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"What did you do? How did he let us in so easily? Do you know that man or something?"Yun asked in confusion. This was supposed to be the best club in the whole city and only the elite of the elite could gain entry. But Haru just walked in without an invitation.
"Oh did I not tell you? I own this place." Haru said casually. There wasn't much of a point trying to hide it since she would always know when he was lying. And it didn't matter. It was just a piece of property and he didn't even have to run the place.
All Haru had to do was sit back and collect the money the club earned. The accountants would send his share of the money to him and then pay all of the workers with what is leftover.
"You own this place? Don't make me… Oh, You're serious aren't you?" Yun replied first thinking that he was trying to make a joke but she could see by his face that he was being genuine without even trying to hide anything from her.
"I sure do. Didn't your dad tell you? He was there that night when the previous owner announced that he was giving the place to me." Haru said proudly but quietly enough that no one would hear him boasting about owning the serpentine resort.
"Haru… You didn't do anything bad, did you? I heard that the previous owner is a vicious gangster. You're sure that you didn't join his gang aren't you?" Yun asked quietly so she wouldn't be heard by anyone.
"Of course I didn't. He made a mistake and then gave it to me as an apology." Although he was being honest he didn't want to bring up what had happened with the whole sect that he had wiped out in front of her. He thought it was better to just keep it to the bare minimum when explaining things to her.
"Hmm…" Yun doubted him for a moment before her attention was taken away from her buy a woman's voice calling her name.
"Yun! I didn't expect you to come. Didn't you say that you weren't allowed to?" A woman with long platinum coloured hair exclaimed from the staircase. She was wearing a black dress similar to the one that Yun had on but hers went down to her mid-calf while Yun's went to her knee.
"Jessie! I didn't think he would let me. But I managed to get my cousin to come with me. Since he was coming along my dad said it was fine." Yun stopped what she was doing and ran over to the woman who had called her.
"You're cousin? Isn't he one of those super smart nerds? Why did he come here? This is a place for… Our people." Jessie said before taking a look around to see if she could spot a nerdy-looking guy but there wasn't anyone who matched that description in sight.
"Yeah, something like that. But he is still a pretty cool guy." Yun said and then turned back to Haru who was standing in the same place watching as Yun talked to her friend.
"Haru! Come and say hi to my friend!" Yun shouted back to Haru.
Haru sighed slightly before walking over to them both. He had come here to talk to Leung Li, not talk to Yun's friends. It annoyed him a little that she was always so quick to change the subject like she had trouble concentration on one thing at a time.
"Hi," Haru said as he walked over to the two women.
Jessie looked up at Haru who was much taller than both her and Yun even though they were both wearing heels. She first noticed his pale skin and glassy blue eyes and then the stylish medium length hair cut. She then looked down at his body and saw that even though he had a thin frame the definition in his muscles still showed through his clothes.
'He's Yun's nerdy cousin!? He is beautiful. How can someone be smart yet this attractive? And look, He even works out. Just where in the world did he-' Jessie thought before she was interrupted by Yun.
"Hi? Really? That's it? You are supposed to introduce yourself and say something cool. Aren't you embarrassed with an introduction like that?" Yun asked Haru in a criticising way to try to make him correct his bluntness but as she looked up and saw the look on his face she decided to drop it.
Over the short amount of time, they had known each other. Yun had learned to sense when he was mad just by his face. When something irritated him, his cheeks would twitch slightly and since he was a cultivator she feared what he might do if he got really mad so she decided to let go of things if she saw that sign on his face.
"No, it's okay. I found it kind of funny. Lots of men come to these parties to pick up women so they always say something to impress them. But I haven't seen someone so blunt yet. It's refreshing." Jessie said with her cheeks turning slightly red as she looked up at him.
"So Haru was it? I'm Jessie." Jessie introduced herself with a smile and held out her hand for Haru to shake. Before suddenly pulling it away as this time her name was called.
"Jess! What are you doing? We are all waiting for you." A blond man leaned over from the top of the staircase and shouted down at her while giving Haru a threatening look that said 'Stay away from my girl.' Haru smiled back at him without giving him the slightest hint that he was scared off by him.
"Haru…" Yun whispered and grabbed the sleeve of his jacket to bring his attention back down from the man at the top of the staircase.
