Chapter 147: 147 – Change Of Plans
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Fang shook his head. "No, no, not at all," he said. "Actually, it didn't even occur to me to invite them. I have invited Wade because I was inviting other people from school and it would look odd if we didn't invite him, and, besides, he's not been troubling Ren lately, so it should be fine, even if he comes."
Pax nodded. "That's all right, then," he said. "So – who was it that you wanted to invite, then?"
Fang hesitated. "I – I was wondering if we could – if we could invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage…" he murmured.
Pax raised an eyebrow.
Fang flushed. "Ren doesn't often get a chance to interact with people whose lives he has affected positively in such a fundamental way," he said quietly. "For the children of the Orchid Orphanage, who were sent to a good school by Ren – he is no less than a legendary hero. And – and I want him to see this for himself, I want him to experience this for himself – that how he has saved not just me, but so many other people from the depths of hell…"
Pax fell silent and regarded Fang with narrowed eyes.
Fang swallowed nervously. "If it would be inappropriate to have them at the dinner party, then – then perhaps we could take them out for lunch…?" he suggested.
Pax raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that it would be inappropriate to bring them to the dinner party?" he asked quietly.
Fang bit his lip. "Well, we have invited all of Ren's business acquaintances and people from work – and I'm not sure if a bunch of orphans would be able to fit in…" he murmured.
Pax sighed. "Fang – we are all orphans, aren't we?" he asked softly. "You, me, Ren, Wolf…"
Fang froze, looking utterly stunned.
Pax smiled slightly and patted the younger man on the shoulder. "It is a very good idea, indeed," he said. "And it is very meaningful as well. Thank you, Fang. This is really good, and Ren will be very happy with it, I am sure."
Fang looked at Pax with hope shining in his purple eyes. "Really?" he asked.
"Yes, absolutely," Pax said. "And we should have them at the dinner party itself – if there is anyone who dares to look down at them at the party, then we will know which of our business acquaintances we need to stop associating with in the future, wouldn't we?"
Fang blinked. "Are you sure?" he asked.
"Absolutely," Pax said. "You think Ren will ever want to work with people who look down on orphans – people who value someone's origins more than the person themselves?"
Fang smiled slightly. "No, he wouldn't, would he?" he murmured.
"I'll have the invitation cards ready by tomorrow – I'll take you to the Orchid Orphanage tomorrow to give out the invitation cards personally, right?" Pax suggested. "Do you just want to invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage or do you want to invite children from all the orphanages that Ren is supporting?"
Fang blinked. "There are more?" he asked.
"Of course there are," Pax said. "There are six orphanages in Cosmopolitan, and Ren is a big supporter of all of them. Do you want to invite the others as well?"
"Yes, please," Fang said immediately, without any hesitation whatsoever.
"Great," Pax said. "I'll have the cards readied by tomorrow evening, and then we can go out in the evening and hand them out personally. What do you want in the invitation gift boxes?"
Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully. They had send out little gift boxes with the invitation cards, containing some dry fruits and nuts – but to children, those wouldn't hold much value. Wouldn't it make much more sense to put in some chocolates and cookies and things like that? May be even a little toy or two?
Fang discussed the contents of the gift boxes that would be given out along with the invitation and the two of them finally decided to have a toy, a notebook, a pen and a pouch of chocolates in the gift box.
"All right," Pax said. "I'll have them ready by tomorrow."
"Thank you," Fang said gratefully. He couldn't wait to see the excitement on the little faces of the orphans when they all got to see the great Chairman Ren who had changed their lives for the better and had empowered them with proper education, and had even started giving them part-time paid internships at Sirocco, so they could start earning while they studied. Fang knew that this was being done for the orphans at the Orchid Orphanage because he was still in touch with them occasionally – but he hadn't known that Ren was supporting the other orphanages in Cosmopolis as well!
By the time Pax and Fang had wrapped up their conversation and taken concrete decisions on this particular amendment to the guest list – they had reached the office of Sirocco. Pax had given Fang a floor temporarily in the Sirocco office building for Zephyr, and they were looking at nearby properties for an independent office of Zephyr as well.
