A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1026 The God of War Arrives

The old lady's words reverberated slowly and softly in the air.

The young woman, who had been prepared to leave, paused.

"Yun, listen to granny and have something before you leave. You shouldn't let Fan's efforts go to waste. He's been cooking for three persons this whole time that you were shut away in your training. He was worried that you might be hungry when you're done with training and insisted on saving some for you every time we were done with our meals. He worries for you more than he's ever worried for me." The old lady shook her head and sighed. Then, she turned away and headed into the kitchen to heat the dishes up for the young woman.

The young woman did not say a word as she stood frozen to her spot.

Old Madam Chu's words had sent emotions rippling through what should have been a cold unfeeling heart.

Scenes that had taken place in this old mansion during her days of recovery flashed past her eyes once more.

They were like scenes of a movie speeding past her eyes.

Her heart welled with a mix of feelings at the thought of Ye Fan.

When they had first met, she had wanted to kill the shameless scoundrel.

But that initial surge of murderous rage had faded and eventually disappeared as they had spent more time together.

In fact, she felt some measure of gratitude towards the man.

Without Ye Fan, she wouldn't have mastered the Cloud and Mist Sword Technique so quickly. She wouldn't have been able to master the Yin Yang Dragon Body as well.

She knew that Ye Fan wasn't to blame for what had happened that night.

She had been the one who had caused the entire mess. Ye Fan had been an innocent victim.

In fact, if he hadn't held himself back and controlled his urges, they would have committed a grave sin that night.

After a long moment of hesitation, the young woman finally turned around and headed for the rooms. She pushed the door to Ye Fan's room open.

He was in the midst of a deep sleep.

His handsome features looked peaceful and at ease.

His chest rose and fell gently with every breath that he took.

She didn't wake him up. She simply gazed at him from a distance.

She studied the sharp features on his face.

She watched as his long eyelashes stirred lightly in the breeze.

This was the first time she studied a member of the opposite sex in such fine detail. She had never known that a man could have eyelashes of such length.

She stood there for a very long time, until forlornness and loneliness gradually showed on her lovely face.

Emotions swelled inside her.

In that instant, she was seized by the desire to take this young man with her.

She could give him power and status and limitless glory and honor, anything to keep him by her side.

In the end, she simply shook her head and sighed.

They were from two different worlds.

She would be faced with the unstoppable forces that were her family clan and sect who would try to tear them apart if she were to bring Ye Fan back with her. She might get him killed.

The vast and irreconcilable difference in their statuses had sealed their fates. They were not destined to be together.

She shouldn't try and fight destiny.

In the end, she decided to leave without saying goodbye.

Before she left, she carefully removed the jade pendant that hung on her pale neck.

The blue spirit jade pendant was an amulet that her mother had left her.

She had carried it with her since she had been a child. She was going to give Ye Fan this pendant.

She had also left the Cloud and Mist Sword Technique manual with Ye Fan.

The technique was the Tang family's family secret.

But she had a feeling that Ye Fan might be more suited to it than she was.

After placing her jade pendant next to Ye

Fan, the young woman turned and headed for the door.

She gave Ye Fan one last look before she left.

A sliver of regret flashed across her lovely face.

"All these years of training alone and being alone. Who would have thought that a young man would change everything?" She smiled and shook her head. Deciding that she wasn't going to linger anymore, she stepped out of the room.

Before she could leave silently, a soft voice rang out behind her.

"Are you leaving?"

Her slim form trembled slightly at the sound of that voice.

She hadn't expected Ye Fan to wake up.

Had he been awake all this while?

She didn't say a word. It was as if she hadn't heard Ye Fan at all.

She was akin to the rare snow lotus that was only found on the highest snowcapped peaks of distant mountains, cold, solitary and beautiful.

Like the snow lotus, she was distant and beyond reach. One could upon look up and gaze upon her beauty from afar.

She stepped away from Ye Fan's room, leaving him the sight of her retreating back.

"Yu Yun, find me in Yunzhou, at the mansion atop Mount Yunding in ten days' time. I have something for you. It's a date," shouted Ye Fan as he stared at Yu Yun leave.

His only reply was the soft whisper of the breeze.

Yu Yun had left.

Ye Fan had no idea if she had heard what he had said.

They were mere acquaintances.

Ye Fan wouldn't fault her for not turning up at Mount Yunding.

"Seems like I won't have the chance to return her this favor." Ye Fan eyed the pale blue jade pendant on his bedside table, shook and smiled.

He headed for the bedside table and picked the jade pendant up.

The jade was a clear pale and unblemished blue. Within it swirled wisps of spiritual energy.

It was clear that this was a rare and precious gem.

The heat of Yu Yun's skin lingered on the jade pendant. The pendant even faintly smelled like Yu Yun.

She must wear it all the time.

Ye Fan accepted Yu Yun's gifts without protest and simply kept them away.

That day, Old Madam Chu was finally done with her modified prescription.

Ye Fan left the old Chu family mansion with the prescription and hurried back to the military camp.

"Great grandmother, take care of yourself. I'll come visit you again when I have the time." Ye Fan waved goodbye at the old lady before rushing off.

With the departure of Ye Fan and Yu Yun, the liveliness that had filled the courtyard faded away. The place seemed a lot quieter and a lot lonelier.

"It seems like I'm going to be spending my days alone again."

Ye Fan and Yu Yun's presence had filled the old mansion with a new dose of life and youth.

But they had left and their departure had left an emptiness in the old lady's heart.

She had enjoyed solitude when she had been younger.

But now that she had grown old, she seemed to prefer the company of others.

Ye Fan returned to the Jiangdong military camp that afternoon.

He followed the instructions that Old Madam Chu had given him, got someone to purchase the ingredients he needed and hired a carpenter to build him five wooden buckets that were as tall as a grown man. After he was done, he bumped into Lu Tian-He. The latter had just returned to the military camp.

"Mr Chu, please follow me. Someone wants to speak to you." Lu Tian-He appeared slightly excited.

Ye Fan wasn't interested though and said flatly, "Tell him I'm busy."

Lu Tian-He's face twitched. There was a strange look on his face as he spoke.

"Mr Chu, you can refuse to see anyone

else but this man. He's the Chinese military's God of War, Ye Qing-Tian!"

What?