Chapter 144: 144 – Daddy Is Whipped
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When Fang felt that he was presentable again, Ren opened the door and found Pax, Wolf, Dr. Gordon, Steward Paul, Chef Jules and the four babies waiting patiently for them.
No one said anything. Ren beckoned them and all of them came in quite naturally and took their seats.
Chef Jules even wheeled in a tea trolley.
Fang was about to protest at the sight of more food when Chef Jules said gently, "I have some digestive tea for you, Young Master Fang." The middle aged man held out a cup of colourful tea to Fang – this was one of Chef Jules's secret recipes – not even Ren was able to figure out the ingredients or how it was prepared!
"Ah, you are a godsend, Chef Jules," Fang murmured, accepting the cup with a grateful smile. "This is exactly what I needed after gorging on the delicious food you prepared for us."
Chef Jules responded with a delighted smile.
Chef Jules and Steward Paul withdrew politely once tea had been served to everyone. Dr. Gordon reminded Fang to complete his assigned exercise in time for Dr. Gordon to review the next morning, and then went off with his friends Steward Paul and Chef Jules.
As for the snacks, Wolf and the babies were the only ones eating them – Wolf hadn't had a chance to have his lunch, and the babies were just little gluttons, Ren thought fondly. Pax, Ren and Fang were just too stuffed – especially Fang. The three of them could only drink digestive tea and nothing else!
But it had to be said – the four babies who had eaten so much a lunch, were still capable of eating more – they were truly foodies, and it was no wonder that all of them looked so chubby and cute.
Ren was a bit worried that they might get indigestion – that one time when Shadow had overeaten to the point of vomiting – that was something Ren never wanted to witness again! But then, Ren wasn't able to bring himself to stop the babies from eating something delicious when they were clearly enjoying it very much.
Fortunately for Ren, Fang was around to keep an eye on the babies. Fang immediately stepped in and rationed the portions of each of the little ones, and only Wolf was given the right to unlimited snacks.
The babies blinked innocently at Fang and made their most adorable faces at him, trying to wrangle as much as possible from their sharp eyed Papa.
Until Fang used the biggest and the most powerful weapon in his arsenal yet again. "You know that if you overeat, you will get sick, and if you get sick, Daddy will cry, don't you? Do you really want Daddy to cry?" he asked.
Ren rolled his eyes. When was the last time Daddy had cried? Hadn't it been Fang who had done all the crying recently? Of course, Ren would never say it out loud. Each of Fang's tears were like a knife stabbing deep into Ren's heart, he thought to himself. And his aim in life was to make Fang as happy as possible, so that he would never have to cry again!
But that was a line of discussion for another time.
Ren remembered just then that Wolf being here so fast meant that he didn't have time for lunch at all. Ren felt inexplicably guilty that he had deprived Wolf of a proper meal today!
"Don't you want to eat something more? Chef Jules would be happy to serve you a proper late lunch, you know," Ren offered to Wolf.
Wolf waved away his concern. "No need, these sandwiches are really good," he replied with a chuckle.
"Were you able to find anything yet?" Pax asked his twin brother in a quiet voice.
Wolf nodded, but he didn't look very happy. "Ren was right – it was a royal of the Valley Kingdom. The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom is behind this episode," he said.
"The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom?" Fang murmured. "But why would he be looking for me? I didn't know any royals before I met Ren, and we have never come across anyone from the Valley Kingdom…"
"We don't know," Wolf said with a crestfallen expression. "The man claimed diplomatic immunity and ran off before I could grab hold of him." He shot Ren a meaningful glance. "But I have sent people after him. We will have a consolidated report in a few days, and we can discuss after that."
"Makes sense," Ren said. "But what about his minions – both from the Valley Kingdom and the local goons he hired? Is Fang in any danger from them?" he asked anxiously.
"Doesn't look like it," Wolf said proudly. "The prince managed to escape with only two of his minions. We've captured the rest of them – the original ones as well as the hired local ones. We'll get some details out of them – but I'm not sure that they know all of what we want to know – perhaps not even most of it. These are low level expendable pawns, Ren."
Ren nodded. "I expected as much from how terrible they were," he murmured. "Thanks, Wolf. You have done a good job. We will wait for the consolidated report, and then we will figure out what to do." He turned to Pax. "Meanwhile…" he began.
Pax smirked. "The Valley Kingdom needs to understand that you can't mess with one of the masters of Sirocco and not expect to face any consequences," he said smoothly. "Between Wolf and I, we'll get the truth, Ren. Don't worry. We won't let those people get close to Fang again."