Well, Fang didn't know that Ren had already bought the huge land next door to Sirocco and was planning to have a luxurious office for Zephyr constructed on it by the time Fang's birthday rolled around. Pax, of course, knew all about this – but he wouldn't tell Fang, naturally, and simply devoted his time to making sure that Fang didn't end up buying any commercial office property for Zephyr until his birthday. And after that, there would be no need for him to hide anything, for Ren would have given off this gift to Fang!
Fang just needed to work diligently on the plans for Zephyr without worrying about anything else until then!
And while keeping this matter secret from Fang on one hand, Pax was also keeping the huge secret about Fang's plans for Ren's birthday party from Ren – and Pax decided that this was the last time he was going to do something like this for this idiot couple. Hopefully, before Fang's birthday arrived next year, he would have both Ren and Fang doing their own secret planning, while Pax himself may even be able to get a nice partner for himself.
Of course, that was a matter for later.
Right now, Pax still had to help out Fang as he had promised.
"Miccan43 has sent over the luxury car and the massage chairs," Pax told Fang. "Do you want to take them home today or do you want to wait until the day before his birthday?" he asked.
Fang frowned. "I was to keep the gifts and the party a secret from Ren until his birthday," he said. "Can I take the car and the massage chairs home the day before Ren's birthday?"
"Sure, whatever suits you," Pax said generously. "And what about the party?"
"Ren thinks I have made dinner plans," Fang said with a grin. "There is no need to tell him anything about the party! I'll have him all dressed up and come over with him at the banquet hall directly."
"All right, we are settled then," Pax said. "Just take a look at the designs and everything, and then we can have any required modifications made right away if required."
And thus, Fang accompanied Pax to take a look at the luxury car and the two massage chairs from Miccan43.
Fang was very impressed. He looked over the objects carefully one by one, and then, finding no faults in any of them, he clapped his hands in delight.
"This is perfect, Pax!" Fang said quickly. "No changes are required – I just need things to be delivered on time." He smiled shyly. "I want to surprise him with the gifts at midnight."
"All right, then – I'll have the stuff sent to your home the evening before Ren's birthday, and you can set it up however you want and gift it however you want," Pax said quickly, not wanting to be forced to eat any more dog food than he had already been fed. Because of Ren and Fang, Pax had eaten way more dog food than Smoke or Shadow ever did, and those two little puppy nephews of his were the biological dogs here!
Fang nodded gratefully, completely unaware of Pax's thoughts. "Thank you," he said.
Pax rolled his eyes. "All right, now we'll have to change the menu a bit, since we have young children attending as well," he said. "What all do you want to add?"
For the next one hour, Pax and Fang discussed the modified menu and arrangements and the little takeaway gifts that Fang wanted to give out to all their young attendees from the orphanages. The business acquaintances were getting a spa candle and potpourri – but that would be utterly useless for the children from the orphanages! So, in the end, Fang decided that he wanted to give school bags and stationery kits and toys to the children.
Pax was fully in support of this plan, and he was also quite impressed by Fang's quick transformation on the matter of spending money.
Ren would be thrilled, Pax thought.
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Fang shook his head. "No, no, not at all," he said. "Actually, it didn't even occur to me to invite them. I have invited Wade because I was inviting other people from school and it would look odd if we didn't invite him, and, besides, he's not been troubling Ren lately, so it should be fine, even if he comes."
Pax nodded. "That's all right, then," he said. "So – who was it that you wanted to invite, then?"
Fang hesitated. "I – I was wondering if we could – if we could invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage…" he murmured.
Pax raised an eyebrow.
Fang flushed. "Ren doesn't often get a chance to interact with people whose lives he has affected positively in such a fundamental way," he said quietly. "For the children of the Orchid Orphanage, who were sent to a good school by Ren – he is no less than a legendary hero. And – and I want him to see this for himself, I want him to experience this for himself – that how he has saved not just me, but so many other people from the depths of hell…"
Pax fell silent and regarded Fang with narrowed eyes.
Fang swallowed nervously. "If it would be inappropriate to have them at the dinner party, then – then perhaps we could take them out for lunch…?" he suggested.
Pax raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that it would be inappropriate to bring them to the dinner party?" he asked quietly.
Fang bit his lip. "Well, we have invited all of Ren's business acquaintances and people from work – and I'm not sure if a bunch of orphans would be able to fit in…" he murmured.
