Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Overnight, a rumor spread around the campus. There was a huge fight between Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang and now they are not even seeing each other. Since Mei Qingyang had abandoned her earlier room, she had shifted at Su Lang's house for the time being.

Next day in the morning, the girl called out sick and did not attend her classes, giving some credibility to the rumors. Yu Tian went to the college but he was especially frosty towards everyone.

"At least some good news," Yu Rong finally relaxed. Having run around behind the investors all this while herself, she had become haggard. There were dark circles under her eyes and her skin finally looked her age.

"This means if our speculation of mystery buyer being her is correct, then she won't get any of Yu Tian's shares," Wang Hao put the tea in front of Yu Rong.

"Hmm… your tea is the best Hao," she took a sip and began to relax. Wang Hao went behind her and started massaging her shoulders.

"After tonight, everything will be mine. Then we will see how she can take my nephew away from me. Hmph! I will have absolute authority," Yu Rong felt like victory was in her grasp, especially now that those two had separated. That b*tch had put such a show gathering all her friends' shares and giving her a fright. Yu Tian would have never done that if not for her idea.

She herself was planning on coaxing those brats and getting their shares, but she was still in the lead. And if she added Yu Ming's shares into hers, which she was sure her brother would support despite their somewhat sour relationship, no one would be able to beat her. She finally got into good mood after days.

Wang Hao sneered at the back. If that mystery buyer was not Mei Qingyang, and they were able to get more shares, then this lady was doomed. What if they contacted Yu Tian and got his shares? What if they were really Mei Qingyang? But ultimately who would get the shares that Yu Tian bought from his friends? Would he have already given them to Mei Qingyang? There were so many possibilities and his head hurt thinking about them all. But all in all, it seemed like Qingyang's odds were better here. He was not sure how his miss was so confident.

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"Qing Qing, would it work?" Su Lang was anxious at the moment. His sister was being too mysterious and would not reveal what she had in mind. If not Yu Tian, she should at least tell him.

"Relax brother, everything has been taken care of," she tried to calm him down.

"How can I relax? This is… this is… Ugh, I don't want Yu Empire to go to Yu Rong's hands. It will not only be bad for Tian but the whole generation of ours. I had not really meddled till now because I had thought we were goners anyway. But now you have given us hope and I can't stay still unless I know," Su Lang sat down then got up from his seat again.

Mei Qingyang did not reply and just waited for the fated hour of the meeting.

In the evening, she got ready in the power clothes. She wore a lavender colored turtleneck sweater, white formal pants and blazer. She kept her jewelry minimum, to just earrings and a matching locket and tied her hair in high ponytail. With a stark red lipstick, she looked ready to kick a few asses in the board meeting. When she came out downstairs, no one could believe it was that girl. Half of the students roaming about in the building did not even recognize her, they thought it was some new student they had never seen before. Yu Tian and Feng Yue, both were mesmerized as well.

Of course, to keep up the appearances, the couple did not talk to each other. The friends decided to go together. Mei Qingyang was accommodated in Su Lang's car. She accompanied them till the Yu Empire building but did not go inside with them, earning curious gazes from the group.

"I did not realize the headquarters was such a majestic building. I am finally here," she muttered to herself.

She spotted a familiar car going inside the parking lot. It was her dad's car. She frowned, what was he doing here?

In the meeting room, Yu Rong was welcoming all the major board members and shareholders in the big auditorium kind of room. It was a big affair, Yu Empire was such a giant conglomerate, it could not be small.

When Yu Tian and the group arrived, her muscles twitched. She shook hands with her nephew, who was much calmer and did not flinch at her touch for the first time. Yu Rong was surprised on not getting any reaction from him. He suddenly looked different to her.

Not spotting the girl, she smirked. "Where did your little servant go? Was she so afraid that she ran away with her tail between her legs?" she laughed lightly on her joke. Other people just stared at her dumbfounded. Yu Tian ignored her and directly entered the room.

He scanned across and found a lot of familiar faces. These bastards had refused to give him their shares even when he was buying them a fair price. Now he would see what they were going to do.

"Oh, Young Master Yu, you are here as well?" he heard a familiar voice and turned around. Jiang Nuo was standing tall and confident in front of him. Everyone was taken aback, including Yu Rong.

"How come you are here?" she almost screamed at him.

"I own the shares in Yu Empire, I am not here illegally Ms. Yu," he smiled very gently, giving goosebumps to the Mei Qingyang's friends. He seemed more psychopath than Yu Rong at this point.

Yu Rong heaved a sigh of relief. He must be a small time shareholder and perhaps came to make a ruckus. Her victory should be flawless. She did not want any hurdles. If in her hands, she would have thrown this person out from here.

"Oh? I did not know a government employee like you would invest their money in us. We are honored with your presence. Please take a seat," Yu Tian came forward and shook his hands, giving it a tight squeeze on Mei Qingyang's behalf. In the terms of strength, both of them were at par. So when Jiang Nuo felt the pain, he just looked coldly at the impudent brat. All these Yu family people must be destroyed.

He left them all and took a comfortable seat in the corner. There was not much lighting there and he was monitoring everyone like a hawk. Today, everything would crumble down.

After everyone had entered the hall, Yu Rong went up to address the audience.

"Dear esteemed guests, it is my honor to welcome you all on behalf of my brother Yu Ming. He was not in best of his health, thus, I have to lead this meeting. My brother has truly been devoted to Yu Empire. He built it all from scratch and I am so proud to be part of his family," she smiled to everyone.

People started whispering amongst themselves. It was not a secret that she was adopted in the family. But how come she was 'part of his family'? It felt like she was declaring her position as his wife of something. Plus, where was this Yu Ming? Was he even alive?

This was something Yu Rong thought about every day. He had not contacted her in over five years. But given how smoothly the business was going, it seemed like he was indeed doing fine. But then, why would he not answer her at all? Even her business-related questions were never replied to. She was frustrated as hell.

"But now he wishes to retire and it is time that we decide on the new leader of Yu Empire. By the line of succession, I would be the one taking over. But I wanted it to be fair to everyone. Since, our dear shareholders are the people who basically run this company apart from our customers, I decided to let the majority of people decide who they want to support. I am glad that the decision was welcome by everyone." She continued her long winded speech.

"Anyway, I will hand over to our Financial Director and he will inform you the results," she handed the mike to a person in his early 40s who came out with a few doc.u.ments and started presenting about history of the company and all.

"And now, there are still ten minutes left before the trading for the day ends. After that, we will see who has the most shares for the company. Right now, we have the following contenders," he put up a live chart on the screen. The top one was obviously Yu Rong at 31%. She was already celebrating in her heart. What could anyone do in 10 minutes?

Then there was the mystery buyer. His number had not budged from 21.5% since yesterday. Then was Yu Tian with 18% and then Yu Ming at 10%. Others were not displayed because they all had percentages less than 1% and at this moment, they would not be in the race.

At the last five-minute mark, suddenly, the mystery buyer's bar shot up and took over Yu Rong's, Yu Ming's bar disappearing. The mystery buyer had gone now to 31.5%. Yu Rong started sweating. Someone got to her brother before her? Even the audience gasped at this change. Guess Yu Rong's claims of her having the support of his brother were all false. He gave away his shares to someone else. Plus, everyone was so curious about the identity of this buyer.

"Congratulations to the mystery buyer. Since this is a done deal, could you please show us who you are. From past so many weeks, you have kept your identity hidden. Kindly stand up if you are here and let us know who our next leader is," the Director addressed the audience. The people started looking around and from the darkest corner, rose Minister Jiang, taking aback everyone present, including Yu Tian and his friends.