"That's Zhu Tengfei's youngest son Zhu Fan. I know you said that you know his father but you probably shouldn't mess with him. His father has major ties to the cultivators association and he is a member himself. I heard that he reached The spirit core stage at the start of this year." Yun whispered to Haru so that he couldn't hear. But Haru already knew what cultivation stage he was at and it was nothing to be impressed about.
"It's fine. I never bite off more than I can chew. You don't need to worry about anything." Haru said back but Yun didn't know what to say. The way that Haru spoke could be taken in two different ways.
It could have been taken as "He is nothing but an insect. I will crush him." Or it could have been taken as "I understand. I will stay away for now." But she wasn't sure exactly what he meant so she decided to hope that he meant the latter of the two and wouldn't cause too much trouble.
"Oh, Fan I'm sorry I forgot that I promised to meet up with you guys. You don't mind if I bring Yun and her cousin do you?" Jessie asked the man standing at the top of the stairs.
"Yun's cousin? I didn't know that she had one… Come on then." Fan replied but he didn't say that Haru couldn't come along so they all took that as if he didn't mind and walked up together to meet him.
"Hey, Nice to meet ya, I'm Zhu Fan." Fan stuck his hand out to shake and so did Haru. But as soon as their hands touched. Fan decided to make it a competition and began to squeeze Haru's hand harder and harder until he was eventually using his full strength and his body was beginning to shake.
He then looked up at Haru who was smiling and looking down on him in a condescending way. He was smiling like a mad man and had a look of amusement on his face as Fan tried his best to make him submit but it didn't happen no matter how hard he tried.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Haru Kitagawa." Haru responded. Upon hearing the name that Haru had given to him Fan looked up with questioning eyes. He seemed to recognise his name and then immediately tried to pull his hand away. But now it was Haru's turn. And he wasn't letting go before he could return the favour.
Haru lightly squeezed Fan's hand but that alone was enough to make him flinch and he opened his mouth slightly as the pressure felt like it was about to crush his hand completely.
"Are you okay? You look a little sick." Jessie put her arm on Fan's shoulder after noticing that his face suddenly went pale. Haru then let go of his hand.
"Yeah, you look a little ill. Are you sure you're up to this? The party doesn't end until two AM." Yun said, concerned about his health. She had no idea that Haru was the one behind his sudden paleness and thought that he might have been coming down with a cold.
"I'm fine I promise… I just had a cramp in my leg. I didn't want to worry any of you." Fan quickly came up with something to explain his paleness and then chuckled.
"Don't mind me. Come on let's head inside. I'm sure everyone will love your cousin Yun. He will probably make a few good friends tonight. Who knows… He might even get himself a lady friend?" Fan chuckled and walked ahead of them. Making sure that he held the door open for them as they walked into the banquet hall that Haru was already familiar with.
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"What did you do? How did he let us in so easily? Do you know that man or something?"Yun asked in confusion. This was supposed to be the best club in the whole city and only the elite of the elite could gain entry. But Haru just walked in without an invitation.
"Oh did I not tell you? I own this place." Haru said casually. There wasn't much of a point trying to hide it since she would always know when he was lying. And it didn't matter. It was just a piece of property and he didn't even have to run the place.
All Haru had to do was sit back and collect the money the club earned. The accountants would send his share of the money to him and then pay all of the workers with what is leftover.
"You own this place? Don't make me… Oh, You're serious aren't you?" Yun replied first thinking that he was trying to make a joke but she could see by his face that he was being genuine without even trying to hide anything from her.
"I sure do. Didn't your dad tell you? He was there that night when the previous owner announced that he was giving the place to me." Haru said proudly but quietly enough that no one would hear him boasting about owning the serpentine resort.
"Haru… You didn't do anything bad, did you? I heard that the previous owner is a vicious gangster. You're sure that you didn't join his gang aren't you?" Yun asked quietly so she wouldn't be heard by anyone.
"Of course I didn't. He made a mistake and then gave it to me as an apology." Although he was being honest he didn't want to bring up what had happened with the whole sect that he had wiped out in front of her. He thought it was better to just keep it to the bare minimum when explaining things to her.
