A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1516 Turning the Tables

But to Wei Luo's surprise, no matter how much he yelled and shouted, all his subordinates refused to budge. It was as if they hadn't heard him at all.

"Uncle Liu? Uncle Li? What's going on? Didn't you hear what I said? I told you to slaughter that old fellow!" roared Wei Luo furiously.

"Haha! Young Master Wei, don't bother wasting your saliva anymore. These men all work for the Xue family now, so why would they listen to you?" Xue Ren-Yang's calm laughter came from behind. Wei Luo was even angrier now.

"Nonsense! The Wei family has groomed them for nearly ten years, so they are loyal to the Wei family! Why would they listen to you instead?" Wei Luo shouted back fiercely. He didn't believe anything that Xue Ren-Yang had just said.

Xue Ren-Yang couldn't be bothered to explain himself to him. He looked ahead and gave orders in a low voice, "Liu Hai, Li Hu, since you now belong to the Xue family, it means that you are subordinates to the Dragon Master. Come in with me now to greet the Dragon Master!" His voice reverberated through the hall.

After that, he walked towards Ye Fan and bowed towards him. "I, the Sun Dragon, greets the Dragon Master!"

These words were like a gigantic rock falling into the sea, raising a tsunami in its wake.

Immediately after Xue Ren-Yang had greeted Ye Fan, Tong Shan, Qing Tan as well as all the martial artists who used to belong to the Wei family all bowed in unison towards Ye Fan and greeted him, "We greet the Dragon Master!"

"We welcome the Dragon Master to Yanjing!"

Their rising voices were like a giant wave that drowned everyone else in the hall.

Wei Luo was stunned and his eyes widened as he watched this scene unfold.

All the other Xu family members were also gaping. They looked like they had seen a ghost.

Xu Mei-Feng looked even more bewildered.

"Are all of you blind? Luo is right here! Why are you bowing to that bum from the countryside?! Your master is right here!" Xu Mei-Feng screamed loudly.

Wei Luo was equally flabbergasted. "Uncle Liu, Uncle Li, what...what do you mean by this? You mean you've really betrayed me and the Wei family? Are all of you really such ingrates? Don't forget who has been paying you millions a year and providing you with food and lodging all these years! Aren't you the least bit guilty about what you're doing now? Don't any of you have any shame at all?!" He was about to go mad from how angry he was.

Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined that the people he placed so much hope in would actually betray him.

He had originally sent these men to get the Xue family on his side, but instead of cutting off one of Ye Fan's biggest supporters, he lost his own men to the Xue family.

"Young Master Wei, we're really sorry. But even birds know how to choose a good tree to build a nest in, so humans would also naturally choose to serve a better master. From now on, we will no longer work for the Wei family. Don't worry, we will return this year's retainer fee to the Wei family," the leader of the martial artists said to Wei Luo with no expression on his face.

These men were hired by the Wei family and were not related to the family in any way.

Since their relationship was built purely on the basis of money, it was easy to dismantle.

Xue Ren-Yang had both threatened and offered them rewards when they had gone to his place earlier.

First, he got Tong Shan and Qing Tan to slaughter the most powerful among all of them with just one move, and that man was Uncle Wang. That alone was enough to scare the rest of them into compliance. After that, Xue Ren-Yang offered them high amounts of money to hire them instead.

Since these martial artists were essentially just mercenaries working for the Wei family, this ruse totally worked.

They had seen what Tong Shan and Qing Tan were capable of, so they didn't really have a choice either.

They knew that the Wei family might seek revenge on them once they found out about their betrayal, but they couldn't think too far ahead. It was more important that they survive the current crisis first. Wei Luo was even angrier now. He was on the verge of exploding now.

"Liu Hai, Li Hu, both of you are ingrates! Bastards! I gave you important positions and the family has treated you so well!

And this is how you repay me? This is how you repay the Wei family? Just you wait! The Wei family will not let you off! Traitors like all of you deserve to die! All of you must die!" roared Wei Luo venomously as his eyes reddened.

Xue Ren-Yang just laughed. "Young Master Wei, let's talk about the future another time. I think you'd better think about your own safety first."

After laughing coldly, Xue Ren-Yang turned to Ye Fan, "Dragon Master, this Wei Luo has ill intentions of taking over everything I own in Yanjing, as well as the Xu family's assets and power. On top of that, he has been irreverent towards you and disrespectful towards Miss Xu Lei. Please give the order, Dragon Master, so that we can kill this fellow right now!"

What?

Xue Ren-Yang's words sent shockwaves through the whole hall.

Xu Wen-Qing's eyes opened wide.

He thought that Ye Fan had already been aggressive enough when he had kicked Wei Luo earlier.

He didn't expect Xue Ren-Yang to be even more ruthless and actually want to kill Wei Luo.

"Are all these people insane? Wei Luo is the eldest grandson of the Wei family and is very likely to become the head of the family in the future. If he dies in Yanjing, the entire family is going to march into Yanjing to avenge him. Don't any of these people consider consequences at all?" Xu Wen-Qing felt his heart tremble in shock.

Wei Luo shuddered as well. He took several steps backwards without even realizing it in his fright.

Ye Fan's calmness was in stark contrast to the reactions of everyone around him.

He just laughed quietly. "No hurry, he's just an ant. It won't take much for me to kill him. But Sun Dragon, you've done a good job. Thanks to your support, Lei has been able to hold her ground in Yanjing all these years. Otherwise, I think it would really be too hard for this silly girl to hang in there."

"Dragon Master, what are you saying? Everything that I have today was given to me by you. Helping the Dragon Mistress to share her burden is part of my job," replied Xue Ren-Yang with a smile.

But after he said that, that silly girl standing behind Ye Fan felt her entire face redden.

Ye Fan coughed loudly several times as well.

"Tsk! Don't spout nonsense like that, you old geezer! Even though I don't care about any of this, Lei is a girl after all. If you ruin her reputation, how is she going to find someone to marry in the future? If you spout nonsense like that again, I'll slap you!" Ye Fan reprimanded Xue Ren-Yang.

Xue Ren-Yang just laughed sheepishly.

God knows what this old man was thinking about.

"Tong Shan, Qing Tan, it's been hard on both of you as well. You've been shuttling between Jiangdong and Yanjing" Ye Fan turned to look at Qing Tan and Tong Shan.

These two were long time subordinates of Ye Fan.

Tong Shan in particular, had been by Ye Fan's side for many years now.

Back when Mochizuki Kawa made an attack on Jiangdong, Xu Lei would have died at Dongchang Lake if Tong Shan and the rest hadn't risked their lives to save her.

Ye Fan had sent them to Yanjing to recuperate after being severely injured in that fight.

After they had recovered, they remained in Yanjing to protect Xu Lei as well as to help Xue Ren-Yang to deal with any trouble.

Ye Fan looked at Tong Shan's old injury.

Mochizuki Kawa had nearly managed to kill Tong Shan back when they fought at Dongchang Lake. Even though Ye Fan had managed to save Tong Shan's life, the damage caused by that injury was irreparable.

Unless a miracle occurred, Tong Shan would probably never be able to advance in his martial arts skills anymore.

This was a guilt that Ye Fan always carried.