Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Well, the girl is done for. We shouldn't even be here, this is such a waste of time.", the first guy from previous conversation whispered among his peers who were all now gathered around the mat.

The two captains and the three vice captains were all sitting on the opposite side, so these team members were kind of free to talk.

Yu Tian glanced towards the place of the movement. Everyone became nervous.

"Shh… Do you want to kill us? If captain Yu hears us, we will be the ones done for.", the third guy reminded him.

"It is interesting though. This girl is nothing special but both captains Yu and Su are backing her. I even heard captain Feng had confessed his feelings for her. What is this girl? There should be something, right?", the third guy analyzed the situation for them.

"Whatever it is, she will still get crushed today. She's suspended for a month for her evil deeds and now she is here to create more troubles for herself again. Such people deserve such kind of treatment.", another guy added to the heated but hushed discussion.

"Is something the matter over there?", Yu Tian roared from the opposite side. He definitely could not hear what they were saying, but their disgusted expression towards the direction where Qing Qing had gone was a dead giveaway of their topic of conversation.

"No, sir!", everyone said in unison. They looked at each other and smirked. The captain was definitely having fun with her, and perhaps had taken her in as a servant.

A few thought in their mind, how great it would be to have fun with the girl who is being banged by the legendary captain Yu. It would have bragging rights then, if they were able to succeed in that. Now they were looking forward to her joining their team... as their servant.

"I am ready.", Mei Qingyang came out of the girl's locker room. She performed her special warm-up she had been trained for. She did not want to show anyone, lest they recognize that her exercise and training style was military.

What if these two impolite guys decided that she should replace Feng Yue for the time being? It was quite possible that the thought had already crossed through their minds. She was not interested in leading a bunch of kids who were not going to respect her regardless of her win or loss today. She had to hold back her strength and let that guy break her bone or two.

Ah! The pain never ends, eh?

"I am ready too.", vice-captain Xu did not do any warm ups. He had already been sweating before the bunch gathered at the place.

Despite his reputation as the bone-breaker, he was pretty hard-working. His whole team of 8 also followed in his footsteps. They were the most diligent team in here and the three captains acknowledged that.

From the perspective of Yu Tian and Su Lang, no one would be able to say after this match that Mei Qingyang cheated or this vice captain Xu was bribed into losing on purpose. They had wanted to pair her up first with this guy as well. Fortunately, he volunteered by himself.

If she lost, she was not suitable for the team to begin with. If she won, first, she would have her toughest match out of the way, others would be easy wins. Second, no one would question her or the two captain's integrity since vice-captain Xu's image was of an honest man.

Come to think of it, this image was not established just like that. He had been offered, on multiple occasions, monetary and other benefits, to either leave the school and join another team or lose or forfeit the upcoming match on purpose. This guy was so principled that he rejected all the offers firmly, earning him the title of the blunt righteous bear.

The two opponents were standing on the mat, waiting for the signal to start. Time seemed to have stopped as two contenders looked into each other's eyes and gauged their confidence. The guy was impressed with the unfounded confidence this girl seemed to have. What was it called again, c.o.c.kiness?

There was a pin drop silence in the gym at this point. Everyone was waiting for this girl to get her lesson served in a platter by their vice-captain. The tension high, everyone's heartbeat could be heard loud, including the two captains.

"Once again, free style, three hits. No time limit. Let's do it.", Yu Tian's voice echoed in the still gym.

No time limit? Had their captain gone mad? The match would be over in three seconds. Was he not putting too much confidence in this lass?

Everyone shook their head left and right in pity for their captain. He had definitely gotten a screw lose or two in his brain.

Mei Qingyang and vice-captain Xu both stood at their own places even after Yu Tian gave his signal. Then suddenly, vice-captain Xu took the lead and ran towards Mei Qingyang. Everyone closed their eyes for they did not want to see a bloody scene so early in the morning and prayed for the girl in their hearts.

After a few seconds, when the guys did not hear any sound of throwing away bodies anywhere, everyone opened their eyes to see that Mei Qingyang was blocking a punch from their vice-captain Xu. What? What did just happen?

Both the captains were smirking at their confused expressions while the other vice captains had their mouths open in surprise.

Vice-captain Xu had attacked her head-on with a fake left jab and right cross. But the girl had managed to dodge the first and she blocked the second one with her one hand. Not only that, she had put him in a lock, restricting his movements. No one could believe what they were seeing.

"No wonder both the captains were okay with this match. You do have a few skills.", vice-captain Xu spoke up.

"Many thanks for your compliment.", Mei Qingyang smiled while strengthening her lock in hopes to render this guy unconscious. Unfortunately, this guy was too thick skinned, literally. Furthermore, she had not trained in a while with an opponent, so her skills had become a bit rusty.

"But your strength is not enough to hold me for long.", vice-captain Xu managed to open her lock and threw the light body in the air from his back to strike the floor hard. It was a full 270 degree turn.

"Owww!", everyone exclaimed in pain. It was as if they were the ones who were thrown high up in the air. Yu Tian got up from his seat.

"Uff.", poor Mei Qingyang had overestimated her body. She had definitely not recovered from her injuries. But now that she had taken up this challenge, she could not back off. She had to win but by low margin. This was good enough.

"This will count as one hit.", Su Lang spoke while pressing his hand on Yu Tian's shoulder to urge him to sit down.

"Yes, we knew it. The first hit was out vice-captain's!" Everyone actually got excited by this sudden turn of events. The girl could actually put that burly man into a lock? For more than three seconds? It was already better than his own team members. This match wasn't going to be too short as they had anticipated earlier but since vice-captain Xu had already got his first hit, it might as well be over soon.

If their captain Su was trying to minimize the injuries to the girl and end the match as soon as possible by deeming this as a hit, then that was not fair. Vice-captain Xu should have his fun. The first hit increased the fire in vice-captain Xu's heart while a streak of blood came out of Mei Qingyang's mouth once again. She coughed a bit of blood out.

"Are you okay?", Yu Tian spoke with concern in his voice. Everyone looked at his direction to see a worried expression on his face, a first for everyone. He was eager to go to the mat and help the girl out but Su Lang had kept his body firm in the chair.

Mei Qingyang wiped the blood on her face and made an okay signal to Yu Tian. She smiled and got up but her green eyes gold colder. Perhaps she had actually already broken a rib bone, letting vice-captain Xu maintain his record.

Tsk, I wanted to break his record but my body hurts so much, so cannot be sure. Mei Qingyang!! It's time to be serious!!