Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

As soon as the words left her mouth, she felt an icy cold aura behind her back. She could imagine Yu Tian's expression right now the same as when he had saved her back at the pool. Only this time, this coldness was directed towards her.

After listening to her unreasonable accusation, Yu Tian really felt a pain inside his heart. This girl, who, till now was so reasonable in every situation, could think so logically and calmly that even he, the pinnacle of emotional intelligence in the school could not do, was pinning the crime onto him. Whatever happened to her brain?

He cruelly pushed her out of his arms. Feng Yue and Su Lang stepped back because they knew Yu Tian's temper. Right now, no one could placate him. It was Mei Qingyang's bad luck that she was going to be the victim. But it served her right. She was the one who poked her nose in others business first. What right did she have to scold Yu Tian? How could he be blamed for helping her out?

Mei Qingyang wasn't stable to begin with because of the way Yu Tian had flung her in the air. The push was enough for her to fall down in a kneeling position.

By now Mei Qingyang had calmed down a bit. She realized she had made a fool out of herself before these people. Why did she lose control all of a sudden after seeing that picture? What was this painful sensation she was experiencing right now, like someone was squeezing her heart very hard? Adding to it the fact that that girl was not related to her at all, why did she react so explosively? She had also given away her martial arts skills to her enemies now.

"I had told you to stay away from those people. You can't really put this on my head.", Yu Tian circled back to look at her face full of despair. He grabbed her chin and stared into her eyes, still continuing his lecture. "What? Did you think that you would be able to save everyone? It's a miracle in itself that you are alive right now."

His aura was continuing to grow icier. Everyone around took another few steps back. It was as if he would kill Mei Qingyang if she did not answer his questions. She was not worried about how Yu Tian was reacting. Her whole conscience was focused on that one picture which was occupying her whole mind right now.

But the last question from Yu Tian broke a dam of tears in her which she had been holding back till now.

"I know!", she yelled. "Saving everyone was never my intention. I know my limitations very well. But to think that I would not be able to save even one soul!!", she trailed off without completing her sentence. The listless eyes of usually lively her full of tears, falling endlessly like pearls on her cheeks which had gone red with self-deprecation really tugged a few strings in Yu Tian's heart.

She knew her helplessness more than anyone, so much that it was frustrating. And that frustration was what she was taking out on him. She already knew he was not to blame. It was the fault of this system, this demarcation of rich and poor. The system she had come to defeat. Instead, this system crushed her within two weeks. It showed her her place, how weak she was to even think of changing it.

Yu Tian was well aware of this anguish and every emotion she was feeling right now. He had been in too many similar situations in the past. The only thing that could help this girl would be her accepting her loss and weakness and then work to become stronger. He sympathized with her but at this point of time, he was helpless too. How should he comfort her like this?

He just felt like taking her in his embrace and calm her down. He wanted to wipe her tears away and console her. She looked so pitiful that all the iciness around him melted very soon. This was a welcome change for everyone around. While the people close to Yu Tian including his assistant and two best friends were shocked out of their minds that there was something that could make him normal after his temper flared like that.

Seeing such a heartbreaking state of otherwise strong Mei Qingyang, Yu Tian could not take it anymore. He helped her stand up and then hugged her very tightly. The girl jolted out of her languid state at once and realized what was happening. Her heart warmed up with the contrast this guy was showing within seconds and she sobbed quietly in his arms.

"It's frustrating, so frustrating!!", she whispered to herself.

Yu Tian heard her silent cry and stroke her hair in an involuntary action. Everyone's eyes widened seeing such a loving side of this guy. Who was this girl to evoke such emotions from this ice-cold pillar of a guy?

He signaled Yu Bufan and the assistant left to check if there were any people or camera around. There were definitely Yu Rong's spies among the guards he had brought but he needed to do some damage control here.

"Oh my God Yu Tian! You are…. you are touching another human being!!", a girl entered the scene and yelled loudly.