A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 423 A Freeloader?

"What business are you in, Mr Chu?" asked Li Lu-Bin's wife, Sun Li-Ping, courteously with a smile while they were at the dinner table.

Ye Fan shook his head and replied, "You've mistaken Mrs Li, I'm a farmer's kid just like Xiao-Hong. I grew up in the countryside and my family farms too. I don't have a rich and powerful background, so I'm no big shot. If you must insist, then the land which my mother and I till is our greatest support."

Ye Fan's voice sounded absolutely calm when he spoke. He neither had the intention to withhold any information nor did he find it embarrassing to talk about.

He never attempted to hide his background whenever people asked as he found it unnecessary.

So when the Li family asked, he simply answered honestly.

Even if the Chu family asked about this, he would still give the same answer.

From the moment Ye Fan was driven out of the Chu family, he was no longer their eldest son.

He only recognized himself as a farmer's child!

Ye Fan would give the same answer whenever someone asked, regardless of the occasion.

He would never feel low self-esteem because of his mother's background.

Moreover, so what if he was from the countryside?

So what if he came from a low-income family?

His family background never prevented him from becoming powerful.

So Ye Fan never felt that his background was important.

Just like Zhao Li-Chun told Ye Fan back then, talented people also existed in remote and backward places.

Despite his lowly family background, he wielded great power!

"What? Are you a farmer's son? Are you from the countryside too?"

But Sun Li-Ping immediately went into a daze and stopped smiling when she heard him.

The moment Li Yuan heard him, she was even more gleeful.

"Tsk, I thought this woman from the countryside landed herself a rich and powerful boyfriend, but it looks like he's a country bumpkin too. Birds of a feather flock together. Then again, why would a rich young master be blind enough to fancy a woman from the countryside?" sniggered Li Yuan as she looked at her half-sister, Li Xiao-Hong, with even more contempt.

Li Yuan looked down on old country bumpkin like Li Xiao-Hong from the beginning. It was an insult to be related by blood to someone like this woman.

She even found it dirty to eat with the likes of Li Xiao-Hong.

"Yuanyuan, how can you say that? Mr Chu is just being modest. The truly rich and powerful are very low key when they go out. The richest man of Yanjing was simply dressed in a pair of jeans and a white T- shirt when I bumped into him. It's all about going back to the basics. Glory won't mean a thing after you genuinely consolidated great wealth and power. Right, Mr Chu?" said Li Lu-Bin politely.

Li Lu-Bin didn't believe that his daughter would lie. How could Li Xiao-Hong have lied when she said Ye Fan was an influential man in Jiangdong?

Li Yuan continued to ridicule Ye Fan, "Dad, it's not enough to just claim that he is a big shot. Didn't he bring us presents? Why don't we take a look at them now? Then we can find out if Mr Chu a poor man or a big shot! No matter how low profile rich people might be, they can't keep a low profile about the gifts they give their friends. They certainly can't hand out trash, right?" said Li Yuan coldly. Li Lu-Bin nodded too.

Li Lu-Bin's daughter was right. No matter how low profile some rich men were, they didn't give out poor gifts.

If Ye Fan was an influential man in Jiangdong like his daughter said, the gift he gave them ought to be rather generous.

"What do you think, Mr Chu? Why don't you show us what kind of gift a big shot like you gave us?" said Li Yuan as she sat there looking at Ye Fan and waited for a good show.

Her mother, Sun Li-Ping, didn't say a word. She was clearly waiting to see if Mr Chu was truly rich and powerful.

Ye Fan didn't care about Li Yuan's ridicule.

Instead, Ye Fan looked at Li Lu-Bin as he handed him a gift bag and said, "Uncle Li, I bought you a little gift since it's our first time meeting."

Ye Fan placed the copper tripod on the table as he spoke.

The copper tripod wasn't very big and only the size of an adult's hand. But it was covered with rust and dust and seemed to have been left forgotten for a long time.

Li Yuan instantly laughed when she saw the rusty tripod.

"Haha, I thought it was some big gift, but it's just some junk. Did you pick this up from some dumpster? How could you have the cheek to give this as a gift? This is a joke! Dad, what did I say? This guy is no big shot. Your daughter from the countryside was conned. He's just a country bumpkin," said Li Yuan when she saw that old tripod in Ye Fan's hands. She laughed so hard that tears almost burst from her eyes.

Li Yuan thought that Li Xiao-Hong and Ye Fan must both be idiots. Did they think they were in the countryside now?

How could he dare to give this piece of junk as a gift?

Sun Li-Ping's face immediately turned dark. She instantly lost patience and slammed the table as she said, "Li Lu-Bin, just look at what your daughter is doing! As though one louse wasn't enough, now we have two to feed. Our home isn't a shelter. Keeping one louse in our home was enough, but now there are two of them?! Hurry up and tell them to leave! Or else you can leave this home too," Sun Li-Ping scolded them hatefully.

She was already very displeased that Li Lu-Bin wanted to bring Li Xiao-Hong to Yanjing, but his daughter from the countryside unexpectedly even brought her boyfriend along.

What was she trying to do?

Was she here to freeload?

What did Li Xiao-Hong think their family was? Were they suckers?

Sun Li-Ping was undoubtedly furious. She immediately took her daughter, Li Yuan, and left the dining table angrily.

The meal quickly ended on a lousy note. Only Li Xiao-Hong, Li Lu-Bin, and Ye Fan remained at the dining table.

"Dad, I'm sorry that I made things difficult for you. But I didn't lie, and Mr Chu really is an important man."

"That's enough!" bellowed Li Lu-Bin angrily when Li Xiao-Hong wanted to explain. Then Li Xiao-Hong became so frightened that she immediately hung her head and didn't dare to utter a word.

Li Lu-Bin instantly turned to Ye Fan. Then without his previous politeness or enthusiasm, he shouted angrily at Ye Fan, "I don't care if you are Mr Chu or a country bumpkin, but I'm warning you, stay away from my daughter. If I find out that you are still going to tempt and deceive my daughter, I won't let you off. Also, my home isn't a shelter. Xiao-Hong is my daughter, so I have to feed and clothe her, but you have come to the wrong place if you thought you could freeload off me! I don't want to chase you, but if you have any dignity, you should leave on your own," said Li Lu-Bin deeply with fury in his voice. Li Lu-Bin clearly treated Ye Fan as a liar who misled his daughter.

How could a kid from a farm lie that he was Mr Chu and pretend to be someone important?

Li Lu-Bin almost bought his lies too!

He was naturally furious.

Li Lu-Bin would have thrown a fit at Ye Fan and kicked him out if not because of his daughter.