The elevator arrived, and the three of them split into two directions to leave.
Seeing Starlight constantly looking back toward Fang Yuan's position, Ashley couldn't help but ask, "Charming, isn't he?"
Starlight nodded shyly.
To her surprise, Ashley suddenly said something shocking: "No need to be embarrassed. When I see those women leaving Fang's room, I often fantasize about him filling me up too, but unfortunately, he doesn't seem interested in me."
As she spoke, Ashley sighed, clearly genuinely frustrated.
"Does he have a girlfriend?" Starlight asked.
"No, but you know, with someone as outstanding as him, he's never short of women as long as he wants them." Ashley's tone was still full of regret, as if she were saying that if everyone else could have him, why couldn't she?
Fang Yuan, who was walking with A-Train, suddenly felt his mouth twitch twice.
He didn't have an interest in SM; even being the Sadist wouldn't do.
However, hearing this didn't give Starlight a bad impression of Fang Yuan. Instead, a thought popped into her head—
"If everyone else can, then maybe I..."
Despite being beloved by conservative Catholics, Starlight herself wasn't conservative at all.
After leaving a deep first impression on Starlight, Fang Yuan temporarily set her aside.
To be fair, Starlight's looks in the first and second seasons of "The Boys" weren't incredibly beautiful, but they were at least pleasant enough to look at.
But by the third season, she began to change, and in the fourth season, Starlight's looks collapsed to the point of being unbearable to watch.
It can only be said that American actresses often have an almost paranoid obsession with high cheekbones and hollowed-out cheeks.
But many actresses often lose their distinctiveness this way; Starlight's actress, Erin Moriarty, is like this, and so is the lead actress of "Transformers," Megan Fox.
They ran head-on into Homelander, who was walking over with pursed lips and a furrowed brow, clearly fuming.
"What's wrong, John?" Fang Yuan asked, patting him on the shoulder.
"Brother!" A smile instantly appeared on Homelander's face, which left A-Train stunned.
"I went to see Madelyn again, and she still won't agree to you joining The Seven!" Homelander said with a sigh.
Fang Yuan also shook his head: "Is that so? That's a real shame."
In front of Homelander, Fang Yuan naturally wouldn't say he didn't want to join The Seven. Wouldn't that make Homelander's efforts for him look like a joke?
Coaxing Homelander followed the same path as coaxing a young girl; Fang Yuan wouldn't make such a mistake.
He was indeed a pond keeper, but he didn't raise clownfish.
"If it's really too difficult, John, let's just forget about it," Fang Yuan said to Homelander with a look of concern. "I don't want to make things hard for you. I'm doing fine as I am now."
But after hearing this, Homelander's motivation only grew stronger.
"Don't worry, Brother, I will definitely make you a Superhero that everyone loves!" he shouted loudly.
Fang Yuan couldn't help but smile. He raised his hand high toward John, and Homelander immediately leaned his head in proactively.
"I'm already very touched that you feel this way," Fang Yuan said appreciatively.
A-Train, standing to the side, quickly turned his head elsewhere.
A submissive Homelander?
He once again updated Fang Yuan's level of importance in his mind.
So, when A-Train found an opportunity to be alone with Fang Yuan, he quickly shared the intelligence he had found.
"I found a target that fits the description perfectly. Is it her?"
A-Train handed over a photo showing a dirty woman locked in an iron cage.
Fang Yuan recognized her at a glance; it was Kimiko, the one he was looking for.
"That's right, it's her!" Fang Yuan nodded.
"Do you want me to get her out?" A-Train asked.
"That won't be necessary. Just keep tracking her location."
Compared to Kimiko, this knock-off female Wolverine, Fang Yuan had another girl on his hands right now who needed comforting.
Over the next two days, Homelander and Madelyn remained at a stalemate, unable to reach an agreement.
Madelyn had breastfed Homelander twice more, but every time Homelander wiped his mouth, he immediately started clamoring for Fang Yuan to join The Seven again, using the 'eat and run' tactic without even blinking.
Madelyn was helpless; even if Homelander bit harder, she gritted her teeth and wouldn't budge.
But Starlight had a very hard time these past two days. Although she met many Superheroes in the Seven Tower that she had only seen on TV, everyone who heard about her situation expressed great pessimism.
There was no other way; Homelander's status at Vought was simply too high. It was the first time they had seen Homelander have such a strong desire for something, so they didn't think Starlight would be able to join The Seven as she wished.
So Starlight was feeling dejected now. She had gone to see Madelyn, the Vice President of Vought, and Madelyn also expressed support for her, but the problem lay with Homelander. If she couldn't deal with Homelander, everything would be in vain.
Starlight had tried to approach Homelander to plead her case, but Homelander knew she was his brother's competitor and ignored her completely.
Homelander didn't care if the spot belonged to Starlight before; he only felt sorry for his brother.
However, it had been some time since Lamplighter retired, and the interviews for the new member had finished long ago. Vought had yet to announce the new member of The Seven, and the public was already buzzing with speculation.
