Chapter 168: New House?

Han came back a few minutes later with Meng and announced to him that he would be taking Haru home before he left. Meng didn't seem to have any issues with it at all and agreed without a second thought.

"That's fine. I was already going to offer to take you back. Taxies will be way more expensive at this time so it's probably for the best that you come with me." Meng smiled and then turned back to Han.

"I just need to grab my coat from the conference room," Meng said to Han who then handed him a set of keys which was used to open the set of double doors that Han had gone into earlier in the night. Meng entered the room for a few seconds and then came out with his coat and then pulled his car keys out from the inside pocket.

"It would have been pretty embarrassing if I forgot my keys," Meng said to himself and then waved for Haru to follow him.

"Oh, One more thing. Make sure you don't get lost Meng…" Han shouted just as they had both gotten to the elevator.

"Don't worry I know where I'm going," Meng reassured Han that he wouldn't get lost but it stood out as odd to Haru.

'Why would he get lost? Is there something wrong with his brain that makes him forget places he has been too on the same day?' Haru thought and then dismissed it as the elevator began to go down.

He looked up and watched the elevator go right past the ground floor and down into the parking lot. 'Hmm? An underground parking lot too? I didn't expect that.' He took a moment to assess his new resort. He would need to come back sometime in the future to get a better look at the place but for now, he assumed that Han would take care of everything.

The bell of the elevator chimed out and Meng walked out into the dimly lit parking lot. He turned around to see that Haru hadn't moved from the inside of the elevator and then worried he had done something wrong.

"What is it? Are you not coming?" Meng asked. But his worries were put to rest as Haru took a few steps out into the parking lot.

"It's nothing. I just had a bad experience in a parking lot before." Haru said with a slight chuckle and then followed him over to the parked SUV that beeped twice once Meng hit the button to unlock the doors on his keys and then got into the driver's seat.

Haru sat in the seat next to him and Meng started to drive as soon as he sat down.

"Woah, Give me a minute to buckle in. Do you want to be pulled over by the police?" Haru asked sarcastically. Meng was probably one of the people who cared less about the police than Haru did. After all, they wouldn't be able to do anything to people of their strength. But Meng took the little Joke literally and stopped the car immediately.

"Sorry. I guess it's because I'm not used to driving with passengers." Meng tried to excuse himself but instead made Haru laugh.

'I understand why other leaders bully him. He is can't tell the difference between a joke and a regular statement.' Haru thought before dismissing it. He didn't want to embarrass the man by letting him know it was a joke so he put on his seat belt and let him know when he was ready.

"Okay, I'm all set. Let's go." He said and then looked over at Meng who was patiently waiting for his signal to drive and as soon as he received it he set off. He seemed eager for some reason and Haru couldn't think why. The other times that he had met Meng he seemed level headed but right now he seemed to be preoccupied with his thoughts.

"Is there something wrong?" Haru asked. He wanted to make sure the person driving him home was in the right state of mind. Although cultivators can't get drunk from regular alcohol, it wouldn't be hard to brew some that could cause that effect so he thought that maybe he was drunk.

But on the other hand, he didn't show any signs of intoxication. It just seemed more like he wasn't all there in the brain which made sense as to why Han told him not to get lost.

That was when Haru realised that he was driving in the opposite direction. Instead of heading into the main part of the city toward the university. He was heading toward the mountain and to the border of the city.

"Um… Meng. You're going the wrong way." Haru let him know of his mistake but it didn't cause any change in him. Meng just turned his head from the road to look at Haru.

"No, I'm not." He said bluntly and carried on driving. Haru looked back outside the window to make sure that he wasn't seeing things the first time and sure enough, he wasn't. Meng was driving in the wrong direction no matter which way he tried to look at it.

"Meng… You are heading the wrong way. My dorm is that way." Haru pointed in the other direction but Meng responded with the same tone.

"Don't worry. I'm taking you home. This is just a shortcut. I thought you should know about it so you can take it more often." He stated and then glued his eyes back to the road.

"Okay… If you say so." Haru said with doubt in the tone of his voice but sat back anyway and didn't say anything until they drove up into the hills. And started to drive past many houses that looked like they would hundreds of millions of yuan if not billions.

This was the wealthiest part of the city which was made clear by the sports cars parked on every street and in every driveway.

And then suddenly Meng stopped driving and parked up outside a mansion that looked like it cost at least five hundred million yuan.

"What are you doing? Why did you stop?" Haru asked. He was confused. Did Meng just kidnap him? He was supposed to be taking him home but instead drove to some random house in the hills.

"Because you're home. This is your new home. As the owner of the serpentine resort, you need to look the part and that starts with a house in the hills that's worthy of the owner of the resort. I'm sorry to trick you like this. Han told me not to ruin the surprise until I got there so I couldn't say much." Meng explained but it went right over Haru's head.

"What?" He asked and then unbuckled his seatbelt before stepping out of the car.

"Why did you need to give me something this fancy? I already feel like giving me the resort was a bit much. But now a house?" Haru asked Meng who dangled a set of keys out of the window for Haru to take.

'Did I become a sugar baby or something? Why do they keep giving me expensive things?' He thought to himself. He still didn't understand how much value someone with his strength would have in the world. It was enough to make people apologise for wronging him with millions of dollars but he wasn't used to it and certainly didn't want to abuse it.

"I can't accept this." He said to Meng and then refused to take the keys.

"Meng said you would say something like this so he sent a group of people to cause some trouble and get you evicted from your dorm room. Oh and don't worry we already brought all of your belongings over." Meng smiled and held the keys out once again.

"You did what!?" Haru shouted. He had only spent one night in his dorm yet he was already evicted. This had to be some kind of record right?

"Like I said. It wasn't my idea. The boss said it was for your own good. If you don't live in a fancy house then some of the guests at the club might look down at you for someone who is leaching off Mr Ma's wealth." Meng said and then threw the keys giving Haru no choice but to catch them and then put his foot on the peddle before he could return them to him.

"Have fun in your new house!" He shouted as the car drove off down the street.

"Leeching off his wealth? That's exactly what this feels like… But I guess if he isn't giving me the chance to refuse then I can take it as a gift." Haru said to himself before walking up to the electronic gate positioned in front of his driveway and then held up the black key fob to the scanning panel next to the gate.

A small beep sounded out before static noise of the circuit being interrupted let him know that the gate was unlocked. He then pushed the gate to reveal a full view of his new house.