A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1064 Final Judgment

Ye Fan wasn't being audacious or conceited.

This was the confidence he had in himself!

He had trampled upon Japan's martial arts circles.

He had dared to kill those from the Chu family.

There was no reason for him to fear two local families.

Haiyuan Restaurant was booming with Ye Fan's angry words.

But these words didn't make Chen Ao see Ye Fan in a better light at all. Instead, Chen Ao ended up shaking his head as his disappointment in Ye Fan grew.

"I thought that after this near death experience, you would have learnt to be humble, more steady in your ways and become more low profile. But I was wrong. I was so very wrong. You are still young and brash after all. When I was your age, I was equally audacious and I thought that I had the ability to do anything too. But what's the use of thinking that way? I was just deluded about myself. Thankfully, I wasn't too capable back then, so even if I made mistakes, the price I paid wasn't too high."

"But Mr Chu, you're different. Since you're the King of Jiangdong, then you have to take responsibility for Jiangdong. Are you expecting us to constantly bear the consequences for the outrageous acts you do? Are you going to constantly implicate your family as well? But I know that there's no point in saying anymore since you won't listen to me."

"Just kill me now, Mr Chu. After I'm dead, Jiangdong will have nothing to do with me. But if anything untoward happens to you in the future, don't blame me for not warning you in advance."

Chen Ao had completely given up.

There was no point in trying to wake a person up if the person wasn't willing.

He just hoped to die quickly now and be done with all of this.

Immediately after Chen Ao said these things, Ye Fan's cold and heartless gaze fell on him.

That frosty look made him seem like an executioner who had raised his blade and was ready to behead his prisoner.

"Mr Chu, don't do it! The words of the loyal are often unpleasant to the ear. Chen Ao has said all that with good intentions. They aren't nice to hear, but that's the truth, isn't it? And we haven't gotten to the bottom of why Chen Ao betrayed you either. Mr Chu, please let us investigate first and spare his life for the time being!"

Li Er and Lei San came running over to persuade Ye Fan.

Wang Jie-Xi also chimed in and hoped that Ye Fan could think twice.

But after hearing what they said, Ye Fan laughed.

His laughter was bright, but it also contained anger and self-deprecation.

"The truth? So all of you also think that I'm no match for the Lu and Xur families? All of you also think that I'm just audacious, conceited and lacking in self-awareness? Excellent. Just great. Since that's the case, I'll let you see what sort of authority I truly possess!"

Ye Fan got up and walked out after that angry declaration.

But before stepping out, Ye Fan looked down at the man kneeling at his feet. "Chen Ao, I won't kill you today. I'm going to let you witness the result for yourself! Will I be the one who gets cornered, or will those supposedly rich and powerful Yanjing families end up begging me for mercy instead!"

The ballroom was silent for a long, long time.

Even after Ye Fan had left for a long time, the ballroom remained absolutely silent.

Nobody dared to say anything at all.

Finally, Li Er and Lei San both laughed bitterly.

"This matter is really going to blow up."

The last thing Ye Fan said before leaving was clearly a proclamation of war against the Lu and Xur families.

They intended to persuade Ye Fan to hold back and lie low.

But their words ended up agitating him instead.

They ended up triggering the competitive side of Ye Fan instead.

"San, what should we do now? Do we really just sit back and watch as Mr Chu brings everything to the point of no return?" Li Er was filled with worry.

They were most afraid that Ye Fan was really going to kill Lu Ming-Feng and Xur Shao-Hua.

Lei San shook his head and sighed too.

"What else can we do? You know what he's like. Once he's decided on something, none of us can change his mind. We'll just have to take one step at a time now."

Lei San started feeling thirsty and picked up his teacup to drink some tea, but the tea inside had already turned cold.

"Master San, let me pour some tea for you." The head of the Ma family, Ma Fei, came walking over with an ingratiating smile on his face. He looked so eager to please and so respectful towards Lei San. "Master San, we're really old friends, right? Could you put in a good word or two for us in front of Mr Chu? We were really misled into doing the wrong thing after all," said Ma Fei in a pitiful voice as he spoke very humbly and pleaded with Lei San.

"That's right, that's right! Master San, Master Er and Mr Wang, none of us will be able to reach your position in Jiangdong anymore." "Chen Ao has been kicked out, so the three of you are the only ones who are able to even speak to Mr Chu."

"Our lives are in your hands!"

The other people in the ballroom started approaching the three men to plead with them.

Baldy Liu was already dead, but Ye Fan hadn't said anything about what he was going to do with them.

That feeling of an uncertain future made Ma Fei and the rest very anxious.

But they didn't dare to beg Ye Fan directly for mercy.

Ye Fan was furious right now, so they were afraid that Ye Fan might suddenly just blow up and slaughter them on the spot.

But these three men were different. They had chosen to stand on Ye Fan's side throughout this ordeal.

So Mr Chu would definitely treat them as his most valuable subordinates from now

on.

As for Chen Ao, nobody knew if he would survive this incident or not, so they weren't going to count on him.

"Oh, so all of you are finally getting scared, huh? Did you ever think that this day might come when you betrayed Mr Chu?!" scoffed Lei San.

Li Er shouted angrily at them too, "All of you are such fair-weathered people! If I were Mr Chu, I would have killed all of you by now. You still have the cheek to get us to plead for you? Dream on! All of you can go home and wait to die!"

Li Er was so angry that he kicked Ma Fei to the floor.

The three of them had nearly been beaten to death by Lu Ming-Feng's men earlier.

But besides Chen Ao, did any of the rest even attempt to plead for them?

Now that the tables had turned, the three of them weren't going to care about whether the rest lived or died.

This banquet had finally come to an end with Mr Chu's return.

But Li Er and the rest knew this crisis was far from over.

It was probably only the beginning!

Nobody knew how things would go from here.

In no time, everyone in the ballroom left Yunzhou with fear and trepidation.

Li Er and the other two stayed behind to clean up Ye Fan's mess.

Wei Wu-Ya and his son were buried simply, while Baldy Liu's body was sent back to the Liu family.

"He drank too much, slipped and fell down the stairs, and was injured beyond saving." That was the reason Li Er gave the Liu family.

Of course, the Liu family didn't believe him at all.

"That's impossible! My father doesn't drink at all! How could he possibly slip and fall from being drunk? You guys must have brought harm to my father! You were the ones behind this! The Liu family will not let this matter rest! I will definitely seek justice for my father!" shouted Baldy Liu's son fiercely outside the Liu house.

But Li Er just scoffed coldly. "You want justice? Sure. You can look for Mr Chu then. I'm sure Mr Chu will be able to explain things to the Liu family."

"Oh I suppose none of you know yet huh. Mr Chu is back."