"Hmm…" Yun doubted him for a moment before her attention was taken away from her buy a woman's voice calling her name.
"Yun! I didn't expect you to come. Didn't you say that you weren't allowed to?" A woman with long platinum coloured hair exclaimed from the staircase. She was wearing a black dress similar to the one that Yun had on but hers went down to her mid-calf while Yun's went to her knee.
"Jessie! I didn't think he would let me. But I managed to get my cousin to come with me. Since he was coming along my dad said it was fine." Yun stopped what she was doing and ran over to the woman who had called her.
"You're cousin? Isn't he one of those super smart nerds? Why did he come here? This is a place for… Our people." Jessie said before taking a look around to see if she could spot a nerdy-looking guy but there wasn't anyone who matched that description in sight.
"Yeah, something like that. But he is still a pretty cool guy." Yun said and then turned back to Haru who was standing in the same place watching as Yun talked to her friend.
"Haru! Come and say hi to my friend!" Yun shouted back to Haru.
Haru sighed slightly before walking over to them both. He had come here to talk to Leung Li, not talk to Yun's friends. It annoyed him a little that she was always so quick to change the subject like she had trouble concentration on one thing at a time.
"Hi," Haru said as he walked over to the two women.
Jessie looked up at Haru who was much taller than both her and Yun even though they were both wearing heels. She first noticed his pale skin and glassy blue eyes and then the stylish medium length hair cut. She then looked down at his body and saw that even though he had a thin frame the definition in his muscles still showed through his clothes.
'He's Yun's nerdy cousin!? He is beautiful. How can someone be smart yet this attractive? And look, He even works out. Just where in the world did he-' Jessie thought before she was interrupted by Yun.
"Hi? Really? That's it? You are supposed to introduce yourself and say something cool. Aren't you embarrassed with an introduction like that?" Yun asked Haru in a criticising way to try to make him correct his bluntness but as she looked up and saw the look on his face she decided to drop it.
Over the short amount of time, they had known each other. Yun had learned to sense when he was mad just by his face. When something irritated him, his cheeks would twitch slightly and since he was a cultivator she feared what he might do if he got really mad so she decided to let go of things if she saw that sign on his face.
"No, it's okay. I found it kind of funny. Lots of men come to these parties to pick up women so they always say something to impress them. But I haven't seen someone so blunt yet. It's refreshing." Jessie said with her cheeks turning slightly red as she looked up at him.
"So Haru was it? I'm Jessie." Jessie introduced herself with a smile and held out her hand for Haru to shake. Before suddenly pulling it away as this time her name was called.
"Jess! What are you doing? We are all waiting for you." A blond man leaned over from the top of the staircase and shouted down at her while giving Haru a threatening look that said 'Stay away from my girl.' Haru smiled back at him without giving him the slightest hint that he was scared off by him.
"Haru…" Yun whispered and grabbed the sleeve of his jacket to bring his attention back down from the man at the top of the staircase.
"That's Zhu Tengfei's youngest son Zhu Fan. I know you said that you know his father but you probably shouldn't mess with him. His father has major ties to the cultivators association and he is a member himself. I heard that he reached The spirit core stage at the start of this year." Yun whispered to Haru so that he couldn't hear. But Haru already knew what cultivation stage he was at and it was nothing to be impressed about.
"It's fine. I never bite off more than I can chew. You don't need to worry about anything." Haru said back but Yun didn't know what to say. The way that Haru spoke could be taken in two different ways.
It could have been taken as "He is nothing but an insect. I will crush him." Or it could have been taken as "I understand. I will stay away for now." But she wasn't sure exactly what he meant so she decided to hope that he meant the latter of the two and wouldn't cause too much trouble.
"Oh, Fan I'm sorry I forgot that I promised to meet up with you guys. You don't mind if I bring Yun and her cousin do you?" Jessie asked the man standing at the top of the stairs.
"Yun's cousin? I didn't know that she had one… Come on then." Fan replied but he didn't say that Haru couldn't come along so they all took that as if he didn't mind and walked up together to meet him.
"Hey, Nice to meet ya, I'm Zhu Fan." Fan stuck his hand out to shake and so did Haru. But as soon as their hands touched. Fan decided to make it a competition and began to squeeze Haru's hand harder and harder until he was eventually using his full strength and his body was beginning to shake.
