Everyone slowly left for their schools and homes from the championship. Yu Tian took Mei Qingyang with him once again in the car while other teammates went by a bus. The whole journey also was silent and painful, especially for Yu Tian. He still did not know if she was mad at him for the other night.

Mei Qingyang was also feeling the tension in the air but her mind was too occupied with all the things happening around that she did not speak either. Yu Bufan, who was driving the car in the front, sighed to himself.

When they reached at the school, Yu Tian headed towards his room nonchalantly, like it was normal for them to be at the same house.

"Senior Yu, I would like to go back to my own room." Mei Qingyang stopped when she realized that they were heading towards his room on the top floor.

"But… you will not be safe over there," Yu Tian got concerned but did not show it up. He still could put up the façade of being cold. Yu Bufan at the side shook his head. Master ah! How will you ever learn to appease the heart of a woman ah?

"That way, I am not safe anywhere. But I would feel more comfortable at my own place now," Mei Qingyang looked at the floor, not daring to meet his eyes. She knew he was going to be very angry. But it was high time, it would be very difficult for her heart to remain at the same house as him. It was suffocating, in a good way.

It was so difficult for her to manage her feelings now. She especially realized that during that kiss. He was such a seasoned kisser that she had sent her mind in a frenzy. She had accepted it at first, even reciprocating back. But she knew if she did not stop herself at the moment she did, they would have gone all the way.

And if she stayed with him now, that day would not be far away when they both end up giving in to their d.e.s.i.r.es. She did not have any qualms about it. But she did not think that Yu Tian was ready for it yet. She still needed to solve his problem.

Yu Tian sighed. It meant that he had agreed to her request. He signaled Yu Bufan to fetch her stuff from the room and give them some privacy as well. However, they were standing before the hostel building, how could they have any privacy? Hoards of people stared at them from every direction. It seemed to be an interesting show.

"Look Qing Qing, I am sorry for the other day. I did not mean it to be like that. I just… anyway, I sincerely apologize, I was the one who cross the boundary. But please don't be mad at me, okay?" He had tender affection in his eyes.

Mei Qingyang raised her head to look at the poor guy with puppy eyes. He should be the one to be mad on her for her crazy abrupt demands, why was he apologizing? She gave him a confused look, none of them registering what was happening.

"I…," before continuing, she put a lot of thought in her words. It seemed like there was some misunderstanding going on here.

"Why would I be angry about other day when I enjoyed it as much?" she mumbled a bit under her breath. For a moment Yu Tian did not believe what he heard. He asked for confirmation but Mei Qingyang was so embarrassed that she wanted a dig a hole in the ground to bury herself in. That was not something she would say after putting thoughts in, that was an impulsive statement. She wondered if she was possessed or something.

"But then…"

"Listen Senior Yu, there are a lot of factors at play here and you must understand I can't give you a straight answer right away. If you are ready to wait, it is up to you. All I know is, my mission comes first for me. For that I need my peace of mind. Apart from Assistant Yu, I do not trust anyone in your household," she somehow managed to utter half truth to him. Yu Tian was reassured inside, it was not him!

"You tell me who, I will fire them right away," he told her with confidence. Even if it meant severing ties with Mrs. Zhao, that was fine for him. She had been giving him troubles lately anyway.

Mei Qingyang shook her head sideways. "You need to keep those servants around and find the mole. That way we can use it to your advantage. I have been doing whatever I can behind the scenes, including manipulating those hidden cameras in your house. Rest is up to you," Mei Qingyang had a full grasp on who could help her how. Yu Tian would probably never fully go against his aunt.

And she did not need him to. But he was also a person who definitely had an animosity against her. His two friends on the other hand, displayed open hostility towards her. That meant, for the tougher tasks, she could take their help.

For now, establishing right communication channels was important for her. And she needed her own room to plan things for that. She could also use her own devices over there rather than depending on gadgets from Yu Tian. There was always a risk of getting caught without proper security measures.

After saying her piece, she left for her own room. Later she would need to go visit both Feng Yue and Su Lang and see how they were doing.

As soon as she stepped into the room, she saw her whole room in a mess. It seemed like her place was searched thoroughly when she was not here. She looked around and found that there were more than one person to go through her stuff.

She hurried towards her bed and opened the cover of her mattress. Her computer ch.i.p.s and USBs were safe. No one would have thought to open that cover and check in between the mattress foam. She had sandwiched all her devices between a cut into the mattress. It would not be observable to anyone except people who knew or were trained enough.

She then checked her drawer and closet. She had taken her laptop with her, so then everything was safe. The only thing missing was the books she had borrowed from library. Hmm… was someone onto her method of communicating with her dad? Anyway she had not sent him any message these past few weeks because she was holed up in Yu Tian's penthouse.

And given how her communication with her dad went last time, it did not seem she would be sending any other message any time soon.

"Yu Rong ah! What are you so afraid of this time? You have been so bold till brother Bo, why are you not taking right steps? What is up with this sneaking around?" she spoke into the camera. She had just turned on the live feed.

Yu Rong was not monitoring her feed as of now but the moment her subordinates watched this, they got shocked. She knew about the cameras? Then all her actions till now would have been biased. They informed Yu Rong right away.

"I knew it! I knew there was something going on in her room. No wonder we never caught anything. Ah f*ck! Another strategy of mine failed," Yu Rong heard the news on the phone and slammed her hand on the table in front of her. This girl was way more cunning than she had initially thought.

"She is directly challenging me. Send a few assassins to her room, now she is provoking me this way," Yu Rong ordered her subordinate on phone.

"Understood," the person on the other side replied and went ahead to look for a suitable person.

"Wang Hao, did you know?" she looked towards him from the corner of her eye to judge his reaction. The she again played the clip sent to her by the security person. That smug face of hers, she wanted to break it into two.

Wang Hao went into deep contemplation. If she had known since the beginning, then all the information they had gotten till now would have been her deliberate actions.

"Master, this just means one thing. We have been tricked in a very similar fashion as what Yu Bufan did in the past. We acted on her actions that we observed through these cameras. They were all to throw us off," he put forth his analysis. Judging by his reaction, he did not know.

Yu Rong nodded in satisfaction. "I get that much. What to do about it?'

"You have already sent the assassins after her. Would she be able to escape?"

"And what if she does? She has been foiling my plans since the beginning. She does not break under pressure, she is not afraid of bullying. What else could we try apart from directly killing her? She even came out of the molestation part. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect plan to blackmail her," Yu Rong played the video again. Her blood was boiling.

"Get more information about her. I am not very confident that assassination attempts would work well with her. Look at it from the angle of her relationship with Su Lang and Feng Yue rather than just Tian," Yu Rong instructed Wang Hao. She still had not gotten the information on why Feng Yue had left and why their relationship had suddenly strained.

"Okay, I will get to it," Wang Hao nodded. They should definitely find something in there.