A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 635 Come Another Day

What?

"He's from Yanjing? What's someone like him doing in Jiangdong?" asked Chen Nan. She was slightly surprised to hear this.

Shen Fei explained in a deep voice, "It's perfectly normal. Mount Yunyang's hot springs are deemed a precious resource. They rake in billions every hot spring festival. Since there is such high profit, many powers eye it. After years of fighting, Mount Yunyang's hot springs landed in the hands of Yanjing's elite."

Chen Nan nodded thoughtfully as she listened to Shen Fei.

"Everyone works for profit. It's all about profit," sighed Chen Nan.

Shen Fei replied, "That goes without saying."

Only Ye Fan silently drank tea while they lamented over greed.

Xu Chang-Qing continued to speak, "Alright then, let's get to the main attraction! Allow me to introduce the hot springs. There are a total of 36 hot springs on the mountain. 20 of them are located halfway up the mountain. 10 more are located on the top half of the mountain. 6 are located at the peak. Each one of them can accommodate three people. Now I will make a random allocation."

Xu Chang-Qing spoke before reading each hot spring name along with their users.

"Ma Ming-Bo, Su Qian, and Qiu Mu-Cheng will use the central hot spring at the peak."

Everyone would be in swimming costumes, so the hot springs weren't segregated by gender.

Su Qian excitedly jumped when she heard her name called first.

"Mu-Cheng, did you hear that? We got a hot spring on the peak. My research says that Mount Yunyang's peak is rich in energy and boasts the best view. The main hot spring is also the largest hot spring with the clearest water. We are so lucky!"

Su Qian was thrilled and Qiu Mu-Cheng smiled too.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't think it was luck.

Xu Chang-Qing probably gave them the hot spring on account of Ma Ming-Bo.

"Heavens! Ma Ming-Bo is so lucky! I can't believe he got the biggest and best hot spring," said Shen Fei as he gritted his teeth in envy.

Chen Nan shook her head. She spotted the lofty smile on Ma Ming-Bo's face from afar and said softly, "Luck? It probably isn't that simple."

The hot spring allocation continued.

As the names were called out, Shen Fei's face only grew darker.

Although Xu Chang-Qing claimed that all 36 hot springs were the same, any fool could tell that the higher the hot spring was, the better the scenery and water quality was as well.

So the hot springs with the worst water quality were those located halfway up the mountain.

All the hot springs on the peak and halfway up the mountain had already been allocated, but their names still weren't called, so Shen Fei couldn't help feeling anxious.

Finally, they were down to the 20 worst hot springs after the 16th hot spring was assigned.

"Damn, why are we so unlucky? We are getting a hot spring halfway up the mountain," cursed Shen Fei glumly.

He thought that even if Xu Chang-Qing was unacquainted with Ye Fan, he must know who Chen Nan was.

She was the daughter of Chen Ao, the King of Jiangdong. Why didn't Xu Chang-Qing give her a better hot spring? Shen Fei's hopes were dashed, and he didn't get the hot spring he wanted.

Just as Shen Fei was being upset, Ma Ming-Bo and Su Qian glanced over with a gloating look on their faces.

"Humph, does Ye Fan think he can do as he pleases now that he has the support of the Shen and the Chen families? He's going to end up with the worst hot spring! In life, we have to depend on our own abilities to get what we want. It isn't even reliable to count on others," said Su Qian as she shook her head.

Ye Fan was being high profile of late and kept making Qiu Mu-Cheng angry.

Su Qian couldn't help feeling pleased now that Ye Fan didn't get a good hot spring!

"We have to crush his spirit every now and then! Or else, he might get big-headed!" said Su Qian as she beamed brightly. She even tried to deliberately piss Ye Fan off by eyeing him from a distance. But Ma Ming-Bo smiled and consoled Su Qian, "Qianqian, don't get anxious. Just wait for the show!"

Ma Ming-Bo smiled coldly as a cunning look flashed across his eyes.

"Wang Lin, Du Xue and Zhao Gang will use hot spring number 28," read Xu Chang-Qing.

They were down to the 35th hot spring, but Xu Chang-Qing still hadn't read their names yet.

In the end, Shen Fei bitterly laughed as he said, "Fan and Miss Chen, it looks like the last hot spring is ours. What dumb luck we have today! We were allocated the worst hot spring."

Xu Chang-Qing's hot spring allocation clearly went by the quality of the hot spring, so the last hot spring was the worst!

"It's fine. I don't care which hot spring it is. As long as Fan is with me, every hot spring is perfect," said Chen Nan as she chuckled. She wasn't as bothered as Shen Fei.

Any hot spring would do in her eyes, and it didn't matter where it was located.

"Hot spring number 36 will be used by Cheng Yuan, Niu Zhao-Xi, and Qian Ying-Ying."

What?

After the last hot spring was allocated, Shen Fei immediately opened his eyes wide. Chen Nan was equally shocked.

She turned to ask Shen Fei, "Shen Fei, were your tickets fake?"

"How can that be?" said Shen Fei as he glared, "I bought the ticket with good money using Dad's connections. How can it be fake? Damn! Why didn't we get a hot spring? That's absolutely ridiculous! Brother Fan, Miss Chen, just wait here for me. I'm going to find out what happened!"

Shen Fei was clearly furious.

Shen Fei spent tens of millions on these three tickets only for them to come to nothing. It was only natural of him to become anxious.

Xu Chang-Qing failed to notice the commotion on Shen Fei's side.

After Xu Chang-Qing finished reading the list, he waved his hands and said, "Okay everyone, our lovely staff will now show you to your hot springs. I hope everyone will have a good time!"

"Hold on!" said Shen Fei the moment Xu Chang-Qing finished his sentence.

"What's the meaning of this, Mr Xu? I spent good money on the tickets. Why don't we have a hot spring?" asked Shen Fei.

Xu Chang-Qing glanced at Shen Fei with his brow raised as he asked, "And you are?"

"I'm Shen Fei."

"Oh, I'm so sorry! I forgot to mention that we had to give one of the hot springs to our staff as employee perks at the last minute, so there aren't enough to go around. I'm sorry. You'll have to come by another day," said Xu Chang-Qing as he smiled.