Pax sighed. "Fang – we are all orphans, aren't we?" he asked softly. "You, me, Ren, Wolf…"
Fang froze, looking utterly stunned.
Pax smiled slightly and patted the younger man on the shoulder. "It is a very good idea, indeed," he said. "And it is very meaningful as well. Thank you, Fang. This is really good, and Ren will be very happy with it, I am sure."
Fang looked at Pax with hope shining in his purple eyes. "Really?" he asked.
"Yes, absolutely," Pax said. "And we should have them at the dinner party itself – if there is anyone who dares to look down at them at the party, then we will know which of our business acquaintances we need to stop associating with in the future, wouldn't we?"
Fang blinked. "Are you sure?" he asked.
"Absolutely," Pax said. "You think Ren will ever want to work with people who look down on orphans – people who value someone's origins more than the person themselves?"
Fang smiled slightly. "No, he wouldn't, would he?" he murmured.
"I'll have the invitation cards ready by tomorrow – I'll take you to the Orchid Orphanage tomorrow to give out the invitation cards personally, right?" Pax suggested. "Do you just want to invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage or do you want to invite children from all the orphanages that Ren is supporting?"
Fang blinked. "There are more?" he asked.
"Of course there are," Pax said. "There are six orphanages in Cosmopolitan, and Ren is a big supporter of all of them. Do you want to invite the others as well?"
"Yes, please," Fang said immediately, without any hesitation whatsoever.
"Great," Pax said. "I'll have the cards readied by tomorrow evening, and then we can go out in the evening and hand them out personally. What do you want in the invitation gift boxes?"
Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully. They had send out little gift boxes with the invitation cards, containing some dry fruits and nuts – but to children, those wouldn't hold much value. Wouldn't it make much more sense to put in some chocolates and cookies and things like that? May be even a little toy or two?
Fang discussed the contents of the gift boxes that would be given out along with the invitation and the two of them finally decided to have a toy, a notebook, a pen and a pouch of chocolates in the gift box.
"All right," Pax said. "I'll have them ready by tomorrow."
"Thank you," Fang said gratefully. He couldn't wait to see the excitement on the little faces of the orphans when they all got to see the great Chairman Ren who had changed their lives for the better and had empowered them with proper education, and had even started giving them part-time paid internships at Sirocco, so they could start earning while they studied. Fang knew that this was being done for the orphans at the Orchid Orphanage because he was still in touch with them occasionally – but he hadn't known that Ren was supporting the other orphanages in Cosmopolis as well!
By the time Pax and Fang had wrapped up their conversation and taken concrete decisions on this particular amendment to the guest list – they had reached the office of Sirocco. Pax had given Fang a floor temporarily in the Sirocco office building for Zephyr, and they were looking at nearby properties for an independent office of Zephyr as well.
Well, Fang didn't know that Ren had already bought the huge land next door to Sirocco and was planning to have a luxurious office for Zephyr constructed on it by the time Fang's birthday rolled around. Pax, of course, knew all about this – but he wouldn't tell Fang, naturally, and simply devoted his time to making sure that Fang didn't end up buying any commercial office property for Zephyr until his birthday. And after that, there would be no need for him to hide anything, for Ren would have given off this gift to Fang!
Fang just needed to work diligently on the plans for Zephyr without worrying about anything else until then!
And while keeping this matter secret from Fang on one hand, Pax was also keeping the huge secret about Fang's plans for Ren's birthday party from Ren – and Pax decided that this was the last time he was going to do something like this for this idiot couple. Hopefully, before Fang's birthday arrived next year, he would have both Ren and Fang doing their own secret planning, while Pax himself may even be able to get a nice partner for himself.
Of course, that was a matter for later.
Right now, Pax still had to help out Fang as he had promised.
"Miccan43 has sent over the luxury car and the massage chairs," Pax told Fang. "Do you want to take them home today or do you want to wait until the day before his birthday?" he asked.
Fang frowned. "I was to keep the gifts and the party a secret from Ren until his birthday," he said. "Can I take the car and the massage chairs home the day before Ren's birthday?"
"Sure, whatever suits you," Pax said generously. "And what about the party?"
"Ren thinks I have made dinner plans," Fang said with a grin. "There is no need to tell him anything about the party! I'll have him all dressed up and come over with him at the banquet hall directly."
