A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1143 Mr Chu, Let's Fight!

"What should we do?"

"What do you mean, 'what should we do'? They're trying to push us around on our own turf. Are you going to turn tail and run?" Li Zi-Yang shot back when he heard that question.

"We're the Green Dragon Force. We fear no one. We're not going to run. Mr Chu, let's fight!" said Tai Shan as he waved his fists fiercely in the air.

Ma Ming-Bo, Ye Yu-Yan and the remaining members of the Green Dragon Force stepped forward and told Ye Fan that they were ready for a fight. Ye Fan had built this team from nothing.

Ye Fan was the reason why they possessed such strength and power.

Their instructor was in trouble now. Of course, they were going to fight for him.

"Are you out of your mind? You really think you're a god because you've got a bit of muscle on you, don't you? Do you know what you're saying? That's the mayor of Yunzhou and the head of the Jiangdong province standing before you. They are the representatives of our country and state. Confronting them head on is only going to get Mr Chu killed. You'll be making Mr Chu an enemy of the state." "You might be able to fight your way out of this today, but what next? All of you will be made criminals of the state and hunted down by the government. There will be no place for you in our country!"

Li Er nearly wet his pants when he heard what the members of the Green Dragon Force just said.

In a fit of terror and anger, he yelled at Li Zi-Yang for his foolish words.

Chen Ao and the others nodded. They agreed with Li Er.

They didn't think that having a direct confrontation with Wu Wei-Tao and the police was a good idea.

This wasn't the same as fighting the army of three thousand soldiers earlier.

Xur Jun-Lin had deployed those men without the army's approval so that he could settle a score with Ye Fan. Ye Fan had then revealed that he was a general and forced the army to kneel to him. He hadn't done anything wrong.

This wasn't the same as He Lan-San issuing a warrant to arrest Ye Fan.

If Ye Fan tried to resist the arrest, he would be challenging the authority of the country's institutions.

The consequences would be unimaginable!

Li Zi-Yang and the others appeared unfazed though.

"We don't care if we incur the wrath of the state or that we are made the enemy of the state! They're the ones who tried to harm Instructor Chu first. They're the ones who came barging into his home and causing him trouble. They should have known that they would incur Instructor

Chu's wrath."

"Instructor Chu has been nothing but loyal to our country. He spent so much time building a special force for China, creating a new martial arts technique and concocting a medical bathwater in order to build a powerful military unit that will do immense good for our country. His contributions to the country make him a national hero! Look at what they are trying to do to a national hero!" hollered Li Zi-Yang fiercely as his eyes grew red with anger and aggrievement.

"That's right! Instructor Chu didn't do anything that would harm our country. It's our country that has wronged Instructor Chu. He wouldn't be in the wrong even if he were to massacre these people today. They're the ones who wronged him first. Mr Chu can't be blamed for returning the favor."

'Tm not afraid of being hunted down by the state. We'll follow Instructor Chu anywhere he goes, even if he has to leave this country. He's a great man. Every country would welcome him with open arms. The world is a big place. We'll find a place where we belong," retorted Ma Ming-Bo fiercely.

These were young, hotblooded soldiers who had just witnessed the man whom they had respected suffer the abuse of the government. They weren't going to take that lying down.

They knew how much effort Mr Chu had poured into training them.

Yet, the army and the government were reciprocating his labors by cornering him and trying to kill him.

Ma Ming-Bo and his teammates were infuriated by the sheer injustice of it all!

They urged Ye Fan to duke it out with his enemies and release the anger and frustration that he must feel from being wronged.

"Do you know what you're saying? This is treason!" Li Er and the others nearly died of sheer fright when they heard that these youths had said.

They couldn't convince the Green Dragon Force to listen to them at all. Li Er finally turned and looked pleadingly at Long Bai-Chuan.

"General Long, please say something. Stop Mr Chu from doing anything stupid. You can't make the state your enemy," pleaded Li Er and the rest.

They weren't only worried about Ye Fan's safety, they were similarly worried for their own.

They were going to be made accomplices of Ye Fan should he be made an enemy of the state.

Of course, they had no wish for such a terrible and irreversible crime to be placed on Ye Fan too.

After listening to Li Er's and the others' tireless pleas, Long Bai-Chuan, who had been silent all this while, finally lifted his head and stared Ye Fan in the eye. There was nothing but deference in his voice. "Mr Chu, you should fight if you want to."

What?

"How could you say that too, General Long?"

Li Er and the others were stunned into speechlessness.

They could understand why Li Zi-Yang and the rest of the Green Dragon Force had spoken so brazenly. They were young and knew nothing after all.

But Li Er had not expected Long Bai-Chuan to echo their sentiments.

If Ye Fan killed any one of those police officers, he would be declaring himself as an enemy of China. Did Long Bai-Chuan not know that?

The man appeared not to care.

He cupped his fists and stared Ye Fan straight in the eye as he spoke slowly and with the utmost respect. "No matter what Mr Chu chooses to do today, I pledge to follow his lead even if it leads me to into the depths of hell!"

Li Zi-Yang and his teammates followed suit.

They cupped their fists and bowed.

"Mr Chu, let's fight! We don't care what happens after this fight. The Green Dragon Force will follow Mr Chu wherever he goes!"

Their thunderous voices rose into the heavens, filled the air and moved everyone around them.

The crowd around Haiyuan Restaurant trembled as the voices threatened to deafen them.

"We're finished. This is madness.

Complete chaos is going to break out."

Terror colored Li Er's face while Lei San, Chen Ao and the others lamented and moaned in despair.

Ye Fan simply stood there calmly.

His back was straight and his hands folded behind his back. He was like a mountain that towered over the lands.

The sun spilled its golden rays across his form and formed a large, golden speckled pool at his feet.

There was no hint of emotion on his face as he faced the thousands of men cornering him steadily and the Green Dragon Force's forceful pleas. Neither a hint of joy nor sorrow colored his handsome face. No one knew what he was thinking.

No one knew what he was going to do as He Lan-Shan's and Wu Wei-Tao's men surrounded him.