"Thank you," Ren said gratefully.
"There's nothing to thank us for," Pax said dismissively. "Weren't you guys the ones who said that Wolf and are like your big brothers? Why are you taking like this now?"
"Yes, do tell," Wolf said, putting down his plate and crossing his arms.
The twin brothers looked rather annoyed.
Ren threw up his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he said, apologising profusely. "But even though you are our big brothers, we should thank our big brothers, especially when our two big brothers are the best in their respective fields, and have helped us out so much!" he praised.
Pax and Wolf couldn't help but be cajoled by his sweet words. Additionally, the four babies and Fang turned on their adorable puppy eyed look all at the same time to support Ren's words – so, naturally, Pax and Wolf had no choice but to give in with a helpless shrug.
"All right, then, we'll go and make sure that no one dares to bully our Fang again," Wolf said, standing up and waving his hands in farewell at the others.
"Yes, we'll get going," Pax said. "Fang, I'll pick you up from SIMS tomorrow – we still have some Zephyr work pending. You are fine with that, right? Or do you want to take a day off and stay home instead? Then I'll come by with the papers in the evening for you and we can wrap up quickly in an hour or two."
"I'll be at SIMS," Fang said at once. "Ren and I are going to SIMS tomorrow, and we will put in a leave application for Ren's birthday," he said to Pax.
"Oh, sweet!" Wolf said, winking at Ren and Fang.
Ren grinned back at Wolf. "Fang said that he will take me out for dinner for my birthday," he declared proudly.
Pax and Wolf, who knew exactly how big this dinner would be because one was helping make the arrangements and the other was providing security for it, resisted the urge to laugh.
"Ah, is that what the matching outfits are for?" Pax asked with a straight face. "Fang must have booked some really upmarket place, hmm?"
"I will go wherever Fang takes me," Ren said happily.
Pax and Wolf rolled their eyes.
"Yes, yes, we know you're whipped, Ren," Wolf said sanctimoniously.
"Papa does not beat Daddy!" Sylvia piped up, changing into her snake form to be able to speak properly to the adults, now that only the magical people remained in the room. "Why would you think so, Uncle Wolf?"
Wolf laughed and petted the little snake. "It's a turn of phrase, little one," he said patiently. "It means that Ren is very obedient towards Fang and feels happy with whatever Fang says or does."
"Oh," Sylvia said. Then she looked at Ren and said, "Daddy, you are really whipped!"
"Yes, Daddy is totally whipped!" Snow agreed.
"Daddy is whipped!" Smoke, too, pitched in.
"Daddy is whipped! Daddy is whipped!" Shadow repeated happily. "Daddy, do you like being whipped by Papa?"
Pax, Wolf and Fang burst out laughing while Ren flushed red.
"What nonsense are you teaching my little innocent babies, Wolf?!" Ren snapped, glaring at Wolf.. Then he turned to look at the four babies. "Sylvia, Snow, Smoke and Shadow – you are not supposed to say this word again!"
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When Fang felt that he was presentable again, Ren opened the door and found Pax, Wolf, Dr. Gordon, Steward Paul, Chef Jules and the four babies waiting patiently for them.
No one said anything. Ren beckoned them and all of them came in quite naturally and took their seats.
Chef Jules even wheeled in a tea trolley.
Fang was about to protest at the sight of more food when Chef Jules said gently, "I have some digestive tea for you, Young Master Fang." The middle aged man held out a cup of colourful tea to Fang – this was one of Chef Jules's secret recipes – not even Ren was able to figure out the ingredients or how it was prepared!
"Ah, you are a godsend, Chef Jules," Fang murmured, accepting the cup with a grateful smile. "This is exactly what I needed after gorging on the delicious food you prepared for us."
Chef Jules responded with a delighted smile.
Chef Jules and Steward Paul withdrew politely once tea had been served to everyone. Dr. Gordon reminded Fang to complete his assigned exercise in time for Dr. Gordon to review the next morning, and then went off with his friends Steward Paul and Chef Jules.
As for the snacks, Wolf and the babies were the only ones eating them – Wolf hadn't had a chance to have his lunch, and the babies were just little gluttons, Ren thought fondly. Pax, Ren and Fang were just too stuffed – especially Fang. The three of them could only drink digestive tea and nothing else!
