Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Fan Ruyi gave Su Lang a mysterious look. Did he know too? But did he have any idea that she already knew?

"Ah never mind actually. I cannot be bothered. We are just doing our own work. Although Qing Qing has been visiting me quite a bit lately, I guess she is a bit lonely since Yu Tian is God knows where," Su Lang ultimately decided against it. Even Mei Qingyang and Yu Tian themselves did not know that he knew about Yu Tian's condition, how could he reveal such a big thing nonchalantly? 

Fan Ruyi heaved a sigh of relief in her mind. Although it would be only Feng Yue now who did not know anything about Yu Tian but se still needed to confirm if Su Lang knew it or not. 

"But you can't leave us hanging like that," Feng Yue complained, stunning both Fan Ruyi and Su Lang for the moment. This guy was not the one to meddle in other's affairs, how come he was asking such question? Was he really the Feng Yue they knew?

"Uhh… actually, I was going to tell you that Mei Qingyang and Yu Tian are an official couple now, I thought it would hurt you, so I retracted back my words. But I have told you anyway," Su Lang made a lie up. He had almost axed his own feet but hopefully this was safe.

Fan Ruyi looked at Feng Yue who returned her gaze. 

"This is such an old news. I mean, I could gather where they were coming from when they registered officially as master servant," Feng Yue wanted to show his brave attitude but the sadness in his eyes betrayed him. He also knew that Su Lang was not telling him what he ahd intended to tell him initially. And there was a knowing look in Fan Ruyi's eyes, as if she also already knew what Lang was going to talk about. Friends hiding things like this, he did not like it at all. He was upset not just only because of the very obvious news, but also the attitude of the two people in front of him. Sometimes he just felt like a stranger amongst them, especially now. 

"I am sorry Yue, I wish I could do something about it. But now you finally can look around and recognize the beauties," Su Lang hit his shoulders multiple times and signaled towards Fan Ruyi who was busy gulping down some fruits

"Fine, fine. I haven't become so downtrodden that you will need to console me, okay?", Feng Yue showed a face full of disdain towards his friend. Fan Ruyi giggled at the side, it had been so long since she had seen these people bickering.

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"And so, your boyfriend asked me to tell you to communicate with him through your secret code, whatever that means," Su Lang informed his sister later that evening on dinner. They had been having their meals together more often now that they were alone.

"Secret code? Don't tell me you don't know what he's talking about already. I mean you know about his condition too," Mei Qingyang put her chopsticks down, a frown appearing on her face.

"What condition? What do you mean?" Su Lang made a poker face. Was he caught already? Why did this girl know everything? Had she put a bug in his house, she had been visiting quite often too. He looked around in confusion, giving away the fact that he indeed knew about Yu Tian's affairs.

Oops, the cat was out of the bag.

"Look at you brother, are you looking for a listening device? Because there is none. Don't you make your maids survey your whole house every day for potential bugs like that? How would mine be not caught!" Mei Qingyang was exasperated. The nerve of her cousin, rather than explaining to her, he was busy thinking about something else.

"Don't be mad Qing Qing, you are correct, I do make my maids do that. But I also trust your skills and that you could have developed something which could... anyway, whatever. How did you figure out?" Su Lang softened his tone quite a bit, almost in a flattering manner.

"With my martial arts skills, do you really think I would not have been able to discover Weixi who was following us all the while? I am really sad over the fact that you never came to help. He was in so much pain, could you not just?" her big marble eyes got all misty just even thinking about the condition she had brought him in.

"Qing Qing, it is different among guys, you won't understand. If I had stepped in, then he probably would have hated me," Su Lang sighed. He really wanted to help, he had always wanted to get his friend out of the situation. Which is why he made him go abroad when the opportunity arose. He had always known something was wrong. And he had gotten to the bottom of matter when his friend was about to go to the foreign country. The day he had announced his decision, he had suffered just like this time.

He did not show up when they had decided to see off both Feng Yue and him. He had actually left even before Feng Yue, in his private jet. Unfortunately, he had thought it was all good now that he was far away. Who would have thought that he would need to come back in just couple of years? 

And the whole cycle started again. He had wished he could just save his friend, but he knew the pride of a man. Yu Tian would have become an empty shell if he had known that his friends knew. He would never be able to raise his head with pride, especially in front of them, no matter how 'normally' they would treat him.

"And so? His friendship was more important to you than his being? I would have risked it older brother. I risked my relationship and my feelings for him when I took that step. And I have known him just for a few months. Don't you become an accomplice of Yu Rong when you did not raise your voice when you could?" Mei Qingyang gave him a harsh scolding.

She was correct. It was not that there were too many things bogging them down. Those were just excuses. How important for him was his family to begin with to talk about spoiling business partnership? He could have just severed the ties. They had become successful enough by the time the two guys came back from abroad, to go independent. Why did he not take the first step then? 

These people were closer than family to him, yet he never thought of it that way. But accusing him of aiding Yu Rong was a bit too much.

"Qing Qing, it's not like this. I regret it, I certainly do, especially now you put it in this way. But what was I supposed to do?" his voice went higher in pitch, expressing his frustration and agony with himself. Su Weixi had gone to run an errand in the kitchen when she heard her master's screaming. She abruptly left everything in the middle, even getting cut by the sharp knife in the process that she was holding.

"Master, are you okay?" she asked, seeing an agitated Su Lang with his fierce eyes staring at the lamb like little girl, who was calmly sipping her tea. Su Lang was huffing because of all the yelling. He looked at his assistant and then saw the blood dripping from her finger.

He ran to put her bloodied finger in his mouth, taking aback everyone present.

"What are you even doing, cutting your finger like that?" he yelled some more. He was not able to do anything for one best friend of his, at least he could protect the other one he had and cherished.

"But master. Also, what are you doing? We have guests!" she panicked. She looked towards Mei Qingyang, who was staring at them curiously. She was quite used to things like these since her childhood, since her master had taken care of her always. But this looked l.e.w.d to her for some reason and slowly, a blush appeared on her face. She kept checking out for the change of expression in their guest from the corner of her eye, but the considerate girl had averted her eyes and was now staring in space.

Mei Qingyang, on the other hand, confirmed that Wei Qiqi did not have any chance with her cousin at all now. His heart had already been promised to someone else, that was a different thing that he himself did not know it.

After s.u.c.k.i.n.g some on his assistant's finger, Su Lang realized how he had reacted. He let go of her hand and slowly turned his neck to look at Mei Qingyang. He wished he had not become impulsive lately, but it was too late.

"Ahem, I am sorry about that," he coughed twice.

"No, no, you can continue. I can see it's quite a deep cut. Do you want me to call the doctor?" Mei Qingyang asked seriously, although there were crackers bursting in her heart. Finally, her playboy brother had realized the ways of life.

"N... no! I think I'll be fine," Su Weixi said bashfully. How understanding of this cousin of master's!

"Alrighty, I feel like I have overstayed. You guys continue, I will take my leave," Mei Qingyang got up. She felt like a third wheel and suddenly, Yu Tian flashed in her mind. Damn, she was missing him too much.

"But Qing Qing...," Su Lang tried to explain.

"Brother, I will say something. You do not need to explain. Who you like does not matter to me, as long as she is good to you. I don't even know what is so difficult about accepting her, she is your family already. Who would be against you two except, may be your father?" Mei Qingyang left with the words of wisdom to her brother and quite some food for thought.