Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Oh damn, where am I?", Mei Qingyang woke up confused when she felt sun rays hitting her face. She looked around and could not recognize her surroundings. For once she thought she had been taken to some other place by Yu Rong to torture her more. But given the fluffy and neat bed she was on, it was definitely not her. What was this dreamy feeling?

"Good morning Ms. Mei, are you feeling well now?", she heard Yu Bufan's voice. She looked towards the door and found the assistant with a tea tray in his hands. Not believing what she was seeing, she turned around again to confirm she was not in a dream.

"Mr. Yu! Where is this?", she was quite perplexed. She was not even in their secret base, this was totally a new place. The room was colored cream yellow, which gave a certain warmth to the room. The sun shining outside was pouring in the sunlight directly from the windows, creating an airy and spacious feeling. Now that she looked, the room was actually quite big. Was she in a seven star hotel or something?

The furniture looked very exquisite. The bed was a big king size bed with light brown coverings and duvet. Then the sofa on the side was with minimalistic design with matching color as the bed coverings. Interestingly, there were no pictures anywhere in the room. There was a huge bookshelf with all business books, autobiographies and psychology books. Psychology? Was this some psychiatrists' house?

"You are in master Yu's dorm room, Ms. Mei.", Yu Bufan smiled at the confused yet amused face he saw. He brought the tea to her and kept it on the side table.

"Here, master especially ordered this chamomile tea for you. It is good for health.", he poured a warm cup for Mei Qingyang to drink.

Now that she realized, she felt like her body would kill her. She looked at herself and she was wearing brand new clothes. Her body had also been cleaned and wounds dressed properly. She gave a questioning look to Yu Bufan.

"Haha, don't worry Ms. Mei, your clothes were changed by one of our maids. Master Yu does not have any maids, so we called one of master Su's. You don't need to look so alarmed.", Yu Bufan laughed lightly at how worried she looked suddenly. *Geez, master has seen all of you already, hasn't he?*

Poor Yu Bufan wouldn't know until later that it was his as well other people's misconception all along.

Mei Qingyang finally took the tea from Yu Bufan's hand. Sipping it really had a calming effect.

"Uhh… Mr. Yu, where is senior Yu? How long was I asleep?", Mei Qingyang fired questions once again, so much that she choked on the tea she was drinking.

"Easy Ms. Mei, easy. Master is just outside, cooking. You have been asleep for a whole day now. But since you are suspended, there is no work for you to do. So, you can live here for the whole month.", Yu Bufan answered her in a very light mood. This girl was really likeable, she did not put airs but was not underconfident about her situation either. Her courage yesterday had made him develop huge respect for this girl.

Even in that situation, she did not lose her cool. It was just like seeing a model posing for a bikini photoshoot. Of course, he was not making fun of her or her scars. He was rather quite impressed with how gracefully she carried herself despite, what some might term as, a disability to her. To be honest, her marks weren't that appealing to look at, but she made them her badge of honor than a shameful thing.

"No, no. Whole month is impossible. I shall be taking my leave now actually.", coming to her senses, she realized this will be a very big scandal in the college. Not that she had any personal qualms about it but it would be detrimental to Yu Tian. It was surprising to begin with that he took such a bold step. Was he really not afraid of Yu Rong anymore?

"You're not allowed to leave", Yu Tian entered the room as she was preparing to scurry away. She had half folded her blanket already.

Yu Tian smiled gently towards her blinding her with handsomeness. *Damn, why does he need to look so crazily cool in casuals?*

Yu Tian was donning a V-neck green tee with black shorts, highlighting his well-developed muscles. It was also the first time she had seen any parts of his body exposed. There were hints of blue bruises around his knees and upper arms, but they had mostly faded. Was he… was he trusting her this much now? He would never wear something so casual in public. He was always wearing shirts and jeans, fully covering his body.

There was a silence of about 20 seconds in the room while Mei Qingyang was blatantly staring at Yu Tian's body.

"Ahem, master, I've to take care of the task you assigned to me. I will go check the progress. Ms. Mei, if you need anything, you'll find the maid we borrowed from master Su outside. Please consider her as your own." Saying this, Yu Bufan left the two alone. Yu Tian really appreciated his assistant in his heart for his quick thinking.

"Senior Yu, I can't stay here.", Mei Qingyang was still adamant.

"Why?", Yu Tian was a bit disappointed that she would oppose the idea so vehemently.

"I… I don't want to put you in trouble! This will create so many problems for you!!", Mei Qingyang begged him to not take this step. Seething a bit in anger, Yu Tian walked towards her in large strides and stopped right in front of her nose. He was too close, Mei Qingyang's heartbeat rose again.

"And what do you know? Won't you let me take care of my problems myself?", Yu Tian was now visibly angry. Why did this girl need to run away from him? Did she not like him at all?

"You don't get it, do you? If you want me to rely on you, don't you think I would want the same? You have been helping me so much, sometimes, not even caring about yourself. Do I not have the right to worry about you, share your burden?", Mei Qingyang had enough. This guy was not a superhero. He was just a college student. Because of his background, he had resources, sure. But that didn't mean he was invincible. Thinking about the bruises on his body, her eyes teared up a bit.

She had only gone through that torture for one day and this is how she ended up, no strength, in Yu Tian's room. But this guy seemed to been having beaten up black and blue multiple times. That cruel aunt of his, what was she doing to her own nephew?