Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"It's been a while since I have seen her face, is it just me?" Everyone was sitting in the library secret base, discussing about their progress with the preparations for the board meeting. As usual, Mei Qingyang was leading them.

Mei Qingyang was going through some doc.u.ments when Fan Ruyi raised the question. She glanced at Yu Tian who was sitting by her side and realized he was as usual being a stone tablet, cold expression donning his face.

"My sources say she is too busy figuring out the identity of the mysterious buyer, that she has been unable to focus on anything else. Plus, it's a big even for her, that board meeting. Pretty sure she wants to eliminate any obstacles in her way to become the Yu Family head," Su Lang yawned. They had been at it for quite a while now. Mei Qingyang was going all out for this particular event. It would be very interesting to see the final results.

"I am guessing we all are putting our everything on line for this board meeting. If she wins, then we all are goner. If we win, then I can guarantee the peace in the whole academy," Mei Qingyang went back to her doc.u.ment review.

"How are you connecting her not winning to peace in the academy?" Feng Yue asked. He was very curious to know how this girl's brain worked. If she had thought that far ahead, then this girl definitely had a plan. They all had looked over and over again but no matter how much they tried, their share count was not crossing 15%.

They had also managed to convince, actually threaten, a few of the ex-executives of the company to sell their shares for a greater cause.

Feng Yue and Su Lang had got long scoldings from their parents about the same. But the guys would not take it anymore and retaliated saying that those shares were a present from Yu Ming to them and they could do whatever the hell they wanted to do with them. They were a.d.u.l.ts after all. Both their dads had scoffed saying they were siding with wrong people.

This is what happens when parents only like to give ultimatums. Had they had a civilized discussion with the kids, without thinking of them as kids, but properly treating them as a.d.u.l.ts, would they not have come to peaceful conclusion? Haiz, sometimes parents would go too far with their 'a.d.u.l.t' act forgetting that the person before them was a human being too, perfectly capable of thinking on their own.

Yu Empire's shares were not cheap. They were one of the biggest companies in the M nation and they were rolling in profits. The previous performance of the school in national tournament had further boosted their image, instantly increasing the share prices.

And now the rumor had floated around that Yu Ming was whole heartedly supporting his sister for takeover. This was probably a media tactic by Yu Rong herself. Internally, people knew she was not that great a manager. And recently, she had been having emotional bursts, she would fire people on whim and even talk rudely to the clients.

She was no longer the ruthless businesswoman she once used to be. But the rumor was enough to further increase the prices of their shares because the public image was good. She had even started doing some charity events to showcase her good image. No wonder she was busy running around.

Did she have aspirations to become president of the country or something? At least Yu Empire was raking in monies, due to her extra efforts.

In reality, she did not even have any rivals. But she was very fearful of this new person in the race who had been giving her tough competition. Everything aside, showing ownership of majority of shares of total Yu Business was something by a third party could really ruin her plans.

She had really been running around, trying to buy the shares herself. She had already snatched the ones from her immediate subordinates.

"Ah! She seems really desperate," Mei Qingyang looked at the chart of fluctuation between the percentages.

"Are you sure you don't have anything to do with this new contender?" Su Lang posed the question again. Mei Qingyang laughed, "Brother, you are overestimating me. I do wish I had that kind of power and money. But that kind of thing for me is only possible through hacking. I do not want to use underhanded methods. If we are fighting, we will fight fair and square. I don't want anyone coming back later and telling us we used illegal ways to obtain the power," Mei Qingyang did not even lift her head from the doc.u.ments.

From her manner, it did seem like she was hiding something. But her reasoning was quite solid too. Where would she get the capital for all that investment?

"I don't know if you have noticed this yet, but what are these small small cl.u.s.ters?" Feng Yue was looking at the chart when something struck him and he pointed it out to others.

"Cl.u.s.ters?" Everyone asked curiously.

"Yeah, like this. There are other people who are buying the shares and although they don't look like significant portions, if one were to combine them, it would take over even us," he circled a few numbers over on the chart.

"You are correct. These are like 0.2-0.5% shares, no one would even look at them. But if you consider that they are being bought by the same person, then it's going to explode," Su Lang agreed with Feng Yue.

"Do you think it is that mystery buyer again?" Fan Ruyi also suddenly became interested.

Mei Qingyang at this point was quiet and just staring at the chart. Yu Tian glanced at her and realized something, so he remained quiet as well.

"Qing Qing, have you looked into this?" Su Lang turned around and saw that the girl behind him was frowning.

"I did look into it but the identity was unknown as well. I reckon this is the work of that third contender as well. I feel like they are trying to distract us with something. I just don't know what," she put her hand on her chin in the thinking mode.

"Is there a problem then?" Su Lang posed the question.

"I don't know, to be honest. We have to just keep working on whatever we are doing right now. If we keep working hard, we will definitely get some result. Let's get back to work," Mei Qingyang mysteriously shut everyone down and went back to her own doc.u.ments.

"What the f*ck is happening? What is this new problem now?" Yu Rong threw the papers in her hand towards Wang Hao, who got a few paper cuts on his face. His miss had really been frustrated these days. The mystery buyer was already keeping her awake at night, this new person buying the small cl.u.s.ters was another headache that popped up just days before the meeting.

She had really been eyeing that position, he had no idea she was that ambitious.

"Why is everyone trying to get into my way? All I need is ownership of Yu Empire, then neither my brother, nor my nephew would be able to do anything against me. I will have them both in my grasp," she slammed her hands on the table in her office.

Oh, so this was what she was after?

"Miss, you need to relax, I will prepare tea for you," Wang Hao went ahead and brewed soft refreshing tea.

"You only understand me Hao," she went and hugged him from behind. Nothing was surprising to him anymore. This lady was too lonely in her journey, she had cut her ties with almost everyone in her pursuit of power, thinking that she had already become the almighty. Not the reality was proving something else.

People were not coming forward to help her. Her abusive nature in the school had already spilled out in the business world, driving away a lot of her allies. The only people sticking to her were the people who were after materialistic gains. As soon as their purpose would be fulfilled, they would leave her too.

"It is just so lonely at the top Hao. I don't really know where I went wrong. I have been doing it all for these f*ckers, they have gained so much because of me all these years, and now they are behaving like this with me," she said dejectedly. These were the times when she felt like just a helpless woman than her tyrannical self.

But for Wang Hao, there was no pity left in his heart. If needed be, she would throw even him away at the drop of the hat. Who had he been kidding all these years?

"Miss, there is still time. If you are feeling too much stress…," Wang Hao stopped in between. He knew if he suggested her to surrender, he could even lose his life. So, he decided against it. Then he realized his miss had just drifted to sleep, standing against his back. He turned around and carried her to her bed, tucking her in the blanket and coldly leaving her alone in the room.