A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1589

In the past, the Tang family was the weakest among the three prominent families in Chu Sect.

Unexpectedly, a genius finally appeared in the Tang family after years of effort.

In particular, Tang Yun's emergence helped the Tang family's power rose to its zenith.

Now, the Tang family was powerful enough to subdue the Chu family.

On the other hand, although the Jones family grew their businesses, their martial arts skills were on the decline.

Now, Bill was the only supreme grandmaster in the whole family.

Furthermore, most of the Grandmasters in the family were hired with a large sum of money. Only a few of them were family members.

In the past, the elders in the Jones family sensed a potential threat to the family's future.

Therefore, they began to negotiate a marriage alliance with the Chu family.

At the time, Chu Zhenghong was the most powerful member of the Chu family.

However, his only son had been expelled from the family.

Therefore, the family had no choice but to choose Chu Qitian, the Third Young Master, for the marriage alliance.

Back then, Chu Zhengliang and his son did not have much power.

Therefore, Chu Zhengliang was naturally very receptive when the Jones family proposed a marriage alliance.

Later, with the help of the Jones family, Chu Zhengliang stabilized his position in his family.

In a way, he and the Jones family were using each other to achieve their goals.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed in the Chu family, and Chu Zhengliang rose to power. The Jones family knew that they had backed the right person and was impatient to complete the marriage alliance. "Dad, can we use Angie's young age as an excuse to delay the wedding for a few years? It shouldn't be an issue to get married a little later. After all, Angie is not even eighteen years old,” Michael suggested. He could not bear to see Angie becoming someone's wife at such a young age.

However, Bill shook his head upon hearing the suggestion. "Michael, things are different now. I have also considered waiting for a few years until Angie is older before letting her marry. But now, Chu Zhengliang has achieved a sudden breakthrough with his powers and become tremendously powerful. If I'm not mistaken, he would be elected as the leader of the Chu Sect in a few months. Once that happens, he and his son shall possess immense authority. They would not want to join forces with us anymore."

Then, Bill thought for a moment before continuing solemnly, "Presently, if Chu Zhengliang wants to be the leader of Chu Sect, he still needs the support of the Jones family. This way, we can continue to maintain our mutually beneficial relationship. Therefore, we have to let Angie marry into the Chu family as soon as possible. It is the best option for us."

He had analyzed the situation clearly before coming to this decision.

"But... It is unfair to Angie. I don't know how to tell her about this." Michael clenched his fists and dug his nails into his palm. He did not know whether he felt guilty or was angry with himself.

Bill fell silent upon hearing him. He could not bear to see Michael in this state.

After a long while, Bill finally sighed. "Don't tell Angie about this for now."

"But Dad, she will find out eventually. We can't hide it from her for long," Michael said.

"Let's hide it from her as long as we can. Angie may not understand the family situation now. However, once she is older, she will understand our difficulties and that we mean well. Furthermore, her betrothed, Chu Qitian, is handsome and brilliant. Moreover, I heard that the Chu family had granted the esteemed 'Tian' to his name. It would be advantageous for Angie to marry such a man," Bill replied with a sigh. His eyes filled with worries.

Marriage alliance was not unusual in a wealthy and noble family such as the Jones family.

Bill was used to such a matter.

However, now that the marriage alliance involved his daughter, he could not help but feel uneasy about it.

To put it nicely, they entered a marriage alliance for the family's future.

On the other hand, it meant that Bill and his son were so unqualified that they had to rely on a girl to secure the family's future.

Still, Bill did not tell Angie anything about his discussion with Michael.

Soon, everyone in the family began preparing for Angie's wedding with Chu Qitian. However, they still kept the bride, Angie, in the dark.

Meanwhile, a beautiful young lady sat cross-legged near a carved jade stone in the Jones family's back garden.

Her delicate shoulders rose and fell with her every breath.

At the same time, elemental forces were vaguely visible around her. As she breathed, the said forces moved like a flying dragon, flowing in through her nostrils before spreading throughout her body. At the same time, her powers grew gradually.

The increment of her powers was too minute to be noticeable.

However, the increment continued to accumulate day by day. With enough time, it would still amount to remarkable progress.

If Ye Fan were here, he would instantly recognize this young lady as the little girl who entered a promise with him years ago.

However, Angie was no longer as weak as she was then. She had grown more resilient and independent.

The determination on her face was quite similar to Ye Fan's.

Meanwhile, Nuo constantly remained near Angie as she focused on her training.

It was Nuo who trained and taught her martial arts all this while.

Angie desired to become stronger after coming back from the rainforest. She had persisted in her training since then.

When she first declared her intention, everyone thought that it was a temporary whim.

Even Nuo, who had been with Angie since she was little, did not expect her to be all serious this time.

Many mighty men found it difficult to persist with training. However, this weak young lady - who had not experienced many difficulties in life - persisted.

Nuo could not imagine what fueled her to persevere until now.

After a long while, Angie gradually opened her eyes.

Then, she jumped up excitedly.

"Mr. Nuo, take this!" Angie shouted and punched hard toward Nuo.

"It's useless, Angie. You have only started learning martial arts for slightly more than a year. It's still too early for you to fight me." Nuo smiled and shook his head. Then, he blocked her punch calmly with his hand.

Bam!

Angie's fist hit Nuo's palm with a dull thud, releasing a violent force akin to a strong tide.

Initially, Nuo was unbothered.

However, his expression suddenly changed, and his footing wobbled unstably.

Angie's punch had forced him to retreat three steps.

Nuo was stunned. After stabilizing himself, he looked at her in shock. "Angie, did... did you have another breakthrough?"

It was likely his carelessness that forced him to retreat. However, he could not overlook Angie's strength.

After all, he was nearly a Grandmaster.

Since Angie could force him to retreat, it meant she was on the Terminal level.

One should keep in mind that Angie had just achieved a breakthrough a few months ago.

The levels in martial arts training were Novice, Internal Force, External Force, Innate, and Terminal.

After Terminal, there was another level called

Grandmaster.

In other words, Angie managed to rise two levels from External Force into Terminal in just three months.

"Angie, do another punch for me to judge. Do use your full strength!" Nuo instructed seriously as if he had made a discovery.