Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Did you hear? Captain Yu is bringing that girl today. Is she really joining our team?", a team member at the gym started gossiping. Everyone had just arrived on orders of captain Yu. It was rare that captain himself had asked every team member to gather.

The actual duty of training people was of vice captains under the direction of the three captains. How it worked was that each captain commanded four vice captains who further handled 8 team members each. They not only trained in martial arts, but they were also pros in athletics and archery.

The selection process was also quite rigorous. Every year, only a handful of first year students were picked for the team. If one didn't get selected in first year, they were not given chances any further.

The reason was that the fourth-year students didn't participate in any of the sports because they needed to prepare to graduate. Third year students had their last competition in spring. It was only fair to give chance to people who had been practicing with the team for long rather than recruit new students in second year.

"Hmph! We went through hell for getting into the team and this girl, who is not even official servant of Yu Tian, is joining through backdoor. One just cannot disregard the power of connections, can they?", another team member chimed in.

"What can a measly girl do anyway? We will kick her out. There is a reason there are only two females in the team. Even those girls just slack off and order their assistants. Have you ever seen them bring medals in any of the tournaments?", a third guy laughed at how worried the other two looked.

"Hey the other two girls are graduating from the team this year. So, it would be good to have a girl to look at, will keep our motivation high.", a fourth guy tried to be optimistic.

"Heh, you were not there when that girl bared her body, she has these hideous burn marks all over her body, she is not even worth it.", the first guy advised everyone else. It seemed that he was the only one who had gone to that show that day. There were secret pictures clicked but someone took them all down even before other people could screenshot or download any of them.

"In any case, she does not belong to our class, we can always ask her to run errands for us. I am not going to entertain a girl who is weaker than the weakest of our team.", the fourth guy tried making schemes again. Everyone laughed at his comment. Of course they needed to vent out their frustration of always losing to their vice captains. That girl would be an easy target.

The vice captains were listening to the conversation and smiled toward each other. It was like a new lamb was joining the team. They did not like the news of a girl directly joining the team without any tests either but it was Sir Yu Bufan who delivered it, so it could not be a prank. That frail looking girl, could she really join the Elite Eagles just like that?

They planned to protest first but realized they were to go against the powerful captain Yu, and captain Su was also backing them. Now hearing the plans from their teammates, they could put their worries to rest. That girl would be out of here for good within days.

"Oh, see, captain Yu and captain Su are here.", the guys hurriedly stopped whispering and stood up in respect when the two guys entered the gym. Su Lang had finished his call with Uncle Jiang earlier, so he joined the two on the way.

"Hey guys, hope you have been training hard.", Su Lang greeted everyone cheerfully as he usually did. Perhaps he was the only approachable one out of the three.

Yu Tian still looked cold. He became especially strict when at gym. They all had to be properly dressed before coming here. Seeing that everyone was wearing their traditional garb and in proper manner, he nodded his head.

Everyone raised their heads to find a very petite girl enter the gym with them. She was wearing tight black active wear and had her hair tied up in ponytail. Her face definitely was not that bad to look at.

A few guys snickered in the back, this girl didn't even have proper clothes. But since she came with the captains, there was nothing they could do.

"We are training as hard as ever. If only, you two could grant us a few training sessions", one of the vice captains started boot l.i.c.k.i.n.g right from the onset. The other vice captains frowned since they missed the chance to take the lead.

"Oh great that you guys are pumped up even now. We have our friend, Mei Qingyang here. The vice captains are going to have a few matches with her. I am sure most of you guys would be dissatisfied because of her sudden entry to the team.", Su Lang smiled coldly to the person who had spoken. What did these guys think, that him and Yu Tian were fools? A chill spread in the gym.

"What!", exclaimed everyone including Mei Qingyang. She understood she needed to show her strength but directly pairing her up with vice-captains? Yu Tian had taught her the structure of the teams on their way, so she knew the vice captains would not be that bad in their skills, a few might even be at par with the three guys.

According to her knowledge, if one were to rank the three guys based on their strength and skills, Yu Tian would come first and Feng Yue last. Feng Yue had to keep his body in shape for his modelling career, so he could not spar with people.

Hence, a few of the vice captains were even a bit above when it came to skills. However, Feng Yue was the best leader among the three, and thus, the vice captains acknowledged him as the captain. Naturally, other team members had to follow since they were not as strong as any of the captains or vice captains.

So, was she to take up on all these guys one by one? She had not anticipated this much exercise suddenly. She should have warmed up before leaving the house. She looked at Yu Tian quizzingly. He nodded his head towards Su Lang first and then at her.

She understood that there was no other way to convince these guys.

"Okay, let me do some warm-up and you guys can decide who wants to fight me first.", she showed a confident smile like she was challenging them. A few of the vice captains frowned. How dared she be defiant to them like that?

"I will take you up.", one of the vice captains came forward. He was not liking this girl provoking their authority. They were here before her. She was in first year and still had a chance, but they had been training since their own first year. Did she really think she would be able to defeat them?

"Oh? Our vice-captain Xu is really great. Okay, let's make it freestyle, you guys can use whatever form of martial arts you want. The first to get three hits on other wins. They could be as hard as you are capable of.", Su Lang gave two thumbs up to the guy.

Wait, what did he mean, as hard as you are capable of?

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Was captain Su serious? This vice-captain Xu was one of the bulkiest people here. He was famous for being ruthless and not sparing his opponents. He had a record of paralyzing two of his opponents from other schools in his matches and breaking at least one bone of the opponent in every match. People had started forfeiting in the matches against him. The girl would die with his one hit.

Was captain Su trying to get rid of this girl?

Mei Qingyang looked at the guy. He was definitely a heavy weight. But she was petite, and her agility was other than none. Su Lang did do her a favor by making the match freestyle.

"Nice to meet you, vice-captain Xu, I look forward to our match.", Mei Qingyang extended her hand towards the guy to shake it. But the guy did not pay her any heed and left to prepare himself.

Her hand hanging in air, Mei Qingyang smiled. This guy sure had a temper.