A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

It went completely quiet inside Shanshui Hall.

Within the dimly lit hall, Ye Fan continued to stand on the stage. In front of him, the ten heavily built men were lined up in two rows, and Xu Lei was standing respectfully by his side.

The crowd was dumbfounded. They found it difficult to believe what they were seeing.

"This... This..."

"Twenty million in cash?"

"Delivered personally by Miss Xu Lei?"

"I will be damned!"

"What kind of person is he?"

"Could he be a super tycoon?"

The entire venue erupted into clamor, and many among the crowd were left speechless with shock.

All the disdain and mockery had already disappeared, to be replaced by shock and confusion.

It was inconceivable to them that the man wearing plain clothes could possess such wealth.

"Damn!"

"When did Mr. Chu hook up with Xu Lei?"

It was not just the crowd in the hall. Even Li Er, who had been sitting in his private room, was shocked by the pairing of Ye Fan and Xu Lei.

In Yunzhou city, Xu Lei was one of the very few people whom Li Er was wary of.

Not only was she a resourceful woman, she also had an influential background. And, as the person-in-charge of the Hongqi Bank's branch in Yunzhou, she was managing an enormous amount of wealth. Since she had money and Ye Fan wielded influence, it did not look like Li Er was needed at all. Therefore, if she hooked up with Ye Fan, then Li Er would become a redundant figure in Yunzhou.

That was why, Li Er felt ill when he saw the power couple together. Without another word, he rushed out to greet Ye Fan.

"Impossible?"

"That card has insufficient fund. So how could he withdraw so much money?"

"The money must be fake!"

"They are most definitely fake."

Even though Lin Qian had just seen the truth with her own eyes, she still found it difficult to believe that Ye Fan was a wealthy man. With bloodshot eyes and a piercing scream, she ran forward to verify the authenticity of the money.

"Screw you!"

"You blind fool, how dare you insult Mr. Chu?"

And when Lin Qian stepped onto the stage, she was immediately slapped down by Li Er. Right afterward, the latter smiled fawningly at Ye Fan and said, "Mr. Chu, I am sorry you have been alarmed." When Xu Lei saw Li Er, a hint of surprise flashed through her eyes. She had not expected to see him here. And it looked like he was acquainted with Ye Fan as well.

"Damn!"

"Isn't that Master Li Er of Yunzhou?"

"He's actually here?"

"What the hell. Why is he so respectful toward that guy?"

Li Er's appearance had created a disturbance among the crowd.

"Xu Lei and Master Er. If you have just one of them on your side, you can obtain Yunzhou."

"This person has both of them on his side. That means, in the future, he will control the whole of Jiangdong province!" "Who the hell is this Mr. Chu!

"When did such a personage come to Yunzhou?"

On the stage, both Xu Lei and Li Er were treating the young man with the utmost respect. When the crowd saw that, they could hardly believe their eyes. Many women among the attendees had stars in their eyes, and were looking worshipfully at Ye Fan.

"If you have to get married, you absolutely should marry someone like him!"

As for the auctioneer, Wang Lu Lu, her body was shaking all over and she was so frightened that she had almost wet herself.

Heavens, just who had she offended just now?

Wang Lu Lu had almost gone crazy with fear. Just then, what she wanted to do was to give that bitch Lin Qian a good kicking. If the latter had not derailed the proceedings with her nonsense, Wang Lu Lu would never have treated Ye Fan with suspicion and called for the guards to

remove him.

"I am in big trouble-"

Wang Lu Lu's face had turned white as sheet. With a bitter smile on her face, she approached Ye Fan.

"Mr. Chu, just now..."

And Ye Fan replied in a heavy tone: "Don't call me 'Mr. Chu'. I am just a weakling after all, so I can't bear the burden of such an honorific. You had better get the security guards to chase me out." When Wang Lu Lu heard his response, she was almost scared witless.

"Mr. Chu, I... I wouldn't dare. It's a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding." Wang Lu Lu was on the verge of bursting into tears. Finally, she looked pleadingly at Xu Lei.

She had regular dealings with Xu Lei and they could be considered acquaintances. Now she hoped that the latter would speak up on her behalf.

"Mm? Miss Wang, you are here too!" Xu Lei was mildly surprised to see her acquaintance.

Screw you!

Wang Lu Lu felt like crying. Didn't Xu Lei ignore and push her aside earlier?

"But, if you have offended Mr. Chu, then there is nothing I can do to help." Xu Lei shrugged to express her powerlessness.

Wang Lu Lu felt even more hopeless.

But Ye Fan did not pay her further attention. She was just a small fry after all, and Ye Fan could not be bothered with her. He simply nodded to Li Er and Xu Lei, before walking forward to where Lin Qian was. Just then, she was covering her face with her hands and cowering on the floor like a dog.

Ye Fan looked down on her indifferently. "Actually, there was no grudge between us. But you should not have insulted Mu-Cheng."

"Because she is my wife."

Ye Fan's indifferent speech, however, caused Lin Qian to stare with her eyes wide open.

Shock filled her eyes and her mind blanked out as tempestuous waves assailed her heart.

"Wi... Wife?"

Could it be that, the Mr. Chu standing in front of her was, in fact, the live-in son-in-law of the Qiu family? He was Qiu Mu-Cheng's husband?

Just then, shock raced across Lin Qian's face and a sense of defeat filled her heart.

A moment later, Lin Qian smiled as tears streamed down her face and her eyes were filled with self-deprecation. She felt that Life had just played a huge joke on her.

She had always thought that Qiu Mu-Cheng's husband was a useless piece of trash. And that she would always be standing above Qiu Mu-Cheng. But just then, she realized how wrong she was; how mistaken everyone else was.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's husband was truly a great man.

"Mu-Cheng, congratulations"

Lin Qian's pride had been completely shattered in that instant.

She had assumed that, after marrying Wang Yu, she would be able to look down on Qiu Mu-Cheng.

But that thought had turned out to be a joke.

The attendees started leaving the venue once the auction had ended. At that moment, Ye Fan had followed Li Er into a private room to conduct their meeting. However, Xu Lei was also present.

"Miss Xu, I have something to discuss with Mr. Chu. So would you mind?" Li Er was the one who had invited Ye Fan to the auction, and he wanted to use this opportunity to get close to the latter. So, naturally, he did not want a third wheel like Xu Lei to hang around. That was why he had wasted no time to send away the uninvited guest.

But Ye Fan just smiled lightly and said, "Never mind. Since Miss Xu is already here, let us all have a meal together."

"I have heard that, Yunzhou is split equally between both Master Er and Miss Xu. One wields power and the other has wealth."

Ye Fan smiled lightly as he sipped his tea.

When Li Er and Xu Lei heard that, they broke into cold sweat and hurriedly denounced that as a rumor spread by uninformed people.

"We would not dare to claim to be rich or powerful, in front of Mr. Chu."

One after another, both Li Er and Xu Lei dissociated themselves from the rumor.

They knew a thing or two about Ye Fan's background.

He was a member of that Chu family and his father was the current family head. As for Ye Fan himself, he belonged to the Tian (Heaven) character generation within the Chu family. The Hongqi Bank had even set up a branch in Yunzhou just for his sake.

When it came to power and wealth, nobody in the whole of Great China, let alone Yunzhou, could hope to match the Chu family!

"I don't think you have invited me here tonight, just to have a meal?"

Ye Fan took a sip of tea and asked leisurely, "If you have any request, just tell me." He did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point.