A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1509 Who Dares to Hit Her

After all these years, Xu Lei had ensured a firm grip over everything that belonged to the Xu family.

She had brought over people from Jiangdong to take up core positions in the family business.

So even if her entire clan ganged up to oust her from her position as head of the family, this would not affect her authority in the family business.

Besides, the corporate circle of Yanjing looked up to Mr Chu.

Back then, Ye Fan had proved his might at Yanqi Lake, and made all the rich and powerful bow to him.

In short, as long as Ye Fan was still around, nobody could possibly shift Xu Lei from her position.

But after Xu Lei said these things, Xu Mei-Feng chortled.

"Xu Lei, Xu Lei, you're still as proud and confident as you used to be. But did you think that you were the only one who could rely on a man to get to where you are now? Did you think you were the only one who could find someone powerful, while I cant?

"Sure, you're right. Even if we oust you from being the head of the family, as long as that hooligan is still considered the leader of Yanjing, there's nothing we can do about you. But what if there's someone who can replace Ye Fan's position over Yanjing?" said Xu Mei-Feng smugly with a hint of mocking in her voice.

Xu Lei frowned immediately. "What do you mean?"

Xu Mei-Feng didn't respond to her question.

Instead, it was a young man who had remained silent all this while who stood up. He smiled as he looked at Xu Lei. "Miss Xu, there's no point in asking all of this now. My Mei-Feng has to discuss important matters with the rest of the elders in the family in a short while. So you'd better hand over the clan ring and

pass it to Mei-Feng for safekeeping."

He stretched his hand out towards Xu Lei and waited for her to remove the clan ring on her hand.

That ring was worn only by the head of the Xu family, and it was a tradition passed down through many generations.

Now that Xu Lei was no longer the head of the family, she was no longer qualified to wear this ring.

"Miss Xu, please hand the ring over and stop wasting everyone's time, will you?" hurried the young man in a suit when he saw that Xu Lei wasn't going to hand it over.

"Who are you? How dare you poke your nose into the Xu family's affairs?" Xu Lei glared at him and reprimanded him fiercely.

"Outrageous! How dare a sinner like you behave so rudely towards Young Master Luo? Did you think you could do anything you wanted just because you're the

chairman of the chamber of commerce? Young Master Luo's background and prestige is higher than yours and that country bumpkin's put together. If he can't poke his nose into our affairs, then you're not ever worthy to carry his shoes!" Xu Wen-Qing shouted at Xu Lei angrily after slamming the table.

"Hoho, Grandpa Wen-Qing, don't get angry. I'm not offended, so you don't have to be so worked up. Don't ruin your health over someone like this. Also, don't call me Young Master Luo or Young Master Wei anymore, you can just call me Luo. I've come to Yanjing this time partly to confirm my engagement with Mei-Feng. We're going to be family soon, so you really don't have to be so formal with me," said Wei Luo with a friendly smile. His words made the old man extremely happy.

"That's wonderful! Simply wonderful! All of us elders are truly happy that Mei-Feng can marry you. Young Master Luo, you're from a very powerful family, excellent upbringing, and you are a really talented young man. Having a son-in-law like you is the honor of the Xu family."

"This situation is so unlike some women who don't even know how to behave themselves, and would rather be a lover to a country bumpkin of lowly birth. The Xu family has really been disgraced by her!" said Xu Wen-Qing coldly as he sarcastically avoided naming names.

"That's enough!" Xu Lei suddenly lost her cool and became angry.

Her gaze was frosty as she stared straight at Xu Wen-Qing. "Granduncle Wen-Qing, you can insult me all you want since you're my elder, and I will not complain. But please, do not insult my Fan."

"Oh my, how touching. Your Fan? That hooligan is so precious to you that we can't even talk about him? You treat him as treasure, but how does he treat you? He probably thinks you're just some wild grass he can do without, right? It's amazing that you're still so loyal despite being a mistress."

"Tsk, I can't be bothered to waste my saliva on you. Hurry up and hand over the clan ring that belongs to my father now.

Don't force me to snatch it from you," snapped Xu Mei-Feng icily as she stared back at Xu Lei with disgust in her eyes.

Once she finished saying these words, she lost all patience and marched over to Xu Lei, grabbing her hand and attempted to pull the ring off.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Xu Lei winced in pain from how hard Xu Mei-Feng tugged at her fingers.

She pushed Xu Mei-Feng away from her in the struggle.

Xu Mei-Feng stumbled a few steps backwards and fell right on her butt.

"Ow! That hurts! You despicable woman! How dare you push me?!" yelled Xu Mei-Feng angrily through her pain.

Wei Luo ran over and quickly consoled her, "Feng, are you alright?"

"Luo, this woman bullied me! You have to avenge me!" wailed Xu Mei-Feng in a choked voice.

Wei Luo comforted her, "Of course, of course, don't worry, I won't let you get bullied for nothing."

He then got up with a start and walked towards Xu Lei.

His handsome face no longer looked elegant, but looked frosty and furious instead.

"Miss Xu, why make life so difficult for yourself? Do you really have to make things so ugly? If you backed off quietly, I would not have made things hard for a woman like you. But now that you've attacked Feng, how could I possibly let you off? If you know what's good for you, kneel down and apologize to her, then give her the ring with both hands. Otherwise, I'm going to make sure you end up crawling out of this house!" Wei Luo was a really extreme one. Xu Mei-Feng had barely suffered any pain, but he wanted Xu Lei to kneel down and apologize.

The rest of the Xu family remained silent and watched on coldly, as if everything happening in front of them had nothing to

do with them.

So many of Xu Lei's family members stood in the huge hall, but not a single one stood up for her.

For some reason, Xu Lei's eyes instantly reddened and she felt like crying when Wei Luo stood up for Xu Mei-Feng.

She wasn't feeling threatened or scared of him. She just felt really lonely and helpless.

She even started to envy Xu Mei-Feng.

She envied her for having someone to stand up for her and shield her from harm every time she got hurt.

Whereas Xu Lei always faced everything by her lonesome self.

She really wished she had a young man beside her to protect her like how Wei Luo protected Xu Mei-Feng.

"Hmm? Looks like you're not going to listen to me even though I've tried to be polite. In that case, don't blame me for getting nasty!" Wei Luo flew into a rage when he saw that Xu Lei wasn't budging. His expression was icy as he stepped forward and raised a hand to slap Xu Lei.

If she wasn't going to apologize, he was going to beat her until she did.

There was no way he would allow his woman to be humiliated by others.

Xu Lei just shut her eyes and stood there as she waited for the slap to strike her.

There was no point in fighting back anyway.

Even if she tried, she would probably still be unable to avoid getting hit.

But just when Xu Lei had decided to stand there and be slapped, the door of the room was pushed open from outside and light streamed in.

A valiant and authoritative voice rumbled like thunder, shaking up the entire Xu

family estate, "And who dares to hit my younger sister?"