Chapter 97 - 97 – First Day Of Medical School

"Are you all right?" Fang asked Ren worriedly when they stepped out of the Director's office.

Ren nodded slowly. "Just a little overwhelmed with the response the SIMS has garnered," he murmured. "I didn't think that so many people would be interested in a new medical school like ours."

Fang chuckled. "You, my dear, underestimate your own charm, as always," he said. "The famous CEO Ren is giving up his position at Sirocco and going off to study medicine at SIMS – naturally, it would draw a lot of attention, and a lot of people would want to study here. Because you are known to have the golden touch, and they know that their future will be assured in the medical field if they get to be friends with you." He shook his head helplessly. "You didn't think about this at all, did you?" Fang accused.

Ren sighed. "I think at least half the blame lies on your shoulders, my big darling," he murmured. "The genius Fang that all the universities in the world were running behind – he has decided to go to a new medical school – naturally people will want to follow you into this place."

Fang patted Ren's arm. "All right, all right, if it makes you happy to think that, then that's what it is going to be!" he said. "Now cheer up, my dear Ren."

Ren smiled at Fang and tapped the younger boy's nose. "I hear a hint of condescension in your voice, my big darling," he said.

Fang giggled. "You hear wrongly, my lord," he said playfully.

The two of them didn't know at the time that a group of nurses who happened to be in a room that they had just walked past heard Fang say that.

And within an hour, everyone in Cosmopolis knew that Chairman Ren was called 'my lord' by his young and prodigious fiancé Fang! It would be several weeks before Ren and Fang would find out that there was such a thing – and when they did find out, Fang teased Ren so much that Ren turned as red as a tomato and ran away and shut himself in his study for three whole hours, refusing to let anyone in! It was only when Sylvia crept in through the window in her snake form and coaxed her Daddy that Ren relented and came out – and then Fang had to cook Ren's favourite dishes from Fang's repertoire of cooking to appease the older man to his satisfaction!

Steward Paul and Chef Jules, however, along with the other household staff, were quite amused with the entire episode. In fact, Steward Paul sneakily managed to record quite a bit of it and sent it to Dr. Gordon, who laughed so hard that he nearly fractured his own ribs.

At the moment, however, poor Ren had no idea that such a thing was about to happen, so he went along happily with the super excited Fang to attend their first class of their journey in medical school.

Ren and Fang were quite surprised to find several familiar faces in the lecture hall that was nearly full – Pax hadn't been lying when he said that he had made arrangements for three hundred students!

"Am I seeing wrongly or are there several members of the Blue Wolves in the hall?" Fang asked Ren in a soft whisper that no one other than Ren would be able to hear.

"You are not seeing things wrongly," Ren replied in a similarly soft whisper. "I see them, too. Both of us can't be hallucinating at the same time."

To everyone else, however, it looked like Chairman Ren and Fang were being lovey dovey in public and everyone felt like they had just been fed a large bowl of dog food.

One girl approached the couple hesitantly. "Er…Chairman Ren…" she began.

Ren smiled slightly, his handsome face looking extra attractive with the small smile. "No need to call me Chairman Ren," he said in a mild voice. "We are classmates, after all, so we are Ren and Fang here, just like everyone else would be going by their names – of course, until we become Dr. Ren and Dr. Fang!"

Fang, too, smiled and nodded, agreeing with Ren.

The girl was almost blinded by the sheer gorgeousness in front of her eyes. "Thank you, Ren! Thank you, Fang!" she squealed excitedly. "Actually, I just wanted to say thank you for building this institute – I wanted to study medicine but I wanted to stay in Cosmopolis since my mother is not keeping well – it was a blessing just at the right time!"

Ren honestly didn't know what to say. He shot Fang a pleading look – Fang was definitely better at handling people than Ren was, after all.

Fang resisted the urge to shake his head and pinch Ren's cheeks. Instead, he smiled at the girl. "We are very glad that it fit in well with your plans," he said kindly. "Ren and I, too, wanted to stay in Cosmopolis."

"For your fur babies, right? And the baby?" the girl asked excitedly.

"Mostly, yes," Fang replied.

"Would you – would you bring them to the institute some day?" the girl asked eagerly.

Fang shook his head. "Not immediately," he murmured. "Perhaps when they are a little bigger."

"But – but Chairman Ren took them to the office of Sirocco, didn't he?" the girl asked, almost drooping in disappointment.

Ren and Fang exchanged an amused glance. Looked like their babies had become much beloved amidst the public!

"We'll see," Ren said.

The girl clearly wanted to ask more questions – most likely about the babies – but couldn't continue to do so because the professor chose that moment to enter the lecture hall.

Ren and Fang quickly walked to a couple of seats next to the members of the Blue Wolves that had clearly been saved for their exclusive use.

The members of the Blue Wolves heaved a sigh of relief when Ren and Fang sat down in the seats they had saved for the couple. These seats were strategically located from the point of view of safety, no matter what happened in the room, and they would be able to protected their two precious charges – besides, it wasn't like they were uninterested in medicine, actually. Wolf had been quite generous in letting them study openly under the garb of protecting Ren and Fang – but of course, these five were determined to protect Ren and Fang with their lives anyway, and to learn medicine along the way.

The professor, who was a world famous neurologist and had won many, many awards, had been personally recruited  by Ren – the man had been quite reluctant initially, but after Ren had dazzled him with his knowledge and research ideas, the man had been blown away and all his reluctance had disappeared immediately. Instead, he had become extra eager to teach a brilliant student like Ren! And this professor had decided that it was his life's mission to make sure that he pulled Ren away from the allure of the business world and instead, make him fall in love with the world of medicine, so much so that Ren would never think to return to the corporate world ever again, no matter how much money was showered on him!

"It is good to see so many bright young faces here today," the professor began. "Now, before we start with our lessons, I would like every student in class to stand up and briefly introduce themselves, and speak a line about what inspired them to come and study medicine here at SIMS, and what you hope to do when you have become a full fledged doctor."

Excited murmurs broke out amongst the students.

"All right, let's start from the back," the professor said, pointing at a young, bespectacled fellow sitting away from everyone else in a corner.

The young person stood up and said softly, "My name is Ash, and I want to study medicine because I want to cure my younger brother, who is suffering from thalassemia. I am studying at SIMS because I received a full scholarship here, unlike at Light City, where I had only a fifty percent scholarship."

From the shabby clothes worn by Ash, it was clear that living conditions weren't too great back home.

The professor narrowed his eyes at Ash and glanced at the register of students in front of him.

"Ash, is it? Are you Kevin's daughter?" the professor asked.

From the shapeless and shabby clothes of Ash and the unfashionable and shaggy hair, and the soft voice she had just spoken in – it was almost impossible to figure out that she was a girl! There were many surprised murmurs among the students in the hall.

Ash nodded at the professor.

A sad expression flew across the professor's face for an instant. "It is a pity that we lost Kevin so soon," he murmured. "But I am glad that you have decided to follow in your late father's footsteps, Ash."

Ash nodded mechanically and sat down again.