"All right, we are settled then," Pax said. "Just take a look at the designs and everything, and then we can have any required modifications made right away if required."
And thus, Fang accompanied Pax to take a look at the luxury car and the two massage chairs from Miccan43.
Fang was very impressed. He looked over the objects carefully one by one, and then, finding no faults in any of them, he clapped his hands in delight.
"This is perfect, Pax!" Fang said quickly. "No changes are required – I just need things to be delivered on time." He smiled shyly. "I want to surprise him with the gifts at midnight."
"All right, then – I'll have the stuff sent to your home the evening before Ren's birthday, and you can set it up however you want and gift it however you want," Pax said quickly, not wanting to be forced to eat any more dog food than he had already been fed. Because of Ren and Fang, Pax had eaten way more dog food than Smoke or Shadow ever did, and those two little puppy nephews of his were the biological dogs here!
Fang nodded gratefully, completely unaware of Pax's thoughts. "Thank you," he said.
Pax rolled his eyes. "All right, now we'll have to change the menu a bit, since we have young children attending as well," he said. "What all do you want to add?"
For the next one hour, Pax and Fang discussed the modified menu and arrangements and the little takeaway gifts that Fang wanted to give out to all their young attendees from the orphanages. The business acquaintances were getting a spa candle and potpourri – but that would be utterly useless for the children from the orphanages! So, in the end, Fang decided that he wanted to give school bags and stationery kits and toys to the children.
Pax was fully in support of this plan, and he was also quite impressed by Fang's quick transformation on the matter of spending money.
Ren would be thrilled, Pax thought.
Fang shook his head. "No, no, not at all," he said. "Actually, it didn't even occur to me to invite them. I have invited Wade because I was inviting other people from school and it would look odd if we didn't invite him, and, besides, he's not been troubling Ren lately, so it should be fine, even if he comes."Pax nodded. "That's all right, then," he said. "So who was it that you wanted to invite, then?"Fang hesitated. "I I was wondering if we could if we could invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage" he murmured.Pax raised an eyebrow.Fang flushed. "Ren doesn't often get a chance to interact with people whose lives he has affected positively in such a fundamental way," he said quietly. "For the children of the Orchid Orphanage, who were sent to a good school by Ren he is no less than a legendary hero. And and I want him to see this for himself, I want him to experience this for himself that how he has saved not just me, but so many other people from the depths of hell"Pax fell silent and regarded Fang with narrowed eyes.Fang swallowed nervously. "If it would be inappropriate to have them at the dinner party, then then perhaps we could take them out for lunch?" he suggested.Pax raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that it would be inappropriate to bring them to the dinner party?" he asked quietly.Fang bit his lip. "Well, we have invited all of Ren's business acquaintances and people from work and I'm not sure if a bunch of orphans would be able to fit in" he murmured.Pax sighed. "Fang we are all orphans, aren't we?" he asked softly. "You, me, Ren, Wolf"Fang froze, looking utterly stunned.Pax smiled slightly and patted the younger man on the shoulder. "It is a very good idea, indeed," he said. "And it is very meaningful as well. Thank you, Fang. This is really good, and Ren will be very happy with it, I am sure."Fang looked at Pax with hope shining in his purple eyes. "Really?" he asked."Yes, absolutely," Pax said. "And we should have them at the dinner party itself if there is anyone who dares to look down at them at the party, then we will know which of our business acquaintances we need to stop associating with in the future, wouldn't we?"Fang blinked. "Are you sure?" he asked."Absolutely," Pax said. "You think Ren will ever want to work with people who look down on orphans people who value someone's origins more than the person themselves?"Fang smiled slightly. "No, he wouldn't, would he?" he murmured."I'll have the invitation cards ready by tomorrow I'll take you to the Orchid Orphanage tomorrow to give out the invitation cards personally, right?" Pax suggested. "Do you just want to invite the children from the Orchid Orphanage or do you want to invite children from all the orphanages that Ren is supporting?"Fang blinked. "There are more?" he asked."Of course there are," Pax said. "There are six orphanages in Cosmopolitan, and Ren is a big supporter of all of them. Do you want to invite the others as well?""Yes, please," Fang said immediately, without any hesitation whatsoever."Great," Pax said. "I'll have the cards readied by tomorrow evening, and then we can go out in the evening and hand them out personally. What do you want in the invitation gift boxes?"Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully. They had send out little gift boxes with the invitation cards, containing some dry fruits and nuts but to children, those wouldn't hold much value. Wouldn't it make much more sense to put in some chocolates and cookies and things like that? May be even a little toy or two?Fang discussed the contents of the gift boxes that would be given out along with the invitation and the two of them finally decided to have a toy, a notebook, a pen and a pouch of chocolates in the gift box."All right," Pax said. "I'll have them ready by tomorrow.""Thank you," Fang said gratefully. He couldn't wait to see the excitement on the little faces of the orphans when they all got to see the great Chairman Ren who had changed their lives for the better and had empowered them with proper education, and had even started giving them part-time paid internships at Sirocco, so they could start earning while they studied. Fang knew that this was being done for the orphans at the Orchid Orphanage because he was still in touch with them occasionally but he hadn't known that Ren was supporting the other orphanages in Cosmopolis as well!By the time Pax and Fang had wrapped up their conversation and taken concrete decisions on this particular amendment to the guest list they had reached the office of Sirocco. Pax had given Fang a floor temporarily in the Sirocco office building for Zephyr, and they were looking at nearby properties for an independent office of Zephyr as well.Well, Fang didn't know that Ren had already bought the huge land next door to Sirocco and was planning to have a luxurious office for Zephyr constructed on it by the time Fang's birthday rolled around. Pax, of course, knew all about this but he wouldn't tell Fang, naturally, and simply devoted his time to making sure that Fang didn't end up buying any commercial office property for Zephyr until his birthday. And after that, there would be no need for him to hide anything, for Ren would have given off this gift to Fang!Fang just needed to work diligently on the plans for Zephyr without worrying about anything else until then!And while keeping this matter secret from Fang on one hand, Pax was also keeping the huge secret about Fang's plans for Ren's birthday party from Ren and Pax decided that this was the last time he was going to do something like this for this idiot couple. Hopefully, before Fang's birthday arrived next year, he would have both Ren and Fang doing their own secret planning, while Pax himself may even be able to get a nice partner for himself.Of course, that was a matter for later.Right now, Pax still had to help out Fang as he had promised."Miccan43 has sent over the luxury car and the massage chairs," Pax told Fang. "Do you want to take them home today or do you want to wait until the day before his birthday?" he asked.Fang frowned. "I was to keep the gifts and the party a secret from Ren until his birthday," he said. "Can I take the car and the massage chairs home the day before Ren's birthday?""Sure, whatever suits you," Pax said generously. "And what about the party?""Ren thinks I have made dinner plans," Fang said with a grin. "There is no need to tell him anything about the party! I'll have him all dressed up and come over with him at the banquet hall directly.""All right, we are settled then," Pax said. "Just take a look at the designs and everything, and then we can have any required modifications made right away if required."And thus, Fang accompanied Pax to take a look at the luxury car and the two massage chairs from Miccan43.Fang was very impressed. He looked over the objects carefully one by one, and then, finding no faults in any of them, he clapped his hands in delight."This is perfect, Pax!" Fang said quickly. "No changes are required I just need things to be delivered on time." He smiled shyly. "I want to surprise him with the gifts at midnight.""All right, then I'll have the stuff sent to your home the evening before Ren's birthday, and you can set it up however you want and gift it however you want," Pax said quickly, not wanting to be forced to eat any more dog food than he had already been fed. Because of Ren and Fang, Pax had eaten way more dog food than Smoke or Shadow ever did, and those two little puppy nephews of his were the biological dogs here!Fang nodded gratefully, completely unaware of Pax's thoughts. "Thank you," he said.Pax rolled his eyes. "All right, now we'll have to change the menu a bit, since we have young children attending as well," he said. "What all do you want to add?"For the next one hour, Pax and Fang discussed the modified menu and arrangements and the little takeaway gifts that Fang wanted to give out to all their young attendees from the orphanages. The business acquaintances were getting a spa candle and potpourri but that would be utterly useless for the children from the orphanages! So, in the end, Fang decided that he wanted to give school bags and stationery kits and toys to the children.Pax was fully in support of this plan, and he was also quite impressed by Fang's quick transformation on the matter of spending money.Ren would be thrilled, Pax thought.
