A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 154

But Qiu Mu-Cheng was left disappointed.

After she had dashed past the guards, the place where Mr. Chu had been standing was already empty.

So, in the end, she did not get the chance to look at Mr. Chu's face. Afterward, more guards arrived at the scene and restrained her once again.

The reception lounge.

Ye Fan was seated calmly, while Chen Nan was beside him to keep him company.

Chen Ao, Li Er and the other leaders were all present.

Apart from the sound of the cold wind blowing outside the window, the room was completely quiet.

Meanwhile, Zhao Wu-Ji was standing in front of the assembled Jiangdong leaders with his head bowed. His expensive suit was still speckled with Wu He-Rong's blood.

After the latter's corpse had been kicked off the platform by Ye Fan, the blood had gotten onto Zhao Wu-Ji's suit.

Undoubtedly, Ye Fan's majestic might had already scared Zhao Wu-Ji witless.

At this moment, as he stood in the room, he was shaking all over. There was no trace left of the arrogance he had shown Ye Fan when the latter had just arrived at Anning County.

"You old bastard! Get on your knees now!"

Li Er sneered, walked forward and kicked Zhao Wu-Ji to the floor.

"Li Er! How dare you kick me? I am the number one...”

"Go screw your number one!"

Before Zhao Wu-Ji could finish his sentence, Li Er slapped him so hard in the face that it went crooked.

"Do you still think this is the old Jiangdong?"

"This new Jiangdong only has one master and that is Mr. Chu."

"You can only be the number one tycoon if Mr. Chu recognizes you as such. If he disapproves, then you are nothing!"

As he spoke, Li Er slapped Zhao Wu-Ji again. This time, the left side of the latter's face went crooked.

"Damn it! This feels good!"

It looked like Li Er was getting addicted to slapping Zhao Wu-Ji. Just then, he was furiously smacking the former number one tycoon with both his left and right hands.

In the past, Zhao Wu-Ji had wielded enormous influence as the number one tycoon of Jiangdong. And Li Er had often suffered disadvantages at his hands. One year, the two had gotten into a dispute, and Zhao Wu-Ji had retaliated by ordering his underling to slap Li Er in the face.

"Zhao Wu-Ji, when you slapped me back then, I put up with it.”

"Because I knew, one day, I would be able to repay the favor many times over."

"And now, I have done it!"

Li Er laughed sinisterly and kicked Zhao Wu-Ji to the floor again.

Meanwhile, the latter's underlings were just standing around as they witnessed the beating of their employer. Their hearts were filled with terror and none of them dared to speak a single word.

After all, Ye Fan was just watching nearby.

They had already seen Ye Fan's ruthlessness for themselves. So there was no way they would dare to do anything rash in front of him.

In the end, Zhao Wu-Ji decided to submit to his captors. He went down on his knees and apologized to Ye Fan in a panic.

"Mr... Mr. Chu, I was ignorant and have failed to recognize your greatness. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive me this once."

"In future, I, Zhao Wu-Ji, will follow your every bidding."

Zhao Wu-Ji's piteous voice resounded through the room.

However, instead of replying, Ye Fan peeled a grape and handed it to Chen Nan.

"Thank you, Fan~" Chen Nan giggled and her lips curved into a crescent shape.

Li Er was torn by anguish when he saw this.

Chen Ao, you wily old fox! But I have to hand it to you. Using a beautiful woman to get close to Mr. Chu is a smart move.

And he regretted not bringing his sister along. If he had done so, then he could have followed Chen Ao's strategy and used his sister to get closer to Ye Fan.

"Mr... Mr. Chu, please say something?"

Zhao Wu-Ji was almost ready to cry. He felt like he was a convict awaiting sentencing. The feeling of waiting for something unknown to happen was one of the most terrifying experiences in the world.

After a long while, Ye Fan shook his head with a smile.

"Follow my every bidding?"

"Are you more loyal than Li Er?!"

"Are you more resourceful than Chen Ao?!"

"Is your family and background more powerful than Lei San's?!"

"There are so many capable people in Jiangdong and I have subordinates who are more capable than you. So tell me. Why would I want to keep you around?!!"

In a voice as cold as ice, Ye Fan unleashed a series of questions on Zhao Wu-Ji. When he spoke, the air of authority he exuded towered high into the heavens and his forceful words shook through the room, resonating with all who heard him.

Zhao Wu-Ji paled immediately and panic filled his eyes.

"Mr. Chu, please don't~" he pleaded as he kowtowed over and over again.

"I will give you money! I will give you half of my fortune! As long as you spare my life~"

Zhao Wu-Ji kowtowed in a panic and pleaded piteously. But Ye Fan had no intention of letting the former number one tycoon off the hook.

"Half of your fortune?" the young man sneered.

"What a joke."

"Do you think you have the right to negotiate with me right now?"

Ye Fan retorted with a question and continued to shout coldly: "Zhao Wu-Ji, you should never have provoked me."

Wang Yu had already started crying; his tears and snot were freely mingling together on his face.

And Liu Jia-Wei had already turned as white as sheet.

Until now did the pair finally realize just what kind of VIP they had offended.

And the regret in their hearts was replaced by panic.

As for Li Xiao-Hong, she was also kneeling on the floor alongside her uncle and Liu Jia-Wei. Her head was bowed and she did not dare to speak a single word.

Earlier, Jin Bao and Yin Bao had heard about Liu Jia-Wei's rudeness from Chen Nan. So the duo had volunteered to go capture and bring the reckless offenders here.

Because they had found Li Xiao-Hong together with Wang Yu, Jin Bao and Yin Bao had also brought her along.

"Please do get up."

Ye Fan smiled, walked over to where Li Xiao-Hong was and gently helped her up.

"Thank you, Mr. Chu. Thank you, Mr. Chu~" Wang Yu and Liu Jia-Wei thought that Ye Fan was speaking to them; they felt relieved as if they had been pardoned and started to stand up.

Right away, Jin Bao kicked one of the ignorant fools while Yin Bao kicked the other.

"Did we say you could stand?"

"Get on your knees!"

Liu Jia-Wei and Wang Yu burst into tears. They went down on their knees, completely overwhelmed with panic.

Fortunately, on account of Li Xiao-Hong, Ye Fan did not give them too hard a time and only gave them warnings.

When they were leaving, Ye Fan specially singled out Liu Jia-Wei and shouted after him: "Young Master Liu, remember. The Eiffel Tower is in France and penguins are found in the South Pole. If you can't remember these facts, then please do not try to show off in future."

"Isn't it better to be a person who is peaceful, kind and who always has a smile on his face?"

Ye Fan sat on the sofa with a faint smile on his delicate face. At this moment, he looked just like a completely harmless youth.

But everyone present knew what sort of majesty this ordinary-looking young man was hiding behind his delicate features.

Since all matters had been resolved, Ye Fan started to prepare to return to Yunzhou.

"Mr. Chu, are you in a hurry?"

"Since you are already at the foot of Mount Tai, how about letting Nan-Nan accompany you sightseeing for a couple of days before you leave?” Chen Ao said with a smile.

Ye Fan shook his head and replied: "No. That woman back home is still angry with me. I have to get back soon and placate her.”

Ye Fan smiled helplessly. And when the surrounding people heard this, they giggled in response. They had not imagined that the Mr. Chu who dominated over Jiangdong would turn out to be such a family-oriented man.

However, just then, someone came in from outside the room.

"Mr. Chu, just now a crazy woman in the hall kicked up a fuss and insisted on seeing your face."

"I am afraid she would cause you offence so I had her restrained. She is awaiting your judgement right now."