Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Mei Qingyang slept for two more days after coming back from the hospital. She was so exhausted that she had used Fan Ruyi's shoulder to sleep during their journey back. She had no idea how she had reached her doorstep either. She just remembered unlocking her door and getting in.

Why did she have a faint memory of Yu Tian helping her out? Perhaps, she was hallucinating? What if it was not Yu Tian and she said something which made the person think that she was expecting her helper to be Yu Tian? She had all sorts of thoughts the day she woke up. But her hunger obviously took over and she got over with her funky ideas.

Thankfully, it was a weekend when she recovered. If it had been weekdays, she was not even sure if she could get any rest. She had already taken care of Gu Jiujiu, staging a fake suicide for her. Now the girl was being housed by Su Lang at one of his own small estates in faraway countryside. This saved Mei Qingyang from the trouble of meting out punishment to her in front of the whole school.

Anyway, she needed to thank all the four people for not losing faith in her and helping her throughout. They also provided whatever she had asked for, without many questions. She was not even, like, part of their group. But they still helped her like their own. Her skepticism towards the four people, especially Yu Tian and Fan Ruyi were decreasing by the day. Unfortunately, she still had to be vigilant.

Remembering that she had asked Yu Tian for time to talk to him, she tried to find him and asked his three friends again and again but could not really see him for the whole next week. His friends had told her that he had gone for a business trip.

Of course she could not contact him via email or her brick of a cell phone. The group had advised her strongly against it. She had assumed it was because of Yu Rong, but then wasn't his aunt too controlling about his life then? She had seen her rage firsthand when she had accidently 'touched' him on her first day.

"I heard you were looking for me?" Mei Qingyang was sitting on the grass and buried in a book beside the lake she liked. It had finally become her own 'secret spot' although it was not that hidden. This was at such a far away place, like the end of the campus property, that there were no cameras here. Mei Qingyang had scouted the whole place to find any piece of equipment, but there was none. She could also talk to Fan Ruyi is the most relaxed manner here. Now Yu Tian had found her at this place.

"Senior Yu! How did you find me here? Where were you for the whole week?", Mei Qingyang replied. She was still in her world of the book she was reading and so, fired questions left and right without thinking she was before Yu Tian. She forgot to put her cold demeanor on once again.

For Yu Tian, this girl had slowly and unknowingly become a ray of sunshine. With all the things going on in his life, this girl really knew how to uplift his mood. He had already realized that he had started liking this girl. That's why he became really excited when he heard she was voluntarily looking for him. He glanced at her from the top and then suddenly, sat down beside her.

"I was away for a while. Fan Ruyi told me I could meet you here.", he went quiet after answering her questions. Mei Qingyang looked at the guy. He was wearing a white shirt and black jeans. Now that she realized, she had never seen this guy in casual t-shirts or even shorts. He had the perfect figure to show off, why would he not do that? Did he have a secret just like her?

"Oh, I see. Yeah, I said I wanted to talk to you. So, I thought I would look for you. Must be exhausting right?", she was not sure why she was feeling concerned for this guy. He just disappeared for a week and his friends were also not really telling her anything. Not that she had the right over that information.

"Not really.", he again went quiet. This was a good place actually. It gave a peace of mind and he didn't mind her presence here. He should visit this place more often in the future. Perhaps he would get to meet her as well.

"Okay. I just wanted to thank you for everything you have done for me so far. I am just a commoner but you guys have been so generous to me. I keep insulting your aunt too. I hope you won't come back to take a revenge on me for that.", she said nonchalantly.

Yu Tian giggled on her thought. "No worries. To be honest, I don't like her that much either, nor do I agree with a lot of policies for hers. But she is family after all.", he shrugged his shoulders, showing his helplessness to Mei Qingyang for the first time.

"Now that you have said what you wanted to, I had a few questions as well.", Yu Tian suddenly got serious. Mei Qingyang also sat ramrod straight after hearing such earnest tone in his voice.

"Yes please, what do you want to know?", she replied.

"Have you been to this school before or studied here?", he looked into her eyes to only find surprise.

"Why would you ask that? I told you I have been homeschooled only. I have not even visited this school before, much less studying here. Why do you ask though?", Mei Qingyang was really perplexed on his vague questions. Was it concerning her amnesia?

"It's fine if you don't remember. How do you know the rules of the school so well? Even such loopholes?", he cross questioned without answering her question.

"Ahahaha. What? You thought I have been part of this system since forever to have the rules ingrained in my memory? Did you forget my foster brother lost his life here? If I don't even remember the rules, how would I be able to protect myself?", she said half ridiculing Yu Tian's train of thought. He mentioned Yu Rong being his family, was he acting on her behalf now? She did face a defeat in this particular incident, though not that much.

She was worried for nothing. It seemed like these guys did not have any clue about her past life. She was kind of disappointed as well because she had, somewhere in the back of her mind, that they would have some clue.

"Then, did you know Feng Yue from before?", he inquired once again.