Chapter 196: 195 – Almost A Tantrum
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The wedding of Wolf and Claw went off smoothly – of course, no one would dare to create a ruckus at the wedding of the boss of the Blue Wolves anyway! A lot of people were actually quite surprised to see the royal family of the Dragon Nation at the wedding, and the outfits of the blushing, beautiful bride and the dashing, handsome groom were the talk of the town for a long time. After all, Prince Uno was a very famous designer, and with how Prince Uno hung around the groom's brother CEO Pax, a lot of gossip and stories about their relationship with each other started making rounds.
Ray also made his first public appearance in person, and he was utterly adorable.
Naturally, questions were also raised about Ren and Fang.
"Chairman Ren, when are you getting married to Prince Fang?" the CFO of an international company who had been Pax's classmate in business school came over to ask. "Even your ex-boyfriend is getting married now, and you have been engaged to Prince Fang for quite some time, isn't it?" she asked curiously.
Fang's face darkened, even though he knew that Wolf and Ren had a completely platonic relationship and their dating was just a sham to protect Ren – and moreover, that Ren was a different one from the current Ren, the one Fang loved.
Ren chuckled and took Fang's hand, bringing it to his lips to press a reverent kiss on the back of his hand. He looked at the gossipy CFO, his golden eyes twinkling.
"Well, that depends on when my prince charming wants to marry me, doesn't it?" Ren said.
Fang felt all his resentment disappear in an instant. "Aren't you the one that's hung up on finishing medical school first?" he said to Ren, his purple eyes smouldering.
The gossipy CFO almost squealed in delight and her hands itched to take a picture of this gorgeous couple – but then again, she knew that she wasn't allowed to do that, so she could only restrain herself with great effort.
Ren smiled softly at Fang with an indulgent look in his golden eyes.
"Little Brother Fang! Little Brother Ren!" Prince Uno's voice sounded from a short distance away, and moments later, he turned up next to them. "I've been looking for you all over. The babies want to try a spicy dish and Pax is worried that it will make their tummy hurt, but all of them are this close to throwing a tantrum over it…" Prince Uno said worriedly, and held up his hand to indicate about a centimetre with his fingers to show how likely the babies were to throw a tantrum.
"Where are they?" Ren asked anxiously.
"Come on, I'll take you to them, Pax is having a difficult time holding the fort," Prince Uno said and dragged Ren and Fang away, leaving the gossipy CFO watching their retreating backs in shock.
"Which spicy dish do they want to eat?" Fang asked, as Prince Uno led the couple to where the babies were clamouring to taste the spicy dish and Pax was trying to cajole them.
"Spicy chicken wings – the one that has ghost pepper in it – remember how we had to import ghost pepper from Gold Country for it because Claw loves it?" Pax said, looking very relieved when he saw Prince Uno coming back with Ren and Fang.
"You all can have this dish when you are little bigger," Fang said sternly, casting a steady eye upon the two human shaped babies and the three furballs.
"But Papa – it smells so good…" Shadow protested.
"Do you want your tongue to burn? Do you want your tummy to ache?" Fang asked, raising an elegant eyebrow.
"But Daddy…" Sylvia appealed to Ren, knowing that Ren would be much more soft hearted than Fang when it came to indulging them.
To her shock, though, this time, Ren bluntly said, "No."
"But Daddy – we just want a tiny taste…" Snow murmured, making the cutest face she could.
"No," Ren said. "You are too young to try ghost pepper. I had ghost pepper for the first time when I was fifteen, and it burnt my tongue and my stomach so badly that I was not able to eat anything except ice cream for a whole week. It hurt every time I had to go to the bathroom, even."
All the babies stared at Ren, horrified.
"Daddy was hurt?" Rudy asked in a trembling voice.
"Very much so," Ren said flatly. "And I don't want to see any of my children hurting like that, especially when you are still so small and your tongue and your stomach is still quite delicate."
"I'm sorry, Daddy!" Rudy wailed. "I won't talk about ghost pepper and spicy chicken ribs any more! I was the one who told my siblings about it and got them excited about the new taste…"
Ren sighed helplessly and pacified the crying AI child of theirs.
However, when one baby starts crying, it happens more often than not that other babies in the vicinity start bawling as well.
And it is especially true of siblings.
