A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) -
Chapter 1090 Pushy
The lamp in the living room swayed.
The fragrance of the tea filled the living room as the two men sat at the long table and continued to toast each other with tea. Ye Fan got Qiu Mu-Cheng to wait for him upstairs instead.
The situation in the living room was not something that a frail woman like Qiu Mu-Cheng could be a part of.
But the scene of two complete strangers toasting each other did seem rather strange.
But Ye Fan wasn't worried about this situation at all.
The other party didn't say why he was here, so Ye Fan didn't ask about it either.
Ye Fan remained as calm as ever and drank his tea leisurely.
Ye Fan's calmness certainly shocked the man seated across from him.
"You are indeed as legendary as they say you are, Mr Chu, since you've managed to rule over Jiangdong. You are actually still able to remain so calm and unnerved in front of me. I don't think there are more than ten people who even have the mental strength to do this, never mind what you're capable of," praised the man generously.
Ye Fan wasn't affected by this man's praise and just asked coldly, "I'm pretty sure you didn't brave the cold night just to send me a few compliments."
Ye Fan did not remember seeing this man in the past, so since they didn't know each other, there was no feud between them.
So he became curious as to why this man would come all the way here in the middle of the night.
"Of course, I haven't come all the way from Yanjing just to compliment you. I'm here to kill you," said the man in a composed voice. But the iciness in his eyes instantly intensified. "You're from Yanjing? So you're sent here by the Lu and Xur families?"
Ye Fan frowned. He was rather surprised that these two families had decided to take revenge so quickly.
He was even more surprised that these two families with nothing but material wealth and reputation were actually able to make such a highly skilled martial artist work forthem.
According to Ye Fan's senses, this man sitting in front of him was indeed extremely highly skilled.
He was even more highly skilled than Wei Wu-Ya.
His aura didn't even seem too far off from the most highly skilled martial artist in China, Ye Qing-Tian.
This man was the third truly highly skilled fighter Ye Fan had come across besides Ye Qing-Tian and Yu Yun.
But the man did not answer Ye Fan's questions. Instead, he just smiled faintly, picked up the teapot and poured himself another cup.
The steam rose from the tea in the cup, while the tea reflected the man's authoritative and stern expression.
"You're of lowly birth, without a father from a young age and your mother is merely an ordinary woman from the village. You have no background and no family support. Besides your physical ability, you don't have anything else to speak of. But yet, you still dared to kill the descendants of the Lu and Xur family. Did you ever consider the consequences of doing so?" said the man coldly as he continued drinking his tea and didn't even look up at Ye Fan once.
At the same time, a tremendous amount of authority surged out from this man as he spoke these ominous words.
If Li Er and the rest were still around, they would have definitely peed themselves under this pressure.
But Ye Fan's expression didn't even flinch.
He just chuckled. "And why do you bother thinking about these things?"
Ye Fan's question caught the man off guard.
He thought that Ye Fan would defend himself by saying that he was really powerful and didn't need to fear anyone. But to his surprise, this boy didn't even bother explaining and just didn't think about any of these things.
What audacity!
What complacency!
This was the first impression Ye Fan left the man. And obviously, this wasn't a good impression at all.
This was the sort of attitude that often enraged others.
And so, the man's expression quickly darkened after Ye Fan said these words.
"What a young and brash man. You do not consider consequences and the effects of your actions, but you just satisfy your immediate need for gratification."
"Someone like you will not go further than where you are right now. You will only reap rewards within tiny Jiangdong. Even if you try to take on anything bigger, you will not achieve anything," he said in a deep voice, which sounded both sinister and frosty.
These few sentences were as good as sentencing Ye Fan's future to death.
Ye Fan immediately burst out laughing upon hearing these words.
He laughed so brightly and so cynically, it was as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"What are you laughing at?" asked the man in a low voice as he tried to suppress his anger. Ye Fan's laughter made him feel deeply offended.
"Nothing really, I just pity you. I think you've been living a way too cowardly life." "Nonsense!" the other man immediately yelled. His voice was so explosive that the cups in front of him shattered.
An ordinary person would have been so terrified at the sight of this. This man's shout could actually cause a teacup to shatter. How powerful did this man have to be in order to achieve this? But Ye Fan wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, he smiled and looked straight back at the other man.
"Was I wrong in saying that? The Lu and Xur families were the ones who failed to teach their sons well. They not only tried to invade my territory, but they also destroyed my business, tried to harm my family and even burnt my house down. Since they did such an outrageous thing, their entire families deserve to die, but I only killed the two of them, so I've already shown sufficient mercy."
"But now, you're saying that I'm arrogant and audacious? And you've even concluded that I will never achieve anything great in my life. So you think that a person will be able to take on great responsibility and become successful only if he allows someone to humiliate his family, allows his wife to be violated, allows his territory to be destroyed and allows himself to be targeted by assassins?"
"If that is truly the case, then I have to say that you've really lived a very repressive and cowardly life that deserves to be pitied," said Ye Fan as he shook his head. He stared at the man in front of him with such sympathy in his eyes.
"Why, you...!"
But the muscular man realized he didn't know how to respond to Ye Fan's words at all.
His face twitched and his expression was nasty, but he was too stunned for words.
Ye Fan smiled even more brightly when he noticed the other man's reaction.
He picked up the teapot and poured himself another cup of tea as he continued speaking, "Heavenly Grandmaster, do you know why you've been unable to breakthrough to the next level of martial arts even after you've trained for so many years? Do you know why you were conferred the title of supreme grandmaster earlier, but Ye Qing-Tian ended up overtaking you? Do you know why you've been practicing martial arts for the longest time among the members of War God Castle but simply can't get into the top three ranks?"
Ye Fan's string of questions really struck the core of the man's heart.
The man's face was livid as he yelled hoarsely, "You little punk! How dare you investigate me?!"
After a brief moment of anger, the man shook his head.
"Wait, you're just a nobody and you're so young, plus you only have control over such a tiny province. How did you manage to find out so much about me? Spit it out! Why do you recognize me? And why do you know that I've been stuck at my current level of martial arts for a long
time?" asked the man in shock as he stared coldly at Ye Fan.
He could no longer maintain the calm and emotionless look he had before. His expression was now filled with surprise and grimness.
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