Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

In the blink of an eye it was middle of February. Love was in the air and one could spot couples roaming around in the whole campus, hands in hand. It was an exciting time but one girl was lamenting about the season to her friends.

Ma Shuxin looked at Mei Qingyang and Wei Qiqi, who were sitting across her on the small table in the cafeteria, doing their assignments, paying her no heed. She had just suddenly spotted the two and decided to join them without their consent.

"I feel like I am wasting my youth here. There are so many good looking guys here but no one has approached me yet," she said while stretching her arms on the full table, annoying the heck out of Wei Qiqi.

Mei Qingyang looked at her from the corner of her eye and said, "It's no more the era that boys will always approach the girl. If you are interested in someone why don't you try yourself?"

Ma Shuxin raised her head. This poor girl's words seemed too crass for her ears. "I am just a lowly peasant among all people here. Even my foreign upbringing is not good enough to entice guys." She just shrugged her shoulders.

Hmph! No wonder these two girls had managed to seduce a good catch, Mei Qingyang especially. This was the first goal of any poor person here anyway. But what these two did not understand was that they could only ever be the servants. They could never dream of becoming the empress, they were only fit to be the lowly concubines. Her face contorted into evilness.

The two other girls noticed the change and could really tell what this person was thinking. Xu Yang approached from behind with a few cups of fragrant coffee.

"Here you go," he handed one to Wei Qiqi and one to Mei Qingyang.

"Ah! I am sorry, I did not see you there," he looked at Ma Shuxin apologetically. She had just arrived a few minutes ago while they had already placed the order for quite some time.

Ma Shuxin was shocked seeing that Xu Yang, the young master of Xu family was serving coffee to two lowly girls.

Incidentally, Xu family was very easy going. They were not top family from any angle, but still were considered quite influential. Xu Yang had already told them about Wei Qiqi and they were happy that their burly exercise nut son finally found a girlfriend, that too such a sweet girl. He had not introduced her to his family yet though. It was too soon about it.

Listening to his tactless response to this annoying fly made Wei Qiqi chuckle. She understood she was in no position to talk back with this girl, she was neither higher in status than her nor she was a friend to her. Her only connection to Ma Shuxin was through Mei Qingyang. Thus, she was just sitting silently there, trying to focus on her assignment.

Ma Shuxin glared at the laughing girl, feeling insulted.

"It's okay young master Xu, I just barged in anyway. I will take my leave then," she stated and made herself scarce. She was a bit afraid of the big guy anyway.

"What is her problem? She came like a wind and left just like that. What was the purpose of her coming here anyway?" Wei Qiqi scoffed.

"It's okay, we will know soon," Xu Yang sat down on the chair the girl was occupying earlier. A warm seat was the best in this damn cold.

"Oh? Senior Xu does things behind the scenes, not even letting us know," Mei Qingyang teased him. She had long known that this guy had been silently handling a lot of stuff she would not even think of. He had become part of her think tank, which also included Wei Qiqi. They had been doing their best to make her life easy. And both of them were rarely under the radar of anyone, so she had easier access to her agent as well. If only she could tell all this to her other group.

"That is all my p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e," he did a curtsy bow to both the girls, winking towards his girl. Wei Qiqi blushed slightly.

"Ahem, okay. I think I should leave," Mei Qingyang closed her laptop and glanced at the couple who were not even hearing her.

"So, you guys got plans for tomorrow?" Mei Qingyang let go, she was not in a mood for assignment anyway.

"Of course. Unlike you, we do get to go outside whenever we feel like," Wei Qiqi took a jocular jab on her best friend. Xu Yang's jaw opened wide and he elbowed her below the table, how could she tease her on something like this?

It was between the two friends who were like sisters now. Wei Qiqi was risking her life many a times to help Mei Qingyang out. She had earned that right and so, Mei Qingyang did not say anything. She also knew that her friend did not have any bad intentions.

"What can you do when you are committed to the top guy here?" Mei Qingyang bit back with her own jocular super proud expression.

"Ho~~ You sure know how to answer back. Fine, I lose," Wei Qiqi threw her hands in the air. The three people smiled and peals of laughter could be heard from the table. The other people in the café were only sitting there because they still regarded Xu Yang with good manners. Although a lot of girls had been heartbroken since he decided to spend most of his time with this new girl of lowly birth, they still could not disregard Xu family.

"I think we are being too loud. Want to go take a stroll?" Mei Qingyang suggested.

As they were coming out of the café, Wei Qiqi out forth the same question to her friend, "You got any plans for tomorrow?"

The next day was Valentine's day. Mei Qingyang had no good impression of the day. She remembered from her Li SIbao days that she used to prepare handmade chocolates for Feng Yue only to be rejected again and again. He would not even show up and just send his servant to fetch whatever she made.

Obviously she had no idea that that guy used to wait for this day for the whole year and never let anyone else touch those most delicious chocolates in the world. And thus, she had always associated Valentine's with low self esteem and heartbreak.

She shook her head. "I don't think I am interested in doing anything special, nor does he seem like it. Plus, we are quite busy as is," she replied.

"This won't do. I am pretty sure young master Yu would be happy to receive even something small from you. He has been getting a lot of chocolates and roses every year. But none of them were from the girl's heart. You should try it, it would really form a great impression on him," Xu Yang explained and subtly hinted that he was looking forward to Wei Qiqi's gift for the next day.

"Uhh… Okay, I will see," Mei Qingyang nodded, accepting the advice from her friend.