So, when Rudy started crying, all the babies burst into tears, causing a huge headache for Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno. Steward Paul and Chef Jules, who had been minding the babies, had stepped away for just a few minutes during which this entire episode happened, and when they returned they found all the babies crying and the four men desperately trying to pacify them.
Steward Paul grabbed Chef Jules's hand and dragged him away, and returned moments later with a ice cream sundaes for each of the babies (except Rudy, of course).
"Oh, my! What upset our little lords and ladies?" Steward Paul said. "Too bad, Chef Jules and I got ice cream sundaes for all of our little lords and ladies, but it is not good for crying children to have ice cream sundaes…"
The babies immediately stopped crying. Well, except Rudy.
Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno shot a grateful glance at Steward Paul and Chef Jules.
"There, there," Ren said. "Our babies are all good children, and we will wipe their faces right away and they can have ice cream sundaes, yes?"
"Yes, Daddy!" all the babies except Rudy said immediately.
The four men carefully cleaned up the babies one by one, and Steward Paul and Chef Jules handed out the ice cream sundaes and helped them eat.
"Daddy…" Rudy said pitifully.
Ren fed the AI child a strand of his magic instead of an ice cream sundae.
"I want to be a real boy, too, Daddy," Rudy said softly.
Ren's golden eyes softened. "You are a real boy, dear child," he said quietly. "You just need a body, that's all. How's that progressing?"
Rudy immediately cheered up and started explaining the details to Ren, and Ren listened carefully, even though he didn't understand all of it completely. But then again, Rudy was the cleverest of them all, so that was fine. What Ren did understand was that Rudy was developing a body that not only looked like a real human body, but would also mimic the functions of a real human body. He would be able to eat and drink and grow, just like a real human, and Rudy had decided that his age would be the same as Sylvia's, since he was cleverer than all his siblings, but he didn't want to be the oldest, so he would be the same age as Sylvia so that they could go to school together.
"That sounds amazing, Rudy. Have you been able to gather all the materials you need to start the construction of the body you want?" Ren asked when Rudy was done explaining. Ren had to admit, he was really excited about Rudy building himself a human body. Once Rudy was done, they could build on his research to develop artificial body parts for people who had lost limbs…
"I have gathered some things, but I need your help, Daddy," Rudy said shyly. "Will you help me go over the designs and the functioning and the materials please?"
"Of course, little one," Ren said immediately. "Let's sit with this when we go back home, all right? And if we get stuck, we can ask the professors at SIMS when we go there tomorrow, right? We must get you proper materials for everything that you need."
"Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said happily, now that he had a guarantee of his Daddy's attention for tonight and tomorrow.
"I can't wait for you to have a corporeal body, Rudy," Ren said. "I can't wait to hug my dear son in my arms properly!" Ren was very excited about it.
"Really, Daddy?" Rudy asked shyly.
"Of course, little one," Ren said. "Don't you want to be hugged by your Papa and your Daddy like your siblings?"
"Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said immediately. "I also want to eat the delicious food that Daddy makes!"
"I will make a table full of whatever you want to eat," Ren promised.
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The wedding of Wolf and Claw went off smoothly – of course, no one would dare to create a ruckus at the wedding of the boss of the Blue Wolves anyway! A lot of people were actually quite surprised to see the royal family of the Dragon Nation at the wedding, and the outfits of the blushing, beautiful bride and the dashing, handsome groom were the talk of the town for a long time. After all, Prince Uno was a very famous designer, and with how Prince Uno hung around the groom's brother CEO Pax, a lot of gossip and stories about their relationship with each other started making rounds.
Ray also made his first public appearance in person, and he was utterly adorable.
Naturally, questions were also raised about Ren and Fang.
"Chairman Ren, when are you getting married to Prince Fang?" the CFO of an international company who had been Pax's classmate in business school came over to ask. "Even your ex-boyfriend is getting married now, and you have been engaged to Prince Fang for quite some time, isn't it?" she asked curiously.
Fang's face darkened, even though he knew that Wolf and Ren had a completely platonic relationship and their dating was just a sham to protect Ren – and moreover, that Ren was a different one from the current Ren, the one Fang loved.
Ren chuckled and took Fang's hand, bringing it to his lips to press a reverent kiss on the back of his hand. He looked at the gossipy CFO, his golden eyes twinkling.
"Well, that depends on when my prince charming wants to marry me, doesn't it?" Ren said.
