Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Mei Qingyang grabbed his hand subconsciously and gave it a tight squeeze. Was it because of her? Did she flare her anger once again?

Yu Tian's expression did not change. He was expecting this sooner or later. But with Mei Qingyang by his side, he felt stronger and more secure than ever before. It felt like this hurdle was very small before anything.

Wang Hao saw how the girl had, very naturally, slipped her hand in Yu Tian's. A pang of jealousy ran through his eyes. Once his master finished the boy, the girl would be hers to devour. That was the only thought running in his mind. His eyes again filled with l.u.s.t which did not go unnoticed by Yu Tian. He also stepped ahead to hide his kitten behind his own body. Mei Qingyang, on the other hand, had her head lowered, she was still thinking about what would Yu Tian's fate be.

Wang Hao left after giving the news but the two people lost the mood to continue with the activity. Mei Qingyang was stealing glances towards Yu Tian their whole way back to the hotel.

"It's okay, do not worry so much about it," Yu Tian could not bear the fact that the girl was just losing her shit over him. It was his problem to begin with, he did not want to involve her. And the fact that she was this concerned was also worrisome. How much did she know?

"But…," she finally had a chance to ask him about it.

"No buts. This is a trip. Today is Christmas eve. We can't be upset over such a small thing. And it is a week later. We will take it as it comes," he put his arm around her shoulder to assure her… and himself. Mei Qingyang was just so upset that she did not register his embrace at all. There was no reason for her to reject him anyway now. That witch had already given her verdict.

Yu Tian was also not sure what was going on in his aunt's mind. Why would she announce it a week before, that too in front of Mei Qingyang? Was she claiming her right over him? Then his life was not his own at all? If him being this girl was a dream, he did not want to wake up from it.

"I will see you at the barbeque then," Mei Qingyang bud him farewell, with disappointment and sadness plastered all over her face. Why could she not do anything for him? What would it take for him to actually open up to her? She did say she would wait for him to tell her everything, but this was too much.

Yu Tian sighed. He was of two minds. On one hand, he wanted to tell all his stories to her, reveal everything about his past, his present. On the other hand, he was afraid, of losing her. He had tried it just once, but it had led to heartbreak which took him four years to overcome. He did not want to repeat the same mistake. He was going to take his time to tell her the truth. It seemed like she already had some inkling anyway.

Worst of all, she knew it was not the issue of trust. It was something, which was perhaps, shameful to him. How would he tell that his aunt would beat him to the point of him having scars all over his body? If it were her, she would hesitate too. She covered her eyes with her arms but her tears would not stop.

"Qingyang? Qingyang?" Ma Shuxin tried to wake Mei Qingyang from her sleep.

"Hmm? What is it?" she asked Shuxin in a hoarse raspy voice. She was perhaps exhausted by her skiing and the whole stressful situation.

"What are you doing here sleeping? The barbeque started an hour ago! Young Master Yu sent me to look why you were so late.

"An… an hour ago?" Mei Qingyang sat up in her bed. She slept so much?

"Yeah, the food is already over. I guess Young Master Yu must have prepared some food for you. Are you two really dating?" Ma Shuxin asked excitedly.

"Dating? What are you talking about? He is way out of my league. If I were dating him, do you think other girls would have left me alive?"

"Hmph! Do those girls dare do anything to young master Yu's girlfriend? Once he gets a girlfriend, that girl would be off-limits, to both boys and girls. Now come on, get up and get ready," Ma Shuxin dragged the lazy girl out of the bed.

Mei Qingyang changed her clothes rapidly. She had made the whole group wait! It was deep in the night, and the sky was quite clear now. Stars were quite visible. She did not see a lot of people at barbeque. She suspected it was due to night being quite romantic, couples would have wandered around the nearby secluded places to get some alone time.

"Where were you? We have been waiting for you girl!" Su Lang stood up from his seat. Yu Tian had brought her from the barbeque area to their hidden place. It was some fifteen minutes walk and it did not seem like anyone had followed them. It was indeed an isolated area which was not easy to accessible. No wonder it was their secret place.

"I am sorry, I had fallen asleep," she shrugged her shoulders. She was still not in high spirits but the guys had earlier heard the stories of the couple being jolly, enjoying skiing earlier in the day. Did they have a fight or something? Everyone in the group sensed the girl did not seem well.

"Qing Qing, are you okay?" Fan Ruyi finally asked the question. She looked a little pale under the light emanating from the bonfire they had prepared and were sitting around. They had set camping tents around the fire. This area was on a height and was surrounded by the hills on all four sides, so even with the fire, it would be hard to discover them. Thus, they had left their assistants behind too, to give them some time to unwind themselves as well.

"Yeah, I think I am still sleepy," she rubbed her eyes.

"Come sit here. We got some food for you." There was space between Su Lang and the seat where Yu Tian sat after escorting Mei Qingyang. Su Lang patted on the space to signal that she could sit there. Mei Qingyang suddenly realized they were near fire. A weird feeling crept up in her heart.

She did not have any problems with fire anymore, she had trained hard for fighting her urge to run away from even a spark. It had something to do with her scars. She had almost died due to fire and she did not have memories of it. But her subconscious used to go into hysteria whenever she would see fire, even from a small lighter. She was that afraid.

She had worked around it with her dad, he would deliberately take her near fires, starting with small ones. She had gotten accustomed to it and could even cook on fire now. But this big fire was starting to suffocate her already. She looked at the fire and then at Yu Tian.

Thinking that she was with people she trusted, she sat down beside Su Lang. Everyone started chatting and eating happily, Su Lang was especially excited. He started with a few horror stories but Mei Qingyang was not listening anymore.

She was just starting at the fire like it had possessed her.

"Don't do it Mei Qingyang, don't unlock your memories," she heard her inner voice once again.

"Why do you keep telling me it is not time yet? When would be the right time anyway?" she retaliated.

"Not now. You might be prepared but I don't think the occasion is right. Do you want everyone to see your pathetic condition once you learnt he truth? I don't want anyone outside of your circle to be present when that happens," Li Sibao's voice explained.

"What do you mean? These are still the people…"

"Not those two," the voice interjected before she could finish.

"Then, what do you want me to do? I can't help but feel restless with fire so close to me. Should I just leave?"

"You have trained yourself so hard, why don't you think of it as your training session? Yu Tian is here, reply on him. Everything will be okay, trust me," the voice then faded in her mind. She glanced at Yu Tian who was looking at Su Lang who was chattering away. His face, glowing in the fire, did bring her extreme comfort.

Unfortunately for her, God did not want her to have peace, did he? The wood crackled when Feng Yue from the other side added some firewood to the bonfire and a few sparks jumped out of the it towards Mei Qingyang.

This was the trigger point and she started hyperventilating. But Li Sibao was correct too, she did not want everyone to see her. She just got up and ran behind the hill, startling everyone. Yu Tian chased after her. She threw up in the nearby bushes whatever she had eaten.

"Are you okay?"

"Don't… don't come near me Senior Yu. Not only it is disgusting here, I don't want you to see me right now," she waved her hands, signaling him to stop right where he was. Unknowingly to her though, he ran towards her and hugged her from behind, since she was not looking anyway.