He then looked up at Haru who was smiling and looking down on him in a condescending way. He was smiling like a mad man and had a look of amusement on his face as Fan tried his best to make him submit but it didn't happen no matter how hard he tried.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Haru Kitagawa." Haru responded. Upon hearing the name that Haru had given to him Fan looked up with questioning eyes. He seemed to recognise his name and then immediately tried to pull his hand away. But now it was Haru's turn. And he wasn't letting go before he could return the favour.
Haru lightly squeezed Fan's hand but that alone was enough to make him flinch and he opened his mouth slightly as the pressure felt like it was about to crush his hand completely.
"Are you okay? You look a little sick." Jessie put her arm on Fan's shoulder after noticing that his face suddenly went pale. Haru then let go of his hand.
"Yeah, you look a little ill. Are you sure you're up to this? The party doesn't end until two AM." Yun said, concerned about his health. She had no idea that Haru was the one behind his sudden paleness and thought that he might have been coming down with a cold.
"I'm fine I promise… I just had a cramp in my leg. I didn't want to worry any of you." Fan quickly came up with something to explain his paleness and then chuckled.
"Don't mind me. Come on let's head inside. I'm sure everyone will love your cousin Yun. He will probably make a few good friends tonight. Who knows… He might even get himself a lady friend?" Fan chuckled and walked ahead of them. Making sure that he held the door open for them as they walked into the banquet hall that Haru was already familiar with.
"What did you do? How did he let us in so easily? Do you know that man or something?"Yun asked in confusion. This was supposed to be the best club in the whole city and only the elite of the elite could gain entry. But Haru just walked in without an invitation."Oh did I not tell you? I own this place." Haru said casually. There wasn't much of a point trying to hide it since she would always know when he was lying. And it didn't matter. It was just a piece of property and he didn't even have to run the place.All Haru had to do was sit back and collect the money the club earned. The accountants would send his share of the money to him and then pay all of the workers with what is leftover."You own this place? Don't make me Oh, You're serious aren't you?" Yun replied first thinking that he was trying to make a joke but she could see by his face that he was being genuine without even trying to hide anything from her."I sure do. Didn't your dad tell you? He was there that night when the previous owner announced that he was giving the place to me." Haru said proudly but quietly enough that no one would hear him boasting about owning the serpentine resort."Haru You didn't do anything bad, did you? I heard that the previous owner is a vicious gangster. You're sure that you didn't join his gang aren't you?" Yun asked quietly so she wouldn't be heard by anyone."Of course I didn't. He made a mistake and then gave it to me as an apology." Although he was being honest he didn't want to bring up what had happened with the whole sect that he had wiped out in front of her. He thought it was better to just keep it to the bare minimum when explaining things to her."Hmm" Yun doubted him for a moment before her attention was taken away from her buy a woman's voice calling her name."Yun! I didn't expect you to come. Didn't you say that you weren't allowed to?" A woman with long platinum coloured hair exclaimed from the staircase. She was wearing a black dress similar to the one that Yun had on but hers went down to her mid-calf while Yun's went to her knee."Jessie! I didn't think he would let me. But I managed to get my cousin to come with me. Since he was coming along my dad said it was fine." Yun stopped what she was doing and ran over to the woman who had called her."You're cousin? Isn't he one of those super smart nerds? Why did he come here? This is a place for Our people." Jessie said before taking a look around to see if she could spot a nerdy-looking guy but there wasn't anyone who matched that description in sight."Yeah, something like that. But he is still a pretty cool guy." Yun said and then turned back to Haru who was standing in the same place watching as Yun talked to her friend."Haru! Come and say hi to my friend!" Yun shouted back to Haru.Haru sighed slightly before walking over to them both. He had come here to talk to Leung Li, not talk to Yun's friends. It annoyed him a little that she was always so quick to change the subject like she had trouble concentration on one thing at a time."Hi," Haru said as he walked over to the two women.Jessie looked up at Haru who was much taller than both her and Yun even though they were both wearing heels. She first noticed his pale skin and glassy blue eyes and then the stylish medium length hair cut. She then looked down at his body and saw that even