A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1125 Kneel and Beg for Mercy

"You're nuts! You're all nuts! There are thousands of soldiers out there! How can Mr Chu fight them all by himself? How can a man made from flesh and blood possibly survive bullets and heavy artillery? Mr Chu is young and brash, so I can understand why he's bold and egoistical. But instead of stopping him, the two of you are joining in?! Are you two trying to get Mr Chu killed?" Chen Ao almost went insane when he saw Li Er and Lei San go forward to ask Ye Fan to save them.

Chen Ao wasn't surprised by Ye Fan's arrogance. This wasn't the first time anyway.

But Chen Ao didn't expect Li Er and the others play along with Ye Fan.

This wasn't anything like the battle at Mount Tai.

At that time, Wu He-Rong was all by himself and had no weapons.

But now, there were thousands of soldiers outside and they were armed to the teeth.

More importantly, these men represented the country.

Even if Ye Fan was really formidable enough to fight off Xur He and his men this time, what about next time? Offending the army was the same as offending the government of the country. Ye Fan would not be able to survive anywhere in this nation.

So when he saw how everyone had fallen to their knees to beg Ye Fan to save Jiangdong, Chen Ao was both shocked and angry at the same time. He felt that all of them were definitely insane.

"What a bunch of fools! How foolish! We are all definitely going to die here today. Mr Chu is only a young man, so how could he possibly hold up against all this weaponry? This is as good as courting death! Throwing an egg against a rock! Waiting to get killed!"

"Courting death? Waiting to get killed?" Ye Fan laughed when he heard Chen Ao's frustrated roars. He put the teacup in his hand down and got up from his chair.

"Chen Ao, I remember that we were standing in this position when I returned to Jiangdong after the Lu and Xur families tried to take over. You called me young and brash, you said I was being conceited and egoistical, and you said that I would surely die if I went against powerful families like the Lu and Xur families. Do you remember how I answered you?"

Ye Fan stood with his hands behind his back and smiled faintly as he looked at Chen Ao.

Chen Ao didn't know why Ye Fan wanted to talk about this suddenly, but he nodded and replied, "Of course I remember. You said that you wouldn't kill me, and you wanted me to stay alive and watch if you would be the one pushed into a corner, or if those Yanjing families ended up kneeling and begging for mercy."

"But Mr Chu, I'm really sorry that I have to say such nasty sounding words, but you have to admit that right now, you've been pushed into a corner and those powerful families didn't end up being the ones kneeling and begging for mercy. You've lost the bet you made that day."

"If Mr Chu had listened to me and left Jiangdong back then, things wouldn't have reached this stage today. You wouldn't have been pushed into a corner like this, and you wouldn't have implicated all of Jiangdong either."

Chen Ao knew that he was already beyond the point of being forgiven and Ye Fan would never spare him, so he decided to just say whatever he truly felt inside without holding back.

But Ye Fan didn't get angry at these disrespectful words. Instead, he chuckled softly.

"Is that so? You think that I've been cornered?" Ye Fan asked in return before laughing and shaking his head.

"Forget it. Since that's the case, Chen Ao, you'd better keep your eyes peeled. I'll let you see who's the one who's really cornered, and who gets the last laugh." Ye Fan's bright laughter filled the hall. The entire restaurant was overwhelmed by Ye Fan's confidence.

After that, Ye Fan spun around and started walking towards the door of the restaurant even as everyone stared at him in shock and horror. This skinny man was going out there to face the terrible number of soldiers waiting for him.

"All of this started because of me, so no matter how bad the storm gets, I will bear all consequences. None of you have to worry. As long as I am around, nobody will dare to barge into Jiangdong without my permission," declared Ye Fan boldly.

He walked out into the sun all by himself.

Ye Fan looked like an invincible swordsman from the past, walking out all by himself with just one sword to meet head on with the thousands of soldiers outside!

Outside Haiyuan Restaurant, the soldiers had completely surrounded the place.

The sun in July was a fierce as fire.

But no matter how brilliant this sunlight was, it was unable to warm the icy murderous air surrounding the restaurant.

The fully armed soldiers were waiting like an impenetrable wall of steel outside.

They looked so fierce and aggressive that even the birds didn't dare to fly too close to them.

Nobody said anything and they just waited.

Xur He stood proudly with his hands behind him and kept an authoritative gaze on the doors of the restaurant.

Nobody said a word, and only the cool breeze that caused the waters of Yunwu Lake to undulate blew noisily past them.

"General Xur, it is time. It looks like the other party does not intend to admit to his guilt and surrender. I don't think we need to wait any long. We can blast this restaurant to pieces immediately and shoot anyone who survives the blast," suggested one of Xur He's subordinates after ten minutes had passed. Everyone was losing patience.

Xur He didn't reply him directly and just kept his eyes looking ahead. His low and angry voice rumbled, "It's been ten minutes and you still don't want to come out? In that case, don't blame me for being heartless. I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it." Xur He shook his head as a murderous look started to boil within his eyes.

Just when Xur He was about to give the command and allow his soldiers to destroy Haiyuan Restaurant, they heard a creaking sound. The doors of the restaurant that were shut fast were being opened from the inside.

A skinny young man walked out to face the army in front of him all by himself.

He stood in front of them with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back.

The sun shone on him, casting a shadow on him through the trees.

His calm demeanor looked as still as a lake, and as unaffected as the water in an unused well.

Even though he was faced with a fully armed army and was clearly in deep trouble, nobody could sense any panic or fear in him at all.

"Punk, still pretending to be calm even though you're about to die? Since you're out here, hurry up and kneel down and beg for mercy! If you do that and I'm in a good mood, I might allow you to die in one piece."

Xur He was extremely annoyed to see how calm Ye Fan was. He thought that he would see despair written all over Ye Fan's face.

But that didn't happen.

So Xur He became even more annoyed.

Ye Fan just laughed sarcastically. "Kneel down and beg someone like you? You're nothing but an ant to me. Even if the God of War, Ye Qing-Tian, were here, he wouldn't dare to say something like that. Why should I kneel down and beg you for mercy?"

"Why? Because I'm a major general in the army, because I'm from the Xur family in Yanjing, and because I have all these soldiers backing me up!" replied Xur He in a domineering voice as his furious voice echoed around him.