Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"What are you doing Senior Yu? This is so dirty!" She separated forcefully from Yu Tian. She had just stopped throwing up when she felt the warm embrace from behind, enveloping her whole being.

"It does not matter, here take some water," Yu Tian offered her a water bottle. He should have known the fire could have been traumatic to her. He did not consider her at all.

Near the bonfire, Fan Ruyi got up to check on her but Feng Yue grabbed her hand and stopped her from disturbing the couple. He shook his head which convinced Fan Ruyi to sit down.

Feng Yue wanted to run to the girl too. But he knew he wasn't the one, he could do nothing for her now. All he could do was just see her recover by someone else's side. Su Lang was also looking at the direction of the two again and again.

"Senior Yu, I will be fine. Please go back," Mei Qingyang had wanted to vent out her feelings by herself. It felt like needles were pricking her heart. She had not remembered much but she had flashbacks of her fleeing with some man with green eyes in a car, which then was shot down by some unknown pursuers of her.

And then she saw the car in flames, with the man with her saving her from the impact of the fall. His body was full of glass from the windows. Someone she did not even remember had sacrificed his life for her. She had even inherited his green eyes. But who was the man? She had looked at the Li family's albums and he definitely did not belong to Li family. She had to dig some more.

But then, what was she supposed to do with the emotions these images triggered? She already had puffy eyes because of what happened in the afternoon. And she wanted to just burst out right now. It felt like her whole body was on fire, and she could scratch her skin off.

She remembered her initial days at the hospital where she had to be put in water because her brain would not let her rest. The nightmares about the fire would make her feel like she was reliving the moment again. And that was what was happening right now.

She rinsed her mouth with the water Yu Tian had given her. She was staring at the snow beneath her feet, just looking at it was giving her some relief. Once she thought she had cleaned her mouth and face enough, she looked at Yu Tian.

Under the moonlight and twinkling stars, she saw how concerned he was for her. His eyes never left hers and she could not bear to send him away. Her thoughts, which were filled with the incident all those years ago, were slowly replaced by him. She did not feel so bad right now. But her body was still itchy. The d.e.s.i.r.e to scratch was still taking over.

When Yu Tian observed how uncomfortable she looked, and how she was starting to unzip her coat in this cold, he took steps towards her and hugged her once again.

"But senior Yu…," Mei Qingyang wanted to retaliate. The clean freak was not afraid of the smell on her body? She had just puked!

"Shh… stay like this alright? There is no one here and you definitely can use one right now," he whispered to her slowly in his magnetic voice. Mei Qingyang melted in his arms , he definitely was her security net. Her d.e.s.i.r.e to cry it all out increased but she held back. She buried her face in his c.h.e.s.t, giving in.

"Senior Yu, you have seen my scars and you know about my trauma as much as I do. Do you not feel disgusted by it?" After a few moments of silence, the question popped out of her mouth. This time, there was no blushing, no heart racing, it was just comfortable, for both of them. It felt like at the moment, they were the only ones on this planet, no worries about the future, nothing.

She raised her head and looked at the guy who was staring at her and struggling to find the words to describe what he felt for her. Those scars were nothing in front of the courage she gave him to face Yu Rong.

Since the day when she stared straight into her eyes when her hair was being ripped off from her head, without even a scream, he had known that someone to challenge his aunt was here. And she had kept dealing blows to her left and right. She had no idea how easy she had made for him to bear with all the tribulations and cruelty. Because there was something to look forward to after that.

"Those scars ah! Do they even count before the mental scars you and I have? What is there to be disgusted about?" he finally uttered a few words, staring into the space above them. He wanted to say a lot more but had no idea how to put them into words. He fidgeted a bit while holding her in his arms still.

"Pfft… ahahahaha," Mei Qingyang guffawed at his uneasy and cute expression. He handled businesses in millions, dealt with international clients but was struggling so much right now. She could not help but laugh over his failure. He turned his head away in embarrassment, never letting her go.

She ended up putting her hand over his face, gently stroking his stubble, taking him aback. Her gaze was soft and under the bright moonlight, she looked like she was drunk, although she had not had any sip of single alcohol drop from the crate these guys had brought.

It might have something to do the way her vegetarian dishes were cooked with wine, but Su Lang would never tell her that.

Yu Tian really did bring her heart at ease, and she had no idea why. Was it because they were in similar circ.u.mstances, puppets of their families, unable to break free from their fates? Or was it something more? She felt like she clicked with him at spiritual level, but how?

Yu Tian moved his face to bring her hand close to his lips. He kissed them slowly and then took his head closer to hers. He was leaning in for a kiss but Mei Qingyang stopped him in between.

"I still need to cleanse myself. Next time?" she said with her face heating up slowly. So then, wait what?

She was saying it was okay when she had had a bath? She was not denying it now? Did he hear it right?

In his elation, he stole a kiss from her forehead. She was indeed okay with it!

For her, his acceptance was what was consoling. She was fully at peace now. He saw right through her insecurities and accepted those, despite being such a mighty person. He was humble yet not easily taken down. He had his own flaws too, he was not the perfect CEO kind of guy, he was an ordinary human being at the end.

"Are you sure Qing Qing?" Yu Tian believed her but wanted to make sure at the end.

"About what?" she asked him, the stars in the sky reflecting in her sparkly eyes. There was mischief in there. She was teasing him.

"I… I am really not bothered by your marks. What matters to me is your heart. And for me, your heart is pure and courageous. Your intelligent mind, your tit for tat personality is what draws me to you. And so, I love you. But I do not know if you feel the same about me," he stuttered much in his sentences but he managed to bring on his lips what was in his heart.

"Senior Yu, I am very grateful you feel so about me. I love you too…," she trailed her sentence. Yu Tian's heart sank once again. She was going to reject him again.

"But?" he asked impatiently.

"But, there is too big a difference between you and me."

"I have said this before, I can abandon everything for you," Yu Tian said anxiously. This woman was the only one who could make him go through so many emotion changes in an instant.

"I am not even talking about wealth," Mei Qingyang shook her head sideways. She herself had not let him go from the hug. She wanted to be with him more and more. It was hard to control her own heart. But she still had to steel it.

"Then what is it?"

"I am talking about here," she pointed to his heart. "We have many obstacles to overcome. I am not saying I won't be with you. I am truly happy by being at your side. But we need to conquer what has been plaguing us here. I would like to help you in that as you have been helping me throughout these past months. Won't you really let me in?"