Chapter 223: Hug me?

As the discussion about Haru's identity raged on the sound of screeching tires called out from outside the building right before the doors opened up and Lan Yan walked in through them.

"Where did he go? Where did my father take him." Lan Yan shouted before she even had the chance to look around. She then noticed one of the security guards was holding a shotgun in his arms.

It was the same gun that Mr Lan had pointed at Haru when he came down from the elevator. After Mr Lan and Haru had both gone up to his office the guard had gone to secure the weapon so none of the civilians in the room could take it.

"You… What did you do? Why do you have a gun? Where is Haru?!" Lan Yan demanded an explanation from the guard as she approached him while pointing her finger at him.

Upon hearing and seeing that Lan Yan was walking towards him in a threatening manner the man slowly began to back up until he had nowhere else to escape to. He looked at Lan Yan with hesitation before attempting to explain himself.

"It's not what you think. Mr Lan had left it here so I had to pick it up to make sure that it didn't fall into anyone else's hands.

I didn't do anything I promise." The man replied anxiously.

Lan Yan then quickly looked over at the receptionist who was still sitting behind the desk.

"Where did they go? I didn't come here to stand around in the lobby all day!" Lan Yan shouted back to the man who had called her.

The receptionist pointed to the elevator.

"They went up to your father's office. The young man said that he had something to talk about with your father. And they haven't come down yet." The receptionist replied with haste, not wanting to leave her waiting.

"Thanks." Lan Yan said casually before running to the elevator and then heading inside to go up to the top floor where her father's office was situated.

"I hope he hasn't tried to do anything to Haru." Lan Yan whispered to herself nervously as the doors to the elevator opened up as she arrived on the top floor.

The floor was split into two parts. One was where Mr Lan's personal secretary worked at her desk and the other was his office. It was split by a wall of glass so as soon as Lan Yan arrived on the floor she saw both Haru and her father were sitting in his office.

Mr Lan appeared to be laughing about something in the office while Haru's back was facing the door. But despite that, she could still tell it was him even if she couldn't see his face.

The only time she had seen her father laugh in front of somebody is when he was planning something evil so as she saw them both sitting there she became worried and immediately ran towards the door.

"Young Miss. Your father is meeting with an important guest. He said that he didn't want to be interrupted…" The secretary tried to warn Lan Yan but there was nothing she could do as she quickly opened the doors and ran inside the room to hear Haru talking.

"Yeah, it was funny. Anyway, can you tell me where the hong family is? I have some business with them." Haru asked Mr Lan before hearing that the door had opened behind him and he turned around to see that Lan Yan was standing by the doorway.

"Oh hey, What's up kiddo." Haru smiled as this was the first time he had seen Lan Yan since they had departed on the bus.

"Haru!" Lan Yan shouted and then ran towards him.

"Woah…" Haru looked at her for a moment before realising she was trying to hug him and then used his Qi to stop her from getting any closer to him.

"What? That's not fair! I haven't seen you in so long. How could you not hug me?" Lan Yan pouted as she had been stopped and then looked up at them both once more to see that her father seemed to be in a good mood.

She had thought for sure that her dad would be mad that Haru was there, after what she had told him. After she had gotten home after Haru had saved her and her younger sister she had told her father that she had been saved by a strong cultivator and he wanted to stay at the royal imperial hotel.

Her father agreed to pay for him to stay in the presidential room but also wanted to know more about him before going to meet with him. Lan Yan felt embarrassed that she had been rejected by Haru and wanted to get payback on him so she told her father that he agreed to be her boyfriend before he went to meet him.

She expected her dad to beat him up or something but when he returned he seemed to be stressed and immediately opened a bottle of alcohol.

Looking at his face now she was sure that nothing bad was going to happen to her family because they had angered Haru but she didn't know what they had been talking about.

"Yan, Perfect timing. Isn't that Hong girl having a birthday party today?" Mr Lan asked her.

"Hong Zan? Yeah, but you said that I wasn't allowed to associate with the Hong family so I had to ignore the invitation." Lan Yan replied, Confused about what was going on.

Her dad had never taken an interest in her friends from school until this point but he made sure that she stayed far away from the Hong family for whatever reason.

"That's great. Haru here has some business to take care of with some of her family members. How about you take him along to the party with you?" Mr Lan said with a smile on his face as he looked at his daughter.

"But didn't you say just last week that I couldn't hang out with Zan because I can't afford to anger her relatives? Why do you want me to take Haru to speak with them?" Lan Yan asked.

She had known her father since the day she was born and through all the years that had passed since then she had never seen him contradict himself.

Mr Lan was a stubborn man and never liked to admit that he was wrong about anything but for some reason, he had gone back on what he had said just because Haru was there.

"Nonsense. We don't have to worry about those guys. It's fine. Even if God himself came down to smite you I'm sure Haru would still keep you safe. Wouldn't you?" Mr Lan said in a cheerful tone as he switched his attention to Haru.

"Well if a god came down I would probably run away as fast as I could. I wouldn't be concerned about saving anyone." Haru said in a matter of fact way as the room fell silent.

"Hahaha. See he can even joke about his own strength." Mr Lan smiled back at his daughter who seemed to be smirking.

"Fine, I guess I can take him there. It's not like I have anything better to do." Lan Yan replied as if she didn't want to go at all but she couldn't hide the smile that ran across her lips.

"Is that okay with you Mr Kitigawa?" Mr Lan asked Haru formally.

"That's fine. I don't mind eating some free food." Haru chuckled and then looked back at Lan Yan.

"Oh, I should warn you. The Hong family are one of the five imperial families here in Beijing. They have many martial artists and cultivators. So they won't be easily pushed around.

It would be best if you were careful with your words and try not to offend anyone at the party. They are well known for being brutal with outsiders." Mr Lan explained to Haru that they were a force to be reckoned with.

"Ah, don't worry. I don't go looking for trouble, it just seems to find me sometimes. I will be respectful." Haru complied with Mr Lan's warning and agreed that he wouldn't offend anyone.

Afterall it would reflect badly on the Lan family if one of the people they invited to the party caused trouble for them and he didn't want to make anyone else a target at his expense.

'If everything goes smoothly then I won't even need to threaten their lives.'Haru thought to himself with an evil grin.

Both Lan Yan and her father stared at Haru for a few moments before deciding to change the subject.

"Well, you two crazy kids had better get out of here. I bet you can't wait to go partying can you?" Mr Lan said while trying to relate to the younger generation but it sounded creepy.

Lan Yan looked away with embarrassment as Haru got up from his seat without saying another word and then began to walk towards the door. He walked to the door and then turned his head back to Mr Lan.

"Thank you. We got off on the wrong foot but I can see that you aren't such a bad person." Haru said before smiling.

Mr Lan looked at Haru for a few moments and admired his smile. The bright beaming smile matched with his beautiful looks was enough to take Mr Lan's breath away and he didn't know what to say.

"Well… Urm…" He tried to reply but was stunned by Haru's beauty.

Suddenly Lan Yan grabbed Haru's arm.

"Come on. Let's go. I can't wait to show off my boyfriend to all of my friends." She smiled and looked up at him awaiting a response.

"I'm not your boyfriend…" Haru spoke with a coldness to his voice that she had never seen before and she struggled to keep her happy smile.

"Well, you are now. So let's get going." She didn't accept the rejection and began to pull Haru behind her before they both entered the elevator and took it down to the lobby.