Mei Qingyang was not expecting this answer. She looked up at him in confusion. It took her so much courage to say it out loud and he was rejecting her offer now? Wasn''t he the one who had expressed his interest first?

    Yu Tian laughed lightly at her expression. He could not hide his excitement and a tinge of blush on his cheeks.

    "What I mean to say is, do I really need to wait that long? What if you change your mind later? Can''t you just run away with me, like, right now?" he touched her scrunched nose lovingly.

    Oh, so he meant it like that. Mei Qingyang closed her eyes and leaned against him once again, just smiling. She was aware of the daggers she was getting from the audience, not only girls outside but the guys in the gym too. When did they have a chance to interact with their idol so intimately?

    And yet, she, a person who had joined the college a few months ago, was enjoying his company like she owned him. She was not in a mood to think about the consequences right now. He had already declared it to the world after he had decided to keep her at his dorm room. She would think about it when the time came.

    "Yo! You two love birds, get a room already, making all the singles here jealous", Su Lang interjected.

    "Older brother, it''s time you find someone. Also, I am just using him for support, alright?" Qingyang chirped, looking at Su Lang with one eye open.

    "Hmph! Only you can dare say that you are ''using'' him. Others would have died by now", he came and supported her from the other side. ''Older brother'' coming out of her mouth so naturally had him at ease too. She had finally decided to accept everyone, eh?

    "I have the doctor here", Yu Bufan appeared from the side with a doctor. They put Mei Qingyang on a chair and let the doctor examine the extent of her injuries.

    "Young… young masters, it would be best to take her to a hospital. It will be too hard to treat her here", the doctor hesitated before giving his diagnosis. She had a few internal injuries, nothing life threatening but still serious.

    "You…" Yu Tian growled. He couldn''t let her go in this state all alone outside, anywhere. The risk of her being attacked was too high. She needed to be close to him.

    "Is this how Fan hospital trained you?" A familiar voice came from behind. Fan Ruyi was in her doctor''s coat with her assistant carrying her medical kit with her.

    "Doctor Fan", the young doctor bowed in respect. He was an employee of Fan Hospital. He did his best to check upon the girl. Now if young miss Fan said something else, his head was gone too. Ugh, no wonder they all sent him here, to be the scapegoat. He was a newly employed doctor there, so he had no idea what he was getting into.

    He gulped his saliva and waited for the instruction from the miss.

    "I am not a doctor yet, not by degree at least. I would have personally rusticated you but I hear you are a new employee. Kudos to coming here voluntarily. You''ll be suspended for a week without pay", she ordered and looked towards her assistant who left to take care of things for her.

    "Tha… thank you, young miss Fan", the young doctor bowed one again in gratitude and left with the assistant. He thanked his stars, otherwise no hospital in the country would employ him if he was fired from Fan Hospital.

    "Why are you here?" Yu Tian spoke slowly, emanating his anger very obviously.

    "Tian. I know I was wrong, but could you let me repent and make up for my mistakes? I had no bad intention, trust me", Fan Ruyi had been trying to apologize to the three of them since forever but all she could do was just stand faraway and watch. Now the opportunity had presented itself, she really wanted to mend her relationship, especially with Mei Qingyang.

    She had cried hard by her grandfather''s side and he had only advised her to repeatedly ask for her forgiveness. Once Mei Qingyang would accept her, then the two guys would automatically honor their friendship of so many years. The key here was Mei Qingyang.

    "I don''t…"

    "Senior Yu. Please don''t speak something you will regret later. I would still trust her skills more than another doctor''s intentions", Mei Qingyang interrupted whatever Yu Tian was going to say. She gave a meaningful glance to Fan Ruyi who was looking at her wide eyed. In the end, she was the only one who gave a thought to things.

    But when did Yu Tian become so blinded by emotions? Well, considering how infatuated he was with this girl, it made sense. Yes, she used the word infatuation because she remembered, he had such obsession of another girl in the past.

    Who had abandoned him in the end for unknown reasons. Then, she just disappeared from the face of earth. The guy spent months in heartbreak and after that, he had just become an emotionless monster. That change in him was so excruciatingly painful for all three of his friends. But they had to accept the new reality. They never got to know what the story was behind it though.

    Now she could understand a bit of it after her deal with Yu Rong. And there was high possibility that this girl would do the same to him.

    All these butterflies, this rosy picture, everything would come crashing down for him once again. That''s what she thought. At least, this girl was emotionally intelligent.

    "She might need to check me without clothes, so I would rather go to the girls'' locker room. Senior Yu, could you please?" Mei Qingyang could tell that Fan Ruyi had something to say to her again but was hesitant to speak in front of everyone. Well, she could give her another chance after all.

    "Don''t pull off anything again", Yu Tian warned Fan Ruyi before helping Mei Qingyang towards the locker room.

    "YU TIAN! Do you even think of our old friendship at all? Just for one girl, you''re casting me aside like this? What if she does the same to you as that girl did?" Fan Ruyi broke down suddenly near the locker room door. Did her best friend have to humiliate her like this? That too, in front of her other friend?

    Everyone looked towards the side of loud voice for no one knew what suddenly happened. Other people had no idea what was going on within the group, so they thought of it as just a fight between friends. Yu Tian didn''t even stop to listen to her.

    "Tsk tsk, dear senior Fan. Why do you show your desperation like this?" Mei Qingyang found Fan Ruyi really pitiful. She had no other friends and her only group was leaving her behind. Fan Ruyi had entered the locker room where Mei Qingyang was lying down on one of the benches.

    "Then… then what should I do? You know the reason why I did it, at least you have a hint. How do I convince them that it was for them?" Fan Ruyi couldn''t stop sobbing. She really missed them.

    Mei Qingyang sighed.

    "Senior Fan, friendship is a very fragile relationship. There is nothing to bind it after all, no blood, no debts. And friends are people who come and go all the time. Best friends today can turn into strangers tomorrow. You are such a high EQ person, I can''t believe you would throw a tantrum like this", Mei Qingyang tried to instill some ideas into Fan Ruyi''s mind.

    "Qing Qing, I know it was my fault. Can''t you forgive me? Please? They will come back too then", Fan Ruyi pleaded through her soft sobs.

    "Senior Fan, once this delicate relationship breaks, there is no going back to the original point. I have known your dilemma and so, I personally don''t think you need to apologize to me again and again. But unless those two know the full story and your rationale behind your decision, they would never come around", Mei Qingyang tried consoling this senior whom she once liked very much.

    "But you can''t tell them, can you?" Mei Qingyang also knew of this. It was pretty straightforward that this would be part of the deal. Fan Ruyi nodded her head, indicating that she was indeed right.

    "Alright, then you need to help me take down Yu Rong. Once everything is done, it would be easier to tell them the truth. How about it?" Well, to be honest, Fan Ruyi was still of use to Mei Qingyang if she agreed. And, going by her deduction, her senior looked so emotionally drained and worn out, she would agree to the offer, which happened in the immediately next moment.