Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Yo! We see a new girl is taking on a new challenge." The two girls entered the washroom where Mei Qingyang was standing in front of the mirror with a basin full of blood. Her lips were laced with blood too.

The two girls flinched looking at the gore scene. It looked straight out of a horror movie. Not only was the red blood filling the white basin, there were blood spots on the mirror also. The girl with her hair tightly tied in a ponytail was nowhere to be found.

There was only a girl standing there with her hair scattered on her face and her body slouched on the washbasin. The two girls wanted to scream as if they had seen a ghost but their voice was not coming out. Their deathly pale faces regained some color when they saw the 'ghost' speak in a familiar voice.

"Did you need something from me?" the girl with the marble eyes spoke without any hint of emotion in her voice. She was wiping the blood from her lips. Her voice had a menacing tone to it. It felt like she was out there to kill someone. The only thing lacking here was a knife in her hands.

"N… no." It took some time for the two girls to regain their composure. Oh yeah, there was only one other girl apart from them in the gym and that was that Mei Qingyang. So, this was Mei Qingyang? She sure was ghastly and disgusting, just as the rumors said.

Seeing that there was no further response, Mei Qingyang started cleaning her face. The blood around the basin flowed down the drain in the process. She coughed a few times to spit more blood out but finally was able to contain her fits.

Once everything around her was clean to her satisfaction, she tied up her hair in a tight bun. Her last match was with an uptight guy but who knew what the next person would be like? She did not want to give anyone chances to take advantage of anything. She nodded her head twice in delight.

Her exquisite features were more visible now that she had all her hair tied up. She was indeed a beautiful specimen albeit, one with slightly wheatish skin. The two girls suddenly felt a surge of envy in their hearts. This girl had a match with a guy just now. How was she able to still look pretty in such a state?

When they had started with the club, they were chosen for their skills. And then, once they started training seriously, they saw a huge change in their skin tone. People started taunting them for having to have started looking more manly.

It was, perhaps, because they were being trained with the other boys and they had to sometimes practice in hot weather outside. But when a lot of people started pointing out the flaws they were gaining, they stopped putting any efforts.

They still wanted to see handsome boys and click pictures to brag about what kind of scenes they saw every day, they continued to laze around in the club. It was very surprising that the captains had not kicked them out yet.

"Hmph! What a sickening sight, seriously. You are a girl, don't you think you need to take more care of yourself?" one of the girls tried taunting Mei Qingyang.

"If you want to take care of yourself, you should not be in a gym", Qingyang replied caustically. Her eyes had gone cold and any trace of emotion had left her face.

Ah! These were the famous two girls who drove away all the girls who were interested in joining the club. With their influence, why did the three captains not remove them from the team? They had enough power for that, did they not?

What was wrong with these two anyway? She had not interacted with them or offended them. Were they another pair of girls with riches complex?

She cursed her two friends in her heart. Why could they not stop them before entering the restroom? The last thing she wanted right now was to deal with another set of bullies.

"You dare talk back to us? We are your seniors!", the other girl cried incredulously. Just because she won a match, she had become conceited now?

The two girls had not really watched the match. They were sure that either this girl had cheated or that guy had colluded with the two captains and lost on purpose. How could a girl like her be able to defeat that beast otherwise?

"Hmph! I guess one win has gotten into her head. If we want, we can take out that guy too. It's just that we don't try", the first girl spoke arrogantly, extending her hand up in the air to look at her pretty nails she had just gotten manicured.

A muscle on Mei Qingyang's forehead twitched. Why did they have to come and cause her headache at this point of time? She was going to go into her zone so that she could focus on her next match rather than the pain due to her injuries.

"Yeah. Perhaps we even would not need any of the captains to plead to the other party for us. Unlike a certain someone.", the second girl took another jab.

Right now, Mei Qingyang was running out of patience. Were these girls here just to put her down with these small insults? She had gotten used to them long ago. She smiled, frightening the two girls.

"Oh? Well, if you think the match was fixed, how about a game right here? You guys have skills, I just heard one of you saying. I would like to see", Mei Qingyang flashed a brilliant grin but her eyes told the two girls that she was ready to break a few bones.

The two girls got really intimidated and ran away as fast as they could, screaming at the top of their lungs, drawing attention from everyone in the gym towards girls' locker room.

Su Lang tittered, while everyone else was confused. Didn't Mei Qingyang go towards that side? Why did the two girls come out of the direction screaming?

Mei Qingyang's mood really worsened as she entered back the place. Her eyes met with Yu Tian's and she was reminded of the pat earlier. She averted her gaze as she blushed on the side. She was not aware of the fact that she had just one last match remaining now.

Su Lang ran towards her and escorted her back, giving her the details of what had transpired while she was gone. He also gave her a few pointers about her next opponent. Mei Qingyang focused on the information, forgetting the drama earlier.

Finally, it was time for the last match then.