Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

Yu Tian got surprised at Mei Qingyang's sudden confession. Was this girl... worried about him? It was funny but adorable that she wanted him to rely on her though. That serious face she made while saying all this without flinching made him giggle inside. If he had to describe her, she was just like a small kitty. Fierce and bold yet so cute. Why did she need to be this lovable?

He took her petite frame in his embrace, locking her arms and lightly pecked her forehead.

"You....", Mei Qingyang could not make head or tails of the situation. Why was he being so forward suddenly? Her heart was racing like a formula one car. She had not even accepted his l… love confession yet.

Yu Tian put his head on her shoulder. If she wanted him to rely on her, this was how she could help. Her fragrance was really enchanting to him. After all the dirt and blood from yesterday, although she had been thoroughly cleaned, she was yet to take proper bath. She still emitted such a bewitching fragrance that he wanted to stand there forever like this. He took in a deep breath. It relaxed him so much that he could fall asleep easily without any worries in the world. She really was his lucky star.

"What are you doing Senior Yu?", an alarmed Mei Qingyang yelled at him in her melodious voice. At this point, even her screaming sounded like a song to Yu Tian's ears. 

Mei Qingyang had other concerns though. She had spotted quite a few spy cameras, similar to the ones in her room, here as well. Her instincts were pretty good so it didn't take her much to figure their locations out. If she saw this, it would infuriate Yu Rong so much!

"Just stay like this for some time. It will be a big help for me.", Yu Tian said in a very low voice. He was already feeling all his anxiety and stress melting away. A sweet shudder went through Mei Qingyang's body and her face flushed red. Her eyes darted back and forth. What was happening here?

She was about to raise her hand to stroke Yu Tian's back instinctively for it seemed like he really needed it right now, but her stomach growled loud suddenly, sending both of them in a fit of laughter.

"I am so sorry, I did not realize you have not eaten for almost two days. Breakfast is ready, come with me." Yu Tian raised his head from her shoulder and parted reluctantly. Before he released her, he did not forget to tuck her hair away from her face behind her ear. That pretty face, only had to belong to him. Those beautiful emerald eyes as deep as an ocean, only needed to hold beautiful things, he would make sure of that from now on.

If it was in his hands, he would have kissed those red plump lips right then and there. But he had to control his urges so as to not scare her away. Finally, she had started accepting his advances, he needed to take it slow.

Yu Tian led Mei Qingyang to his kitchen, holding her hand in his. It was a big kitchen, opening up in the living room. This was definitely not a dorm room; it was more like a penthouse. Damn these rich kids! There was a white grand piano at the corner of the living room.

As a curious child, she kept looking around. There were really no pictures anywhere in the whole house. Rather, it was just full of books. Yu Tian only kept observing her from the side, taking delight in how energetic she looked. He wanted her to forget this incident of yesterday. If he knew magic, he would have erased all those scars for her too.

He sat her down on the small dining table and brought all the vegetarian dishes he had just cooked.

"You... made all this?", Mei Qingyang discovered yet another quality of this guy. By the presentation and aroma, she could tell that Yu Tian was a master chef. The five dishes on the table were all so tantalizing. Fried vegetables with rice, a tofu dish, a vegetable soup, scallion pancakes and fruit salad! But were these all really vegetarian dishes? She eyed him from the corner, her gaze still focusing on the food at hand.

"Yes, all of them vegetarian, just for you.", he sat down opposite her on the table and put away his laptop on the side chair. He started putting vegetables in her bowl. Once again, Mei Qingyang was mesmerized by the sight. If only, her everyday was like this. She shook her head to come to the reality. She should not be thinking like this, there was much work to do.

"There you go.", Yu Tian handed her the bowl of rice with fried vegetables on it.

"Thank you!", Mei Qingyang said with her whole being full of gratitude. How could she ever repay him?

She went into a daze while thinking about how he had been always there in her troublesome situations. From the swimming pool incident, even before that, from that first meeting where he stood up for her in front of his aunt, they had come a long way. There were definitely a lot more conversations between them than what his friends knew.

He had always helped her silently from behind the scenes. On the top of that, he would never take credit for it nor brag about it. Now that she thought about it, did this not prove his feelings for her already?

On the other hand, what had she done for him? She had only created problems for him. He would get beaten up by his aunt whenever he would help her. This time he had to even go away for two weeks to heal. This is what her speculation was anyway. But she was definitely sure about the beating up part. She wanted to ask him about it but she had promised him that she would wait for him to tell her himself.

Mei Qingyang had been looking into Yu Tian's matter for quite some time now. She had tried accessing cameras in Yu Rong's office where was the most probability of her deeds being conducted. Interestingly, that was the only building in the whole school which was on a separate online network than the school. Not to mention, there were no CCTVs in the hallway where the entrance of Yu Rong's office room was. And there were none in her office either.

She suspected that the key to every secret was that dimly lit room. There was no doubt Yu Rong was hiding something there because no one really had seen her office room fully.

She had also tried indirectly inquiring Su Lang and Feng Yue about Yu Tian and Yu Rong, but could not get out much information. It was highly likely that no one knew about it. 

Now she felt regretful for having taken advantage of this kind guy. She always had this notion in life that all relationsh.i.p.s are give and take. As long as you are participating in both, it is fine. The moment you start just giving or just taking, that is when things go awry. She had taken too much from Yu Tian. So, she needed to help him out break the shackles of Yu Rong.

With the chopsticks in her mouth, she stared at Yu Tian who had brought his laptop on the table once again to work. Sensing her intense gaze on him, he looked up and found her lost in her own world.

"What are you looking at Qing Qing?", he smiled at her. The large window behind him was illuminating his whole being, making him look like a celestial spirit. If only he had long silver hair and ancient garb!

And that smile!! No wonder all the girls in the school were in love with him. And this guy was sitting in front of her in casuals, working on his own stuff, like this was a daily occurrence for them both. If she stayed here for whole month, would she become too used to this scene?

"Nothing.", she snapped back from her daze and shook her head. Then she started gobbling down her food like she had not eaten in ages. Would he find her weird if she told him her thoughts? Was she basically turning into a pervert? F*ck it, she did not care about anything anymore.

"I have a proposal for you.", he closed his laptop and looked at her seriously.

She put down her bowl hearing his profoundly serious tone, gulping whatever she had in her mouth in a hurry. He... he was not going to ask her out, right? 

"I want you to join my martial arts team.", he dropped the bomb on her.