Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Aunt? He said aunt, right? What the… Who is he? I have heard about Yu family's heir Yu Tian, but I didn't know I would bump into him the first day. OMG, I even collided with him. Is he alright? Will he press charges against me now? He is more precious than that bloody book!!!

"You keep quiet, my boy. I cannot let any girl near you. What if they do something? It's not the first time a peasant girl has approached you like this for her own benefit. I cannot bear it." Yu Rong's face was getting redder with each word she spoke. Some more and it would be hard to distinguish between her red bright lipstick and her skin color.

Yu Tian's face became darker upon hearing this. He gave a cold look towards both Yu Rong and Mei Qingyang. Finally she found a rival who could make one sweat just with a glare.

"What do you mean her own benefit?"

Uh-oh, someone pushed the wrong buttons it seems.

"N-no. What I mean is, in the past, there have been so many girls who came to you for your fame and money. She is new here, there is no way she didn't know who you were. She definitely crashed into you on purpose." Yu Rong suddenly became fl.u.s.tered when she saw Yu Tian's face. She gave a hateful glance to Mei Qingyang. "A-and it's not like it was too crowded. She had to be in your way of all this empty space. Doesn't that make it suspicious?"

Oh damn, she's good with words. Now I am the villain. Why were you not paying attention Mei Qingyang?

Due to lack of any response from Yu Tian, Yu Rong became more worried. She suddenly grabbed Mei Qingyang's hair. "You little filthy roach, I am going to kick you out from here. You dare harm my sweet nephew? Confess right now, what do you want? Is it money you are after?"

Mei Qingyang was in severe pain. She had not expected this at all. Cursing is one thing but physical abuse? On the first day? It felt like Yu Rong would really rip her hair off her head. Although she wanted to scream, she decided to remain calm and just give a cold glare at Yu Rong. This infuriated and scared Yu Rong even more.

Why is there no reaction from this girl at all? You need to beg me, apologize to me and leave my nephew alone, you b*tch.

Mei Qingyang still remained calm. Her crystal-clear eyes were staring at Yu Rong like she would strike her at any moment. Yu Rong could not help but cower in fear in her heart but did not show it on her face. She gripped her hair with more strength in hopes that this girl would crumble down before her in pain. She wanted to make sure that this lass understands that she had absolute power in the school and that she could do anything to anyone.

Mei Qingyang, on the other hand, became calmer as she faced more pain. She looked like she had reached zen. Yu Tian found this really fascinating. He did not know why but his heart ached for this girl. He had never seen her on the campus but given her normal clothing and lack of any make-up or accessories, she perhaps was someone's servant. It was her bad luck that she bumped into him; she must have been running an errand for her master. Now, if her master heard about this incident, she would be abandoned and perhaps her master would get her expelled. Although this brawl between two females had nothing to do with him, he was partially at fault for bumping into the girl too. He decided to help her.

"Aunt, it's ok. I was in the wrong too." Yu Tian tried to placate his aunt. At least she should leave her hair. That seemed so painful.

Hearing her nephew taking side of this new girl and the lass not reacting to her abuse at all flared Yu Rong's anger more. "No! How dare she touch you! I know how severe your haphephobia is!"

Yu Tian sighed. This aunt of his was not someone easy to deal with. Once she thought of someone as enemy, it was impossible to change her mind. No matter what he did now, it would only add to misery of this girl. Furthermore, from the words of his aunt earlier, this girl seemed to be new here. No wonder she was not paying attention. Since that is the case, might as well go all out.

The one thing Yu Tian hated was owing anything to anyone. He did realize he had a hand in this accident too. And so, he wanted to take some responsibility as well. He did not want anyone to come back later n life and accuse him of messing the future of a girl just like this. Plus, she had not really done anything to warrant such punishment. And, whatever she was going through right now was not really suitable for any human being, but especially for a 15-16 year old girl like her.

He went to Yu Rong, and calmly whispered in her ear, "How about I increase my duty time by 15 minutes today?" Her eyes suddenly gleamed and her anger diffused in an instant. She rebuked him lightly, "You- you are ready to do that? For this girl? What kind of magic has she done on you? And 15? You want to bargain with that? Not enough! Make it 30 and I'll let her go."

"I'll make that 30 minutes only if you allow me to give her the school's tour." He was speaking very slowly, and all Mei Qingyang heard was the first sentence.

Duty? What kind of duty? What are they negotiating on and why is this guy so keen on helping me?

"Ugh, okay. I hate to do this but I'll give you the permission. After all, your happiness is my happiness, my child. But don't get too interested in her, the last thing I want to see in my lifetime is you taking in a servant. We have been through this before and remember how she stabbed you in the back? Plus, I still don't know her intentions in approaching you. See you in office at 9 p.m."

"And you, I'll keep a watch on you.", Yu Rong whispered in Mei Qingyang's ear, "Stay away from my nephew otherwise the consequences would be dire."

She strutted on her heels and left the venue in a happy mood at once. She even hummed lightly while going back.