Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

And thus, Mei Qingyang's college life started at this prestigious school of elites. For next few days, she tried really hard to talk to the servant category people outside of the college, but everyone was very tight lipped about everything. No one was willing to jeopardize their status.

One thing about the school time was to be noted here. The servants were not allowed to be in the service of their masters when the school and colleges were in session. The schools had fixed timing for all the kids, so the servants could not even step near the school buildings. College classes went on throughout the day depending on who had taken what course. So, the servants were allowed near the buildings, but they could not enter. This was done to restrict poor kids' access to education. If they were to become more informed, there were high chances of them rebelling.

Thus, she had to change her targets to relatively newer recruits in the middle school. She did gather some intel from their attitude. The servants in the college were relatively happier because one, they had accepted their fate and two, most of them were not being treated badly by their masters, especially if they had shown better intelligence in terms of scheming.

This was a cruel world and everyone was out there to get ahead of each other. Scheming and plotting were rampant among the wealthy kids. Disgracing each other was equivalent to attacking each other's parents. The kids who won their battles would gain favor of their classmates, boosting their own reputation and their families' as well. Here, everything was directly related to one's family's prestige.

So, not only was there discrimination between rich and poor, there was similar demarcation among the rich themselves. The people on lower end of the spectrum, like the nouveau rich or kids whose families were in peril for reasons like loss or failure in business would 'take up' these 'tasks' from kids belonging to well established families. The tasks included anything from running errands for them they did not want to be traced back on to taking a few childish revenges on someone who had pissed the employer party off.

Now this was a business world. So, there were plenty of people who were not as well off as others and were looking to boost their images. A few were forced to butter the better off people by their families. The phrase 'dog eat dog' really was apt for this school.

The Gu cousins and their classmates jealous of Mei Qingyang had engaged a few of the similar desperate people to trouble the girl who had been garnering attention from the three gods of the school. They could not really stomach their imaginary importance going down in hearts of the crowd.

This started the series of days full of headaches for Mei Qingyang. She had basically been left to her own devices for her classes by everyone and whole last row had been designated just for her in each class. The second day she entered her first class, each and every seat was soaked with water. All other seats were occupied by her classmates, so no space was left for her.

If the students thought this would faze her at all, they were wrong. This was nothing. Very proudly, Qingyang sat on the last stair of the classroom. People snickered on her and called out names, until the professor came, with the TAs.

Half the students had thought that the three gods being the TA was a first day prank by their immediate seniors. The other half had believed that TAs would not be visiting them everyday. But Yu Tian and Feng Yue proved them wrong. They saw the girl sitting on the floor, obediently waiting for the class to start. Looking around, they found a few people averting their gaze subconsciously, confirming that this was their deed.

The professor asked Mei Qingyang the reason of her sitting on the floor. She also looked around with a smile without saying anything at first. Once she saw the averting part from a few, her smile deepened. Then she elaborated how the seats at the back were damp and how she thought that someone might have screwed up by mistake while cleaning the classroom.

Her statement fueled the confidence of the culprits thinking that she had got scared of offending them. Professor also knew what was going on but chose to ignore it.

Yu Tian looked at her to check any plead for help or sadness, but only found confidence in her sparkly eyes. Before he knew it, he had gone ahead and sat down beside her.

*Damn! Had we not decided not to get involved with her and just keep an eye? Why am I sitting here?*

Feng Yue gave him a questioning look too. Had this girl really hypnotized his friend? Seeing Yu Tian silently sit with her, with contentment on his face, Feng Yue shrugged his shoulders and sat on her other side, to surprise of everyone. Their fake confidence deflated in an instant.

Unfortunately for people who were looking to break her, she still held her head high. Gu Jiujiu could not take it anymore and on Friday of the first week, she decided to confront Mei Qingyang before their last class of the day started.

"Yo! I hear you have been encountering unfortunate events everyday. Not in just in the college but outside too. Are you enjoying the dead animals? They must be saving you tons of grocery money, since you don't need to arrange for meat anymore.", and she laughed out loud at her seemingly intelligent insult.

"You really think these childish pranks would affect me? Are you overestimating yourself or underestimating me Gu Jiujiu? Or are you guys trying to tell me that you guys came up with such stupid ideas because these might have really affected you yourselves if you were in my place?", Mei Qingyang was as calm as ever, even telling to step their game up.

Most of the people now felt embarrassed of themselves. That's correct. Why would they think of these pranks as harmful unless they themselves feared them? This girl always knew their innermost thoughts.

"I personally would suggest you guys to come up with something better. Even kids in elementary school would do better than this. I really judge why this school is so famous for intelligence if it is at this level." She then went back to reading her book without looking at flummoxed Gu Jiujiu.

Gu Layue was also sitting there and looking at her performance. She realized that this girl was indeed a tough nut to crack. If she wanted something better, then it was time to take matters in her own hands.

Mei Qingyang's wish came true the second week after the college started. She vowed to never seek more trouble ever again.