For a company like Vought, every day a spot in The Seven remained vacant meant losing out on a lot of money. Earning less was a loss, and losing money was absolutely intolerable.
After all, in Vought's eyes, a human life was only worth forty-five thousand; after so many days, they could have lost an entire reinforced company's worth of money.
But now Homelander was also in a bit of a difficult position.
He still really wanted Fang Yuan to join The Seven, but Madelyn suddenly used an emotional offensive.
She claimed she was already being reprimanded by the company's high-level management for delaying the new member, and her pitiful appearance made Homelander's heart ache for her.
Before Madelyn's caring image for Homelander collapsed, Homelander still cared very much about Madelyn's feelings.
But he couldn't bear to give up on helping Fang Yuan either.
Because Fang Yuan had also clearly become much more cheerful lately, looking joyful even while eating.
"John, if I join The Seven, what Superhero codename would sound better?"
Fang Yuan gave a few options.
"Wolverine?"
"Phoenix?"
"Magneto?"
"Phoenix, I guess," Homelander responded with a smile, but looking closely, his smile was a bit stiff. "That one has a better meaning."
What he said was entirely sincere.
Homelander wasn't surprised at all that Fang Yuan had aspirations for The Seven; after all, it was The Seven. What Superhuman could resist that temptation?
Even Homelander himself couldn't. If he weren't in The Seven, he wouldn't even know what he could do.
But this only made Homelander more conflicted.
Fang Yuan naturally saw through Homelander's distraction, but he said nothing.
This was entirely intentional on his part.
In his past life, the 'green tea' and 'white lotus' girls he had seen could line up from Tsim Sha Tsui to Causeway Bay; learning a trick or two was as easy as could be.
So after finishing dinner, Fang Yuan went straight to Madelyn's office.
"Let Starlight join The Seven," he said, getting straight to the point.
In private, Fang Yuan really had no need for pleasantries with Madelyn.
Madelyn was very surprised. She naturally wanted Starlight to join, but she never expected these words to come out of Fang Yuan's mouth.
"I see that John is clearly very distressed, likely because of the choice for The Seven." Fang Yuan had a look of reluctance on his face, but he still nodded and said, "I don't want to make things difficult for John. I'm giving up on joining The Seven!"
Her daily work involved intrigue, so her subconscious reaction was that Fang Yuan was either very calculating, using a retreat as a way to gain Homelander's favor, or he was very simple-minded.
But Fang Yuan had already proven with his actions that he would give his life for Homelander.
So clearly, Fang Yuan belonged to the second type. After all, who would use their life as a bargaining chip to put on such an act?
Madelyn's eyes flickered as she looked at Fang Yuan, and a sudden realization dawned on her.
She wondered if she had been too deliberate in avoiding Fang Yuan before; she only thought about not provoking him to remind him of his conflict with Vought.
But truth be told, Fang Yuan's experience wasn't deep, and during this time he had been indulging in a life of luxury, showing no signs of being a threat.
At least, the Superhuman abilities in his intelligence—controlling metal and deleting memories—had never been displayed.
Now, seeing Fang Yuan willing to give up the chance to join The Seven for Homelander's sake, Madelyn suddenly realized she had only thought about how easily Fang Yuan could influence Homelander, while ignoring that Homelander was also very important to Fang Yuan.
If that was the case... Madelyn felt she could do it.
With her level of skill, she believed she could completely use Homelander to control Fang Yuan!
So, a smile immediately appeared on Madelyn's face.
"I'm so grateful!" she said, deeply moved. "Seeing Homelander like that made me very upset too."
"Believe me, just like you, I care about him very much."
"Now that you've proactively made this sacrifice, Homelander can finally get a good night's sleep!"
Madelyn's expression looked exactly like that of a mother worried about her child.
As Madelyn expected, Fang Yuan was also very moved.
His eyes were filled with joy: "So there's someone else who protects John as I do. I thought Vought only wanted to exploit him."
Fang Yuan's words were very blunt, but this also matched Madelyn's understanding of him.
She quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Vought is indeed very complex, but it's not entirely made of people who want to harm you."
"I'm very sorry about what happened over thirty years ago, but it was actually a misunderstanding. Vought didn't want to kill you; otherwise, we wouldn't have let Homelander still remember you." Madelyn said with a very sincere look, "You know we have that capability."
Fang Yuan marveled inwardly. Madelyn truly deserved her position as Vice President of Vought Group; her ability to lie through her teeth actually had a bit of his own flair.
Clearly, Vought had kept Homelander's memories to take the opportunity to mentally control Homelander, but now that it came out of Madelyn's mouth, it had actually become evidence to whitewash Vought.
"Is that so..." Fang Yuan pondered, not saying much more.
"I believe you've felt how Vought has treated you for so long. It's okay, we can slowly build trust," Madelyn said with a beaming smile.
Madelyn knew when to stop; today was already a very good start.
Madelyn was in a great mood; the advantage was hers!
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