A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1539

Ye Fan had clearly tied Xu Lei's fate with the Wei family's.

From now on, if the Wei family wanted to live, they had to guarantee Xu Lei's safety.

The Wei family didn't dare to argue with Ye Fan's demands and acquiesced right away before they left.

RUMBLE!

After the choppers left, the crisis came to an end.

Ye Fan left the Xu family elders who put Xu Lei in a spot previously to her to handle.

Since they were relatives, Xu Lei didn't punish them too severely.

"Don't worry. Since you are my elders, I won't make things difficult for you. I'm tired, so I don't want to see or argue with you from now on. Tomorrow, I will buy a place somewhere in Yanjing, so you can move over. I will continue to send your family's share of the bonuses. If you use it wisely, there should be enough for you to live lavishly for the rest of your lives." Xu Lei spoke expressionlessly to her elders. She wasn't the heartless sort. Instead, she was utterly disappointed.

She once thought that she would gain her family's understanding after all the hard work she had put in. But reality proved that that was just wishful thinking on her part.

In that case, why should Xu Lei make her life hard in order to gain their acceptance?

"You can't do this to us."

"Your uncle is only in his 40s and still young."

"You have to give us jobs."

"We don't want to spend our lives having no accomplishments."

The older family members had no complaints about Xu Lei's arrangement, but the slightly younger ones were reluctant to take her offer.

Xu Lei was clearly making them hand over all power and forcing them into early retirement.

The people with great power in the family businesses certainly found it unacceptable.

However, Xu Lei didn't want to listen to their explanations and turned to leave.

Some people wanted to go after her, but Xu Wen-Qing sighed, "Be happy with what you have. After what we did to her, she was still kind enough to let us retire comfortably."

"But Old Master Xu, she is forcing us to retire and do nothing. That's as good as taking all power from us. From now on, our legacy will belong to her alone. The family business can only go to a boy, so how could we let a girl like her hold full power?"

Many people felt resentful in their hearts.

Xu Wen-Qing shook his head and smiled sadly. "So what if you don't want to? We can't outdo her. We will never be a match against her as long as Ye Fan is alive. We couldn't beat her in the past, and we won' be able to do it in the future," Xu Wen-Qing's deep voice rang in the air.

He was keenly aware that no one in China would dare to touch Xu Lei or provoke Mr Chu from now on.

Everyone outside the estate had left.

Now that the exciting part was over, the onlookers all left as well.

However, three young women continued to stay there even after the crowd had gone.

The prettiest woman of the lot was crying while her friends comforted her softly.

Ye Yu-Yan happened to see this strange scene when she came out for a walk. "Why does she look so familiar?"

Ye Yu-Yan frowned as she looked in their direction before she finally walked over out

of curiosity.

After coming closer to her, Ye Yu-Yan suddenly recalled and said, "Are you Miss Chen Nan? Are you here to see my cousin? Why don't you come in since you are here? Also, what happened to you? Why are you crying?"

Although Ye Yu-Yan had only encountered Chen Nan a few times, she had a deep impression of her.

After all, the first time Ye Yu-Yan encountered Chen Nan, she thought Chen Nan was Ye Fan's girlfriend. Also, things didn't turn out well for them.

That was probably why Ye Yu-Yan remembered how Chen Nan looked.

However, Ye Yu-Yan was caught by surprise when Chen Nan started to cry and run off the moment she spoke.

"That's odd. Is Miss Chen in trouble and embarrassed to tell my cousin?" Ye Yu-Yan couldn't help feeling puzzled when she

saw the young woman run off with tears welling in her eyes.

After some thought, she went back to the Xu residence.

"Nannan, if you can't forget him, then go after him. In the past, he was far away in Jiangdong. Now, he is right here in Yanjing, so you can see him."

Su Mu-Mu and Wang Ying-Ying kept persuading Chen Nan on their way back.

Chen Nan wiped the tears from her face and shook her head. "He probably doesn't want to see me. My family is indebted to him but we betrayed him, so I don't have the cheek to see him." "How would you know if you don't try?" encouraged Wang Ying-Ying.

Chen Nan's eyes dimmed, and she shook her head. "Forget it. He won't want to see me."

Ever since that incident, Ye Fan stopped calling her.

It was clear that Ye Fan was utterly disappointed with the Chen family.

Despite how sad Chen Nan was, she did not have the cheek to see him again.

"My my, our Nannan is such a pretty girl. Tell me, which horrible fellow won't want to see you?"

Calm laughter quietly came from a distance while Chen Nan wallowed in despair.

Chen Nan froze as though she were electrified the moment she heard that voice.

Sure enough, she turned her head to see a face that was both familiar and foreign to her.

"Y-Ye Fan?"

Chen Nan was stunned. She didn't think that she would end up reuniting with Ye

Fan this way.

Su Mu-Mu and Wang Ying-Ying were dumbstruck as well. They opened their eyes wide in shock with their mouths open. They were so startled that they went speechless. After all, this young man had made countless elite families bow to him.

People like him were like gods to them. They could only admire them from a distance. Now that they could see him at such proximity, they were naturally scared.

"Have you forgotten me after not seeing me in years?" Ye Fan smiled as he walked up to Chen Nan.

He sounded warm and friendly, just like he did in the past.

Chen Nan could no longer suppress the tears in her eyes and sobbed bitterly.

Ye Fan was at a loss. He walked up to Chen Nan and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. "What happened? Did

someone bully you?"

Chen Nan shook her head and choked, "Fan, I thought you didn't want to see me anymore."

Ye Fan finally realized why Chen Nan was behaving this way. He shook his head and laughed. "Silly lass. What were you thinking? Why would I not want to see you? It's true that your family did me wrong back then, but it was your father who did it. What has it got to do with you? I was too busy last year. Otherwise, I would have visited you in Yanjing sooner. How's life? How are your studies?"