A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1498 Waiting for Someone

In the past, Ye Yu-Yan would never have expected that she would express concern for Ye Fan one day. She had always been a proud child and had never truly shown any regard for this cousin of hers.

Then, she had witnessed Ye Fan's strength and might and had been won over by his strength and talent.

In comparison to the waves of emotions that Ye Yu-Yan was currently experiencing, Ye Fan appeared calm and composed.

He tugged at the coat that Ye Yu-Yan had placed on his shoulders, thanked her casually and continued his fishing.

Ye Yu-Yan appeared slightly crestfallen when she noted Ye Fan's indifference.

Ye Fan's attitude towards her had remained unchanged all this while. He was distant and showed no hint of the kind of familial warmth and intimacy that family members shared with one another. But she had only herself to blame for that.

She had been obnoxious and proud when she had been a kid. Her arrogant ways must have hurt her cousin deeply.

Ye Yu-Yan sighed at that thought. One could discern the faint traces of regret lining her brow.

She had not shown Ye Fan any kindness when he had been ostracized by the family.

Ye Fan was famous now. There were plenty of people dying to please him and win his favor. She was just one of many and no one special.

She had not bothered to show him kindness when he had been down on his luck. But now, here she was, trying to earn his favor after he had risen to fame and fortune.

The same gesture of kindness that would have meant a world of difference then meant little now.

Sometimes, Ye Yu-Yan would wonder what would have happened if she had not been so obnoxious and arrogant then. If she had been kinder to her cousin, perhaps Ye Fan would treat her differently now. They might share a close friendship like the one that Ye Fan shared with Shin Yu-Xiang.

But it was too late now.

Ye Yu-Yan shook her head. She cast aside the tangled thoughts in her head and assumed the look of deference that she had always shown Ye Fan. "Instructor Chu, I've booked the plane tickets to Yanjing. There's a car waiting for you outside.

When do you intend to head to Jianghai International Airport?"

There were three formations in the Greater Invoke the Celestial Sky Formation.

The primary formation had been set up in Yunzhou while the other two secondary formations would be placed in Jingzhou and Yanjing.

Ye Fan had three persons whom he must protect at all costs.

The first was his wife, Qiu Mu-Cheng.

The second was his mother, Ye Xi-Mei.

The third was his childhood friend, Xu Lei.

Ye Fan had known of Xu Lei's feelings for him for a long time.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

They had missed each other.

If he had not been cast out of the Chu family and had not been separated from Xu Lei for a decade, he might have ended up marrying her instead.

But fate enjoyed playing games. The calamity that had befallen Ye Fan then had cost them love.

When they had next met again after ten years, the young man whom Xu Lei had grown up with had become someone's husband.

Honestly, a ripple of emotion had stirred in Ye Fan's heart when he had found out that Xu Lei had been the young girl that he had grown up with.

But it had been too late. He already had a family and a wife. He had left Xu Lei with a lifelong regret.

Even though he couldn't promise Xu Lei a life together, he could still promise her a life of happiness that was free from worry.

He wasn't doing this because he was obsessed with her or because he still loved her. He was doing this because she had stayed by his side during his darkest moments in the Chu family. Ye Fan was a deeply loyal man who stood by his family, his friends and his lover.

He would never leave someone who had treated him kindly in the lurch.

Not Qiu Mu-Cheng, not Xu Lei, not even Shin Yu-Xiang, whom he had gotten into fights and skipped classes with during their schooling days.

He had completed the secondary formation in Jingzhou during the few days he had spent in the city. The Ye family home was now protected by the formation in Jingzhou.

Besides Mount Yunding Villa, the Ye family home was the safest place in the whole of Jiangdong.

He should be heading to Yanjing next to set up the formation that would protect Xu Lei as she held the fort in Yanjing.

But not yet. Ye Fan shook his head. "We're not in a rush. Let's wait a little while longer."

"Wait?" Ye Yu-Yan frowned. A look of puzzlement flickered across her eyes. She asked quietly next. "Do you have an appointment with someone?"

Ye Fan simply smiled wordlessly and continued fishing.

That only served to pique Ye Yu-Yan's curiosity.

In the past few days, she had returned home to pay a visit to her parents once and had spent the rest of her time by Ye Fan's side.

She could not remember Ye Fan making an appointment with anyone.

She couldn't think of anyone whom Ye Fan would risk missing a flight for. After all, one had to consider his status in Jingzhou and in whole of Jiangdong. There were few people who could keep Ye Fan waiting patiently for his arrival.

"Could it be Lei San?" The only name that came to Ye Yu-Yan's mind after some furious thought was that of the head of Jingzhou.

But then she thought about it again and decided that it couldn't be the head of the Lei family.

Lei San had brought his whole family to visit Ye Fan on the first day that the latter had arrived in Jingzhou.

The high-ranking officials of the city's administration had also paid a visit to Ye Fan.

Every bigwig in Jingzhou who should have paid Ye Fan a visit had done so.

No matter how hard Ye Yu-Yan racked her brains, she couldn't figure out whom her cousin was waiting for.

Two hours passed.

The sun was setting, its last rays spilling across the lands and dying them in hues of red and orange.

Ye Yu-Yan couldn't hold it in anymore. "Fan, who are you waiting for? Tell me and I'll drop him a call and get him to hurry up. It's getting late. We're going to miss our flight if we don't leave soon." They were fast approaching the time when their plane was going to take off and Ye Yu-Yan was shaking with anxiety.

But Ye Fan showed no signs of moving.

He sat there quietly, fishing under the

setting sun.

The evening breeze stirred his sleeves and the loose strands of hair before his forehead gently.

Time continued to pass. Ye Yu-Yan was going to urge Ye Fan to leave when she saw the ripples coursing across the surface of the lake.

"He's here."

Ye Fan's soft murmur sent the golden leaves on the tree rustling madly.

Ye Yu-Yan gazed into the distance instantly.

There was a man in white robes standing under the crimson sun, stepping on the shadow of the setting sun as he slowly walked towards them.

His white robes fluttered while the hair before his forehead stirred lightly in the wind. Light and shadow fell across his face.

He cut a dashing figure in the sunset.

The intimidating aura emanating from this man instinctively drew awe and respect from others.

Accompanying that aura was a shocking sense of heaviness that was akin to the weight of a mountain.

It was as if he had the entire China and the entire world resting on his shoulders.

"Is that...is that the God of War? The leader of the six pillars of the nation and the most powerful martial artist in the country? Is that Ye Qing-Tian?"

Ye Yu-Yan was blown away when she finally got a closer look at the man.

She might be a nobody who never had the opportunity to meet or speak to someone like the God of War, but she had heard of him and seen him from afar.

As a female martial artist, Ye Yu-Yan was well aware of whom the God of War was.

After all, this was the man whom her master, Lu Tian-He, respected and revered the most.

He had a picture of Ye Qing-Tian hung up in his house.

Everything about this man-his features, his aura, even the way he carried himself-was an exact replica of that picture.

This was China's God of War, Ye Qing-Tian!

"Oh my god! I can't believe that the person whom my cousin's been waiting for is the leader of the six pillars of the nation and the most powerful man in China, Ye Qing-Tian!" wailed Ye Yu-Yan privately as her eyes filled with disbelief and shock.