A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 212

"That's ridiculous! Stop it now. We're talking business here, so how could we go along with your emotions? Dad and I pamper you too much and that's why you end up shooting your mouth off so willfully."

Su Qian spoke very loudly, so a lot of people heard what she said earlier.

It was a crucial time for their father now while he tried to buy the painting from Ye Fan and Su Qian's words would likely jeopardize their father's deal. So Su Nan was annoyed and reprimanded her yet again.

While Su Yuan-Shan was striking a deal with Ye Fan for the painting up ahead, He undoubtedly heard his daughter's willful words and couldn't help frowning.

"Mr Su, it seems your daughter doesn't want this deal to happen," said Ye Fan calmly as he smiled.

Su Yuan-Shan looked even angrier. There was frustration surging from his face. Su Qian's willfulness now clearly displeased him immensely.

But Su Yuan-Shan was a savvy businessman and mature after all, so he quickly composed himself. He continued to smile at Ye Fan amicably as he said, "Mr Ye, sorry about that."

She is so willful because I've pampered her too much. But I'm the head of the Su family, so her words mean nothing at all. Please don't take her words to heart. I will offer $200 million for this painting. What do you think? If you are open to it, I can pay you a deposit for it right away."

Su Yuan-Shan sounded courteous. He didn't have any arrogant airs at all and was very easy going. It was no wonder he could run such a big company.

Little Teacher, $200 million is a reasonable price. Even if we placed it in an auction, it would fetch about $200 million too," said Gu Long-En as he nodded when he heard Su Yuan-Shan's offer.

"Oho, thank you, Old Master Gu." Su Yuan-Shan was delighted by Gu Long-En's support and thanked Gu Long-En quickly.

But Ye Fan merely calmly smiled when he heard Su Yuan-Shan's offer and shook his head.

Su Yuan-Shan felt a little awkward when he saw that Ye Fan shook his head.

In Su Yuan-Shan's opinion, $200 million was a fair price. He didn't expect Ye Fan to refuse him.

Gu Long-En immediately felt a little surprised too.

Although Ye Fan was the one who spotted the painting and bought it, Su Yuan-Shan helped Ye Fan after all. If Su Yuan-Shan didn't give him the $200 at the right time, Ye Fan wouldn't have be able to buy this painting in the first place.

So on account of this, if he was a real friend, he should sell the painting to Su Yuan-Shan even if it were below market price. Furthermore, Su Yuan-Shan had made a reasonable offer.

But Ye Fan had actually rejected him. Gu Long-En couldn't help but have a bad impression of Ye Fan.

The others were abuzz with chatter. They felt Ye Fan should have returned the favor and was disloyal. All he cared about was money.

"Mr Ye, if you think $200 million is too little, I can increase it a little more.

"I genuinely love the painting and would really love to have it,” said Su Yuan-Shan again. But he sounded a little less friendly this time and was slightly more polite and distant.

Ye Fan smiled again, "Mr Su, I think you're mistaken. If you like it, I'll just give it to you. How can I take your money?"

"Wha-what? You want to gi-give me this painting?”

Clearly, nobody expected Ye Fan to do this.

Even Su Yuan-Shan was completely dumbstruck and his eyes were filled with shock.

Gu Long-En looked up and frowned as he looked at the youth in front of him.

The others found this equally mind-boggling.

The entire showroom went silent.

Was he going to give away something worth $200 million just like that?

Did he treat money like dirt? Or was this idiot just stupid?

Moreover, it was just $200 million. Ye Fan didn't really care about that tiny bit of money.

Everyone else were deeply envious and full of regret.

They regretted treating Ye Fan snobbishly. When Ye Fan wanted to borrow money from them, they completely ignored him.

If they had just loaned him $200 earlier on, Ye Fan would probably have given this

$200 million painting to them and not Su Yuan-Shan!

As they witnessed this golden opportunity slip past them, those rich men couldn't help but feel remorse in their hearts.

They regretted it deeply!

Ye Fan's actions made them feel sorry, but it also impressed Old Master Gu Long-En immensely.

Even though Ye Fan and the others wanted to leave, Gu Long-En kept chasing after him. He insisted on being his apprentice, but Ye Fan refused to accept him.

"Little Teacher, please accept me as your pupil. Regardless of your appraisal skills and character, I, Gu Long-En, have a lot to learn from you. In the curio community, masters are called teachers. I deeply lack skills, so I hope Little Teacher can be my master and enlighten me!”

Su Yuan-Shan and the others couldn't stand watching Gu Long-En plead with Ye Fan, so they tried persuading him too. "Mr Ye, why don't you accept Master Gu on account of his sincerity?"

But Ye Fan was helpless, "Mr Su, you're making things difficult for me."

"I really know nothing about appraising antiques."

Both Gu Long-En and Su Yuan-Shan didn't know what to say to that. Everyone in the hall also fell completely silent.