A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1047 Fast and Furious

Xu Lei and the others were ready to leave Jiangdong and seek shelter in Yanjing.

In the distant darkness, a green SUV suddenly sped towards them.

The low rumble of its engines sounded like the growl of a wild beast as it reverberated in the air.

The vehicle's headlights cast two strong beams of yellow light into the night like two long slashes from a sharp blade. The SUV roared loudly as it charged towards the Ye family's mansion.

The Ye family jumped at the sight of the vehicle. The blood from their faces drained instantly.

Ye Tian asked Xu Lei fearfully, "Miss Xu, is that...is that one of your men?"

She shook her head. "No. It looks like a military vehicle, so that must be Xur Shao-Hua's men."

The Xur family was one of the most powerful families in Yanjing. Xu Lei knew them well.

The Xur family had risen to its current power because of their military clout.

They were the ones who called the shots in the military.

The marriage between two generals in that family had continued to be the talk of the Chinese military world.

That had been why Xu Lei had been so sure that these were Xur Shao-Hua's people as soon as she spotted the military vehicle.

"What? Xur Shao-Hua's men? Don't they know when to stop? They're not going to stop until they kill us, are they?" The Ye family cursed out loud when they heard what Xu Lei had said. "Dad, this isn't the time for that. Let's hurry up and leave before they catch up," said Ye Jian fearfully. He had just escaped the jaws of death. He wasn't in a hurry to court death so soon.

Wei Wu-Ya and his men had terrified him.

Terror had flared up inside him when he had learned that Fenghua Group had sent more men after them.

The strange young woman had already left. They weren't going to survive this time if they were to end up in Lu Ming-Feng and Xur Shao-Hua's hands.

Xu Lei shared Ye Jian's views as well. They should leave right now.

It would be unwise to confront Xur Shao-Hua and his men.

Xu Lei had been in a hurry when she had made her way to the Ye family's mansion. She hadn't brought many men with her.

The odds weren't going to be in her favor if a fight broke out.

The furious roar of engines erupted in the night.

Upon Xu Lei's orders, her men started the engines of their cars. Numerous vehicles sped into the night.

"Dad, they're catching up with us! We have to go faster!" yelled Ye Jian. The sight of the approaching SUV sent spikes of terror coursing through his blood. They had been right. The men in the SUV were here for the Ye family.

The SUV's engine growled loudly like a beast as the vehicle pursued Xu Lei and the Ye family relentlessly.

"Everyone, hold on to your seatbelts!"

Cornered, Ye Ya threw caution to the wind. Slamming his feet into the accelerator, he pushed the car past the speed limit and sent the car engines roaring.

The acceleration took fewer than eight seconds and the force of it thrusted the vehicle's passengers deep into their seats.

Ye Ya had never driven a car at such speeds before.

But he had no choice.

They were going to be killed if they were caught. This wasn't the time to worry about safe driving.

He was going to make this car fly.

Ye Ya's Mercedes-Benz E300L sped past Xu Lei like a gust of wind.

The Ye family were driving five cars as they made their way out of Jiangdong.

In one car was Ye Ya's family, another Ye Tian's family and the third Ye Xi-Lan's family. Ye Xi-Mei and the old patriarch of the Ye family sat in the fourth car that was being driven by one of Xu Lei's men.

Xu Lei was alone in the last car.

Xu Lei had spotted the SUV approaching them steadily.

It was catching up.

She clenched her jaw, then slowed down suddenly. Her car was now tailing the others.

Ye Xi-Mei was alarmed when she saw Xu Lei's car fall behind. She called the young woman immediately. "Lei, why did you slow down? Is there something wrong with your car?"

"Don't worry about me. Go ahead without me," said Xu Lei before hanging up.

She continued to slow down. The distance between her car and the SUV narrowed rapidly as the latter continued to charge ahead at high speed.

Right before the SUV could overtake her vehicle, Xu Lei spun her steering wheel sharply to one side and drove her car right into the SUV's path.

She was going to stop the SUV with her car. The pursuit was going to end here.

The two vehicles became locked in a prolonged and intense chase.

Xu Lei could hear the SUV's engine growling in her ear.

'You want to harm Fan's family? You'll have to get past me first!"

Xu Lei released a sigh of relief as the SUV got stuck behind her car.

Ye Fan's mother and her family must be long gone by now.

Xu Lei's car sped into the night.

The SUV tried to overtake her but Xu Lei wasn't going to let Xur Shao-Hua's men pass and thwarted every attempt that they made.

With her attention focused on the SUV tailing her, she did not notice the bend in the road ahead of her.

"Watch out!" Someone's voice rang outside the car suddenly.

But the windows to Xu Lei's car were up. There was no way she could have heard that.

She appeared to have noticed the bend in the road then.

Alarmed, she smashed her foot into the brake and made a sharp swerve to the left.

It was too late.

The force of the sudden swerve sent the BMW spinning out of the road.

The car flipped a few times before finally landing with a deafening crash.

"This stupid girl!"

Ye Fan was furious.

He had been yelling at Xu Lei to stop the car.

But the idiot had had her windows up. They had been traveling at such high speeds that Ye Fan's warning had been drowned by the wind.

After that, he tried to catch up with Xu Lei.

But Xu Lei had mistaken him an enemy trying to overtake her car.

A series of misunderstandings and unfortunate coincidences had led them to where they were now.

Ye Fan dashed towards Xu Lei's car after it had landed.

The BMV had flipped onto its roof and was laying in the middle of a field.

The yellow headlights of the car flickered ceaselessly while its windscreen wipers moved mechanically across the BMW's front window. Gasoline leaked into the soil all around the vehicle.

"Lei! Lei!" Ye Fan yanked the door open frantically.

The airbag had been activated and trapped Xu Lei in its midst. Blood trailed down the side of her forehead. She seemed to have passed out.

The sight sent worry spiking through Ye Fan.

He lifted Xu Lei out of the car hastily.

Fortunately, the airbag had been triggered in the nick of time. The car hadn't been going very fast when Xu Lei had made the turn. The car had landed in soft farm soil, which had softened the impact of the landing. As a result, Xu Lei had suffered nothing more serious than a few bruises and abrasions.

Ye Fan released a sigh of relief.

"Lei, wake up. Come on, wake up," said Ye Fan softly as he held Xu Lei in his arms.

The young woman came to shortly. She thought she was hallucinating when she opened her eyes and saw Ye Fan.

She blinked profusely, as if she were trying to make sure that she wasn't seeing things.

Ye Fan laughed and tapped her lightly on the tip of her nose.

"You silly girl, stop staring. It's me. I'm not dead. I've come back alive."