Ah! Senior Yu, I was just wondering it would be great if you would not eat or drink at the party. I do not have great feeling about how Yu Rong looked today," Mei Qingyang changed the topic abruptly. Yu Tian was still staring at her, making her nervous.

He was gleeful about the fact that they were too much in sync today but why did she noe answer his question? He, nonetheless, nodded.

"I was going to warn you the same thing. It's not like we should not eat at all. But we must avoid anything brought by waiting staff, especially if there are just one or two drinks on the tray."

"That makes sense. Anyway, I would not have many dishes to eat since I am a vegetarian but you also need to take care." Mei Qingyang sat down on the sofa and offered the seat to the two guys too. Yu Tian sat down opposite her while Yu Bufan chose to stand.

"Assistant Yu, there are no outsiders here. Please have a seat," Mei Qingyang looked at Yu Bufan, who was standing behind Yu Tian as if they were doing some professional meeting. Since Mei Qingyang had lived at Yu Tian's room for about a month, she knew that when they were not working, they were mere friends. And she wanted to make sure that whenever he was with her, he still felt the same.

Yu Bufan looked cautiously towards his master who signaled him to sit down. He sat down on the armchair between the two sofas. This girl was working hard to gain his approval, he was happy about it. He had already approved her for his master except the rudeness she sometimes showed.

"Okay, I have few trustworthy people who would be around. If, by any chance, you are stuck somewhere and I am not around, they will be there to help you out," Yu Tian gave a few more words of caution before the clock struck seven.

"Time to go," he got up from his seat. "Will you be my date for today?" he offered her his arm. Mei Qingyang was startled once again. What if they bumped into Yu Rong?

"Don't worry, she is busy playing the host tonight. She will be busy talking to the sponsors and other people the whole night," Yu Tian observed the concern in her eyes and gave her an assuring look. She took his arm and headed out.

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Wei Qiqi spotted Mei Qingyang and Yu Tian arms in arms, so she just waved to them and did not disrupt their evening.

"Qingyang! Captain Yu!" Their teammates recognized them and surrounded the couple in the hall.

"Qingyang ah! Now I know why Captain Yu is so head over heels for you. Who are you?" One of their teammates started teasing. Now that their suspicions had been confirmed by their public display of affection in front of them, they had stopped holding back with their teasing.

Captain Yu was a scary person but Mei Qingyang was very sweet and kind to everyone. She always played along with their jokes and so, a few young ones had become braver even in front of the captain.

"Aiyya, who hit me?" the brave kiddo rubbed the behind of his head. Vice-captain Xu Yang had arrived, with a lot of bandages over his arms and upper body, which were very well hidden beneath the suit he was donning.

"Can you see the place to make such jokes first?" Xu Yang scolded his teammate. Just because he was not here to monitor them, his own team members were taking advantage like this.

"Sorry captain, I was wrong," the young kiddo apologized.

Mei Qingyang was in a happy mood, so she just laughed.

"You guys take care of her, I need to meet a few people," Yu Tian handed over Mei Qingyang to his teammates and left for the networking.

"I must say Qingyang, you are so pretty that you could easily defeat the white lotuses in out campus in a beauty competition. I don't understand what those girls are so proud of!"

"Yeah, yeah. Your raw beauty is much better than them. If anyone gives you hard time about anything, just show them pictures from here. They would be ashamed to compare themselves to you."

The team was busy joking with each other when Yu Rong arrived with Wang Hao. She looked at the b*tch laughing and smiling from the first floor. How it hurt her eyes and heart. How did she transform into a beauty? Was age defeating her after all?

"Wang Hao, how's the plan going?" she asked her assistant whose eyes were also fixed on the girl.

"Mistress, we have been trying to sneak in a drink but she is refusing to eat or drink at all."

"Don't worry. Once the dinner starts, we will have opportunity then. These people are just too cautious. But they don't understand that they could still get caught in our trap."

"I will take my leave and try all the possible routes," Wang Hao replied.

"Hmm??? I will be at ease if you take care of it yourself," Yu Rong sipped some wine from her glass and relished the impending doom for this girl. Another inspiration struck to her. She headed towards the group Yu Tian was talking to. There were two other fine gentlemen who were working with Yu empire as well as businesses by Yu Tian.

"My sweet nephew, how dashing you are looking! Just like your dad!" Yu Rong brought in a waiter with her and served them some wine. She let the other two guys choose first and last glass went to Yu Tian.

He took the glass but did not drink.

"I will make a toast to your victory Tian! I am so happy that you brought so may laurels to our school once again," she clinked the glass in his hand. Yu Tian stared at her but still did not drink his wine. The two guys sensed some tension in the atmosphere and excused themselves.

"It seems you do not trust me anymore. I don't know what that b*tch has told you but I just want the best for you my child," Yu Rong took his hand in hers and rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb. It had been so long since she had felt his touch. It was so electrifying as usual.

Yu Tian did not react at all. He just stood there, looking right ahead like his aunt was thin air.

"Fine, how about this? Waiter!" she called a waiter who was passing by.

"Can you go to the table and bring us fresh glasses of red wine? Make sure you are pouring it in front of us, okay?" she instructed the man. He obliged.

"Now you can see it with your own eyes. I would not tamper with your drink, trust me." She squeezed his hand tight.

Yu Tian observed the waiter from start to finish, he indeed had not done anything with the wine.

"Now, will you give me the benefit of doubt? You can choose the glass too," she pointed towards the two glasses on the tray. Yu Tian looked at her, then the waiter. The guy did not look nervous at all. So he was innocent? Yu Tian took the glass near Yu Rong and gulped the wine down in one go.