A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 1123

Xur He's face was livid and his expression was extremely nasty.

Everything that Ye Fan said had rendered him speechless, and his face was so red from embarrassment.

Xur He never dreamt that he would ever be cornered like this by a younger person.

And he had never expected Ye Fan to be bold enough to reprimand him in front of everyone else so badly that he would feel so ashamed.

"Great. Just great. You are supposed to be the great Mr Chu after all. You're about to die and you are still able to put on such a strong front. But I'm not too sure how strong you would be once the soldiers arrive." Xur He knew he couldn't outtalk Ye Fan, but it didn't matter. He wasn't here to quarrel with Ye Fan anyway. He was here to kill Ye Fan.

Xur He spun around and marched out of Haiyuan Restaurant. He scoured the place before him like a legendary commander.

After that, a valiant voice rose into the sky, "There exists a wicked power who does nothing but evil deeds and brings harm to the people of Jiangdong! Today, I, Xur He, shall uphold justice and help the people of Jiangdong to exterminate this despicable man and his cronies!"

Xur He's gaze deepened as his low voice rumbled like thunder.

After a short pause, he shouted coldly again, "Surround Haiyuan Restaurant and take everyone inside down! Block off the area 500 meters around this place and do not let anyone get away. Anybody who defies my orders shall face punishment by death!"

BOOM!

Those commands from Xur He were like a gigantic rock falling into the ocean, causing a tsunami to rise.

Everyone watched as countless heavy vehicles carrying soldiers came rolling in from afar.

The huge wheels of the trucks could crush rocks and made the ground shake, so the entire city was trembling.

Li Er and the rest nearly peed themselves when they watched the flood of army vehicles come towards them with thousands of soldiers in them.

Their faces were deathly pale.

The thing they feared most had fallen on them after all.

The storm they had been worried about was now beginning to unfurl.

Not only was everyone in Haiyuan Restaurant terrified, but the people of Yunzhou were equally fearful.

"Oh my god! What's going on? Why are there so many soldiers here? Are we going to war?”

"Mummy, I'm scared!"

Help!"

As the huge numbers of soldiers poured into the city, Yunzhou seemed to have exploded into a panic.

Some were filled with terror and some trembled violently.

Some screamed and shrieked, while some started crying in despair.

The entire city was in chaos.

Ordinary folk had only seen such military movement on TV.

So when they witnessed actual artillery roll right past them, they were naturally petrified.

But thankfully, Wu Wei-Tao had already foreseen this, so he brought his subordinates along to console and reassure the people.

"Everyone, please do not panic! General Xur is here to help us get rid of scum in our society! This exercise is targeted only at those evil men, and no innocent parties will be hurt. Please go home and wait, everything will return to normal once those scums have been brought to justice!" yelled Wu Wei-Tao into a loudspeaker again and again as he walked along the streets.

At the same time, Wu Wei-Tao would glance towards Haiyuan Restaurant from time to time and smile coldly. "Nobody knows when the tide would suddenly change. Mr Chu, from the day you became the King of Jiangdong, you should have known that such a day might come."

"This Xur family is really despicable. They are clearly abusing their power for selfish gain and to avenge a relative, but here they are, accusing us of being wicked people. How shameless!" shouted Old Master Xia in a low voice.

Most guests in the restaurant had lived upright lives and had never broken the law before.

But now, Xur He was simply accusing them of being evildoers without even conducting an investigation.

It was clear that the Xur family wanted all of them to die along with Xur Shao-Hua as revenge.

"Mr Chu, what...what do we do now?

Should we...should we go out there and surrender?" Li Er and the rest had never been in such a situation before. They were too terrified to even think now.

They all looked at Ye Fan and waited for Ye Fan to make a decision.

"No, we can't go out there! That Xur He is obviously out to kill us! If we go out, then that's as good as sending ourselves to die!" someone protested.

"Then is staying in here any better? Didn't you hear him? If we don't go out within the next ten minutes, he'll open fire on all of us. We don't have any other choice but to surrender and admit our guilt.”

"No! We can't go out! If we go out, we'll definitely die!"

In no time, the entire hall was filled with the sounds of people arguing among themselves.

Some of them felt that it was better to just go out and surrender, while others insisted on remaining inside.

These big shots who were normally calm and cultured were now quarrelling noisily like they were in a marketplace.

The entire restaurant felt like a huge pot of boiling water that was bubbling furiously.

They were like drowning men who were putting up their last struggle.