A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1087 We'd Better Run

The older men in the room suddenly felt that perhaps Chen Ao was right after all.

Perhaps it was true that Mr Chu was really too audacious for his own good.

But of course, they didn't dare to say any of this and just kept this thought to themselves.

But just because some of them didn't dare to say it out loud didn't mean nobody was willing to talk about it.

Sun Xiang laughed immediately when he heard Ye Fan's response.

"I knew it. You have no idea what powerful people you're facing, and you have no idea what sort of people you've provoked? It doesn't matter, I can tell you about them right now. Mayor Wu has brought me here today precisely to tell you about how powerful the Lu and Xur families are. I'm here to help you to see reality squarely in the eye."

Sun Xiang paused for a moment before he continued, "Before I retired from the army, I was with the Jiangbei military. I was fortunate enough to gain the favor of the Jiangbei commander and was his guard for ten years. But because of a severe injury, I had no choice but to retire from the military. But Mr Chu, do you know who the commander I followed for ten years was?"

Sun Xiang scoffed coldly, glanced at Ye Fan and declared, "It was Xur Shao-Hua's father, Xur Hai-Sheng!"

What?

Li Er and the rest shuddered at these words and their faces immediately paled.

"Are you...are you saying that Xur Shao-Hua's father is the...is the commander of the Jiangbei military?!" Li Er and Lei San were shocked beyond belief.

They knew that Xur Shao-Hua and Lu Ming-Feng came from powerful backgrounds, but they didn't expect their background to be this impressive.

A commander of a military zone had to be at least a major general, right?

"That's exactly what I'm saying," said Sun Xiang with a nod. "Commander Xu is a lieutenant general with a few hundred thousand troops at his command and protects a significant part of China." Both Li Er and Lei San couldn't help but gasp at these numbers.

They suddenly realized that the Xur family of Yanjing was a lot more powerful than they had imagined.

Sun Xiang wasn't surprised by their reactions at all.

Anybody would be too afraid to even sleep once they heard that they had provoked a general with hundreds of thousands of soldiers at their command.

But to his surprise, Ye Fan didn't seem bothered by this at all.

Instead, he lifted his teacup so that his wife could refill it.

Sun Xiang frowned at this and continued to speak somewhat sarcastically, "But of course, Mr Chu is the King of Jiangdong and you might not care about a general. But what about the patriarch of the Xur family, Xur Jun-Lin? Old Master Xur is a very respectable man who used to be the deputy commander under one of our country's founding generals. In terms of seniority, only one person in all of China is senio to him."

"Most importantly, Old Master Xur was a military instructor back in the day. Our three best special troops, the Warring Wolves, the Flying Leopards and the Black Tigers were all trained up by Old Master Xur. Even though the old man has already retired, he's still holding an honorary position in these three troops. You could say that as long as he says the word, the thousands of soldiers in these troops will come here to execute you," said Sun Xiang in a stern voice. His low voice quietly echoed in the living room.

HULL..

A cold wind began to blow outside the house.

The billowing night wind rushed through the living room like the spirits of the dead.

Li Er and the other two men were already on the brink of despair from their fear, and even Qiu Mu-Cheng's arm started trembling while she poured them tea.

But Sun Xiang wasn't done talking.

"They have two generals in the family, Mr Chu. I'm not sure if you still think that you can continue drinking your tea so leisurely in a few days' time," said Sun Xiang with a light chuckle. These words were clearly a jab at the arrogant declaration that Ye Fan had made earlier.

But before Ye Fan could answer him, Sun Xiang went on, "But of course, all that I've said is with regard to the power that the Xur family has. As for the Lu family, I'm don't know much, but I do know one thing. The patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Cang-Qiong, is the only man in all of China whose seniority and prestige is above Xur Jun-Lin!"

BOOM!

These words struck Li Er and Lei San like a bolt of lightning. Both of them were instantly rooted to the ground.

Before this, Li Er and Lei San thought that the Xur family was probably the more powerful one and had the most impressive history among the powerful Yanjing families.

They didn't expect the Lu family to actually be one level above the Xur family.

The Xur family had two generals and a few hundred thousand troops and the best special troops of the nation at their command. But the Lu family had turned out to be even more powerful than all of that. What were they going to do now?

Li Er and Lei San were really going to pee themselves now.

They realized that this time, Mr Chu had really brought a catastrophe upon them.

Li Er had initially thought that Mr Chu had been so confident in killing the two young men because he had a plan for how to deal with their families.

But now, Li Er and Lei San didn't have hold out anymore hopes for Mr Chu.

After all, how was someone from the countryside of lowly birth going to fight with such a powerful and influential clan?

Could his bold words do anything? Obviously not.

They had lost all hope now.

Li Er looked up at Ye Fan and his voice trembled, "Mr Chu...I think...we'd better run."

"As long as we're still alive, we can still make a comeback. At most, we'll return to Jiangdong after ten years have passed, and nobody would think otherwise of us. Besides, Mr Chu, Chen Ao called me earlier and he hopes that you could escape from Jiangdong for the time being to avoid this attack. You've just heard about how powerful the Xur and Lu families are. We are no match for these people," Li Er tried his best to persuade Ye Fan.

According to the Thirty-Six Stratagems, running away at the first sight of danger was a good plan.

Besides, they were now as good as waiting for death to befall them if they stuck around in Jiangdong.

The cold smile on Sun Xiang's lips intensified when he heard Li Er's terrified words.

He looked like he was mocking Ye Fan for doing something that he would live to regret.

But Ye Fan was calm compared to all the other fearful men in the room.

His striking features remained as still as the waters of a lake, and there was no ripple of emotion at all.

There was still that faint and nearly undetectable smile on his lips.

That tiny smile carried self-confidence, authority and an arrogance that disdained all else.

Ye Fan finally looked up at Li Er, then at Sun Xiang, then at everyone else. His lips curled upwards and he shook his head as he laughed.

"Run? Why should I run? They are the ones who should be running. They were the ones who didn't know how to teach their children to behave, and they were the ones who trespassed into Jiangdong. These people are the ones who provoked me first and tried to kill the people closest to me."

"Merely killing the two youngsters and not annihilating their entire clan is already an act of mercy on my part. If they learn from this and keep themselves in check, then this matter is over. But if they still want to seek revenge and attack me further, then don't blame me for drenching Yunzhou in blood!"