Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

The two people looked really tired, as if they did not catch even a wink of sleep last night. By the time they felt drowsy, it was already time to get up and get ready. They did not even any appetite.

Apart from Su Lang, Fan Ruyi and Feng Yue, Wei Qiqi and Xu Yang had arrived too. They both were worried about the girl and how she was handling this all.

Thankfully, both of them looked in their top conditions, despite the exhaustion. It was more like, both of them were so done with their families that they did not care anymore.

All of them headed to the press conference that had been arranged in haste. Since after the surgery, Yu Ming had started speaking again properly, although his bodily functions were still limited.

A few servants from Yu Tian's house helped the old man dress up in nice suit. His imposing aura was back just with the change of clothes and gain of some strength in his body after a day of treatment. Yu Bufan was tasked to take Yu Ming to the conference.

There were hundreds of reporters who were clamoring to get front seat in the hall. The conference was arranged in one of the big auditoriums in Fan family's hospital itself. Thus, there was no rush and no problem of travelling.

Yu Ming arrived with his IV drip mount in his hands. His pale face and eyes full of regret made everyone feel pity for him. He had been out of public eye for so long that as soon as he entered the hall, the reporters started cl.i.c.k.i.n.g pictures fervently, like they would not get a chance to see him again.

Yu Bufan positioned the man in front of the mike. Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang were already standing on the side, hand in hand. Now they did not have to fear anything and were always seen together. A lot of news had been about uncovering the identity of the girl as well, but no one had succeeded yet.

"Ahem," the hall full of whispers suddenly quietened down as Yu Ming cleared his throat. There was a pin drop silence. Everyone was eagerly waiting for the man to speak.

"First of all, I am glad to be back after so much time in seclusion. A lot of people have supported me behind the scenes, and I want to thank them all," he bowed down. Someone in the audience yawned, they were not here for personal ramblings of this guy. Could he just speak already?

"Second, I am ashamed of the fact that I just came out to recuperate and someone has already decided to slander me with such baseless and shameful accusations. Who this person is, I don't know. But please, do not try to project your own fetishes on an innocent man like me," Yu Ming continued, exploding the hall into murmurs. Wasn't this guy going to admit it? Why was he denying it at this moment? The evidence was conclusive.

"I understand that you guys are looking at that picture but I can be sure, that is fabricated," Yu Ming smiled. Both Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang looked at each other, dark lines forming on their face. Was it possible that he had employed one of his tricks and switched out the real picture with a fake one?

But that was too big an operation, changing the picture on the whole internet. What about the physical copies? Where did he get the resources for it? Unless…

Both of them had an epiphany. It was quite possible that he had snubbed the picture at its source itself. Damn it, they should have never underestimated this guy's connections.

"I would like to plead to the person who started all this to come out. I am not looking for apology, I just want to know what grudge against me you have and how I could rectify it. Now that I have decided to hand over everything to my beloved son and retire peacefully, I do not want ill will from anyone," the old man dabbed his fake tears on the TV. The opinion of the whole nation had changed with a few words from him.

Everyone had started cursing whoever undertook the operation. Defaming a frail old man like this, it was horrible.

"Ahhh… my hearts ache so much. To think they would associate me with my own beloved sister. What have I not done for her? Even though she was adopted by my dad against my wishes, and a lot of people had questioned him if she was his illegitimate child, I never cared about it. I always treated her as my own. But now people are coming to throw this much shade on me, even implicated my son," he suddenly started wailing in front of everyone. The reporters' sympathy suddenly increased for him and his family. Even the stock prices for Yu Empire started rising up. Such was the prowess of the topmost businessman in M nation.

The journalists swallowed the row of questions they had prepared for him as the whole hall burst out into heated discussions. Yu Ming was smiling through his tears, having achieved his goal. Why should he, the actual ruler of the country bow before these peasants, especially because of his peasant sister?

"Have you uttered enough bullsh*t?" a wooden stick clanged with the floor and a very authoritative voice came from behind. Yu Ming flinched at the voice.

The hall quietened down again. Everyone turned around to look who this person was who could shut Yu Ming as well.

They could see a lean figure with hunched back, supported by the stick that had just vented its rage on the ground and Su Lang at the back.

"Librarian grandpa?" Mei Qingyang muttered to herself. What was the old man doing here? Yu Tian also recognized him in an instant.

Yu Ming could not get up from his chair, otherwise he would have fled away by now. Where to hide? He looked down at the table. The moment his old friend, Jiang Nuo, had re-entered his life, his life had turned into bad luck. Could he just kill his sister and that bastard? They were all going to meet in the jail anyway. He would take his revenge then.

He had all kind of connections everywhere. What had he not dealt with in his life before?

The old man came forward with his stick making a loud this every time it touched the ground, creating a terror in everyone's heart with the man's each step.

Su Lang helped the man climb the stage. Mei Qingyang and Yu Tian also came forward.

"Grandpa, what are you doing here?" Mei Qingyang asked in a hushed tone amidst the suspicious and curious gazes from the audience below.

"You will see," the Grandpa smiled and patted her hand in reassurance. Then he charged forward to be behind Yu Ming.

"You brat! You have been indulging yourself all these years and now you are creating all this drama. Do you have any idea how your one mistake took so many lives? And you dare shed tears here?" he raised his wooden stick and hit the wheelchair hard, shaking the person sitting on it to the core.

What kind of display was this? Yu Ming suddenly became a scaredy cat. Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang looked at the pair with their jaws wide open. It was like a parent was scolding their kid. But in front of everyone, it was too embarrassing for Yu Ming

"U… Uncle," he muttered.

Uncle? What Uncle? Yu family knew the old man? He seemed like a powerful personality too. Mei Qingyang looked at Yu Tian quizzingly but he shook his head. He had no idea about the man as well.

"Hey, is that the chief of staff of Yu patriarch?" someone in the crowd whispered. When everyone looked at the old man properly, they realized it was true. The crowd burst into discussion once again.

" Ch… Chief of staff? The Grandpa? Impossible!!" Mei Qingyang exclaimed.

Su Lang hopped on to the stage. "I was surprised too when he called Weixi out of the blue. I verified his claim, he is telling the truth," he explained.

"Wasn't my grandfather's chief of staff and aloof man of unknown origins and strength? Not ,any people knew him, how come someone out of these people recognized him?" Yu Tian frowned.

"That was one of my people who let that information out," Su Lang chuckled, "It was on Grandpa's order."

"I suddenly feel like this explains a lot of things, including him agreeing to help Jiang Nuo. Why did he need to hide his identity from us though?" Mei Qingyang could not really come to terms with the whole situation.

"Now explain them properly your deeds, otherwise I have enough 'real' evidence against you," the grandpa yelled at Yu Ming again