Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"You! What are you doing here? Did you forget your place again? Or did you come here on an errand for your master?". This was the rich brat from the dorm building, who had stopped her from riding the elevator.

Mei Qingyang ignored her once again and looked around to find an empty seat. The rich brat's address to her had made everyone turn their heads towards her.

"Gu Jiujiu, what's the matter? Why would you speak so crudely with anyone?" A seemingly sweet voice entered Mei Qingyang's ears. From the voice, the owner seemed like a very elegant person. She turned her head to find a very charming girl chiding the rich brat, but also sneering at her. To others, this girl seemed to be taking side of Mei Qingyang but she had seen many double faced people in past four years that she could spot this girl's façade from miles away.

"Cousin Layue, do you remember I told you about the girl who tried to ride the elevator in the dorm building without her master? She is the one. Now she has barged into our classroom too. Who does she think she is?" Gu Jiujiu, the rich brat from before, now had support from her cousin Gu Layue, she could do anything she wanted to this girl.

Everyone now became interested in the show. They had heard about this girl from Gu Jiujiu and how she showed Mei Qingyang her right place. Of course, she didn't tell everyone that she was the one who had got humiliated instead. What Gu Jiujiu did not know was that some of her classmates were also present in that lounge and had seen everything. While she thought she had evaded a disaster by telling everyone a fake story first, she did not realize that everyone knew the truth already. And hence, the students wanted to see the performance of the new poor girl with their own eyes.

"Jiujiu, you should not behave like that. That's so crass. It's not befitting us, people of culture. She might be lost or something. We should be helping her, okay? Hey little lady, are you by any chance, lost? The high school building is in the other corner of the campus." Gu Layue said half-jokingly, still maintaining her gentle and kind pretense.

"Oh, thank you so much for pointing that out and your kindness towards this poor girl. Unfortunately, I am here to study in this exact classroom.", Mei Qingyang was cool and calm. Nothing could rile her up, not even a fake person. She did want to puke over how embarrassingly bad this girl's acting was.

Upon hearing 'cousin Layue' from that rich brat earlier, Mei Qingyang recalled the name of this girl as Gu Layue from the database she had checked last night. And the rich brat was called Gu Jiujiu. Oh, same families. She gotta research more on them later when she goes back to her room.

"Sorry little lady. You did not understand my intention. I am pretty sure you don't belong here. We are still generous enough to not have you punished, but if some senior comes here and sees you, you will definitely be expelled, not only from your class but the college as well. Where is your master by the way?" Gu Layue was very interested in meeting Qingyang's master. She had heard different versions of the event that had happened near the elevator. She believed the other versions better than her cousin's one because she knew her cousin was dumb and only relied on her relationship with her Gu family.

Gu Layue's parents were very influential in M country's politics and were good friends with Su and Yu families. Even Yu Rong had to give her some face. She also claimed to be childhood friends with Yu Tian and Su Lang. However, everyone knew that Yu Tian and Su Lang never really heeded to her. They only acknowledged her existence but never included her in their group. She still threw her weight around and nobody dared defy her because her status was just below Sus, Fengs and Yus.

Gu Jiujiu came from a branch family of Gus. She did not have much standing of her own. The business her father ran was from Gu Layue's family as well. They were basically lackeys of main Gu family, which showed in the next generation as well.

Gu Jiujiu liked hanging out with her cousin because if Gu Layue was feeling generous, she could give her almost unused branded stuff for free. Thus, Gu Jiujiu could live her dream of owning high end brands without spending a single penny.

Gu Layue derived p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e from seeing the infatuated expression of Gu Jiujiu when it came to her stuff. She also felt disgusted about how her cousin clung to her, just for some monetary benefits. Like father like daughter. Since, they liked playing lackeys, Gu Layue did not mind using Gu Jiujiu for all the dirty work and let her take fall for it. Unfortunately for Gu Jiujiu, she did not even understand that she was being used. Everyone had their own reasons for sticking with someone.

Right now, the most pressing matter for Gu Layue was to know Mei Qingyang's master. First of all, there was no way the college administration was allowing a poor person to attend the college here.

But, if by any chance they were, then she should be serving a high-profile master which could only be one of those three guys. Su Lang and Feng Yue had never really cared about their servants that much. Otherwise, the college would have seen poor students before. But that was not the case. Then were the rumors of Yu Tian taking in a servant true? Was she the rumored swimming pool incident girl, the girl who had earned touch of Yu Tian?

All these thoughts ran through Gu Layue's mind at a lightning speed. Mei Qingyang was amused by the number of expressions changes this girl went through in an instant. She chuckled a bit and then said in a mocking tone, "I don't think YOU understand lady. I am a person with no master. I am just here to attend the class. Let's be on our ways."

Gu Layue got incensed with this humiliation. How dare an ugly poor brat with such filthy ways talk to her like that. But she could not lose her temper here. Calmness needed to be dealt with even more calmness.

"Well, as you wish. Don't say afterwards that we did not warn you. Although you don't belong here, we tried to be civil with you. Unfortunately, you wasted best of our intentions." Gu Layue showed a provocative proud expression to Qingyang, as if she had just conquered a battle between countries.

Once again, Mei Qingyang's head twitched. If she were going to be classmates with this girl, it was going to be really hard. One, she would need to fight against her 'pure and kind' speech everyday and two, she would need to see her bad acting. It was really sad how everyone was falling for her act. Had she entered a class of really dumb people?

She beamed her best smile and was about to reply when the front door to the classroom opened and the professor entered. Everyone, who had gathered to enjoy the show soon scattered and took their seats. Gu Layue was sitting to being with, but she was still staring daggers at Mei Qingyang. Mei Qingyang, however, coolly turned around and found an empty place to sit in, in the back-most row. She noticed, from the corner of her eyes, people already sitting in the row shifting to other rows, emptying the whole back row on both the sides of the partition.

She had not even settled in the seat yet when all the girls in the class started screaming and whistling.

Mei Qingyang raised her head to look at the podium at the front and recognized two handsome boys. Feng Yue and Yu Tian were with the professor, carrying some papers with them. Perhaps, they had come to drop off the materials for the professors. Her and Yu Tian's eyes met and Yu Tian, still with his cold expression, nodded slightly towards her. Startled, she also nodded her head in greeting.