Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Do you feel better now?", Yu Tian handed Mei Qingyang a glass of hot milk. Finally, she looked a bit better. He had very carefully tended to her cuts. His heart ached so much with each wound he applied medicine to. And with each injury, his d.e.s.i.r.e to crush his aunt increased.

He had not said anything till now because he knew Mei Qingyang was more or less capable of handling her. He had to help her in between, but majority of work was done by her only. But this was his bottom line. Physical harm was something he had himself had enough. This girl did not need to go through all that.

He clenched his hands and the aura around him became very stormy. Yu Bufan had never seen his master this angry in his life. How could this ordinary girl rule on his master's emotions so much? When did they even interact this much that young master would give this much preference to this girl over his own aunt? Love was really blind, eh?

Mei Qingyang nodded taking the mug from Yu Tian's hand. She had been dazed by the treatment she was getting right now. Yu Tian was ordering Yu Bufan left and right to bring different things. He had by now, ordered him to bring first aid kit, meals, blanket to sit on the ground and had even asked him to clean the place. Su Lang was also frantically asking his assistant to bring air fresheners and hot packs etc. Right now, they had just let go of all the fear for Yu Rong and how this could affect Yu and Su elders' relationship. Their friend was more important to them.

They had urged Fan Ruyi to leave as the place was not really suitable for her. Of course it was just an excuse for the two guys feared that there would be resentment in Mei Qingyang's heart against Fan Ruyi. Fan Ruyi had felt really hurt that her two friends took side of the new girl. What had she expected anyway, she was wrong in the first place? And yet, it was this very girl who had managed to see through her and her actual reason. Now she felt even more guilty. With tears in her eyes of half embarrassment and half disappointment, she left the place.

"What did you mean when you said Fan Ruyi had to make a choice, cousin?", Su Lang had been very curious since before but he did not want to ask the question before Fan Ruyi to make things awkward for her. They both had only gotten a brief summary of whatever had happened, they still were not very clear of Fan Ruyi's role in all this. At the end of the day, she was still their friend.

"That is something only she can clarify.", Mei Qingyang could not reveal what she had deduced. She had only guessed that some kind of deal had happened between Yu Rong and Fan Ruyi. Otherwise, there was just no way she would give away that servant girl that easily. Of course, Fan Ruyi had a grudge against her because of Feng Yue. But apart from that, she probably had known since the beginning that the servant girl was the actual murderer.

Fan Ruyi was the heir to the Fan family being the only child, whether her parents liked it or not. So, she had unrestricted access to all the records in her hospital, including CCTV videos. The videos would be the first thing Fan Ruyi would have watched. Even after knowing the truth, she had helped her and the servant girl. Unless there was something really big that could implicate either her family or her friends, she would not take this step.

Mei Qingyang was expecting something else. Fan Ruyi would have either stopped talking to her, transferred the servant girl faraway, something along those lines, may be even bullied her on her own. But this was too huge a step even for Fan Ruyi. More than that, she had guilt in her eyes, not towards her but from her observation, it seemed like towards Yu Tian. Had Yu Rong decided to show her cards to Fan Ruyi to bring her to her camp?

Something that Fan Ruyi could not refuse? What could it be?

She was deep in thoughts about this while Su Lang and Yu Tian also had their own thoughts. They were cursing Fan Ruyi inside their hearts. How could she do it? The only person in their group who thought about others first even before herself, decided to ditch this poor girl for no fault of hers. That's when it clicked to both of them. This was something she did not do for herself, their friend was not as selfish as they had thought. There was definitely more happening behind the scenes.

"Investigate what happened with Fan Ruyi.", instructed Yu Tian to Yu Bufan. Yu Bufan nodded his head and left promptly.

"Yu Tian, you should go and take some rest. You came here directly after your long journey. I will be here to protect my cousin.", Su Lang saw how haggard Yu Tian looked. He had journeyed for over 14 hours and after that he had come to visit him to discuss the situation. They both had headed to this cell in a frenzy afterwards.

Seeing that everyone there wanted the same, Yu Tian did not insist to stay. He glanced at Mei Qingyang once again and left once he made sure everything was alright.

Su Lang was in no mood to sleep. He sat down near Mei Qingyang on the floor where she had curled up in a ball in a sitting position.

"Are you cold? Do you need more blankets?", Su Lang asked her with concern.

"Cousin Su Lang, can you lend me your shoulder? I am just so exhausted." Right now was the time to rest and not think about anything for Mei Qingyang. She had been acting tough in front of Fan Ruyi and Yu Tian too. But she could rely on this older cousin of hers who her father had also acknowledged, right? She just wanted to go into deep sleep again, her body was imploring her to. But sleep was gone long ago. She had a lot of plans to make and a lot of checks to do.

"Sure! Here, you can count on me whenever you need Qing Qing. You don't need to be reserved about it.", Su Lang offered his shoulder to his cousin right away.

"Thank you, big brother.", Mei Qingyang mumbled while placing her head comfortably on hard sculpted muscles of Su Lang, elating the guy to the core with the way she addressed him. She finally acknowledged him as her family!