though he had a thin frame the definition in his muscles still showed through his clothes.'He's Yun's nerdy cousin!? He is beautiful. How can someone be smart yet this attractive? And look, He even works out. Just where in the world did he-' Jessie thought before she was interrupted by Yun."Hi? Really? That's it? You are supposed to introduce yourself and say something cool. Aren't you embarrassed with an introduction like that?" Yun asked Haru in a criticising way to try to make him correct his bluntness but as she looked up and saw the look on his face she decided to drop it.Over the short amount of time, they had known each other. Yun had learned to sense when he was mad just by his face. When something irritated him, his cheeks would twitch slightly and since he was a cultivator she feared what he might do if he got really mad so she decided to let go of things if she saw that sign on his face."No, it's okay. I found it kind of funny. Lots of men come to these parties to pick up women so they always say something to impress them. But I haven't seen someone so blunt yet. It's refreshing." Jessie said with her cheeks turning slightly red as she looked up at him."So Haru was it? I'm Jessie." Jessie introduced herself with a smile and held out her hand for Haru to shake. Before suddenly pulling it away as this time her name was called."Jess! What are you doing? We are all waiting for you." A blond man leaned over from the top of the staircase and shouted down at her while giving Haru a threatening look that said 'Stay away from my girl.' Haru smiled back at him without giving him the slightest hint that he was scared off by him."Haru" Yun whispered and grabbed the sleeve of his jacket to bring his attention back down from the man at the top of the staircase."That's Zhu Tengfei's youngest son Zhu Fan. I know you said that you know his father but you probably shouldn't mess with him. His father has major ties to the cultivators association and he is a member himself. I heard that he reached The spirit core stage at the start of this year." Yun whispered to Haru so that he couldn't hear. But Haru already knew what cultivation stage he was at and it was nothing to be impressed about."It's fine. I never bite off more than I can chew. You don't need to worry about anything." Haru said back but Yun didn't know what to say. The way that Haru spoke could be taken in two different ways.It could have been taken as "He is nothing but an insect. I will crush him." Or it could have been taken as "I understand. I will stay away for now." But she wasn't sure exactly what he meant so she decided to hope that he meant the latter of the two and wouldn't cause too much trouble."Oh, Fan I'm sorry I forgot that I promised to meet up with you guys. You don't mind if I bring Yun and her cousin do you?" Jessie asked the man standing at the top of the stairs."Yun's cousin? I didn't know that she had one Come on then." Fan replied but he didn't say that Haru couldn't come along so they all took that as if he didn't mind and walked up together to meet him."Hey, Nice to meet ya, I'm Zhu Fan." Fan stuck his hand out to shake and so did Haru. But as soon as their hands touched. Fan decided to make it a competition and began to squeeze Haru's hand harder and harder until he was eventually using his full strength and his body was beginning to shake.He then looked up at Haru who was smiling and looking down on him in a condescending way. He was smiling like a mad man and had a look of amusement on his face as Fan tried his best to make him submit but it didn't happen no matter how hard he tried."Nice to meet you too. I'm Haru Kitagawa." Haru responded. Upon hearing the name that Haru had given to him Fan looked up with questioning eyes. He seemed to recognise his name and then immediately tried to pull his hand away. But now it was Haru's turn. And he wasn't letting go before he could return the favour.Haru lightly squeezed Fan's hand but that alone was enough to make him flinch and he opened his mouth slightly as the pressure felt like it was about to crush his hand completely."Are you okay? You look a little sick." Jessie put her arm on Fan's shoulder after noticing that his face suddenly went pale. Haru then let go of his hand."Yeah, you look a little ill. Are you sure you're up to this? The party doesn't end until two AM." Yun said, concerned about his health. She had no idea that Haru was the one behind his sudden paleness and thought that he might have been coming down with a cold."I'm fine I promise I just had a cramp in my leg. I didn't want to worry any of you." Fan quickly came up with something to explain his paleness and then chuckled."Don't mind me. Come on let's head inside. I'm sure everyone will love your cousin Yun. He will probably make a few good friends tonight. Who knows He might even get himself a lady friend?" Fan chuckled and walked ahead of them. Making sure that he held the door open for them as they walked into the banquet hall that Haru was already familiar with.
