Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Ahem!", Su Lang lightly coughed bashfully on Mei Qingyang's address. He adjusted his position so that Qingyang could be more comfortable.

"Brother Lang, can you tell me more about senior Yu and senior Fan?", Mei Qingyang spoke to break the silence. None of them were really sleepy. Su Lang had asked his assistants to close the temporary lights they had brought in, so it was just that tiny sliver of moonlight coming from the small ventilation window in the wall.

Su Lang was just staring blankly at the roof of the cell while Mei Qingyang had closed her eyes comfortably. Su Lang had also come from a journey earlier, albeit a more comfortable one than Yu Tian, and all the adrenaline rush had made him sleepless as well.

"Curious?", Su Lang was startled to hear her question out of the blue.

"Mmm… Just tell me some stories from your childhood. I don't think I can sleep right now, although my body is so exhausted, I would need help even to drink water.", Mei Qingyang, still with eyes closed, sighed. What had life come to, she was almost paralyzed because the blood in her body collected in her legs for being in same position for hours. She was still not getting sensation in half of her body.

"I am sorry Qing Qing. I really wish I could take you out of here right now and get you medical treatment. But until my assistant negotiates with Yu Rong in the morning, I can only be here with you.", Su Lang patted her head of ruffled and smelly hair. Now he realized how much she must have gone through since the morning. This girl was always neat and proper, and now she was so shabby that it was hard to recognize her.

"This is far more than enough brother. You don't need to sweat the details, I am fine.", Mei Qingyang reassured Su Lang. She was really happy that they had showed up. This only had earned them her lifetime loyalty.

"Okay, I will tell you stories but I have a few questions of mine as well. Will you answer them?", he glanced at her hair once again. He really wanted to wash it but decided to refrain from doing anything.

Mei Qingyang sensed his discomfort and removed herself from his shoulder. She looked into her cousin's eyes which were sparkling like a curious child. She couldn't help but chuckle slightly.

"Brother, what are you so interested in knowing about me that you are acting like a child?", she smiled.

"Hehehe, how are you so s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to everyone's emotions around? I am really dumbfounded.", Su Lang also laughed with her. Finally, their nerves eased a little bit.

The Su guards outside the cell also heaved a sigh of relief after they heard their master talking normally. His mood had been bad ever since he had heard the news about Mei Qingyang and Fan Ruyi. They had similar thoughts about their master and Mei Qingyang as their master had about Yu Tian and Qingyang, when the hell did they get so close that he cared about her so much? She had not interacted much with them over the course of last four months. Nor had she extended any help to them, not like she could in the first place.

"So, what was that about Hacker Z?", Su Lang continued before telling any anecdotes to Qingyang. He knew she had conceded to him for now and was ready to spill some information.

"What do you mean?", Mei Qingyang asked. She still wanted to hold some information back and would reveal only enough information to answer his question.

"I mean, I know not everyone would have thought about it, but you called him brother Z. That means you already know him and not a lot of people are able to reach him unless you yourself are a high-level hacker or coder. So, what's the story hmm?", Su Lang analyzed his thoughts for her and asked a vague question on purpose to give her space. Mei Qingyang felt grateful in her heart. This guy was master speaker and had best diplomatic ways among the three.

Feng Yue was quiet but too honest, Yu Tian was just quiet, his answer to anything was silence and coldness while this guy was the one who understood the people the best and knew how to answer them to appease everyone.

"It just so happens that my online identity is MeiJin.", she stuck her tongue out cheekily.

"You mean, the hacker who is ranked second in our country, that MeiJin? Who claims to have been mentored by Z himself? Are you kidding?", Su Lang's eyes became so large with surprise that it seemed like they would pop out.

"Hey, I never claimed that myself, I don't know who leaked it out. We just had friendly matches. He did teach me a lot though.", Mei Qingyang shrugged her shoulders.

"I see. No wonder you have been evading Yu Rong's cameras. We tried accessing her footages when you were with us that night and saw you moving around in the videos. You were with us the whole time. Unless someone really did something to the videos or you had a twin haha. We really could not figure it out. Ruyi might have known but she never told us." After finishing his piece, Su Lang realized he had taken name of Fan Ruyi in front of Mei Qingyang and probably worsened her mood.

"Hehe, were you surprised though?", Mei Qingyang did not pay attention to Fan Ruyi part. To be honest, she still had not really processed her betrayal because she still did not have enough information. She needed to bank on Yu Tian to get to know what the actual deal was. She could only guess at this point, and if her guess was right, then it was not Fan Ruyi's fault.

"Are you joking? You are such a firecracker, dear little sister.", Su Lang pinched her sinking cheeks. Poor girl seemed to have lost so much weight in just one day. But, this girl was nothing short of a miracle, she had so many skills and talents. What did she really go through to become like this? This would be known in the near future when she would retrieve all her memories and the guys would come to know the grueling training she went through afterwards with Jiang Nuo.