A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1548

"Mr Chu?" Lin Nan-Hai probed when Ye Fan didn't respond even after a long time.

However, Ye Fan remained silent.

Zhang Cheng-Hu helped to persuade Ye Fan as well. "Mr Chu, Mayor Lin came here just to invite you for dinner when he found out you were in town. Considering how sincere he is, why don't you stay for dinner so that Mayor Lin and I can play host?"

Zhang Cheng-Hu smiled before he looked at Li Er in the hope that Li Er could help convince Ye Fan.

The car window finally wound down to reveal Ye Fan's handsome profile.

Although Lin Nan-Hai had learned from Zhang Cheng-Hu that Ye Fan was a success despite his age, he was shocked to see how young Ye Fan was when he met him in person for the first time.

"Can we leave now?"

Ye Fan's calm voice rang while Lin Nan-Hai was in a daze.

Zhang Cheng-Hu and Lin Nan-Hai froze for a moment when they heard what Ye Fan said.

Zhang Cheng-Hu nodded and replied. "Oh! Of course, of course! Mayor Lin and I came over to make sure they let you pass."

Lin Nan-Hai nodded and said, "That's right. There was a misunderstanding earlier. I will take care of the traffic police who were rude to you."

Lin Nan-Hai turned to look at the two traffic policemen hiding behind. "You two have caused huge trouble. How dare you just hide by the side? Get over here and apologize to Mr Chu!" Lin Nan-Hai shouted sternly and left them trembling.

However, Liang said softly in panic, "We were just following orders. We received orders that no cars are allowed to pass unless they are from the army, right?"

"Nonsense!" shouted Lin Nan-Hai. "Mr Chu is going home to visit his family. How can this be considered unimportant? From now on, keep your eyes open. If you ever see Mr Chu's car again, you have to let him through! Do you hear me?"

Lin Nan-Hai spoke very loudly, as though he wanted Ye Fan to hear how much respect he was according him.

The traffic police were very low ranking officers, so they had no choice but to just listen and not argue.

But Ye Fan was accustomed to this sort of flattery, so it didn't have any effect on him.

He merely waved his hand and gestured for Li Er to drive on.

"Mr Chu, are you really not going to stay for dinner? He is the city mayor after all. Isn't it impolite?" asked Li Er.

Li Er felt that it was rude of Ye Fan to leave without even entertaining them.

Ye Fan laughed gently. "They can plan dinner, but I get to decide whether or not to go. It has nothing to do with courtesy. Let's go. Stop wasting time." Li Er's eyes twitched.

It was certainly Ye Fan's style to disregard a mayor's feelings.

The car engine rumbled as Ye Fan and Li Er drove off to Jingzhou.

Zhang Cheng-Hu and Lin Nan-Hai were just left behind like that. They were both shocked and embarrassed by the response from Ye Fan.

"Humph! Who does he think he is? How dare he disrespect me despite the respect I've shown him?" shouted Lin Nan-Hai uncontrollably in a stern tone.

Ye Fan's attitude had clearly made Lin Nan-Hai angry.

All these years, he had never suffered such disdain.

It was one thing to refuse to have dinner, but completely rude to not even greet him.

What did Mr Chu mean by this?

He clearly had no regard for Lin Nan-Hai at all!

"What is this bloody Mr Chu? He might have a fancy title as the King of Jiangdong, but in reality, he's just a thug. He'd better not let me catch him with his pants down! Otherwise, I will personally put him behind bars in a split second!"

Lin Nan-Hai was so furious that fire nearly spewed from his eyes.

Zhang Cheng-Hu pulled Lin Nan-Hai back. "Mayor Lin, watch your words! It will land you in trouble one day. Don't ever say such things again. If Mr Chu ever catches wind of it, we would have a hard time surviving in Yinan!"

Zhang Cheng-Hu's face blanched as he did his utmost to persuade Lin Nan-Hai.

"What? You mean a mayor like me has to worry about a thug? Is Jiangdong really his? Is he really above the law? Regardless of how powerful Mr Chu is, he has to be a law-abiding citizen. Why should I be afraid of a commoner?"

Lin Nan-Hai became emotional and really wanted to do something about Ye Fan.

Considering his power, it wasn't that hard for him to take care of an influential man. Such people were usually involved in a lot of unlawful acts, so all he needed was some evidence to put Ye Fan behind bars. However, Zhang Cheng-Hu sighed, "Mayor Lin, you are new in the Jiangdong, so you don't know anything about Mr Chu. Do you know who He Lan-Shan is? He used to be the Jiangdong committee secretary. Lin Nan-Hai nodded. "Yes, I know about him. I heard he made a huge mistake and was sent to the countryside to live amongst the poor villagers."

Zhang Cheng-Hu smiled sadly. "A huge mistake? I guess that's one way of putting it. In reality, that happened to him because he offended Mr Chu."

What?

"Are you saying that that the leader of a province was sent away because he

offended Mr Chu? Oh my god! What powerful background does this young man have?" Lin Nan-Hai's face turned ghastly pale and he looked worried. Zhang Cheng-Hu didn't answer his question directly. Instead, he continued, "I don't know about his background, but Li Hong-Ze attended Mr Chu's wedding."

BAM!

Zhang Cheng-Hu's last sentence landed like a bolt from the blue.

Lin Nan-Hai couldn't speak anymore.

His legs went soft, and he almost fell onto the ground.

"Li Hong-Ze? He's the second most powerful man in...Oh my god! Who on earth is this Mr Chu?" howled Lin Nan-Hai in his heart.

His plans to make trouble for Ye Fan and all his grievances instantly dissipated.

How could he even dream of arresting Ye

Fan?

Even He Lan-Shan had been defeated by Ye Fan.

Who the hell did Lin Nan-Hai think he was?

"Cheng-Hu, thanks for telling me about this. Or else, I would have followed in He Lan-Shan's footsteps. Do you know where his family home in Jingzhou is? I want to prepare some gifts and visit him." Lin Nan-Hai was still afraid, so he wanted to forge better ties with Ye Fan.

Zhang Cheng-Hu shook his head as he laughed. "Mayor Lin, I think it's wiser to visit Yunzhou and not Jingzhou. Mr Chu is afraid of his wife, so if you keep strong ties with Mrs Chu, he won't have a problem with us."

"Oh? He's afraid of his wife? Someone like Mr Chu is actually henpecked?"

Just as Lin Nan-Hai and Zhang Cheng-Hu were still trying to think of a way to butter up to Ye Fan, Li Er and Ye Fan had already entered Jingzhou.

Sure enough, the deeper they drove into Jingzhou, the hotter it became.

By the time they reached the city, the temperature was almost 40 degrees Celsius.

That was Jingzhou's temperature only at its hottest.

Ye Fan wasted no time and told Li Er to drive right to the Ye estate.

"Fan, you're back? Haha! Is it too hot for you? Let me get you an umbrella!"

The moment Ye Fan entered the door, he saw Ye Jian dressed extravagantly with his car keys in hand and getting ready to head out.

Ye Jian immediately went over to greet Ye Fan when he saw him.

"Get lost."

Ye Fan didn't like this cousin. Just the sight of him made Ye Fan angry, so Ye Fan told him to leave.

"Why the temper? You are already a father. That bad temper of yours will scare your kid." Since Ye Jian had a pretty thick hide, he continued to chuckle even after Ye Fan scolded him.