A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1063 Ye Fan's Dominance

But Ye Fan just burst out laughing.

"So you think I'm not as powerful as those two scions? You think I won't be able to win a fight against the Lu and Xur families?

"Mr Chu, I know you are not willing to admit to this, but that's the truth," replied Chen Ao immediately.

"To put it bluntly, if family background is also part of one's power, then Mr Chu, you're really not at their level at all," continued Chen Ao in a low voice.

Ye Fan immediately frowned. "Are you despising me?"

"I am just speaking the truth," responded Chen Ao in a neutral tone of voice.

"The Lu family is a very powerful family that has members in the government throughout the country. They even have some in the highest positions of the ruling party! When Lu Ming-Feng first came to Jiangdong, even the party secretary came to see him. I don't think even you were given such an honor, right?" said Chen Ao as he looked at Ye Fan.

"Also, that's just the Lu family. Xur Shao-Hua's background is no less than the Lu family! The Xur family has two generals in the army, so they control the military side of things. Mr Chu, you're not even able to reach the status of a general, while the Xur family doesn't just have one general, but two."

"What about you? You are given the title of King of Jiangdong and you are in control of many powerful people. But to others outside of Jiangdong, we're just an informal bunch of people who don't possess any special status. Only we businessmen have acknowledged you as the King of Jiangdong."

"But just like what Lu Ming-Feng said, in the eyes of the truly rich and powerful, you are nothing but a hooligan to them!

Besides being young and a good fighter, what else do you have to fight the Lu family with? What do you have to fight the Xur family with? Are you going to count on Li Er? Lei San? Or us lousy merchants?" Chen Ao laughed disdainfully. His words clearly showed his contempt and condescension towards Ye Fan.

Li Er almost fainted when he heard these words and quickly ran out to stop Chen Ao from saying anymore.

"Chen Ao, what are you doing?! Are you nuts? How dare you speak to Mr Chu like that? Are you tired of living? Hurry up and apologize to Mr Chu right now!" Li Er tried to advise Chen Ao anxiously. He really didn't expect Chen Ao to be so audacious.

Chen Ao was already guilty of betraying Ye Fan but he still dared to speak to Ye Fan so rudely and said such provoking words.

Wasn't he afraid that Ye Fan might just finish him off on the spot out of anger?

"Li Er, you don't have to waste your time trying to persuade me. There are some things that I've wanted to say for a long time now. In the past, I was afraid of making him angry, but now, I'm not afraid anymore. I'm going to die soon anyway, so I'm not scared. I just want to say everything that I've been keeping in my heart before I die," replied Chen Ao in a calm and neutral sounding voice. He didn't seem afraid at all and looked determined to go down this path that led to death.

"Chen Ao..." Li Er tried to persuade him again.

But Ye Fan quietly raised his head and said softly, "Let him speak. I want to hear what else he has to say."

Ye Fan's calm voice echoed through the ballroom. But everyone could hear the hostility in Ye Fan's calm sounding words.

Li Er didn't dare to go against Ye Fan, so he stopped trying to persuade Chen Ao with words. He continued to use his eyes to tell Chen Ao to stop this nonsense and to stop provoking Ye Fan. Chen Ao ignored all of Li Er's signals and continued speaking, "Mr Chu, even though we were in contact many years ago, we've only been in physical contact for about a year. Do you know what my biggest impression of you is over the past one year? Do you think it's your heroism? Or that you are a promising young man? No. All I've seen is your ignorant arrogance and your pretentious stubbornness!" "Back after the battle at Mount Tai, the mayor of Jingzhou took the initiative to invite you to a banquet but you arrogantly turned him down. Wu Wei-Tao visited your place at Mount Yunding three times but you left him out in the cold. And now, you're boldly saying that you're unafraid of two families that are powerful in both the political and military circles. Mr Chu, don't you think you're behaving too audaciously?" "Mr Chu, don't forget that you're the King of Jiangdong only because everyone here says you are. If not, you would still be nothing but a country bumpkin of lowly birth, and a live-in son-in-law who married into your wife's family. You have no background and you have nothing to fall back on. Besides your brute physical strength, what else do you have to fight these extremely powerful families with an immense number of accumulated wealth and resources?" said Chen Ao in an honest and earnest voice.

He wasn't saying all this to put Ye Fan down, and he didn't despise Ye Fan either. On the contrary, Chen Ao really admired him for being able to get this far in life despite starting at a very low point in society. But there was always someone better and more powerful out there.

Perhaps Ye Fan's abilities were enough for him to be considered the best in Jiangdong. But he was nothing outside of Jiangdong.

When he went to Japan, he nearly perished there.

He couldn't protect his own wife and she got chased out of her own house by others.

So to Chen Ao, Ye Fan was really a far cry from a truly rich and powerful family.

Just like how Yunwu Lake was considered the prettiest lake in all of Jiangdong, it was just another common looking lake when compared to all the lakes in China or the rest of the world. Chen Ao's words continued to ring in everyone's ears.

But now, Li Er and the rest fell silent. Chen Ao's words sounded mean and nasty, but it was the truth.

Lu Ming-Feng and Xur Shao-Hua were really not people that Ye Fan could afford to offend.

But Ye Fan just chuckled at Chen Ao's words and calmly replied, "You've said quite a lot. But you know something? All the things you have mentioned can be easily destroyed by me." "Easily destroyed?" Chen Ao laughed too.

"You are really young and brash. Mr Chu, don't you think these words sound very naive and laughable? It's true that you're a good fighter and you can take on ten men or even a hundred men by yourself. But can you hold up against all of China by yourself? The Lu and Xur families control both the political and military circles, so they add up to the entire country. No matter how formidable you are in martial arts, I highly doubt you're able to go against an entire nation all by yourself."

Chen Ao couldn't believe that Ye Fan was still putting on a brave front at a time like this.

Whatever for?

Who was he trying to brag to?

His behavior only made others despise him.

The disappointment Chen Ao had towards Ye Fan only increased.

"And why not? If one person tries to provoke me, I will kill that one person. If a hundred come at me, I'll kill a hundred! If a nation comes at me, I will raze it to the ground. If everyone in the world attacks me, I will massacre the earth! I, Chu Tian-

Fan, have been invincible all my life. Why should I fear anybody?"

Ye Fan's angry words sounded like rolling thunder that rumbled across the sky.

The entire ballroom was filled with nothing else but Ye Fan's bold declarations!