But it had to be said – the four babies who had eaten so much a lunch, were still capable of eating more – they were truly foodies, and it was no wonder that all of them looked so chubby and cute.
Ren was a bit worried that they might get indigestion – that one time when Shadow had overeaten to the point of vomiting – that was something Ren never wanted to witness again! But then, Ren wasn't able to bring himself to stop the babies from eating something delicious when they were clearly enjoying it very much.
Fortunately for Ren, Fang was around to keep an eye on the babies. Fang immediately stepped in and rationed the portions of each of the little ones, and only Wolf was given the right to unlimited snacks.
The babies blinked innocently at Fang and made their most adorable faces at him, trying to wrangle as much as possible from their sharp eyed Papa.
Until Fang used the biggest and the most powerful weapon in his arsenal yet again. "You know that if you overeat, you will get sick, and if you get sick, Daddy will cry, don't you? Do you really want Daddy to cry?" he asked.
Ren rolled his eyes. When was the last time Daddy had cried? Hadn't it been Fang who had done all the crying recently? Of course, Ren would never say it out loud. Each of Fang's tears were like a knife stabbing deep into Ren's heart, he thought to himself. And his aim in life was to make Fang as happy as possible, so that he would never have to cry again!
But that was a line of discussion for another time.
Ren remembered just then that Wolf being here so fast meant that he didn't have time for lunch at all. Ren felt inexplicably guilty that he had deprived Wolf of a proper meal today!
"Don't you want to eat something more? Chef Jules would be happy to serve you a proper late lunch, you know," Ren offered to Wolf.
Wolf waved away his concern. "No need, these sandwiches are really good," he replied with a chuckle.
"Were you able to find anything yet?" Pax asked his twin brother in a quiet voice.
Wolf nodded, but he didn't look very happy. "Ren was right – it was a royal of the Valley Kingdom. The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom is behind this episode," he said.
"The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom?" Fang murmured. "But why would he be looking for me? I didn't know any royals before I met Ren, and we have never come across anyone from the Valley Kingdom…"
"We don't know," Wolf said with a crestfallen expression. "The man claimed diplomatic immunity and ran off before I could grab hold of him." He shot Ren a meaningful glance. "But I have sent people after him. We will have a consolidated report in a few days, and we can discuss after that."
"Makes sense," Ren said. "But what about his minions – both from the Valley Kingdom and the local goons he hired? Is Fang in any danger from them?" he asked anxiously.
"Doesn't look like it," Wolf said proudly. "The prince managed to escape with only two of his minions. We've captured the rest of them – the original ones as well as the hired local ones. We'll get some details out of them – but I'm not sure that they know all of what we want to know – perhaps not even most of it. These are low level expendable pawns, Ren."
Ren nodded. "I expected as much from how terrible they were," he murmured. "Thanks, Wolf. You have done a good job. We will wait for the consolidated report, and then we will figure out what to do." He turned to Pax. "Meanwhile…" he began.
Pax smirked. "The Valley Kingdom needs to understand that you can't mess with one of the masters of Sirocco and not expect to face any consequences," he said smoothly. "Between Wolf and I, we'll get the truth, Ren. Don't worry. We won't let those people get close to Fang again."
"Thank you," Ren said gratefully.
"There's nothing to thank us for," Pax said dismissively. "Weren't you guys the ones who said that Wolf and are like your big brothers? Why are you taking like this now?"
"Yes, do tell," Wolf said, putting down his plate and crossing his arms.
The twin brothers looked rather annoyed.
Ren threw up his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he said, apologising profusely. "But even though you are our big brothers, we should thank our big brothers, especially when our two big brothers are the best in their respective fields, and have helped us out so much!" he praised.
Pax and Wolf couldn't help but be cajoled by his sweet words. Additionally, the four babies and Fang turned on their adorable puppy eyed look all at the same time to support Ren's words – so, naturally, Pax and Wolf had no choice but to give in with a helpless shrug.
"All right, then, we'll go and make sure that no one dares to bully our Fang again," Wolf said, standing up and waving his hands in farewell at the others.
"Yes, we'll get going," Pax said. "Fang, I'll pick you up from SIMS tomorrow – we still have some Zephyr work pending. You are fine with that, right? Or do you want to take a day off and stay home instead? Then I'll come by with the papers in the evening for you and we can wrap up quickly in an hour or two."
"I'll be at SIMS," Fang said at once. "Ren and I are going to SIMS tomorrow, and we will put in a leave application for Ren's birthday," he said to Pax.
