Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"What the heck are you doing?", Mei Qingyang marched towards them furiously, leaving Yu Tian behind.

"You're asking a minor girl to strip? No, no, wait, let me get this straight, you're asking a person to remove her clothes? How shameful can you be?" She leaped towards them without thinking.

"And who are you, missy? Don't you know the rules here? She's a slave, she gotta listen to us." Someone from the back yelled.

Mei Qingyang strode towards the guy who had the girl. "I said leave her alone." She held the girl's wrist and pulled her towards herself. The girl looked towards her savior through tears. Qingyang reassured her with her kind eyes, stroking her scruffy hair. She then gestured her to leave the room quietly. The girl sobbed into her arms for a few seconds, nodded and then ran for her life.

Yu Tian was watching how the whole thing was unfolding, once again mesmerized by her courage. He moved towards the darker corner so that no one in the group could notice him. *If she takes a wrong step, I'll protect her. But let me see for just now.*

He glared at the merrymaking group at the other corner and they dispersed after getting the meaning behind his gaze. They also knew better to keep their mouths shut about whatever they saw.

The girl had run away after Mei Qingyang prompted her to do so but she was now surrounded by the crowd of guys and girls from the upper class.

"You dare interrupt our entertainment? Who are you anyway? Huh? Another poor girl?", one girl spoke.

"Do you even know what you have done? Are you gonna face that girl's punishment now?", laughed another guy.

"Such courage ah! Sacrificing herself for an unknown girl. I tell ya, we need to take care of this groupism among these poor folks. If they rebel someday, it would be trouble for us", another chimed in, just to make everyone laugh at his ridiculous thought.

"You don't have any right to ask a person to do something like that.", Mei Qingyang took a defensive stance. Although she had confidence in her martial arts abilities, it would be hard to handle 20 inexperienced people together. Also, since this was such a big school and these all were elite people, they all must have had some training as well. She was in danger, sure. But she couldn't see that girl suffer.

"Person? Pfft. Do you think of yourself as a person? You are below animals, girl, you exist only to serve us.", the seeming leader of the group signaled one of his minions. The guy stepped forward and raised his hand to slap her. Qingyang was alert enough to stop his hand in between air, before he could strike her. Another guy approached her from behind to trap her to render her immovable.

If only. She kicked the guy while still holding other person's hand. But now two of the minions approached her simultaneously and siezed her on either side. The leader smirked a little.

"What can a weak girl like you do? A few fancy moves, and that's all you have got?" He grabbed her face. He was the one who was yelling at the girl earlier.

"We gotta teach you your place here." His face was too close to hers.

Now Qingyang could easily get rid of the two guys who were holding her in place. But did she want to? She would be giving away her martial arts level a bit too soon. Especially in front of that big boss who was giving her a tour. Plus, there was a high chance that Yu Rong's people were here too. Was is alright to reveal her skills here? But should she sacrifice herself here just to pretend to be a weak girl with no strength of her own at all? What was the right decision to make?

While she was still thinking, the leader guy was about to force his lips on hers. Mei Qingyang did not even flinch and was still fiercely looking into the guy's eyes. Before she could comprehend anything, she felt something touch her lips. Whatever it was, it was really cold. Cool but refreshing, almost bringing some sort of relief to her tensed nerves.

The leader took a step back and looked around in confusion to find Yu Tian covering her mouth with his right hand while pulling her towards his c.h.e.s.t with his left.. The two minions holding her had far fled the scene. Qingyang turned her head as well to see what had happened. Yu Tian had this cold gaze in his eyes. She had never seen any human being capable of showing such a cold expression. It was more of a killing intent.

"Yu Tian! What's up man!! What are you doing here?" The guy was taken aback a bit. Other people backed up and stood in a bowed position. Mei Qingyang wasn't looking towards Yu Tian or the guy anymore. She was trying to think of a reason why everyone would become so intimidated on his arrival. And they were even bowing before him! This scene looked straight out of a manga.

The people in the back started murmuring, "He's touching a person, that too a girl!" They were also staring at her intently. She had become used to stares since the morning so this didn't bother her much. What worried her was the murmurs she was hearing.

"You're playing with the wrong person." Yu Tian turned Mei Qingyang around and gave another angry look to her as if scolding her for putting herself in trouble. Then he embraced her in his arms, like she was a precious treasure.

"Don't you dare touch her." His eyes were burning. To Mei Qingyang, he looked the coolest but the most distant he had been till now. She was almost ready to fight with the thug group, but she did appreciate his intervention. She was confused at the same time. She remembered his aunt saying that he had a fear of touch. How come he was holding her right now?

"What! Is she your new toy? I am so sorry Yu Tian, I didn't know that. I'll be careful from now on.", the guy suddenly became docile. "Hey guys, Yu Tian finally got a toy, we cannot eye his property. Be careful from now on. He's even touching her! Oh wait, so the rumors of you being gay aren't true after all", the guy said half-jokingly. Others were sweating shit out of themselves. And this guy was joking with Yu Tian who looked like he was ready to roast him alive.

Everyone wanted to shut the guy up. He was digging his own grave and no one wanted to be implicated with him, so no one dared to raise their heads, just in case Yu Tian noticed them.

"Who are you calling a toy, you…" Mei Qingyang wasn't having it.

"You stay out of it..", Yu Tian put his right hand on her mouth again.

"But senior…", Qingyang muffled. She tried to free herself from his clasp but his hold was too strong for her. He glared at her fiercely as if to tell her to shut up and not interfere with his business. Right now, although he was maintaining his cool demeanor, he definitely was angry. She was a victim here, why did he need to be angry with her?

*Is he just trying to avoid the problem at hand? He's not going to reprimand these people over what they were doing just now?*

"You guys need to f.u.c.k off from here, otherwise even I don't know what I will do."

"Are you picking up a fight, Yu Tian? Remember we're more than 20 here and you, only one. Just because your dad is the owner of the school doesn't mean you have the right to speak with us like this." The nostrils of the leader of the group were flaring. However, he didn't realize that people behind him were stepping back slowly. No one wanted to support this bragging guy.

His father may have connections with the Yu family and he might be able to make his way out of Yu Tian's wrath, but other people were just small fries in front of Yu family. Their parents were wealthy enough to afford the school but who could afford offending the young master of the third ric.h.e.s.t business family in the country?

"Ayyy, is anyone trying to mess with our friend?" Two guys entered from the door where Yu Tian and Mei Qingyang had entered just now.