A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 432 So Glad to Have Met You

$50 million?

The silver tea set which Master Wang gave her as a birthday present was worth $100,000 at best.

But Master Wang was giving Xu Lei the Phoenix Jade Pendant that was worth several million now. The Phoenix Jade Pendant alone could probably surpass the value of all her gifts combined tonight. After all, despite the huge number of guests present, no one gave anything expensive.

Even the best gift was only worth a million.

And most of them gave her presents worth between $100,000 to $200,000.

But just the Phoenix Jade Pendant alone was worth several million, so along with the Four Dragon Square Tripod, it was easily worth a lifetime of Xu Mei-Feng's birthday presents.

The flames of jealously blazed even more wildly in Xu Mei-Feng's heart at the thought of that.

But what gave Xu Lei the right?

How was that damned Xu Lei good enough?

Xu Mei-Feng was clearly the eldest daughter of the Xu family and the true phoenix of the household.

Xu Lei was just an orphan. How could she deserve to be a phoenix?

Xu Mei-Feng clutched her fists tightly out of jealousy and fury, and her eyes became bloodshot.

"Miss Xu, calm down. He's just an old man and probably congratulated Xu Lei for her birthday for the sake of the Four Dragon Square Tripod. Only this old man was blind enough to do it, so it means nothing. Look at the rest of the guests, nobody else is bothered with Xu Lei. Since only two people came to celebrate her birthday, there's no way she can steal your limelight," said the butler to Xu Mei-Feng as he smiled and persuaded her.

The fury in Xu Mei-Feng's heart subsided slightly when she heard him.

All the guests came for her tonight.

She was the star of the show.

So even if Xu Lei received expensive gifts tonight, only two people came bearing gifts for her anyway.

Xu Lei still couldn't compare to her!

But Xu Mei-Feng didn't have the chance to remain haughty for long.

One of the rich men could no longer stay put and walked towards Xu Lei.

"Miss Xu Lei, I'm sorry. We didn't know it was your birthday too. I have this Swiss-made pure gold pocket watch here. Although it can't compare to Master Wang's Phoenix Jade Pendant or this gentleman's Four Dragon Square Tripod, it's a little something from the T'ang family from the south of the city. I wish Miss Xu a very happy birthday and hope that the phoenix will rise and take its place in heaven soon. Please accept it, Miss Xu."

The man's respectful voice quietly rang through the hall.

Xu Mei-Feng's face instantly turned pale and her eyes twitched in surprise.

"Uncle T'ang, what is the meaning of this?" asked Xu Mei-Feng.

Very quickly, another man stood up.

He walked over to Xu Lei and congratulated her respectfully before offering his gift.

"Happy birthday, Miss Xu Lei!"

Then a second person walked over, followed by a third and a fourth.

It was like a rock had landed in the ocean and raised a giant wave. In an instant, all the guests in the hall who came to celebrate Xu Mei-Feng's birthday all rose to congratulate Xu Lei deferentially. "Happy birthday, Miss Xu Lei! May the phoenix rise and take its place in heaven!"

"Happy birthday, Miss Xu Lei!"

Their voices surged nonstop as they rang through the halls.

And converged into a river and struck the earth hard.

Some of them took their personal treasures and gave them to Xu Lei, just like Master Wang did. Also, some people sent men to buy one or rang home for someone to send one. Some of them even went up to them to retrieve the presents they presented Xu Mei-Feng and gave them to Xu Lei instead.

"This...this..."

Xu Mei-Feng watched as each rich and powerful guest came forward to congratulate Xu Lei and felt as though they were slapping her face repeatedly. She was completely dumbstruck. Her face blushed crimson, and there was a look of disbelief in her eyes.

"What are all of you doing? I'm the eldest daughter of the Xu family! I'm the true phoenix of the Xu family! I'm the true heir of the Xu family! You came to celebrate my birthday, but why are you congratulating her now?!" shrieked Xu Mei-Feng almost hysterically.

But her tiny voice was quickly flooded by their overwhelming congratulatory words and didn't even cause a ripple.

Xu Mei-Feng couldn't wrap her mind around it. Why did all the guests suddenly celebrate Xu Lei's birthday?

But she had no idea about the thoughts that were going through their minds.

Many of the guests already surmised there would be major upheaval within the Xu family the moment Ye Fan gave Xu Lei the Four Dragon Square Tripod.

Was Xu Mei-Feng no longer the heir to the family?

After all, many people were in the know about what went on in the Xu family.

Xu Lei's father was initially the head of the Xu family.

Then he met with an accident, and the title fell into the hands of Xu Mei-Feng's family.

But Xu Lei was the true heir of the Xu family.

Now that someone presented Xu Lei with the Four Dragon Square Tripod, many of the guests naturally started speculating.

After all, if Xu Lei wasn't about to control the Xu family, no one would give her gift worth millions.

Also, Master Wang also presented her with the Phoenix Jade Pendant and said Xu Lei was the Xu family's phoenix.

In that instant, everyone was sure that the title of the Xu family's heir was about to change hands.

So everyone flocked over to wish Xu Lei a happy birthday.

But it probably didn't cross their minds that they were overthinking this entire matter.

Ye Fan had merely presented her with a gift for old time's sake.

And Master Wang gave Xu Lei the gift to butter up to her so that he could attempt to acquire the Four Dragon Square Tripod from her in the future.

But regardless of their reasons, it made all the guests in the hall flock over to wish her happy birthday.

As the star attraction, Xu Lei was undoubtedly shocked.

Xu Lei thought no one would remember her birthday at all today.

She didn't see this turn of events coming, and now all the guests were fighting to wish her a happy birthday.

Xu Lei undoubtedly stole the spotlight

instantly.

Xu Lei completely transformed into the brightest star in the hall.

This happiness came as such a surprise to her.

Xu Lei felt even more grateful of Ye Fan and was so glad that he was around.

Ye Fan saved her when she was bullied back in the day.

Now Ye Fan had come to chase the murky haze lingering over her during the darkest time of her life.

He was like a ray of light shining down on her entire world.

"Fan, I'm so glad that I met you," said Xu Lei as she blissfully smiled while everyone gave her their well wishes.

No one knew how angry and hysterical Xu Mei-Feng was after she was brushed off.

She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug right into her flesh.

Xu Mei-Feng had been planning this birthday banquet for months. She wanted to place herself in the spotlight and humiliate Xu Lei at the same time. Who would have expected such an ending?

Xu Mei-Feng lost the limelight, and Xu Lei snatched everything from under her nose after all the effort she made.

Fury!

Envy!

Resentment!

All sorts of emotions flooded in Xu Mei-Feng's heart.