Fang felt all his resentment disappear in an instant. "Aren't you the one that's hung up on finishing medical school first?" he said to Ren, his purple eyes smouldering.
The gossipy CFO almost squealed in delight and her hands itched to take a picture of this gorgeous couple – but then again, she knew that she wasn't allowed to do that, so she could only restrain herself with great effort.
Ren smiled softly at Fang with an indulgent look in his golden eyes.
"Little Brother Fang! Little Brother Ren!" Prince Uno's voice sounded from a short distance away, and moments later, he turned up next to them. "I've been looking for you all over. The babies want to try a spicy dish and Pax is worried that it will make their tummy hurt, but all of them are this close to throwing a tantrum over it…" Prince Uno said worriedly, and held up his hand to indicate about a centimetre with his fingers to show how likely the babies were to throw a tantrum.
"Where are they?" Ren asked anxiously.
"Come on, I'll take you to them, Pax is having a difficult time holding the fort," Prince Uno said and dragged Ren and Fang away, leaving the gossipy CFO watching their retreating backs in shock.
"Which spicy dish do they want to eat?" Fang asked, as Prince Uno led the couple to where the babies were clamouring to taste the spicy dish and Pax was trying to cajole them.
"Spicy chicken wings – the one that has ghost pepper in it – remember how we had to import ghost pepper from Gold Country for it because Claw loves it?" Pax said, looking very relieved when he saw Prince Uno coming back with Ren and Fang.
"You all can have this dish when you are little bigger," Fang said sternly, casting a steady eye upon the two human shaped babies and the three furballs.
"But Papa – it smells so good…" Shadow protested.
"Do you want your tongue to burn? Do you want your tummy to ache?" Fang asked, raising an elegant eyebrow.
"But Daddy…" Sylvia appealed to Ren, knowing that Ren would be much more soft hearted than Fang when it came to indulging them.
To her shock, though, this time, Ren bluntly said, "No."
"But Daddy – we just want a tiny taste…" Snow murmured, making the cutest face she could.
"No," Ren said. "You are too young to try ghost pepper. I had ghost pepper for the first time when I was fifteen, and it burnt my tongue and my stomach so badly that I was not able to eat anything except ice cream for a whole week. It hurt every time I had to go to the bathroom, even."
All the babies stared at Ren, horrified.
"Daddy was hurt?" Rudy asked in a trembling voice.
"Very much so," Ren said flatly. "And I don't want to see any of my children hurting like that, especially when you are still so small and your tongue and your stomach is still quite delicate."
"I'm sorry, Daddy!" Rudy wailed. "I won't talk about ghost pepper and spicy chicken ribs any more! I was the one who told my siblings about it and got them excited about the new taste…"
Ren sighed helplessly and pacified the crying AI child of theirs.
However, when one baby starts crying, it happens more often than not that other babies in the vicinity start bawling as well.
And it is especially true of siblings.
So, when Rudy started crying, all the babies burst into tears, causing a huge headache for Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno. Steward Paul and Chef Jules, who had been minding the babies, had stepped away for just a few minutes during which this entire episode happened, and when they returned they found all the babies crying and the four men desperately trying to pacify them.
Steward Paul grabbed Chef Jules's hand and dragged him away, and returned moments later with a ice cream sundaes for each of the babies (except Rudy, of course).
"Oh, my! What upset our little lords and ladies?" Steward Paul said. "Too bad, Chef Jules and I got ice cream sundaes for all of our little lords and ladies, but it is not good for crying children to have ice cream sundaes…"
The babies immediately stopped crying. Well, except Rudy.
Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno shot a grateful glance at Steward Paul and Chef Jules.
"There, there," Ren said. "Our babies are all good children, and we will wipe their faces right away and they can have ice cream sundaes, yes?"
"Yes, Daddy!" all the babies except Rudy said immediately.
The four men carefully cleaned up the babies one by one, and Steward Paul and Chef Jules handed out the ice cream sundaes and helped them eat.
"Daddy…" Rudy said pitifully.
Ren fed the AI child a strand of his magic instead of an ice cream sundae.
"I want to be a real boy, too, Daddy," Rudy said softly.
Ren's golden eyes softened. "You are a real boy, dear child," he said quietly. "You just need a body, that's all. How's that progressing?"
