The Villain Saves The Male Lead

Somehow, the fact that Ren and Fang were dating had spread out. Some pictures of their public appearances, including a shot from when they entered the restaurant last evening for dinner with the Blue Wolves, were leaked out. The media was full of all sorts of speculations.

Wade was the easiest to get hold of by aspiring media persons. Fortunately or unfortunately, his parents encountered the people assembled outside their house first and drove them away.

School was impossible to breach after the previous fiasco. Besides, Fang was always accompanied by a member of the Blue Wolves when he stepped out of the house. After tailing him discreetly for several days, finally, two press members managed to follow Fang into a stationery shop.

"Are you really dating CEO Ren?" one of them asked rudely, thrusting a small pocket microphone at Fang, while the other quickly filmed him on his mobile phone, broadcasting it live.

Fang blinked innocently. Pax had long anticipated situations like these and thus Fang knew what to do.

"Who are you? Why are you filming me suddenly without my permission? Please turn it off, I don't like it," Fang said politely.

"We're from the media; we just want to know if you're dating CEO Ren," the first person insisted.

"Why?" Fang asked, making himself look like an adorable puppy being bullied. He was really good-looking to begin with, and with him making such a face, everyone who watched the broadcast felt their protective instincts flare up. Why were the damn media harassing this poor child?

"Just answer the question!" the media person snapped.

The next moment, Claw, one of Wolf's best fighters and the one in charge of Fang's security today, turned up. She immediately snatched the mobile and the microphone.

"Hey! You can't do that!" the guy with the mobile cried, while the woman whose microphone had been taken away glared at Claw.

"You're violating my client's privacy and harassing him in public. Give me a good reason not to throw you to the police," Claw growled.

The two media people ran away.

Claw reported the incident to Pax immediately, and fifteen minutes later, there was a live broadcast from Ren. Ren sat on his wheelchair and looked rather wan and tired. If Fang had not seen him hale and hearty in the morning, even he would have been scared.

"It has been brought to my attention that certain media persons are harassing Fang to find out whether we are dating or not," Ren said, his majestic voice echoing with the authority of a king. "I will politely request you cease your actions. Fang is still just a high school student and if he continues to be harassed, I will take legal action against any and all offenders." His golden eyes glinted like a sword. "Fang is not only my saviour, he is also my boyfriend. Yes, we are dating. This confirmation should suffice to satisfy everyone's curiosity and I hope no one will be tempted to seek Fang or cause him trouble from now on regarding this issue anymore. Fang is kind-hearted, but I will retaliate on his behalf." Ren smirked like a proper villain and the broadcast ended.

Fang, who had just watched the video in the car on his way home, felt his heart swell in his chest and a comfortable warmth like melted chocolate pooled in his stomach. He'd imagined Ren would deny their relationship in public - at least until they went to medical school together...but Ren standing up for him publicly like this...that was beyond his expectations. He was so happy that he didn't know what to do with himself.

However, the consequences of Ren's public confession weren't light. Immediately, many people started scolding Ren for dating a minor who was still a student. Ren's competitors naturally fanned the flames and the phrase "cradle-snatcher" appeared everywhere suddenly.

This time, with Pax's help, Fang released a broadcast in Ren's defence.

"Ren is exactly three years and three months older than me. I am seventeen now, and if I dated a college student, no one would consider it anything out of the ordinary...so why is the difference in our ages being brought up again and again just because it's Ren? Isn't a twenty year old normally in college? Just because Ren is so outstanding and achieved so much despite his young age...should he be judged more harshly? I am privileged and honoured to be Ren's partner, and I will humbly request everyone not to slander my boyfriend, please. I love him very much and we are very happy together."

Fang's sweet appeal, taken with Ren's earlier broadcast won the public's hearts. It was clear from their actions that their feelings were mutual and that they were very, very devoted to each other and sincere in their affections to each other. How could it fail to move the hearts of the public?

And thus, Ren and Fang immediately became the number one adorable young couple of Cosmopolis. Most people looked at their own useless twenty year old children and felt Fang's words were true. CEO Ren was only twenty, despite his extraordinary talent and success. Normally, at his age, he would have been in college. It was commonplace for a college student and a high school student to date - what was there to make a fuss about? Besides, look at how eagerly CEO Ren protected Fang even when he was injured and recuperating and clearly tired, and how sweetly Fang defended CEO Ren without caring about his own image. How beautiful! How dedicated! They were clearly deeply in love with each other.. How fortunate, finding true love at such a young age! Besides, they made such a lovely couple - both of them were so good to look at, and both were so talented! Fang's recent fame and Ren's achievements were all dug up and listed over and over, and pretty soon (with a little helping hand from Pax), the whole world was convinced that there's no better couple in the world than Ren and Fang! A lot of blessings and good wishes were given to the young couple by the public.