The Villain Saves The Male Lead - Chapter 177

The party was a grand success, and Ren, who had drunk many toasts (some on Fang’s behalf as well, because he stubbornly refused to let Fang drink until the younger man turned twenty one, which amused everyone to no end, and Fang agreed because he still felt guilty about the alcohol poisoning incident from earlier and was eager to prove to Ren that he was being good and listening to whatever Ren said), was slightly tipsy. In general, Ren could hold his liquor really well – so no one was able to figure out that Ren was actually a little drunk until the party ended and Fang brought Ren back home.

Once they got home, though, Ren’s cool ‘Chairman Ren’ persona slipped away and he started acting like a spoilt child, much to everyone’s amusement.

“I don’t want to walk,” Ren complained in a petulant voice, refusing to get down from the car when they reached home. He held out his arms and looked at Fang pitifully. “Carry me,” he said with an adorable pout.

With his golden eyes glowing softly and his handsome face twisted into a most adorable pout, Ren looked so cute that Fang wanted to take a picture. (He would find out later that their newest child Rudy had already sensed his Papa’s thoughts and had helpfully taken several pictures and was currently recording a video of his Daddy and Papa.)

“All right, all right, I’ll carry you,” Fang said with a good natured shake of his head and picked up Ren in a princess carry.

Ren giggled happily and pressed a kiss to Fang’s cheek. “My prince charming,” he said with a merry laugh and started playing with Fang’s buttons.

Fang shook his head fondly and let Ren do whatever he wanted as he carried Ren into the house.

Everyone watched this scene with varying degrees of amusement and followed the couple into the house.

Then, thinking that Ren would be super embarrassed if others saw him like this tonight, everyone fled. Wolf and Claw went back together to nurture their growing romance. Pax and Prince Uno quickly picked up the babies and took them to their own rooms, helped the babies change out of their fancy outfits, cleaned them up and tucked them in. Pax would have done it himself anyway, but since Prince Uno seemed rather determined to help him look after his godchildren – and Prince Uno was the babies’ uncle anyway – Pax didn’t object. The Dragon Queen, Princess Una and Zeus, too, retired quickly. And all the staff members, too, rapidly made themselves scarce. Only Chef Jules quickly went to the kitchen, prepared a quick hangover tea, filled it in a flask and handed the flask to Fang before running off.

In the end, only Ren and Fang were left with each other.

Fang caressed Ren’s face affectionately. “Did you have a good time today?” he asked softly.

Ren beamed at Fang, making the younger man’s heart skip a beat. It had been a while since he had seen such a happy expression on Ren’s face.

“I had a very good time,” Ren said happily. Then he threw his arms around Fang’s neck and kissed him sloppily on the cheek. “I had the best birthday ever!” he declared. “And my beautiful Fang is really, really pretty!” he added.

Fang couldn’t help his own laughter. “Aren’t you the pretty one?” he asked, pressing a kiss to Ren’s forehead.

Ren pouted childishly and shook his head. “My Fang is the prettiest and the most powerful and the most awesome! My Fang is the Male Lead! No one can be better than him!” he declared drunkenly.

“Male Lead? What’s that?” Fang asked curiously.

Ren blinked slowly, as if he was looking at an idiot. “You don’t know? The Male Lead is the one that rules the world! The Male Lead is the most awesome character in a story! The Male Lead is the one everyone falls in love with!” he said, gesturing wildly with his arms.

Fang chuckled and shook his head. “If that’s the case, then you are the Male Lead, my dear Ren,” he said softly.

Ren shook his head vigorously, his eyes glowing. “No, no, Fang is the Male Lead and the best character ever! Ren was just a villain who was supposed to help be a foil to the Male Lead and the Main Character, and then the Male Lead would kill the villain in the end and everyone would be happy!” he said, waving his arms wildly.

Fang froze. “What nonsense are you spouting?!” he scolded Ren.

Ren shook his head and pouted again. “It’s not nonsense!” he insisted. “Fang is the big, awesome character and the Male Lead that everyone loves. Wade is the Main Character that was supposed to get together with Fang and they were supposed to be the ultimate lovers and then there was Wade’s big brother Ren who was the villain and the most vile and evil character ever who was always being bad to the Male Lead Fang and then Fang killed Ren and everyone lived happily ever after!” he said.

“Stop talking such rubbish!” Fang hissed, his voice low and dangerous. His heart had nearly stopped in shock when he heard Ren say that Fang was supposed to kill him. “You are not a villain, and there is no way that I am ever going to kill you! I will kill myself before I kill you!”

Ren blinked slowly and patted Fang’s face. “No, no, you can’t kill yourself. You are the Male Lead and the world will collapse if you die,” he said seriously. “Be good, Fang.”

“How can I be good when you are saying such terrible things?” Fang demanded. “If you don’t want me to die, then you can’t talk about you dying or me killing you. And if you want to die, then both of us will go together! I am not going to live without you!” Fang slipped a finger under Ren’s chin and made him look up at him. “Do you understand that, Ren?”

Ren stared at Fang in a daze. “You are so pretty…” he murmured absently, raising his hand and stroking Fang’s cheek. “Too beautiful…”

Fang grabbed Ren’s hand. “Ren – do you understand? You are not allowed to die, and you are not allowed to say these things!” he said in a half frantic, half serious voice.

“But the villain has to die,” Ren murmured.

“You are not the villain!” Fang almost shouted. He took a deep breath, trying to tell himself that Ren was drunk and blabbering nonsense, and not to pay too much attention to what he was saying, but he couldn’t calm himself down, especially when Ren had said that Fang was supposed to kill him.

Ren sighed. “I was supposed to be the villain and I was supposed to be killed by Fang,” he murmured.

“Fang will die if you die,” Fang said flatly. “Do you want that to happen?”

Ren shook his head. “Fang can’t die,” he said frantically. “The world will collapse if Fang dies.”

“And you think my world won’t collapse if you die?” Fang demanded angrily. “Don’t you know that you are my world?!”

Ren smiled slightly and kissed Fang’s chin. “You are my world, too,” he replied.

Fang heaved a sigh of relief. “So there’s going to be no more nonsensical talk about you being the villain or you dying,” he said firmly. “Whatever we do, we together, so if you die, I will die with you!”

Ren blinked slowly. “Together…” he murmured in a daze.

“Yes, together,” Fang replied, lacing his fingers through Ren’s.

Ren sighed. “But Fang is the Male Lead and Wade is the Main Character and they are supposed to be together,” he murmured.

“Me and Wade – are you trying to disgust me to death?!” Fang almost shouted.

Ren blinked. “You don’t like Wade?” he asked innocently. “Not even a little bit?”

“NO!” Fang shouted, his nose scrunched up in disgust.

Ren sighed and shook his head. “I messed up the story,” he murmured. He leaned forward and rested his forehead on Fang’s shoulder. “But I don’t want the original story to happen any more. I am selfish and I love Fang and I want to be with Fang forever,” he whispered in a petulant voice.

“You will be with your Fang forever,” Fang replied, carding his fingers through Ren’s hair. “Fang loves you very much, too, so you are not being selfish.”

Ren nuzzled his face against Fang’s neck, making Fang’s heart itch. “My Fang is the best,” he said with a soft sigh. “I want to be with Fang forever and ever and I want to raise our babies together. I want to grow old and white haired together with Fang. I want to do so many things with Fang…”

Fang pressed a kiss against Ren’s brow. “We will do each and every thing that you want us to do together,” he said softly.. “Tell me what you want, love.”