A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 865

What?

Wang Yu-Chen and the rest of the Wang clan stared hard at the wine Chen Ao offered.

In an instant, they lost all hope.

"No, Mr Chen. Please beg Mr Chu to let my father off, okay? I am willing to accept punishment on my father's behalf. I will drink the wine for him,” implored Wang Yu-Chen as he knelt.

The entire family was in despair.

However, Chen Ao and the others were unmoved and looked cold.

They stood erect with an indifferent look in their eyes as they looked down at Wang Jie-Xi in silence.

"Wang Jie-Xi, Mr Chu is offering you this wine. Are you going to drink it or not?"

HUUU!

Cold wind gusted outside.

It blew into the hall through the windows and door.

The family watched on with sorrow as Li Er, and the others stood and watched coldly without saying a word.

Wang Jie-Xi smiled in the end.

He got up from the couch and smiled as he took the wine from Chen Ao.

"Dad!"

"Jie-Xi!"

"Mr Wang, don't do it!"

Everyone choked with tears in their eyes as they convinced Wang Jie-Xi not to drink it.

Wang Jie-Xi was the backbone of the Wang family.

If he died, the Wang family would be no more.

Wang Jie-Xi remained unperturbed despite their begging.

Wang Jie-Xi patted Wang Yu-Chen's shoulder and said calmly, "After I die, you are head of the family. Regardless of what Mr Chu does to our family, you have to do it wholeheartedly. Mr Chen and the others are right. Mr Chu is Jiangdong's dragon! Other than him, no one is fit to be King of Jiangdong."

Wang Jie-Xi spoke without hesitation.

Wang Jie-Xi picked up the wine glass and tilted his head back.

Then he raised the wine glass and finished it in a gulp.

Cold wind gusted under the night sky.

Wang Jie-Xi faced his death bravely under the dim lights. It appeared utterly solemn and stirring.

"Dad!" "Jie-Xi!"

Wang Yu-Chen howled while the entire family wept in sorrow.

Even though Chen Ao and the others hadn't said anything, the Wang family guessed that it was poisoned wine.

Mr Chu wanted Wang Jie-Xi to kill himself to atone for the clan's betrayal.

CLANG!

Wang Jie-Xi let go of the glass after he finished the wine. The glass fell to the ground and shattered.

But he remained calm.

A look of self-deprecation remained on his face as he awaited death to befall him.

Wang Jie-Xi didn't blame Ye Fan.

After all, the winners took all.

From the day that he decided to support Qin Fei on his quest to become the King of Jiangdong, he was prepared for failure.

But time went by...

...for five minutes.

Wang Jie-Xi kept waiting for the poison to take effect. However, all he felt was a warm sensation in his belly and nothing unusual.

Chen Ao and the others looked at each other and laughed just as Wang Jie-Xi looked at them bewilderingly.

"Haha!"

"Jie-Xi, look at how petrified you are.”

Instead, he found it hilarious how the Wang family overestimated themselves.

Did they think it was that easy to be the King of Jiangdong?

Did they think any random person was capable of challenging his authority?

Fortunately, despite Wang Jie-Xi's rebellion, he helped Ye Fan to gain some time when his nephew was sacrificed. On account of that, Ye Fan did not make things difficult forthem.

He just wanted to test Wang Jie-Xi's loyalty.

It was up to him whether he lived or died.

The night passed by quickly.

The plane arrived in Tokyo in the morning the next day.

Ye Fan planned on going to Sword Shrine to slaughter Mochizuki Kawa and obtain the yasakani jade before returning to China immediately.

But Suzumiya Eigetsu kept saying that she wanted to have some rest at the hotel.

There was no need to be so anxious about recovering the yasakani jade.

Ye Fan didn't object to her suggestion. Then they checked into a hotel like Suzumiya Eigetsu asked.

Ye Fan could take the opportunity to get Han to investigate Sword Shrine.

"Master, is it your first time in Japan? Let me show you around. Tokyo is lovely. You can see romantic cherry blossoms and the Tokyo Skytree. This city is both ancient and romantic, so it's the perfect destination for couples to have vacations."

After resting in the afternoon, Suzumiya Eigetsu insisted on taking Ye Fan sightseeing and completely overlooked the matter of the yasakani jade.

Instead, Ye Fan asked her, "Why bother helping me to stall for time? Isn't your master waiting for me to walk into their trap?"

BOOM!

Ye Fan's voice fell like thunder.

Suzumiya Eigetsu's face turned pale as she stood dumbfounded.

"Master, did...did you know all along?" asked the young woman softly in panic.

Ye Fan laughed gently. "What do you think? Did you think your little ruse would succeed?"