Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

For lunch for the guests, a huge table was arranged with head of the table reserved for Yu Rong. Her right hand side was given to the Jiang family. To dismay of Yu Rong, Jiang Nuo had asked his bodyguards to sit with him. *These lowly people don't understand the sensitivity of occasions, they have to show their stupidity everywhere.*

Su Lang, Yu Tian, Fan Ruyi and Feng Yue got to sit on the left-hand side of Yu Rong. Mei Qingyang was supposed to stand since she was just a server today. She complied as well. Yu Rong was enjoying this show. It served as a warning to Jiang Nuo that his daughter was no less than servants in her and others' eyes.

The Jiangs and their bodyguards were utterly humiliated with this display. Who did Yu Rong think she was? She had a smirk on her face the whole day. Jiang Nuo remained calm as ever.

His daughter came over to his side with a huge smile to serve him dishes. His angry heart also calmed down seeing her chirpier than ever. In the next moment, she dropped the serving spoon on the floor by mistake, before she could even hold the bowl with the dish. Nothing spilled, thankfully. But in that one moment of distraction, she slipped a few papers with her report to her bro Li Hanyu, without anyone noticing. She nodded to him and got up from the floor.

"I am so sorry brother Hanyu. I did not mean to drop it.", she said with a pitiful expression on her face like Yu Rong would chew her out for her mistake. Li Hanyu shot a glance at Yu Rong who was still busy giving instructions to Wang Hao at his side to find out what exactly happened in that one moment. She glared at Mei Qingyang out of spite, while Mei Qingyang gave her a smug smile.

*Something! Something did happen! Wang Hao, you better get the full details.*

Sensing an opportunity here, Su Lang interjected, "Aiyya! It's okay Mei Qingyang. Someone will bring a new serving spoon. Why don't you sit with us and have lunch yourself? You have been working so hard since the morning. Also, introduce us to your family, won't you?", he glanced at Yu Rong who was clenching her teeth. Now the young master of Su family had said such words, did she dare to defy them?

Jiang Nuo looked towards Su Lang with eyes filled with gratitude and praise. Su Lang felt very proud of himself. He personally brought Mei Qingyang towards his chair and let her sit between himself and Yu Tian. Thinking that she was under distress because of her mistake, Yu Tian patted her hand under the table without being conspicuous. Mei Qingyang wanted to look towards him but considering Yu Rong was here, she did not react. Her heart melted at this small gesture though. They all were looking out for her in their own way.

Everyone ate silently for the time being. Now that Su Lang had already initiated the whole introduction thing, Yu Rong had to give him face and let at least the bodyguards mingle with the group. She instructed Wang Hao to keep an eye on their conversation. As soon as the lunch got over, Yu Rong took Jiang Nuo and his wife to the school's guest area and let the kids be.

"Qing Qing! Finally, I get to talk to you!", Li Hanyu smiled happily to be able to finally talk to this girl.

"Brother Hanyu! I missed you so much!!", Mei Qingyang ran into his arms as soon as he called out. He patted her head lovingly, like c.a.r.e.s.sing the most precious person in the world. Yu Tian and Feng Yue both, subconsciously, stepped ahead to separate them but halted before they could take any action. Their small movements did not go unnoticed though. Mei Qingyang was also the one who didn't let go.

Li Hanyu was another orphan who was inducted into military since young. Jiang Nuo had recognized his skills and took him under his wing. He also became best friends with Jiang Bo afterwards. Most of the stories she had heard about her foster brother were from him. He also took care of Mei Qingyang like his own family. He was one of the main factors apart from her dad's hellish training for her confidence in herself.

"Mei Qingyang, won't you introduce us to your brother?", Yu Tian cleared his throat when he saw how intimate the two people were being. The guy was still holding Mei Qingyang in his arms while the girl exchanged pleasantries with him.

"Ah sorry, this is Li Hanyu, right hand man of my dad. Brother Hanyu, these are my seniors, Su Lang, Yu Tian, Feng Yue and Fan Ruyi.", she introduced them to each other wriggling out of her brother's embrace. Li Hanyu sized all of them from top to bottom, without any shame. The four people did the same. Sparks flew between Yu Tian and Li Hanyu.

Li Hanyu put his arm around Mei Qingyang in an open display of affection which made Yu Tian and Feng Yue scrunch their eyebrows. Li Hanyu was observing everyone, including Wang Hao who had been tailing them since the beginning.

"Ahahaha, young master Su, I have heard a lot about you from Sir. I wonder why you stopped coming to meet Sir and Madame.", Li Hanyu started with Su Lang, who was kind of known to him. Su Lang was kind off irked because of this guy. So he decided to bite back.

"Unfortunately, I have not heard about you at all, although all four of us have been very close to your sister.", Su Lang emphasized on 'sister' while breaking Mei Qingyang free from Li Hanyu's embrace.

This Su guy was being too forward. Was he also interested in his Qing Qing? Of course, Li Hanyu had a major part in raising this girl for past four years. He knew all her charms and how she could make any guy fall for her with her kind and caring yet bold nature. He could not help but snicker at his sweet little girl.

Mei Qingyang, on the other hand was very confused. Why was Su Lang being all touchy feely today? He had never taken interest in her affairs, what was with him today? She glared at him suspiciously. He raised his hands in air like he was not the culprit here. Li Hanyu was happy to see his Qing Qing mingle with everyone, although he was not very satisfied with the type of people she was associating with, especially Yu Tian. He belonged to the family responsible for death of his best friend. No matter how good he was, Li Hanyu would never be able to forgive anyone from Yu family.