Chapter 171 - 170 – The Birthday Morning

For the rest of the day, Fang clung to Ren, trailing behind him like a baby duckling after a mother duck, and the four babies trailed behind their two fathers, leading to a rather comical sight overall. Ren intended to cook properly for his royal in laws, but Fang put his foot down and made Ren get some rest instead.

"We are going to spend all our lives together, so you will have plenty of chances to cook for them in the future," Fang said firmly. "I don't want you to be tired out today – you do remember that you promised to spend your birthday with me and let me take you out, right? So you get some rest today so that you will have some energy and stamina for tomorrow for my plans!"

Ren blinked slowly and then smiled. "You have a lot of plans for my birthday?" he asked curiously.

"You will find out tomorrow," Fang said with a smirk, refusing to let the cat out of the bag so soon. Tomorrow, he hoped that Ren would be pleased with the surprises that Fang had prepared for him.

"All right," Ren said, smiling softly. It would be completely not true if he were to say that he was not looking forward to what Fang had planned for his birthday. Ren's birthday happened to coincide with the original Ren the villain's birthday, so at least in terms of paperwork, that was one less thing to deal with for him, and quite convenient. Looking at the smug expression on Fang's beautiful face, Ren couldn't help but get a little excited about what Fang had planned. He didn't want to raise his hopes unnecessarily, but he couldn't help himself, either.

Princess Una and Prince Uno came to apologise to Ren especially, for having caused trouble for him and Fang by their interference in their relationship.

Ren was a bit surprised, but accepted graciously. He understood that both of them were simply a little too concerned about their younger brother and trying to protect Fang – and that was very important in Ren's books. Ren liked anyone and everyone that had goodwill towards Fang, even if they caused trouble for him.

After breakfast, Fang bundled up Ren and tucked him into bed to get some more rest, while he himself took their guests on a day time tour of the house and the gardens. Fang had already snatched away Ren's laptop and cast a mild sleeping spell on his fiancé, so he knew that Ren wouldn't suddenly jump out of bed and start working when he was supposed to be resting, instead. This amused everyone except Ren, but after pouting for a while, he gave in to Fang, as usual. And even Ren knew that he could do with a good rest at the moment.

So Ren hardly did anything more than sleep and eat the entire day, and whenever he was doing something, he had four little tails and one big tail attached to his back. So Ren spent most of his day resting in bed, and Fang brought up all the meals and snacks for him.

No one dislikes being pampered, and neither did Ren. On the contrary, he was quite happy with Fang's enthusiastic care and concern, and realised that it felt rather good to throw caution to the winds and simply bask in the happiness.

And no one came to find trouble with Ren or Fang anyway, they had all learnt their lessons already.

Thus, when Ren appeared at the dinner table in the evening, looking rather refreshed and well rested, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. And in any case, they all thought that Ren deserved to get some rest, given how tired he had looked last evening, and even in the morning.

And so the matter ended just like that.

After tucking Ren into bed post dinner, Fang rushed downstairs. With help from Pax and the others, he set up the massage chairs in their study, and put some ribbons and confetti on them to show off the celebratory occasion. Then everyone else helped Fang put the luxury car he had gotten for Ren in the garage, next to the luxury car that Ren had gifted to Fang. They put some decorations on the car as well.

Ren slept like a log. Fang's original plan had been to wake up Ren at the stroke of midnight and then wish him first and then bring him to the study to see his gift, and then to the garage to show him the car. But seeing Ren sleep so peacefully, Fang couldn't bring himself to wake him up. Instead, Fang settled for pulling Ren into his arms and pressing a soft kiss to his forehead.

"Happy birthday, love," Fang whispered in Ren's ear. "I'll wish you properly in the morning when you wake up and then show you your gifts. I think that you will like them..."

Unknown to Fang, the corners of Ren's lips curved up. Ren had actually been sleeping deeply, but Fang's light movements had woken him up. He had been wondering whether to let himself wake up or not – but firstly, Ren felt rather groggy and wanted to continue sleeping, and secondly, he felt Fang's presence and wanted to see what Fang was up to.

Ren's heart warmed at Fang's words – and he decided that he would be better off waiting for the morning to receive his gifts. The fact that Fang had gotten him gifts were enough to send Ren into a happy dance.

Fang kissed Ren's brow again, and then tightened his arms around Ren's body, taking care not to disturb him as much as possible. Only when he was satisfied with the position did he drift into a sleep, with Ren securely held in his arms.

Having slept the whole day, more or less, Ren was not that sleepy, but thanks to Fang's steady heart beat and breaths, Ren was lulled into sleep as well.

The next morning, Ren was woken up by the aroma of Earl Grey tea, that Fang personally wheeled into their bedroom, along with breakfast that he had made with his own hands.

"Good morning, birthday boy," Fang called softly.

Ren blinked and opened his eyes slowly, wondering if he was in a dream.

As soon as Fang saw that Ren had woken up, he jumped at Ren and pulled him into a hug. Then he proceeded to kiss Ren on each cheek, and then pressed a kiss to the middle of Ren's brow.

"Happy birthday, love," Fang said in a soft whisper.

Ren was in a daze initially, and then joy burst into his heart with a force that left him breathless.

"Thank you, my big darling," Ren said in a soft voice.

"I brought you your favourite tea and breakfast," Fang said proudly. "Earl Grey and a full continental breakfast! I made them myself, just the way you like it!"

Ren could practically see a wagging tail behind Fang and a big 'praise me, praise me!' hanging over Fang's head.

Ren laughed happily.

The two of them ate with great gusto – Fang was a pretty good cook, after all, and Ren felt that today's meal was the best one he had ever eaten in this world.

Fang was very satisfied with Ren's reaction, and decided that he could make breakfast for Ren more often in the future. And even if he couldn't make a full breakfast personally for Ren every day, at least he could wake up Ren with a cup of Earl Grey tea every morning, couldn't he? It was a simple enough thing – and when Ren got bored of Earl Grey, he would switch to first flush Darjeeling for a bit, or perhaps he could alternate with Ren's taste…?

"What are you thinking about?" Ren asked Fang, flicking him on the forehead.

"From tomorrow, I'm going to bring you your favourite Earl Grey tea in the morning until you get bored of it," Fang blurted out.

Ren blinked, shock pooling in his golden eyes. "Why?" he asked slowly.

Fang blinked. "Why? Because you like it, don't you?" he asked nervously. "And because I want to pamper the most beloved person in my life!"

Ren stared at Fang for a moment and then rubbed his eyes.

"I wonder if I am dreaming," Ren murmured, almost to himself.

But Fang caught his words nonetheless. He grabbed Ren's hand and brought it to his lips, pressing a reverent kiss to the back of Ren's hand.

"You are not dreaming, my dear Ren," Fang said seriously. He pressed Ren's hand to his own chest. "See, I am here and I am warm, and you can feel my heart beat, can't you? Can you feel how my heart is beating for you? Do you know now that this is real, and that your fiancé, who loves you very much, wants to pamper you properly from now on?" he asked, his purple eyes filled with emotion.

Ren nodded slowly.