Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

After agreeing at a time to meet the next day, Yu Tian left. The receptionist Mei Qingyang had seen earlier, Wang Hao, had come to call him urgently to his aunt's office. There was something suspicious about how perfect the timing was. Yu Rong had just met him, what could be so urgent that she needed him again? And Wang Hao came exactly at the time they had finished deciding the meeting time.

Mei Qingyang also headed to the building to find her new room where she would be spending her next year. Upon entering the building, she saw a huge hall with luxurious seats. There was a big cafeteria on the side and there were actually people eating there. The prices were extraordinarily high though, she would never be able to afford eating there. The cost of one coffee there was equivalent to the price of all the clothes she had in her suitcase!

Wang Hao had instructed her to go to the bas.e.m.e.nt of the building. Seeing such a clean and beautiful ground floor, her hopes were high regarding her room. Before going to the bas.e.m.e.nt, she wanted to explore a bit more.

The whole floor was covered with glass windows from floor to the roof making it sunny and bright. Despite the weather being so hot, the building was cool thanks to huge air conditioners and central cooling. It also featured numerous workstations near the windows with latest iMacs where some students were working, and some were gaming. There were very comfortable looking sleeping pods here and there as well. There was a gym and a virtual reality gaming center too? Damn this school!

Now Mei Qingyang could finally see the things she had only seen in fantasy futuristic shows on TV, the modern high-tech majestic school for wealthy kids. This was just one of the dorm buildings and it happened to be near the entrance. There were more dorm buildings further ahead into the school area. She was now more excited to see more of them and the classrooms themselves the next day.

The cafeteria also had a library like corner where there were books Mei Qingyang had never even heard of. Majority of the books were academics related though ranging from medical and engineering to business books.

*I guess everyone wants to put their best efforts when it comes to studying at least.*

The vast contrast between the two sections of people in the school was very apparent here. The poor servant class was busy catering to the needs of their masters. So, they would be the ones ordering and serving the meals and beverages and fetching the books while their masters enjoyed their books and computers. And unfortunately, they were always standing in service of their masters. So, no time for studying for poor students and they don't even get to sit. They truly seemed like raised as butlers and maids.

Mei Qingyang tried looking for ways to get down to the bas.e.m.e.nt. She was delighted to spot an elevator in a corner. She could easily transport her suitcase now. As soon as she pressed the button of the elevator, she was brutally pushed aside by a girl who looked like a college student.

*Come on, give me a rest already. Is everyone out there to get me today?*

"Don't you know you poor lot can only ride elevators in the presence of your masters? Where is your master?" The girl had an arrogant expression on her face. She had a really cute face and all the latest limited-edition clothes and accessories. Her dress from Fendi really accentuated her slim figure and made her look like an angel. The girl did not look any older than 16 years old.

"I'm sorry but you need your master to be able to ride this elevator.", the girl's servant behind spoke to Mei Qingyang politely. The guy was good looking and had donned nice clothes. At least, this girl was taking care of her servant properly.

"Could you point me to the elevator or stairs that I could take then?", she asked the servant, ignoring the rich brat beside her.

"You… You need to be punished. Not only did you dare access a forbidden area, you're now offending me. Answer me! Where is your master? Let me talk to him. See if I don't get you punished today." The rich brat was pointing her index finger towards her. Some people had gathered around to watch the show and others were peeking at them from their seats.

Mei Qingyang rolled her eyes inside, gave her politest smile to this lass and spoke in a very congenial tone, "If you can find my master, sure."

She then faced her servant, "Can you tell me where I could take the stairs?" Her cold eyes exuded a charm and a few people couldn't help but notice her presence. The authority in her voice and change from polite to a strict tone made the people around want to voluntarily help her out. She seemed to be poor from her clothes, but in this school, you never knew. What if she was some important figure disguised in this way? Anything was possible here.

On the other hand, the rich brat was at a loss of words. Suddenly seeing herself humiliated by a poor kid in front of all these people, she wanted to stab this wretched girl a thousand times. While to others, it seemed like she was acceding defeat and giving up on riding the elevator, the rich brat could see provocation in her eyes. She wanted to charge at her, but her servant grabbed her hand. She looked at him quizzingly. Her servant slightly shook his head and answered Mei Qingyang's question.

"If you go to the right behind that room, you will find the stairs. That is the only way other people in bas.e.m.e.nt also use, unless accompanied by a person with this access card.", the servant waved a card in front of her.

The rich brat interceded, "This card is something only the masters can get. I wonder if you're new since you don't even know basics of living here." She noticed Qingyang's suitcase and gaped, "Oh, no wonder. Now I see. Okay, this time I will forgive you since you seem to be new but take care in the future." She then instructed to her servant, "Let's go."

Having left the scene like this and riding the elevator in front of Qingyang, who could not step onto the elevator, the rich brat thought she had won a losing battle. She had a smug face now.

On the other hand, Mei Qingyang politely thanked the servant, still ignoring the brat, and headed towards the stairs. She was not even interested in little dog and pony show that girl just performed. Did she think she won just because she could ride an elevator? Or did she think she looked too magnanimous, just because she accepted the fact that Qingyang was new?

Any intelligent person could see how foolish that looked. Most of the people made a mental note to keep away from this rich brat who was just showing off her wealth without putting in any brains. They also took a sigh of relief just in case they would have sided with that girl and offended this seemingly down to earth and high authority figure. They would rather stay safe without involving themselves in such trifling matters.