"Oh, sweet!" Wolf said, winking at Ren and Fang.
Ren grinned back at Wolf. "Fang said that he will take me out for dinner for my birthday," he declared proudly.
Pax and Wolf, who knew exactly how big this dinner would be because one was helping make the arrangements and the other was providing security for it, resisted the urge to laugh.
"Ah, is that what the matching outfits are for?" Pax asked with a straight face. "Fang must have booked some really upmarket place, hmm?"
"I will go wherever Fang takes me," Ren said happily.
Pax and Wolf rolled their eyes.
"Yes, yes, we know you're whipped, Ren," Wolf said sanctimoniously.
"Papa does not beat Daddy!" Sylvia piped up, changing into her snake form to be able to speak properly to the adults, now that only the magical people remained in the room. "Why would you think so, Uncle Wolf?"
Wolf laughed and petted the little snake. "It's a turn of phrase, little one," he said patiently. "It means that Ren is very obedient towards Fang and feels happy with whatever Fang says or does."
"Oh," Sylvia said. Then she looked at Ren and said, "Daddy, you are really whipped!"
"Yes, Daddy is totally whipped!" Snow agreed.
"Daddy is whipped!" Smoke, too, pitched in.
"Daddy is whipped! Daddy is whipped!" Shadow repeated happily. "Daddy, do you like being whipped by Papa?"
Pax, Wolf and Fang burst out laughing while Ren flushed red.
"What nonsense are you teaching my little innocent babies, Wolf?!" Ren snapped, glaring at Wolf.. Then he turned to look at the four babies. "Sylvia, Snow, Smoke and Shadow – you are not supposed to say this word again!"
When Fang felt that he was presentable again, Ren opened the door and found Pax, Wolf, Dr. Gordon, Steward Paul, Chef Jules and the four babies waiting patiently for them.No one said anything. Ren beckoned them and all of them came in quite naturally and took their seats.Chef Jules even wheeled in a tea trolley.Fang was about to protest at the sight of more food when Chef Jules said gently, "I have some digestive tea for you, Young Master Fang." The middle aged man held out a cup of colourful tea to Fang this was one of Chef Jules's secret recipes not even Ren was able to figure out the ingredients or how it was prepared!"Ah, you are a godsend, Chef Jules," Fang murmured, accepting the cup with a grateful smile. "This is exactly what I needed after gorging on the delicious food you prepared for us."Chef Jules responded with a delighted smile.Chef Jules and Steward Paul withdrew politely once tea had been served to everyone. Dr. Gordon reminded Fang to complete his assigned exercise in time for Dr. Gordon to review the next morning, and then went off with his friends Steward Paul and Chef Jules.As for the snacks, Wolf and the babies were the only ones eating them Wolf hadn't had a chance to have his lunch, and the babies were just little gluttons, Ren thought fondly. Pax, Ren and Fang were just too stuffed especially Fang. The three of them could only drink digestive tea and nothing else!But it had to be said the four babies who had eaten so much a lunch, were still capable of eating more they were truly foodies, and it was no wonder that all of them looked so chubby and cute.Ren was a bit worried that they might get indigestion that one time when Shadow had overeaten to the point of vomiting that was something Ren never wanted to witness again! But then, Ren wasn't able to bring himself to stop the babies from eating something delicious when they were clearly enjoying it very much.Fortunately for Ren, Fang was around to keep an eye on the babies. Fang immediately stepped in and rationed the portions of each of the little ones, and only Wolf was given the right to unlimited snacks.The babies blinked innocently at Fang and made their most adorable faces at him, trying to wrangle as much as possible from their sharp eyed Papa.Until Fang used the biggest and the most powerful weapon in his arsenal yet again. "You know that if you overeat, you will get sick, and if you get sick, Daddy will cry, don't you? Do you really want Daddy to cry?" he asked.Ren rolled his eyes. When was the last time Daddy had cried? Hadn't it been Fang who had done all the crying recently? Of course, Ren would never say it out loud. Each of Fang's tears were like a knife stabbing deep into Ren's heart, he thought to himself. And his aim in life was to make Fang as happy as possible, so that he would never have to cry again!But that was a line of discussion for another time.Ren remembered just then that Wolf being here so fast meant that he didn't have time for lunch at all. Ren felt inexplicably guilty that he had deprived Wolf of a proper meal today!"Don't you want to eat something more? Chef Jules would be happy to serve you a proper late lunch, you know," Ren offered to Wolf.Wolf waved away his concern. "No need, these sandwiches are really good," he replied