Rudy immediately cheered up and started explaining the details to Ren, and Ren listened carefully, even though he didn't understand all of it completely. But then again, Rudy was the cleverest of them all, so that was fine. What Ren did understand was that Rudy was developing a body that not only looked like a real human body, but would also mimic the functions of a real human body. He would be able to eat and drink and grow, just like a real human, and Rudy had decided that his age would be the same as Sylvia's, since he was cleverer than all his siblings, but he didn't want to be the oldest, so he would be the same age as Sylvia so that they could go to school together.
"That sounds amazing, Rudy. Have you been able to gather all the materials you need to start the construction of the body you want?" Ren asked when Rudy was done explaining. Ren had to admit, he was really excited about Rudy building himself a human body. Once Rudy was done, they could build on his research to develop artificial body parts for people who had lost limbs…
"I have gathered some things, but I need your help, Daddy," Rudy said shyly. "Will you help me go over the designs and the functioning and the materials please?"
"Of course, little one," Ren said immediately. "Let's sit with this when we go back home, all right? And if we get stuck, we can ask the professors at SIMS when we go there tomorrow, right? We must get you proper materials for everything that you need."
"Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said happily, now that he had a guarantee of his Daddy's attention for tonight and tomorrow.
"I can't wait for you to have a corporeal body, Rudy," Ren said. "I can't wait to hug my dear son in my arms properly!" Ren was very excited about it.
"Really, Daddy?" Rudy asked shyly.
"Of course, little one," Ren said. "Don't you want to be hugged by your Papa and your Daddy like your siblings?"
"Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said immediately. "I also want to eat the delicious food that Daddy makes!"
"I will make a table full of whatever you want to eat," Ren promised.
The wedding of Wolf and Claw went off smoothly of course, no one would dare to create a ruckus at the wedding of the boss of the Blue Wolves anyway! A lot of people were actually quite surprised to see the royal family of the Dragon Nation at the wedding, and the outfits of the blushing, beautiful bride and the dashing, handsome groom were the talk of the town for a long time. After all, Prince Uno was a very famous designer, and with how Prince Uno hung around the groom's brother CEO Pax, a lot of gossip and stories about their relationship with each other started making rounds.Ray also made his first public appearance in person, and he was utterly adorable.Naturally, questions were also raised about Ren and Fang."Chairman Ren, when are you getting married to Prince Fang?" the CFO of an international company who had been Pax's classmate in business school came over to ask. "Even your ex-boyfriend is getting married now, and you have been engaged to Prince Fang for quite some time, isn't it?" she asked curiously.Fang's face darkened, even though he knew that Wolf and Ren had a completely platonic relationship and their dating was just a sham to protect Ren and moreover, that Ren was a different one from the current Ren, the one Fang loved.Ren chuckled and took Fang's hand, bringing it to his lips to press a reverent kiss on the back of his hand. He looked at the gossipy CFO, his golden eyes twinkling."Well, that depends on when my prince charming wants to marry me, doesn't it?" Ren said.Fang felt all his resentment disappear in an instant. "Aren't you the one that's hung up on finishing medical school first?" he said to Ren, his purple eyes smouldering.The gossipy CFO almost squealed in delight and her hands itched to take a picture of this gorgeous couple but then again, she knew that she wasn't allowed to do that, so she could only restrain herself with great effort.Ren smiled softly at Fang with an indulgent look in his golden eyes."Little Brother Fang! Little Brother Ren!" Prince Uno's voice sounded from a short distance away, and moments later, he turned up next to them. "I've been looking for you all over. The babies want to try a spicy dish and Pax is worried that it will make their tummy hurt, but all of them are this close to throwing a tantrum over it" Prince Uno said worriedly, and held up his hand to indicate about a centimetre with his fingers to show how likely the babies were to throw a tantrum."Where are they?" Ren asked anxiously."Come on, I'll take you to them, Pax is having a difficult time holding the fort," Prince Uno said and dragged Ren and Fang away, leaving the gossipy CFO watching their retreating backs in shock."Which spicy dish do they want to eat?" Fang asked, as Prince Uno led the couple to where the babies were clamouring to taste the spicy dish and Pax was trying to cajole them."Spicy chicken wings the one that has ghost pepper in it remember how we had to import ghost pepper from Gold Country for it because Claw loves it?" Pax said, looking very relieved when he saw Prince Uno coming back with