A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 494 They Must Have Snuck In

At the banks of Yanqi Lake.

Yanqi Lake was already completely sealed off because of the fighting match.

Only a small group of rich and powerful people managed to purchase tickets and had the chance to board the cruise ship and watch the match.

The fighting match was about to begin, so many people had already gathered here to board the ship.

"Please queue up, everyone!"

"Please board the ship in an orderly manner!"

"If anyone flouts the rules, their tickets will be invalidated, and they will get chased off the ship!"

Hundreds of people formed two long queues by Yanqi Lake and waited to board the cruise ship.

"Oh my, there are so many people here! How long do we have to queue for?"

Guo Ya-Wen, Lei Dong-Bao, and Meng Han stood in the cold wind and obediently queued up to board the ship.

Meng Han promised to come back for Xu Lei, but she clearly didn't mean it.

Although Meng Han's friendship with Xu Lei was important, Meng Han cared more about today's fighting match. She heard that many important people would gather today at the fighting match.

All major powers had gathered at Yanqi Lake to split the territory and settle feuds through the match results.

The match today was not solely about the various powers settling feuds. More importantly, it was about where these powers stood in Yanjing in the future.

So it naturally drew a lot of attention.

Hence small-time tycoons like Lei Dong-Bao, with up to billions worth of assets, were willing to brave the cold and queue in the wind to see the match. They were clearly there to see how the various powers of Yanjing would carve up the territory in the future. Then they could ingratiate themselves to the right people.

And Meng Han turned up at the match with the hope of finding her prince charming.

Any random man here was wealthy and influential.

It was already the month of December, and Yanjing was known for its harsh winters to begin with.

Also, the place was open and spacious, so the icy wind from the north kept gusting across the lake harshly. Guo Ya-Wen, Lei Dong-Bao, and Meng Han felt as though their hands were about to get frostbite. Guo Ya-Wen couldn't help complaining as she looked at the long queues.

"Hubby, is there anyone you know here who can help us board the ship first?" "Wenwen, don't gripe. All of the men here have more money than I do. That guy in front of us is worth tens of billions, and even he is obediently queuing up, so be patient. Once we get onto the cruise ship by speed boat, it will get warmer," consoled Lei Dong-Bao.

The massive cruise ship sat horizontally at the center of Yanqi Lake, like a monolith.

All the people on the lakeside would get ferried to the cruise ship one by one by the staff.

Only seven to eight passengers could board the speed boat each time, so they would have to queue for a long time.

"Hubby, isn't that an empty speed boat with very few passengers on it? Why don't we queue over there instead?" said Guo Ya-Wen when she noticed a small speed boat docked at the lakeside nearby with staff in charge of ferrying passengers over on it.

"You can forget about it. That's reserved for the richest and most powerful people in Yanjing. Only giants who control hundreds of billions in assets can take the boat, so we can only look on in envy," replied Lei Dong-Bao. He knew that he could only brag in front of the likes of Xu Lei and Ye Fan, who were earthworms from small towns. Lei Dong-Bao was nothing but small fry in comparison to the giants in Yanjing.

Of course, he wouldn't recklessly run over to their private speed boat to disgrace himself.

Guo Ya-Wen immediately gave up all hope when she heard her husband's words.

But she was secretly jealous. If she married someone as wealthy and influential as that, she wouldn't have to queue up with the commoners to get onto the cruise liner and suffer in the cold.

"Wenwen, hurry up and look. Isn't that Xu Lei and her boyfriend?" shouted Meng Han in surprise very quickly as she pointed at the dock for private speed boats.

The moment Guo Ya-Wen heard Meng Han, she instantly laughed and said,

"That's impossible! Hanhan, you must be confused! Lei and her loser of a boyfriend are probably still in the jewelry shop begging their relatives to lend them money to pay for the jade bracelet. How could they be here? Moreover, how could an insignificant employee and a stingy pauper from a third-rate city like them get to use those private speed boats? You must be dreaming!"

Guo Ya-Wen sneered without even bothering to look.

Meng Han nodded. "You're right. They don't even have a ticket, so they probably can't even get to the lakeside. But they sure resemble them," Meng Han spoke softly.

Ye Fan and Xu Lei had already boarded a private speed boat while Guo Ya-Wen and the others were mocking them.

"Mr Chu, sit tight. I'm starting the boat."

"Okay!" said Ye Fan as he nodded.

Then everyone looked in envy as Ye Fan and Xu Lei boarded a private speed boat and headed to the cruise ship at the heart of the lake.

"Sigh! Just look at them! They have such a good life! I don't think we will ever live to enjoy such treatment!" said Guo Ya-Wen enviously as she stood by the lake and looked at the private speed boat going off in the distance.

She kept wishing that she could be the wife of the big shot sitting on the speed boat.

Guo Ya-Wen was willing even if she had to be his mistress.

But Guo Ya-Wen would never guess that the man sitting in the speed boat was Ye Fan, whom she despised.

"Dragon Master, I'm sorry, but you'll have to make do. I couldn't get my hands on the VIP front row tickets, so you and Miss Xu will need to sit in the last row for now." Ye Fan had boarded the cruise ship.

A huge square open-air fighting ring stood on the enormous cruise ship.

All around them were spectator seats.

Xue Ren-Yang looked at Ye Fan with a bitter smile on his face as he apologized to him.

"You couldn't even get your hands on front row tickets? It looks like the Xue family is in grave danger," said Ye Fan. He had a keen grasp of the situation and hit the nail on its head about the Xue family being in dire straits.

"Sigh! Dragon Master, you know that the Xue, Lin, and Zhao families signed up for the match under Longyang Martial Arts Academy. Since I withdrew halfway, I lost many privileges. Also, Lin Feng and the others are out to get the Xue family, so you will have to bear with it," said Xue Ren-Yang quickly with sadness brimming from his face.

Ye Fan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. The back row it is then. It doesn't matter where I watch it from. You can go over first. When it's my turn, I will show up."

"Okay. The Xue family is counting on the Dragon Master for its survival!" said Xue Ren-Yang before leaving.

Since the Xue family sponsored the fighting match, they could still take their sponsors' seats regardless of their family's state.

More and more passengers boarded the cruise ship as time went on, and the large open-air arena bustled with activity.

One man and two ladies quietly appeared and next to Ye Fan and Xu Lei 30 minutes later.

The moment they spotted Ye Fan and Xu Lei, the three of them were instantly stunned.

"Heavens!!"

"What is this loser doing here?" "Lei, did you board the cruise ship too?"

"Do you have tickets?"

"You must have snuck in, right?"