with a chuckle."Were you able to find anything yet?" Pax asked his twin brother in a quiet voice.Wolf nodded, but he didn't look very happy. "Ren was right it was a royal of the Valley Kingdom. The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom is behind this episode," he said."The seventh prince of the Valley Kingdom?" Fang murmured. "But why would he be looking for me? I didn't know any royals before I met Ren, and we have never come across anyone from the Valley Kingdom""We don't know," Wolf said with a crestfallen expression. "The man claimed diplomatic immunity and ran off before I could grab hold of him." He shot Ren a meaningful glance. "But I have sent people after him. We will have a consolidated report in a few days, and we can discuss after that.""Makes sense," Ren said. "But what about his minions both from the Valley Kingdom and the local goons he hired? Is Fang in any danger from them?" he asked anxiously."Doesn't look like it," Wolf said proudly. "The prince managed to escape with only two of his minions. We've captured the rest of them the original ones as well as the hired local ones. We'll get some details out of them but I'm not sure that they know all of what we want to know perhaps not even most of it. These are low level expendable pawns, Ren."Ren nodded. "I expected as much from how terrible they were," he murmured. "Thanks, Wolf. You have done a good job. We will wait for the consolidated report, and then we will figure out what to do." He turned to Pax. "Meanwhile" he began.Pax smirked. "The Valley Kingdom needs to understand that you can't mess with one of the masters of Sirocco and not expect to face any consequences," he said smoothly. "Between Wolf and I, we'll get the truth, Ren. Don't worry. We won't let those people get close to Fang again.""Thank you," Ren said gratefully."There's nothing to thank us for," Pax said dismissively. "Weren't you guys the ones who said that Wolf and are like your big brothers? Why are you taking like this now?""Yes, do tell," Wolf said, putting down his plate and crossing his arms.The twin brothers looked rather annoyed.Ren threw up his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he said, apologising profusely. "But even though you are our big brothers, we should thank our big brothers, especially when our two big brothers are the best in their respective fields, and have helped us out so much!" he praised.Pax and Wolf couldn't help but be cajoled by his sweet words. Additionally, the four babies and Fang turned on their adorable puppy eyed look all at the same time to support Ren's words so, naturally, Pax and Wolf had no choice but to give in with a helpless shrug."All right, then, we'll go and make sure that no one dares to bully our Fang again," Wolf said, standing up and waving his hands in farewell at the others."Yes, we'll get going," Pax said. "Fang, I'll pick you up from SIMS tomorrow we still have some Zephyr work pending. You are fine with that, right? Or do you want to take a day off and stay home instead? Then I'll come by with the papers in the evening for you and we can wrap up quickly in an hour or two.""I'll be at SIMS," Fang said at once. "Ren and I are going to SIMS tomorrow, and we will put in a leave application for Ren's birthday," he said to Pax."Oh, sweet!" Wolf said, winking at Ren and Fang.Ren grinned back at Wolf. "Fang said that he will take me out for dinner for my birthday," he declared proudly.Pax and Wolf, who knew exactly how big this dinner would be because one was helping make the arrangements and the other was providing security for it, resisted the urge to laugh."Ah, is that what the matching outfits are for?" Pax asked with a straight face. "Fang must have booked some really upmarket place, hmm?""I will go wherever Fang takes me," Ren said happily.Pax and Wolf rolled their eyes."Yes, yes, we know you're whipped, Ren," Wolf said sanctimoniously."Papa does not beat Daddy!" Sylvia piped up, changing into her snake form to be able to speak properly to the adults, now that only the magical people remained in the room. "Why would you think so, Uncle Wolf?"Wolf laughed and petted the little snake. "It's a turn of phrase, little one," he said patiently. "It means that Ren is very obedient towards Fang and feels happy with whatever Fang says or does.""Oh," Sylvia said. Then she looked at Ren and said, "Daddy, you are really whipped!""Yes, Daddy is totally whipped!" Snow agreed."Daddy is whipped!" Smoke, too, pitched in."Daddy is whipped! Daddy is whipped!" Shadow repeated happily. "Daddy, do you like being whipped by Papa?"Pax, Wolf and Fang burst out laughing while Ren flushed red."What nonsense are you teaching my little innocent babies, Wolf?!" Ren snapped, glaring at Wolf.. Then he turned to look at the four babies. "Sylvia, Snow, Smoke and Shadow you are not supposed to say this word again!"
