210 – Recovery

In the end, Ren didn't end up with enough time to cook every day for his family – some research projects at SIMS hit a bottleneck, and he had to take over. Which meant that he needed to spend long hours at SIMS. He purified himself of the dark magic that was making him ill slowly and steadily, with Fang's help – and soon enough, he was declared to be as fit as a fiddle by the entire panel of doctors at SIMS.

Everyone at SIMS was so relieved when Ren was officially confirmed to be fine that several people burst into tears – and Fang was sure that if Ren had not purposely cultivated the aura of being a person who doesn't like to be touched, many people would have rushed to hug Ren!

But it was a good thing that Ren was so well loved by his colleagues, Fang thought. There was a celebration lunch organised by the entire staff at SIMS in Ren's honour, and then there was another one at Sirocco.