Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Trigger warning for this chapter: It implies a guy forcing on a girl, please read with caution.

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"Good boy. To victory!" Yu Rong smiled coyly. He was her nephew after all. He would have to trust her no matter how many times she would break it.

"Ah! I will greet a few more guests, you take care, okay?" Yu Rong patted his shoulder and then left with her glass of wine. Yu Tian observed that she had not taken even a sip from her glass and had directly placed it on one of the trays. Ah damn! He was screwed!

On the other side, Mei Qingyang was still with the team but the guys had started dispersing a bit. Wei Qiqi was also with her group. Mei Qingyang tried looking for Yu Tian but he was nowhere to be found. She sneaked out in the dinner area to look for him.

"Hey, you look stunning," a guy approached Mei Qingyang.

"Uhh… thank you," Mei Qingyang was still distracted. She just wanted to find Yu Tian. She was afraid her fears had already come true.

"Won't you come and drink with me a bit?"

Mei Qingyang finally looked at the guy. Oh, so this is what Ms. Cai had meant. This guy looked outright creepy though. He already had a wine glass in his hand.

"No thank you, I'm still a minor." Technically she was a minor according to her birth date registered. She herself didn't know her exact age though.

"Hey, you can't lie like this. This is a college championship. How can you still be a minor?" The guy dismissed her reason. Mei Qingyang got slightly irritated by the attitude of the guy.

"Listen mister, I don't think you'll find any girl here if you act this snobbish. If I said I'm a minor, do I need to show you my ID card now to prove it?" Mei Qingyang's eyes went cold. It seemed like everyone was the same everywhere. This guy was definitely not from their school. But from the attire, he definitely belonged to another wealthy family.

Now, she had already gotten used to seeing so many beautiful specimens in her training and the college, that even an above average face didn't seem good enough. Sure, the face was the first impression right? And the weird persistence of this guy was not helping him either.

"Hey, hey. Don't be so mad now. I will get you some juice then." The guy signaled a waiter and instructed him to bring non alcoholic drinks.

"I'm sorry good sir, but you need to take a hint that I'm not interested. Moreover, I already have a partner. Now if you'll excuse me," Mei Qingyang turned around to leave. Her heart was panicking. The two guys had already been targeted, was it Yu Tian's turn now? She could not spot even Yu Bufan!

If Yu Rong needed to tell her how powerful she was, she had already done it. Why would she attack Yu Tian now? Unless… Was she taking him for some kind of abuse again?

"Hey! Hey! Listen, I did not approach you because I was interested in you," the guy chased after Mei Qingyang.

"What is it?" Mei Qingyang was irritated to the point of frustration now. She had other important works to do. Her rage was very apparent on her face.

"I am interested in designing, and I loved your dress, so I just…," the guy spoke shyly. Mei Qingyang realized she had judged the person too hard too early.

"I am sorry. I do not know the origin of the dress, it was as gift. I really need to go, thanks for the praises." Although she wanted to help the guy, she had no idea how to. And so, the best thing she could do was brush him off. After saying her part, she took off without even listening to what the guy was saying.

The guy pulled out his phone with a smirk. 'I stalled her quite a bit, she won't be able to find him,' he texted to someone.

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"Ugh, can't even call him, this brick of a phone!" Mei Qingyang was full of anxiety. She approached Wei Qiqi and took her away at a corner.

"Qiqi, I can't find senior Yu, and I am afraid something might have happened to him. I need your help. I can't tell this to my teammates lest they panic and tell everyone about it. Right now, I only trust you. Can you help me expand my search area and see if you can pick up any gossip along the way?" Mei Qingyang's eyes were pleading Wei Qiqi. Her friend could not help but agree.

"You eat or drink something first. Why don't you ask your principal over there? She is his aunt no?" Wei Qiqi pointed to the lady standing in the middle of the hall, laughing and talking to other big shots in the room. Wei Qiqi was not aware of anyone's situation in the college, so she suggested so innocently.

Oh wait! So, that means Yu Rong did not do anything? If she is still here, Yu Tian must be safe, right?

The heaviness from her heart lifted a bit. Worrying would not accomplish anything and she was letting emotions getting better of her. She even involved Wei Qiqi once again.

"Okay, you are correct. Never mind, I will go ask her. You enjoy the party!" Mei Qingyang squeezed her shoulder reassuringly.

"Are you sure? I could still help you…" Wei Qiqi saw that her friend was back into her groove, so she was not concerned anymore.

"Yeah, you should find yourself a good guy, who knows you really might find someone everlasting here," Mei Qingyang teased her a bit. It was also her way to tell her that she had completely relaxed. Seeing her jolly mood, Wei Qiqi left her to her own devices. Mei Qingyang, once again with sharp look, decided to go back to the rooms upstairs to search for him. She would start with the floor that they had rooms in. Perhaps he was feeling tired and just retired. But he would have sent her a message if that were the case.

