Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"How dare she do this to my daughter?" Minister Jiang was looking at the pictures he had got from his source of communication between him and Qingyang. He had gotten the news of what had happened to Mei Qingyang in the past few days. This time that wench had crossed the limit.

"Hanyu! This is utter humiliation. My poor girl. And what was that brat thinking, to house her in his dorm room?" He was furious. He needed to call Su Lang.

"Hanyu! Do the damage control. These pictures should not get to anyone else, okay? Call Lang right now.", he ordered Li Hanyu who was as angry as his commander. "Oh and also, do not let this news get to my wife. She will have a heart attack if she sees it."

"Yes, sir. I will go right away.", Li Hanyu said through his clenched teeth. Where did that innocent girl get trapped? He was regretting supporting her decision. He was the first person to know that she was planning to apply for that role in that dumb school.

But she had told her plan to him with so much conviction that he had started trusting that she would be able to get revenge for his best friend. Why did he forget that she was still a powerless inexperienced little girl? She did not have any knowledge of politics and Yu Rong was an old player as were those old bastards in the school board.

As soon as he came out of his boss's office, he bumped his fist hard into the wall, scraping his skin. Marks of blood were left on the crème colored wall. Li Hanyu did not even feel the pain, he was just lost in thoughts of how much that lass was suffering at that school. How he wished he could bring her out of the school right now.

"Hanyu, my child. I heard Qing Qing wrote back to us. It hadn't been days since her last transmission, why did she send a message so soon? Is everything alright there?", he found Mrs' Jiang walking towards him.

He moved to hide blood stains on the wall as well as his bloodied hands behind his back. Like a dog caught red handed in mischief, he fumbled as he replied to her nervously.

"Yes Ma'am, she is all fine. She was just reporting some minor details about Yu Rong. She has not sent anything for you but said she was doing great.", Li Hanyu lied through his teeth. His forehead was full of sweat now.

"Oh, okay. Great to hear that. I don't know why, these days I feel so restless. But your words assure me. I will be on my way then.", Mrs. Jiang beamed and went away. Li Hanyu heaved a sigh of relief.

A mother's heart would know when her children are in trouble.

When I meet those two brats Su Lang and Yu Tian next, I am going to teach them a lesson. They dare let harm reach Qing Qing, they shall face the consequences.

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"You brat! What were you thinking when you let that happen to Qing Qing?", Minister Jiang had called up Su Lang. He had given the duty of protecting his precious daughter to him and this was the result? He needed answers!

"Uncle! You got the news already?", Su Lang was dumbfounded at the resourcefulness of his uncle. Wasn't it yesterday he was scolding Qing Qing about what if uncle Jiang came to know about it? And the very next day, he already got a call?

Guiltily, he scratched his face.

"You bet I know already. This is my daughter we are talking about. So, would you explain what happened?", Jiang Nuo thundered. Was this brat trying to distract him from the topic?

Su Lang had no such intention, so he narrated the whole incident to him. He did not hide anything from him at all. If his uncle was so resourceful to know instantly what happened in the school, it would be better to have two heads thinking the solution than one.

"Uncle, what do you think we could have done better? I certainly don't want the situation to ever repeat.", Su Lang looked for advice from Jiang Nuo. His uncle was an intelligent man, he was the one who taught Mei Qingyang. If he had a few ideas to share, he could work off them.

"Right now, there is no use analyzing the situation that happened yesterday. It was out of everyone's calculation that Fan Ruyi would do something like that. In any case, we need to do something about Yu Rong and destroy the root of the evil." Jiang Nuo wanted to kill that person right away. He actually had enough evidence against her to get her a few years of imprisonment.

But it would not do any justice to his own son, and now his daughter. For those small crimes, she would be easy to get bailed out. Not to mention that powerful brother of hers, Yu Ming. It was not the time to make enemies with that guy.

Yu Ming had been working behind the scenes for many years now, without appearing in public. The guy had become mystery himself. Jiang Nuo had confirmation that the guy had still shut himself on a villa on an inconspicuous island somewhere and was working from there. He was another key to subdue that wench for she only listened to him. But he had basically cut his family ties since very long. He had not talked to his own son in years, what to say about an adopted sister?

"You are very correct uncle but you also need to understand my position. I still cannot take steps from here if it affects my whole family.", Su Lang said helplessly. Unfortunately, he had to think about his own family first. His parents were very supportive of his decisions, he had proven his might by establishing and running his own businesses.

And they themselves did not like Yu Rong very much. But his parents dealt with Yu Ming and had quite a few business deals with Yu family. In fact, a majority of their business was directly or indirectly related to the Yu family.

And as much as he wanted to help his foster cousin, he could not take any decisions that would adversely affect that relationship. Openly going against Yu Rong was one such action. On just the thought of choosing between the two, Su Lang frowned deeply. If only he was not bound by his familial relationsh.i.p.s, he could do the right thing.

Suddenly he felt like a helpless little lamb, tied to a tree by a rope, at the mercy of his master, waiting for being slaughtered to make be served to patrons. Did all his life choices not revolve around his parents? It did not matter if they were right or wrong. Su Lang started reflecting on his whole life. And he regretted it, he regretted having born into the Su family.

"It's okay Lang, I appreciate whatever you can do. Just protect your sister as much as you can. And thank you for staying with her overnight." Jian Nuo understood his predicament but had become emotional earlier because his second child was involved with that wench. Foster or not, he did not want to lose her. Now that Su Lang had bared the truth like this, Jiang Nuo went back to his calm self.

"I am not very happy about her involvement with Yu Tian. You understand my feelings about Yu family, right? I would like your help in keeping them away from each other, because no matter how much she begs me, I won't approve of them, ever.", Jiang Nuo gave a final warning to Su Lang. He had also been getting news about their growing closeness with each other and he was quite upset about it.

"Uncle, that is not up to me. I can only guide her. If they are meant to be together, no one, including you can separate them. I urge you to please not be blinded by your own revenge and let the time take its course of action.", Su Lang frowned a bit more. He had always thought his uncle was a level-headed person. He would not bring his personal feelings in his children's relationship with others. But now hearing this, he was not so sure anymore. But he had explained his stance, so he was done.

"Is that so? I will take necessary steps myself then.", Jiang Nuo put down his phone in anger. This brat didn't want to listen to him? Parent knew the best for their children, who was he to give him a lecture? He would do anything in his power to separate them, they were not suited for each other.

He would have given it a thought if Yu Tian was a clean person, but given he had been raised by Yu Rong, who knew how many girls he had bedded already, how many mistresses he currently had? On the top of that, he was coveting his own daughter now. Was this a ploy by Yu Rong herself?

This won't do. Jiang Nuo needed to send a warning to Qing Qing first. He started to work on it right away.