Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

The plan was very simple. He was going to use Mei Qingyang's position against her. She was a student and a superintendent. They had employed such tricks with teachers too before. They would just task the previous superintendents to mete out punishments to rich brats who were totally drunk on their parents' power.

Who would like to be told off by anyone, especially a poor person? If you offend a wealthy person, when you yourself don't have a back-up, you just end up dead. This was one of the strategies these guys applied to take care of unwanted thorns in their lives without even being involved at any level.

And they were going to do the same this time. It would be even easier for those rich brats to eliminate her from their lives.

At 9 a.m. sharp, the frail girl with her face full of black and blue bruises entered the office building in black denim jeans, a plain black top and a grey blazer over it. Her presence was of a powerful troublemaker. She was exuberating confidence like her wounds were some kind of battle scars. Mei Qingyang had easily guessed by now that the whole incident that happened yesterday was works of Yu Rong and her assistant. There was no one else who could have instigated that. And so, she wanted to show them how she came out of it victoriously and they did not even come to know what had happened.

"Good morning Mr. Wang. How are you doing today?", she took out her sweetest smile. Even though her face hurt so much, she was provoking enough.

Wang Hao's lips twitched. This girl was representation of their failures right now. He frowned a bit, adjusted his glasses and firmed his tone, as usual. "Madam is waiting for you." He pointed towards the lobby and started walking. Mei Qingyang followed.

"Oh, I thought she did not have time at all. I feel so honored that she is waiting for me even though I made it a point to come on time today. If I had known, I would have come earlier.", she taunted Wang Hao a bit more.

"I heard a person you were very close to has died. Are you really okay?", Wang Hao had heard from one of his spies how she had cried painfully in Yu Tian's arms lamenting the fact that she could not save that servant girl. He had decided to hide this fact from Yu Rong for the time being, otherwise, she would have flipped out. But at least he knew Mei Qingyang's weakness. If she was going to play the catcalling game, then he was ready with comebacks too.

Mei Qingyang understood his intention. How could she let this guy beat her at her own game? She widened her smile till her big eyes turned into almost crescent shaped. In a very calm voice she stated, emphasizing each word, "How does it matter to me that a life got sacrificed?"

"Ho~? So, you have grown up to understand that in this much time? Then you should also understand how we feel.", Yu Rong was standing near the koi pond this time, perhaps enjoying the view before she overheard what that zealous wretch was saying. Inside, both her and Wang Hao's eyes widened in shock on the girl's answer. But Yu Rong couldn't really show her surprise.

She moved closer to Mei Qingyang one step at a time, cl.i.c.k.i.n.g her high heels loudly with each step. Mei Qingyang kept standing with her back ramrod straight, still maintaining the eye contact with her boss.

"How we feel about that girl who died. And how we feel about you trying to trample on our plans.", she grabbed her petite face full of bruises and squeezed it ruthlessly. Unfortunately for her, Mei Qingyang didn't even wince, let alone scream in pain. But Yu Rong didn't stop.

"If you were that unconcerned, you would not have got your pretty face ruined so badly. It was your face this time. Next time, I'll make sure that not even a piece of your body remains." There was a vicious glint on Yu Rong's face. If it was in her hands, she would have stabbed this girl right here right now. She squeezed her face so hard that her one of her nails cut through her skin and blood dripped out of the scratch.

Mei Qingyang flung her head sideways to come out of the clutches of Yu Rong's hands. "It might have been easy for you till now Ms. Yu. But trust me, I am not here to joke around either. So please, don't take me as lightly as previous superintendents. I might be bigger headache than you think.", she smirked. She felt so good inside now that she had spoken these words she had wanted to say since this boss of hers threw that vase on her on the first day. If not for her martial arts skills, she indeed would have died that way. Her crystal-clear eyes were brimming with confidence.

Wang Hao was frozen at his spot from her declaration. But he was the one maintaining calm all the time. Right now, those were just empty words. But who knew what she was going to do in the future? Need to nip the problem in the bud. He glanced at his mistress reassuringly.

Yu Rong regained her balance. "Very well. I have called you here today because you need to start working now. You have been here for three weeks but we have not even talked about your duties. You need to start working for us so that you can justify getting a stipend, no?"

"Oh, so you are going to pull that card now? What, you gonna make me make other people's lives miserable so that they hate me more?", Mei Qingyang scoffed. She had heard all about this tactic they had been employing since forever. "Guess I did crawl under your skin enough that you are using one of your last strategies on me. I was just wondering when my summon is coming. It did not even last three weeks huh?"

"You are smarter than you look. Unfortunately, guessing that would not really do anything good for you. So what? Yes, your first task is to deal with Fan Ruyi. She has violated a few rules with coming back earlier than her end date of current study abroad plan. She did not inform her advisor and just left in between.", Yu Rong moved around and sat in her powerful boss pose on a nearby chair.

"And, what do you want me to do?" Mei Qingyang had guessed their minds earlier, but she had never thought that they would start with a person who was interested in becoming her friend. So, they were attacking people who were cordial to her. This pair was a schemer alright.

"I just need you to tell her that she is to be punished according to school rules. Running away without completing the semester warrants ten rod beatings by the superintendent in front of her whole department and then she will be grounded for rest of the semester. Of course she will also have to repeat the semester." Yu Rong was seeing Mei Qingyang's face getting darker by the second. There was no way she could refuse to carry out this task. This will definitely distance her from the whole group.

"Hahahahahaha", Mei Qingyang suddenly burst out laughing loudly, confusing her boss and the receptionist. She just could not stop laughing for another two minutes before she stopped to wipe away tears in her eyes. "Ahaha, so sorry. I was just thinking how ridiculous you could get. This has gone beyond my expectations. I wonder how Mr. Yu handed over this school to a person like you."

"Wha… what do you mean?", Yu Rong was baffled again. This wretched girl dare insult her intelligence like this?

"If you want me to do all this, you need to email me the confirmation from her advisor that she has indeed left in the middle of her program without completing her course. With how smart that girl is, do you think I would believe she abandoned her work? Second, I need an email from you stating that you want me to punish her according to the law of the schools. At least you got the punishment right. I should applaud you for that.", Mei Qingyang smiled once again. Correct, if this lady had made the rule book, she had read the whole book and learnt it by heart. Yu Rong could not edit it on the spot without approval from the board which included her dad as well.

"So, you want proof? But you do know right, that I am your boss? I can ask you to do anything.", Yu Rong smirked once again. This girl was too naïve. She did not understand the workings of corporate world.

"Oh yes, of course boss. I remember. But you see, I also remember the rule book line by line. Section 40 article 6b paragraph four clearly states that any order you give your superintendent needs to be recorded and be officially communicated to the person. I don't see any official doc.u.mentation, announcement or anything. So, right now, I am not obliged to do anything on this verbal notice. When you have the doc.u.ments ready, call me then.", Mei Qingyang turned around and took a step to leave.

"Stop right there. I will fire you on the basis of you defying my order.", Yu Rong stood up from her seat in anger and pointed her index finger towards Qingyang. Wang Hao wanted to stop his mistress because he knew they had underestimated how much informed this girl was. She knew her rights. The previous people had just accepted whatever was told to them, never trying to look into the laws of the school. They would also believe when a fake handbook was given to them.

"Lady, you don't even have proof that you gave an order to me, how is it me defying you when you did not even give any order?", Mei Qingyang laughed again and left the building.