The Villain Saves The Male Lead

"I'm not cancelling it," Pax said firmly. "Fang has decided that he wants to do it, and he ought to."

"It makes him uncomfortable," Ren snapped.

"Stop coddling him too much," Pax said. "It's good that he wants to work and overcome his fears little by little. You being overprotective right now will only hamper his growth."

"But..." Ren began, only to be interrupted by Pax.

"He needs your support, not your overbearing protection," Pax told him. "Besides, now he's worrying himself to death because he thinks you're angry with him."

Ren sighed heavily.

"Have some faith in your Fang," Pax said gently. "He's a strong boy and you have to let him grow. Don't clip his wings because you're afraid of him getting hurt; that does him more harm than good."

Ren rubbed his temples to ward off an incoming headache. "All right," he muttered. "But if anyone dares lay a finger on him..."

Pax rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Actually, we should encourage Fang to settle it himself," he murmured. "Wolf's training shouldn't go to waste."

Ren's eyes glowed with concealed rage. "If you deliberately put him in harm's way..."

Pax threw up his hands in surrender. "I'm not going to do that," he said quickly. "What I'm saying is that you need to let him out more, let him deal with things himself. It'll be good for his psyche as well and he'll feel better about himself."

That sounded fairly reasonable to Ren. After all, Fang was the legendary Male Lead...Ren shouldn't hamper his growth...but the thought of Fang getting hurt made his heart ache.

As if on cue, both Ren and Pax's mobiles rang at the same time. Fang's driver - Bluebell - was calling Pax and Claw, who was on bodyguard duty for Fang, was calling Ren.

Fang had gotten into a fight and had been taken to Dr. Gordon's clinic.

"What the hell were you doing?!" Ren yelled into the phone at Claw as he ran out of the door. "Aren't you supposed to be his bodyguard?!"

Pax hurried after him, listening to Bluebell's side of the story, and managed to successfully prevent Ren from getting into the driver's seat of his car.

Ren stamped his foot impatiently as his driver appeared. Pax shot him a warning glare.

Despite Ren's agitation at the delay, it was merely a few minutes before they were speeding towards Dr. Gordon's clinic. It would take them about twenty minutes to reach.

"Do you want to listen to what happened now or do you want to stew in your own rage until we reach?" Pax asked archly.

Ren was nearly vibrating with anger, but he forced himself to calm down a bit and ask, "What happened?"

Pax smiled slightly. "Do you remember Mr. Kalen's daughter? You met her at the opening of the hospital."

Ren frowned. "The owner of Luna Finance? What's his daughter got to do with anything?"

"Well, she's taken quite a fancy to you and is determined to marry you," Pax said bluntly.

Ren was dumbfounded. He barely remembered the girl, and they'd spoken for a grand total of three seconds at most. How on earth did that convert to wanting to marry him?!

"She's in her final year at Fang's school," Pax said. "She went to find him today while Claw had been lured away by one of her friends on a false pretext. This girl and her bodyguards cornered Fang while he was on his way to the sports field."

Ren frowned. "Why was Fang on his own? Where were his friends?"

Pax sighed. "The teacher held him back for a few minutes while the rest of his class went out. Claw was waiting for him but a girl pretended to be sick and the teacher asked her to help the girl to the infirmary. Claw refused, but Fang told her to go ahead."

"That idiot!" Ren growled.

"Anyway, this girl and her four men surrounded Fang midway. She told him to break off with you and they exchanged some unpleasant words. Then the four men attacked Fang. He beat them up quite soundly, by the way," Pax informed him, a hint of pride in his voice.

"Good," Ren said. "But if he beat them up, how did Fang end up injured?"

"It was the girl," Pax replied. "Fang was reluctant to hit the girl, so she took the opportunity to stab him. He dodged, but got a few scratches. By then, Claw had figured out that something was wrong and found Fang. She caught the girl and broke her arm right away. Then she brought Fang to Dr. Gordon."

Ren felt a little better upon hearing that, but it was far from enough to quell his fury.

"Terminate all arrangements with Luna Finance and it's associate companies," Ren told Pax. "And I want that teacher dismissed and the two girls expelled. Today."

"Are you sure? It's cost us a few billion," Pax asked.

Ren waved a hand carelessly. "I'll earn it back in a few days, don't worry. Also, send out word that Sirocco's not going to work with people who have dealings with Luna Finance in the future."

Pax started. "Isn't that a bit too much?" he asked.

Ren's golden eyes blazed angrily like fire. "Who asked them to lay a finger on my Fang?" he hissed.

"But we need a new finance partner and the ones in Cosmopolis aren't as good as Luna Finance," Pax told him.

"I'll send you the outline of a joint proposal tonight, you can have our team work it out tomorrow. We'll send it out to our friends in Star Continent, Dragon Nation and Ray Country," Ren replied.

Pax stared at him. "You don't mean to..."

"Well, if we can't find what we want in the market, we can only build it ourselves, right?" Ren asked, with a sinister smile.

Pax sighed and lit a candle for every unfortunate person that dares to anger this behemoth of a man.