She climbed the stairs in the hall and went into the elevator. She had not even reached the first floor, she detected a weird smell in the elevator. Dismissing it, she continued on to the seventh floor, where her whole team was residing. By the time she left the elevator, her head had started spinning and her body had started feeling hot. She was dizzy but she continued towards Yu Tian's room with staggered steps.

The door nearest to her suddenly flung open and a hand dragged her by her arm. Mei Qingyang was not in a condition to fight back, her body was feeling heavy and limp. Her eyes were going teary and she was feeling like removing all her clothes. She tried to focus hard but it was dark and she could not see who it was. She was definitely screwed today.

Her and Yu Tian both had taken so many precautions, yet one was missing and one did not know where and with whom she was. The people she could really trust were not even in the area, let alone help them.

"Hehe, finally caught you," she heard an all familiar voice. What was this guy doing here?

"Assistant Wang? What are you…" Mei Qingyang, still had a few of her senses working. She could recognize that voice anywhere.

"I have been waiting for this moment. You slipped away from me that day too. Now I can finally do what I started. That old hag gets all the fun and I am only stuck with her. Why don't I get to experience some young blood too?" Wang Hao had dragged Mei Qingyang to the bed directly. From her memory, this room was not being occupied earlier. So, they had already planned all this? But would Yu Rong agree for Wang Hao to be personally involved in assaulting her.

Although Mei Qingyang could not see much, she could hear the excitement in Wang Hao's voice. Like master, like servant. He was as pervert as his mistress.

Mei Qingyang felt like puking. She could feel Wang Hao's hands all over her body. He licked the nape of her neck. She was feeling disgusting and her heart was racing due to anxeity. She tried pushing him away multiple times but her body was not cooperating.

"Pfft, you are so cute Qing Qing! Isn't that what that guy calls you? I have been obsessed about you since the day you entered that old hag's office with your suitcase. If I had not known already who you were and how you were to be treated, I would have already asked you out that day." He plopped down into the bed beside Mei Qingyang. Then he started tucking loose strands of her hair on her forehead away. She was sweating due to heat of the aphrodisiac she had inhaled in the elevator. He had made sure to use enough to have instant effect.

"If only you had looked at me with affection once, I would have made your life so much easier. I am Yu Rong's assistant after all. Everything in the campus goes through me," he kissed her forehead and her body shuddered.

Wang Hao brought a few napkins and started wiping Mei Qingyang's forehead.

"Are these the kind of reactions you give to that damn Yu brat when you are with him at nights? The nerve of that guy that he brought you at his own dorm room! It took me so much effort to fuel Yu Rong's jealousy towards you. Still I had to wait one whole month after that day. Do you have any idea how much I have been suffering?"

Mei Qingyang was still out of it. She could feel her body repulsing to the advances but she was unable to do anything. Was she really going to lose herself today? Tears formed in her eyes. This kind of thing was somewhere in her equation, that this might happen but when it was seeming to become reality, she wanted to run away. She did not have strength to fight back.

In that moment, her conversation with her dad came to her mind. He had asked her to leave everything behind and come back. Should she have done that? What about Yu Tian? And Jiang Bo? And her Li Sibao avatar? Was she not betraying them all? Then was she to just accept this painful event which would scar her for life and think of it as part of her revenge? Did it not mean that she was going to lose herself in the name of revenge?

She laughed at herself in mockery. Who was she trying to fool? This was the end, really the end. This was Wang Hao, the crafty assistant to Yu Rong. He would have prepared everything. There would be cameras all around and he would blackmail her later with those.

While Wang Hao was talking to an incapacitated Mei Qingyang and trying to delicately remove her dress, his phone rang. Mei Qingyang's mind was slowly regaining consciousness. Her training all these years did help her in wearing off the effects of the drug sooner than anyone would have expected.

"Wang Hao! Where is Yu Tian? I thought you had sent him to my room?" A furious Yu Rong was at the other end of the phone. Wang Hao, for some reason, had kept it on speaker. He had the phone face Mei Qingyang so she could hear it too.

"Mistress, I personally delivered him to your room. Probably he went to washroom to take care of his business himself?" Wang Hao replied her coolly, He had wanted to do his deed in peace, why did this old hag need to come in between himself and his Qing Qing?

"Where are you right now? Find my nephew for me, do you understand? Right this moment!" Yu Rong ordered from the other side.

"Mistress, I am busy handling Mei Qingyang's case. There was a hiccup there and I needed to intervene," he looked at Mei Qingyang softly. Then he put his phone back to his ear and turned around, sitting up in the bed. Perhaps he did not want her to hear rest of the conversation.

"What? There too? Damn! Okay, you take care of her. I will put people to look for Yu Tian," Yu Rong retracted her previous orders. Wang Hao smirked, there were definitely benefits of having absolute confidence from the highest person.

Now he could go back to do his Qing Qing and no one would disturb him. As soon as he turned around, a heavy lamp hit his head and he fainted on the spot.