A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1510 Xu Lei's Surprise

Those words resonated like thunder.

His voice shook the entire estate.

Everyone was shocked.

They all turned to look with terror in their eyes.

The door to the house was wide open.

Sunlight poured in from outside like a river.

The shadow of a young man stood in the sunshine.

For some reason, despite being so skinny, this shadow seemed as wide and authoritative as a mountain.

"It's...it's you!" Xu Wen-Qing nearly leapt up from his chair in fright when he saw that Ye Fan was here.

Even though he had only met Ye Fan once and never saw him again, the impression that Ye Fan left on the old man was very deep.

This was the same young man who had broken his knee caps with one kick and forced him to kneel after all.

Xu Wen-Qing was never going to forget the humiliation he suffered that day for the rest of his life.

So when Ye Fan suddenly appeared again after so long, everyone in the Xu family was terrified.

But the one who was most worked up had to be Xu Lei.

She became especially emotional when he heard him stand up for her as her older brother.

All of a sudden, Xu Lei felt that all the pressure and unfairness she suffered over the years was worth it.

"Fan!" After a short period of surprise, Xu Lei couldn't hold her emotions back anymore.

Her eyes were filled with tears and reddened as she ran with all her might

towards the young man.

This queen of Yanjing who had control over the business circle of Yanjing eventually disregarded whatever image she had and lunged right into Ye Fan's embrace in front of everyone else.

"Fan, why haven't you come to see me in so long...I tried calling you but couldn't get through, I went to Jiangdong to look for you but couldn't get to see you. I asked Auntie Mei where you were and she wouldn' tell me...I thought you had forgotten me, I thought you were avoiding me, I thought you didn't want me anymore..." Xu Lei sobbed miserably in his arms.

Tears streamed down her face like the rain, and she looked like a child who had lost her favorite toy.

Everyone in the Xu family was shocked to see her like this.

Xu Lei was normally so stern and authoritative.

She was firm and resolute regardless of whether she was handling her own family business or the Yanjing corporates.

She was both classy and commanded respect, like a general of a great army.

Nobody would have expected this usually aloof and mighty careerwoman to become so gentle and frail in front of Ye Fan.

She was as frail as a little girl who couldn't find her mother in the mall.

This steel pole had melted immediately upon seeing Ye Fan.

The immense difference made it difficult for some to accept.

"Is that...is that the Miss Xu we know? The head of the Xu family?"

"That's...that's seriously the chairman of the Yanjing chamber of commerce?"

Many of them were whispering among themselves as their eyes twitched at this.

Even Ye Yu-Yan felt her emotions stir and become complicated as she stood outside the door.

She knew that Xu Lei was on very good terms with her cousin, but she never knew that they were this close to each other.

In her memory, Ye Fan had been so intimate with only two women.

One was his wife, Qiu Mu-Cheng.

The other was this Miss Xu.

Both of them were so outstanding and so pretty, they made Ye Yu-Yan ashamed of herself.

She started to envy Xu Lei.

She was considered a younger sister to Ye Fan too.

She was Ye Fan's actual family after all.

But she knew that her place in Ye Fan's heart was nowhere near Xu Lei's.

"Miss Xu Lei, I'm really so, very envious of you," murmured Ye Yu-Yan outside the door as she quietly looked at them with a faint smile.

"Alright, alright, don't cry anymore. You're already so ugly to begin with, so crying is only going to make it worse," said Ye Fan with a laugh as he wiped Xu Lei's tears away once Xu Lei was done with her outburst.

But Xu Lei was still angry. After all, Ye Fan hadn't come to visit her in so long, and hadn't even called.

After Xu Lei and Ye Fan were reunited, she had already treated him as her only family in the world.

So when she lost all contact with him, she became really depressed and felt like the world had abandoned her.

For a long period of time, Xu Lei would go to Jiangdong every now and then.

She would look Qiu Mu-Cheng and Ye Xi-Mei up, and tried to talk to anybody who

had connections to Ye Fan.

But nobody could tell her where Ye Fan had gone.

Not even his mother could.

The last time she went to Jiangdong, she realized that she couldn't even find Qiu Mu-Cheng or Ye Xi-Mei.

Mount Yunding Villa was completely empty.

In that moment, her heart nearly shattered.

She thought that Ye Fan was avoiding her and didn't want to see her.

After all, her existence was always a threat to his marriage.

She had been restraining herself and keeping her distance from Ye Fan, since he was already married and she ought to avoid any misunderstanding. But even so, Yanjing still treated her as Ye Fan's mistress. So Xu Lei thought that Ye Fan had deliberately cut off contact with her to distance himself and cut ties with her in order to prevent any misunderstanding.

Once she thought about it this way, she stopped looking for Ye Fan in Jiangdong.

She didn't want to create any problems for his marriage, and didn't want him to be upset with her.

She even thought that she might never see him again.

Nobody knew how hard this period of time had been for Xu Lei.

Her heart felt like broken shards of glass that had been glued together, and would fall apart at the slightest knock.

But Ye Fan just gently rapped on her head after hearing her grumbles. "You silly girl, what are you even talking about? You're the younger sister I dote on the most. Even if I had to give up the world, I'd still care about you. I've been busy recently and was held back by some matters, so I really wasn't able to come and look for you," Ye Fan gently comforted her.

The martial arts world and the mundane world were poles apart.

During this period of time, the international martial arts world had been in turmoil, but only the small population of martial artists knew anything about it. People like Xu Lei who only came into contact with non-martial artists, would never know anything about the martial arts world.

At the same time, Ye Fan didn't want to tell them about it either.

The martial arts world was bloody and cruel, so it was enough for him to carry these burdens himself.

Regardless of whether it was his mother, Qiu Mu-Cheng or Xu Lei, Ye Fan wasn't going to let them come into contact with the martial arts world at all.

He was going to shelter the people he cherished the most.

He was going to help them to block off any winds and rains that came their way.

"So, you're Ye Fan? Xu Lei's pillar of support? The seemingly legendary Mr Chu among the people of Yanjing?" asked Wei Luo in surprise from behind while Ye Fan and Xu Lei were still catching up. He had heard about Ye Fan from Xu Mei-Feng a long time ago.

This man was from the countryside and had learnt martial arts by himself, but shocked everyone during a battle at Yanqi Lake.

He had defeated everyone else and trampled upon all the rich and powerful of Yanjing.

He had even forced Xu Mei-Feng's father to step down from his position and hand over the reins of the Xu family.

This man had unified all the powers of Yanjing.

Wei Luo thought that the person who could do this must be some middle aged man at the very least.

Ye Fan was way younger than Wei Luo had expected.