Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

A gentle breeze was blowing, swaying the big trees on both the sides of the road. Since it was the beginning of fall season, pretty orange and red leaves were falling all around. Two figures were walking towards the rising sun, their bodies casting long shadows behind them.

The scene looked like something out of a painting. There was no one around either. Otherwise one would have thought that two love birds were going on an early morning date.

Both Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang were walking silently side by side, many questions about the other in their minds but no idea how to break the ice.

"So, what kind of work will you be doing here?"

"Thank you for taking out time for this."

They both spoke at the same time. Both their lips curled upwards in slight smile at the coincidence.

Yu Tian had never been the one to take initiative to talk to others. If his friends saw him now, they would assume him having a romantic interest in this girl and laugh out loudly at him. This was too harmonious to be true and he had an ominous feeling about his blossoming friendship with this normal girl.

He couldn't forget what had happened the previous day just because he bumped into her. But it was not too bad a feeling to have another soul to talk to. She didn't look like a person with bad motives at all. Although, he did not know what this girl would have gone through in life to have similar cold personality as his.

Mei Qingyang did not have anything else to say, so she answered his question, "I will be working as a superintendent here."

"Superintendent? You mean the position which is filled by an external person from Ministry of Education to oversee the operations and has been abandoned for past three years when the last person in this position committed suicide?" Yu Tian was surprised. This frail girl looked like a teenager, who should be going to a college.

The position she was talking about was usually taken by a.d.u.l.ts and none of the people who served as superintendent went beyond a year of tenure. Some of them either committed suicide or went mad. It was a high stress position because you were working for the school but at the same time you were acting as a watchdog for Ministry of Education. People hadn't been able to take it all and hence, it was such a bad position to be in. No wonder he was having this threatening feeling in his heart.

Mei Qingyang smiled at his analysis and confirmed, "Yes, that cursed position. I am here to serve that role and I will also be studying in the college here."

Yu Tian could not hide his curiosity. This girl was chock full of surprises. She wasn't afraid of what had happened before and what was yet to come. She also had a small taste of what it would be like in the future yesterday. She was still smiling about it. His aunt had told him yesterday how she had thrown a vase on her and the lucky bitch came out unscathed. That must have been one hell of a scary experience.

"You are going to attend college here? Which year? What department?"

"Uhm… I just graduated from high school last year, so I'll be starting as a freshman. I'm going to try engineering as it interests me a lot." There were stars in Mei Qingyang's eyes when she started talking about her college life. She had only been home schooled during her high school years, so she was really looking forward to attending college with peers.

Yu Tian put his hand below his chin in a thinking pose. "That makes me your senior then. I'm a second-year student in the engineering department. If you ever have any concerns or questions, you can come to me anytime."

"Thank you, senior Yu Tian!", Mei Qingyang folded her hands in a fist and gave him a slight bow as she had seen in the historical dramas. She had no real worldly experience, especially when dealing with people. Only people she had dealt with were in the Ministry of Education, when she took one year internship there after graduating from high school early.

This school did not have any restrictions on age for college and welcomed genius students of various ages at any time. But her foster dad, Jiang Nuo, wanted to have her some real-life experience before she stepped into this cruel school. She did gain quite some understanding about scheming and all since she was introduced to political world right after high school. And after working in the Ministry for one year, her dad thought she was ready to start her college.

Yu Tian could not help but smile at her little gesture. It was also nice to hear her calling him 'senior'. Mei Qingyang was seeing him smile for the first time since she met him yesterday. Given the frosty look he always had on his face, she had assumed that he just didn't know how to smile. It was breathtaking. If only this guy smiled a little more. No wonder every girl in the hall was talking about him yesterday.

They had reached the farthest corner of college campus where all other dorm buildings were. These dorm buildings were more like homes than the modern building they were living in. Yu Tian explained to Mei Qingyang that these dorms were more homely as they were for students till high school. The teachers and professors were also housed in some of more luxurious apartments nearby.

Whenever they encountered any people on the way, Mei Qingyang was definitely gaining stares of envy from other people. Yu Tian was voluntarily talking to a person, that too a girl. Who was this plain looking, shabby girl to gain his attention? Everyone wanted to know.

It didn't take much time for the news to spread all around with different versions. People were even sharing pictures of them together. They all were blurry pictures because no one wanted to gossip about Yu Tian upfront.

Some said Yu Tian was being forced to go around with that girl and he looked really unhappy. But most of them said that he was with a poor girl, so he might have finally decided to take a servant.