The Villain Saves The Male Lead

A cacophony of questions and confusion broke out the in the hall as soon as Fang made his announcement!

"CEO Ren, what about your company? What about Sirocco?!" some media person asked.

"CEO Ren! Don't you think that you are too old to go to college?!" some other person shouted.

"Isn't that rather irresponsible of you to abandon your work and run away to study with your boyfriend, CEO Ren?" one more person shouted.

"Who will be looking after Sirocco in your absence, CEO Ren?" another person asked.

"Why are you suddenly interested in medicine, CEO Ren?" yet another media person yelled.

"Does this mean that CEO Ren will leave business completely or will you be able to manage both your company Sirocco as well as your medical studies?" someone else shouted loudly.

"Did you even qualify for the medical entrance test, or did you just build a medical institution because you wanted to go to college with your boyfriend, CEO Ren?" another media person yelled.

Many, many questions like this were flung at Ren from all directions.

Ren maintained a calm smile on his handsome face, but Fang, by his side, was starting to get incensed, since half the questions were quite offensive, to be honest. Pax, too, sat by their side, appearing to be as calm as Ren, but then his clench fists, which the media persons in the hall couldn't see at all, gave away his building anger.

Ren let the questions continue for a while and then he held up a hand.

Immediately, pin drop silence fell in the room.

"I didn't know that there were so many people who were so terribly concerned about my Sirocco – that actually makes me rather happy, if you ask me," Ren said lightly, with a small smile on his face. "Thank you for your concern – and I can assure you that Sirocco will continue to be in the best hands possible – in fact, better hands than mine, actually. I will hang around in the background, of course, otherwise, the new CEO Pax of Sirocco will murder me!" Ren announced.

Pax was stunned – and it was a testimonial to his amazing professionalism that he immediately didn't rush to beat up Ren then and there! How could Ren randomly make such an announcement so suddenly, and without even telling Pax about it in advance?! Not that Pax wasn't capable of becoming the CEO of Sirocco – but still, shouldn't Ren, or even Fang, have at least consulted him before making such a drastic decision?!

Pax decided that he needed to have a serious talk with the couple right after this public gathering ended.

Meanwhile, he could only present a united front with Ren and Fang before the outsiders!

Ren had absolutely no idea that Pax was currently considering what would be the best way to beat up Ren himself without causing permanent damage and yet make sure that Ren would never, ever even contemplate pulling off something wild and sudden like this ever again. 

Wolf, on the other hand, looked quite smug – Ren and Fang had actually discussed the matter with him a few days ago, and asked his opinion on the subject of making Pax the new CEO of Sirocco – and Wolf had been completely in agreement with Ren's decision. Wolf and Ren were the two people in the world who knew for sure and in great detail how much Pax cared for the company – perhaps even more than Ren himself (especially since Ren now had Fang and the babies). And as far as capabilities were concerned, was there anyone better than Pax who could take over the company? As Ren often said, Pax did more work for Sirocco than Ren himself, and making Pax the CEO of Sirocco was simply a step to make this very thing more official!

And feeling rather mischievous, Ren and Wolf had decided that they wouldn't tell Pax in advance about this! Fang had his reservations, but then, Fang was so used to letting Ren have his way most of the time (and, of course, Ren rarely asked for much on his part) and he ultimately gave in, especially since Pax's twin brother Wolf was completely on board with this whole plan of keeping Pax in the dark and springing the surprise on him in public.

Also, this had the added benefit that Pax would have absolutely no chance of refusing the position if the announcement was made publicly. Everyone knew that Pax was rather soft and sentimental when it came to Sirocco related matters.

So, when Ren beamed at Pax after making the announcement, Pax could only stand up and walk over to Ren, showing his support silently.

"Thank you, Chairman Ren," Pax announced, without missing a beat. "I will look forward to growing with Sirocco under your guidance."

Ren, who had been planning to completely dump all Sirocco matters on Pax and run off with Fang happily into the sunset (well, into the medical school they had built up anyway), was stunned by Pax so smoothly pulling him back into the business fold by calling him Chairman Ren – but then, there was nothing he could do about it. And it was probably justified rebuttal on part of Pax – Ren thought wryly, since they, too, had sprung a surprise on him just now.

Of course, Ren didn't miss the subtle threat in Pax's voice that spoke of a bigger discussion (and perhaps, a justifiable retribution) later, once they were out of the public space!

All the questions that had been flung at Ren earlier were still hanging in the air – and Ren showed absolutely no interest in taking them up or addressing them. Pax rolled his eyes internally and turned to face the crowd instead.

"I understand that there are three major questions from everyone here. First, whether Chairman Ren would continue to be associated with Sirocco or not. Second, whether Chairman Ren is young enough and capable enough to study medicine. And third, whether Chairman Ren is simply doing this on a whim as an excuse to go and spend more time with his fiancé Fang," Pax spoke in a calm, measured voice.

A lot of eager nods and murmurs of agreement sounded amidst the crowd.

Pax raised a hand, just like Ren, and the room fell silent again.

Ren, who had returned to his seat next to Fang, smiled in satisfaction. CEO Pax had already taken over – and now there was nothing to worry about from his side at all. Ren couldn't ask for better or more capable hands for Sirocco than the elegant palms of Pax. In fact, Ren had been wanting to hand off the company to Pax for quite some time, actually. It was just that he had not been able to find a good excuse – and a part of him had also been concerned that Fang would want to run Sirocco himself. But now that Fang had decided on his career path and the two of them knew that they would be working in the medical field, there was nothing stopping Ren from handing over Sirocco to Pax at all!

"Chairman Ren has already answered the first question," Pax continued. "Chairman will continue to be involved in Sirocco, of course, and I will be managing the day to day affairs on his behalf."

Without waiting for the media persons in the crowd to speak up, Pax continued without missing a beat, "As for Chairman Ren's age and capability to study medicine – despite his brilliant achievements, which makes it easy to forget exactly how young Chairman Ren is – I'd like to remind everyone here that Chairman Ren is actually still only twenty – although his twenty first birthday is coming up very, very soon," he said. "I do not believe that his age group is outside of the regular age of college students – in fact, his age group has been irregular for the business community in these past five years, and yet he has done phenomenally well, hasn't he?"

Assenting murmurs broke out in the room, and a lot of people felt guilty, since they had forgotten (yet again) about how young Chairman Ren actually was.

"And as far as Chairman Ren and Fang choosing to study at the new Sirocco Institute of Medical Sciences – that is most definitely not because they couldn't get in anywhere else. In fact, both Ren and Fang took the medical entrance tests, and jointly ranked #1 internationally – they were notified of this just last evening, so I assume that the official announcements would be made today by the committee conducting the exams. Nonetheless, since both Ren and Fang had already decided long ago to remain in Cosmopolis and build the new Sirocco Institute of Medical Sciences right here in Cosmopolis into one of the best medical schools and hospitals in the world. Also, it will help Sirocco, since Chairman Ren will be available at hand," Pax announced.

The crowd was so stunned by this that no one could utter a word. Fang's ranking was more or less expected after his performance in the school qualification exams – but Chairman Ren as well?!

Pax smirked proudly, and continued, delivering a perfect parting shot, "And as for the third question – well, Chairman Ren and Pax are officially engaged to be married – what is wrong with them wanting to spend some time together?" he asked, a hint of challenge in his voice.