A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1480 Ye Fan's Might

After they returned to the villa, Ye Fan changed Qiu Mu-Cheng's dressing with care.

He wanted her to stay home and rest, but the silly girl insisted on returning to the office.

Life still had to go on.

She couldn't set her work aside because she wanted to spend more time with Ye Fan.

Mufan Group might not mean much to Ye Fan, but its significance to Qiu Mu-Cheng was only second to that of Ye Fan.

This company was the result of Ye Fan's hard labors.

She would willingly spend the rest of her life watching over and guarding Ye Fan's life work.

Qiu Mu-Cheng knew that she was of no help to Ye Fan when it came to the martial arts circle.

The only thing that she could do for Ye Fan was to watch over Mufan Group.

That explained why Qiu Mu-Cheng had stubbornly stood her ground against the Lv family, a powerful martial arts family, during Ye Fan's year of absence.

She had only been sent to the military by Lu Tian-He for her safety as a last resort.

Ye Fan did not stop Qiu Mu-Cheng since she had insisted on going back to the office. Instead, he drove her there personally.

He did not linger at Mufan Group and instead returned to Mount Yunding Villa immediately.

He summoned Li Er.

"Mr Chu, did you...ask for me?"

Li Er felt fear instinctively even though Ye Fan had not said a word. He could not help the stammer in his voice.

He had clearly heard about what Ye Fan had done in Jiangbei.

He had slaughtered the Lv clan, the most powerful family in Jiangbei.

He had killed more than a hundred martial artists mercilessly at West Lake.

Even though he had not seen it with his own eyes, Li Er had still been terrified by the sheer massacre.

He had known Ye Fan for more than two years.

Li Er could not imagine the power that Ye Fan had amassed within the brief period of time and how he had grown from a meek young man of low stature who had married into the Qiu family into someone so powerful.

He had destroyed a powerful clan so easily.

The terrifying extent of Ye Fan's power had exceeded Li Er's imagination.

Li Er could feel nothing but awe for Ye Fan

now.

"That's right." Ye Fan nodded slightly before picking a cup of tea from the table and sipping lightly at it. "You've heard of what happened in Jiangbei, haven't you?"

Ye Fan continued sipping at his tea. He did not look at Li Er while he spoke.

Something flickered across Li Er's eyes. He had no idea why Ye Fan was asking him this all of a sudden. Nevertheless, he decided to answer the young man honestly. Tve heard some news." "Well, share what you think about what you've heard," said Ye Fan.

Li Er answered hastily. "The Lv family exploited their wealth and insulted Mr Chu's family first. They deserved what they got. Even if Mr Chu had not destroyed the Lv family, I would have tried to eliminate them to seek justice for Miss Qiu and Mdm Ye."

Li Er knew his way around his words and was quick to speak what he knew would

please Ye Fan.

Ye Fan rolled his eyes in mild exasperation. "I wasn't asking you about that. I wanted your opinion on the Lv family business in Jiangbei."

"Well..." Li Er froze, then said sheepishly. "I have not thought about that. Let me go back and deliberate on the matter. I'll submit a proposal to you tomorrow."

Ye Fan shook his head.

"That're no need forthat. I heard that Chen Ao took up residence in Jiangbei after he left Jiangdong. Tell him that on account of his daughter, I'm giving him another chance to prove himself. You can provide him with the appropriate and necessary resources, as much as is required, to help him gain control over Jiangbei. It's up to him to make the chance count. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Ye Fan eyed Li Er. Li Er was delighted and laughed.

"Thank you, Mr Chu. I'll tell Chen Ao as soon as I get back. It won't be long before both Jiangbei and Jiangdong fall under the command of Mr Chu."

Li Er and Chen Ao shared a friendship that spanned more than a decade.

Chen Ao had made a blunder and picked the wrong side during the previous crisis in Jiangdong. As a result, he had been expelled from Jiangdong by Ye Fan.

But Li Er had been keeping in contact with Chen Ao for the past year or so.

They were friends, after all. When Li Er had been down on his luck, Chen Ao had helped him too. Now that Chen Ao was down on his luck, Li Er would naturally help him out and make sure that he got by.

But that had been all that Li Er had done.

Compared to the king who had once ruled over Jiangdong, Chen Ao was now barely getting by in a foreign land. He was in a pitiful state.

As his friend, Li Er sympathized with Chen

Ao's plight.

But without Ye Fan's permission, Li Er couldn't help Chen Ao too much.

Now that Ye Fan had given the word and was giving Chen Ao a chance to prove himself, Li Er was naturally happy for his friend.

In his midst of excitement, Li Er excused himself immediately and made plans to head for Jiangbei to share this good news with Chen Ao.

"Li Er might be a little timid but he's a good friend," Ye Fan smiled and shook his head as he watched the excited Li Er leave.

But the man came back within moments.

The joy and excitement on his face had been replaced by grave concern.

"Something wrong?" Ye Fan raised his eyebrow.

Li Er nodded. "Mr Chu, please don't blame me for being nosy. I'm just worried. Even though the Lv family deserved what they got, but the fact remains that you've killed a lot of people. Will the government come after you? Should you make a gesture of submission, take a trip to War God Castle and apologize to them personally? On account of your sincere admission to having made a mistake, the government would not exact too heavy a punishment on you."

This had been Li Er's greatest worry since he had found out about the bloodbath that Ye Fan had caused in Jiangbei.

He had been worried that the government might send someone to deal with Ye Fan.

As the Chinese saying went, the commoner would not fight with a government official and a citizen would not fight with a state.

This cultural mindset which had been passed down for thousands of years in China had long been ingrained in the minds of every Chinese person.

Li Er would not be the only person who thought so. Qiu Mu-Cheng, Ye Xi-Mei and the other 1.4 billion Chinese citizens probably believed similarly that an individual would never be able to take on a country and win.

Ye Fan had caused a lot of trouble in Jiangbei. The Chinese martial arts circle wasn't going to just stand by and do nothing.

Even though Li Er had not seen War God Castle do anything about the incident yet, that didn't mean anything. A late storm oftentimes was the fiercer for it.

After some hesitation, Li Er had finally decided to persuade Ye Fan to make a trip to Yanjing and extend an apology to War God Castle.

But Ye Fan simply laughed when he heard what Li Er had said.

He picked his cup of tea up and took a sip. "You worry too much. War God Castle can't touch me, and won't dare to touch me either."

His words were spoken leisurely and calmly.

Yet, they were powerful words that blew Li Er away when he heard them.