A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 176 Who's the aristocrat? Who's the farmer?

"Look at how magnanimous Yu-Hao is! Someone with such good upbringing is certainly different, unlike someone who's from the countryside and only knows how to leech off others." Han Li started singing Sun Yu-Hao's praises again.

But since Sun Yu-Hao had put it that way, Han Li didn't make things difficult for Ye Fan anymore and let him come along.

"Mu-Cheng, go in with them first, I'll lock the scooter." Han Fei-Fei's words earlier had indeed reminded Ye Fan that it was better to lock it properly since nobody would be around to guard it.

"Alright, be quick about it. We'll be waiting in the main lobby," replied Qiu Mu-Cheng before walking into the restaurant.

"Oh my! Isn't that the deputy mayor of Yunzhou?"

"The guy beside him is probably Peng Zhen-Ying, the general manager of Haiyuan Restaurant, right?"

Han Li and family went in and saw these big shots in the lobby.

Qiu Lei often watched the local news and was familiar with the leaders of the city, since they often appeared on TV.

This was the first time he was seeing someone so important up close. Qiu Lei got excited and went forward to say hello to them.

But neither the general manager, Peng Zhen-Ying nor the deputy mayor of Yunzhou even turned to glance at them once.

Someone as powerful as Peng Zhen-Ying in the corporate world wouldn't care for the likes of an ordinary citizen.

He couldn't be bothered at all.

"You silly old man! How could you dream of even talking to anyone so powerful!

Look what you got in the end! These are all big shots and we'll never get a chance to go near them," Han Li berated Qiu Lei while Qiu Lei continued to grin and didn't seem to think that what happened was embarrassing at all.

After all, it was only normal for big shots to ignore someone like him. That wasn't embarrassing.

Peng Zhen-Ying saw his guest to the door. "Mayor Wu, have a nice day."

Peng Zhen-Ying had a bright and friendly smile on his face, and had a very different attitude towards his guest as compared to Qiu Lei earlier.

After seeing his guest out, Peng Zhen-Ying turned to return to the restaurant when he bumped head on into another person. The pain in his mouth made Peng Zhen-Ying start shouting angrily. "Can't you see where you're going? Get lost! What a pain," Peng Zhen-Ying snapped with a hand over his mouth.

He had been knocked in the teeth.

"I'll give you a chance to rephrase yourself," a cold voice replied him from the front. The icy and sinister tone of voice frightened Peng Zhen-Ying so much that he shuddered.

He lifted his head and looked at the person in front of him.

When he realized who it was, Peng Zhen-Ying's face instantly paled.

"It's...it...it's...you?" Peng Zhen-Ying's mind went blank.

He would never forget how just over a month ago, the restaurant had received orders from Li Er to clear the place and they had to clear out everyone including government officials and business magnates. He also remembered clearly that Li Er had told him an enormously important person was coming, so the restaurant had to be at its best. If they didn't do a good job, they might even die!

Peng Zhen-Ying had been so frightened that he stood personally at the entrance to wait for this special guest to arrive.

Peng Zhen-Ying still remembered the young man who had been escorted by so many luxury cars and stepped into the restaurant like he was the king.

Wasn't it this young man here?

This was the young man who was in the company of so many luxury cars and was treated so importantly by Li Er. Even if Peng Zhen-Ying were an idiot, he knew that this ordinary looking young man had an extraordinary background for sure.

"S-s-sir, I'm...I'm really sorry. That...that was my fault. I was in the wrong. Tell you what, your bill will be on the house tonight, take it as...take it as my apology," stammered Peng Zhen-Ying. He was afraid that his display of arrogance earlier would incur the wrath of this young man, so he quickly bowed his head to apologize.

If Qiu Lei and the rest saw this happen, they would probably be in great shock. Peng Zhen-Ying had behaved so condescendingly just moments ago, and now he was so terrified and uneasy in front of Ye Fan. "No need. Just remember this next time. Remember to stay calm." Ye Fan didn't bother talking too much to him and went into the restaurant to meet with Qiu Mu-Cheng and the rest.

But Han Fei-Fei and family clearly didn't want to let Ye Fan eat at their table. They didn't save him a chair at all.

Ye Fan didn't get angry at this. He took a chair from the side and squeezed in.

"Mu-Cheng, could you move over a little? I just need a little space," whispered Ye Fan. Qiu Mu-Cheng nodded and shifted to the side so that he had enough space to sit.

"There's no space and he actually squeezed himself in? I can't believe how shameless he is!" muttered Han Fei-Fei as she scoffed.

The rest of them looked at Ye Fan with disgust in their eyes.

But they decided not to say anything and just pretended to pity him.

Han Li and her family started to chat happily to Sun Yu-Hao and would occasionally ask Qiu Mu-Cheng a few questions.

The table was filled with laughter and lighthearted chatter. Everyone was enjoying themselves.

But none of them bothered about Ye Fan, and nobody said anything to him.

Since they didn't care about him, Ye Fan wasn't going to ask them for any attention either. He just quietly ate his food and drank his tea.

He looked so lonely, as if he had been abandoned by the world and was seemed so dejected.

Sun Yu-Hao just shook his head and laughed. The more pitiful and lonely Ye Fan looked, the more gleeful Sun Yu-Hao felt.

To Sun Yu-Hao, that was the difference between himself and Ye Fan.

They were from different worlds.

The poor should stay with only the poor. Ye Fan was from a different world from Mu-Cheng and the rest of the people at the table.

Sun Yu-Hao had a smug smile on his face as he picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for everyone except Ye Fan. He seemed to be purposely leaving Ye Fan out.

"What a great man. What a great man!"

But even as Sun Yu-Hao and the others around the table were looking so disdainfully at Ye Fan, they didn't notice that Peng Zhen-Ying was standing not too far off from them and also looking at Ye Fan. "GM, who's the great man you're talking about?" Peng Zhen-Ying's subordinate asked confusedly.

Peng Zhen-Ying pointed in Ye Fan's direction. "Do you see that table over there?"

"Almost everyone at that table is wearing branded clothing from head to toe, but only that young man is dressed ordinarily. People often overcompensate with what they don't have. Only poor people would purposely dress themselves in branded clothing from head to toe, while the truly rich would stay low profile and wear simply. Look at Jack Ma! He's the richest man in China but he just wears a simple white short-sleeved shirt all the time. Are they really ordinary? Of course not! The class of a great man is etched on his bones. He doesn't need these material things to prove himself."

Peng Zhen-Ying sounded so logical, his subordinate nodded along and felt that his manager made a lot of sense.

"Also, look carefully. Everyone else at the table is having fun except that young man. He's outside of their circle and doesn't interact with them. Why do you think that is so?" Peng Zhen-Ying paused for a while before continuing in a voice filled with great admiration, "That's because he's above all of them!"

"That young man is so high above the rest of them, those ordinary people next to him cannot reach him anymore. He's from a different world from them. One is an aristocrat with tremendous wealth and influence, while the other side is a bunch of farmers from the village who barely make ends meet. Tell me, what can that young man have in common with those lowly famers?"

"That is what makes a great man," sighed Peng Zhen-Ying. He was filled with admiration and reverence for Ye Fan.

In the end, Peng Zhen-Ying couldn't hold himself back and gave orders to his subordinate, "Go and get that bottle of wine that I've kept for so long. This great man has graced my restaurant with his presence and it is Haiyuan Restaurant's honor to receive him. As the general manager, I have to show my respect for him."