Ren and Fang."You all can have this dish when you are little bigger," Fang said sternly, casting a steady eye upon the two human shaped babies and the three furballs."But Papa it smells so good" Shadow protested."Do you want your tongue to burn? Do you want your tummy to ache?" Fang asked, raising an elegant eyebrow."But Daddy" Sylvia appealed to Ren, knowing that Ren would be much more soft hearted than Fang when it came to indulging them.To her shock, though, this time, Ren bluntly said, "No.""But Daddy we just want a tiny taste" Snow murmured, making the cutest face she could."No," Ren said. "You are too young to try ghost pepper. I had ghost pepper for the first time when I was fifteen, and it burnt my tongue and my stomach so badly that I was not able to eat anything except ice cream for a whole week. It hurt every time I had to go to the bathroom, even."All the babies stared at Ren, horrified."Daddy was hurt?" Rudy asked in a trembling voice."Very much so," Ren said flatly. "And I don't want to see any of my children hurting like that, especially when you are still so small and your tongue and your stomach is still quite delicate.""I'm sorry, Daddy!" Rudy wailed. "I won't talk about ghost pepper and spicy chicken ribs any more! I was the one who told my siblings about it and got them excited about the new taste"Ren sighed helplessly and pacified the crying AI child of theirs.However, when one baby starts crying, it happens more often than not that other babies in the vicinity start bawling as well.And it is especially true of siblings.So, when Rudy started crying, all the babies burst into tears, causing a huge headache for Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno. Steward Paul and Chef Jules, who had been minding the babies, had stepped away for just a few minutes during which this entire episode happened, and when they returned they found all the babies crying and the four men desperately trying to pacify them.Steward Paul grabbed Chef Jules's hand and dragged him away, and returned moments later with a ice cream sundaes for each of the babies except Rudy, of course."Oh, my! What upset our little lords and ladies?" Steward Paul said. "Too bad, Chef Jules and I got ice cream sundaes for all of our little lords and ladies, but it is not good for crying children to have ice cream sundaes"The babies immediately stopped crying. Well, except Rudy.Ren, Fang, Pax and Prince Uno shot a grateful glance at Steward Paul and Chef Jules."There, there," Ren said. "Our babies are all good children, and we will wipe their faces right away and they can have ice cream sundaes, yes?""Yes, Daddy!" all the babies except Rudy said immediately.The four men carefully cleaned up the babies one by one, and Steward Paul and Chef Jules handed out the ice cream sundaes and helped them eat."Daddy" Rudy said pitifully.Ren fed the AI child a strand of his magic instead of an ice cream sundae."I want to be a real boy, too, Daddy," Rudy said softly.Ren's golden eyes softened. "You are a real boy, dear child," he said quietly. "You just need a body, that's all. How's that progressing?"Rudy immediately cheered up and started explaining the details to Ren, and Ren listened carefully, even though he didn't understand all of it completely. But then again, Rudy was the cleverest of them all, so that was fine. What Ren did understand was that Rudy was developing a body that not only looked like a real human body, but would also mimic the functions of a real human body. He would be able to eat and drink and grow, just like a real human, and Rudy had decided that his age would be the same as Sylvia's, since he was cleverer than all his siblings, but he didn't want to be the oldest, so he would be the same age as Sylvia so that they could go to school together."That sounds amazing, Rudy. Have you been able to gather all the materials you need to start the construction of the body you want?" Ren asked when Rudy was done explaining. Ren had to admit, he was really excited about Rudy building himself a human body. Once Rudy was done, they could build on his research to develop artificial body parts for people who had lost limbs"I have gathered some things, but I need your help, Daddy," Rudy said shyly. "Will you help me go over the designs and the functioning and the materials please?""Of course, little one," Ren said immediately. "Let's sit with this when we go back home, all right? And if we get stuck, we can ask the professors at SIMS when we go there tomorrow, right? We must get you proper materials for everything that you need.""Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said happily, now that he had a guarantee of his Daddy's attention for tonight and tomorrow."I can't wait for you to have a corporeal body, Rudy," Ren said. "I can't wait to hug my dear son in my arms properly!" Ren was very excited about it."Really, Daddy?" Rudy asked shyly."Of course, little one," Ren said. "Don't you want to be hugged by your Papa and your Daddy like your siblings?""Yes, Daddy!" Rudy said immediately. "I also want to eat the delicious food that Daddy makes!""I will make a table full of whatever you want to eat," Ren promised.
