A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 652 Endless Regret

The blue waters of Yunwu Lake undulated outside Haiyuan Restaurant.

Ye Fan stood proudly at the peak within the main hall as everyone inside greeted and bowed before him.

Many people were filled with shock when they watched Ye Fan ascend the stage.

After all, very few of the people present had seen Ye Fan forthemselves.

Most of them assumed that this famous Mr Chu would be a middle aged man with a successful career and family like Li Er and Chen Ao. But when Mr Chu truly stood before them, everyone was deeply shocked by how young Ye Fan was.

"He's so young but he's already the leader of Jiangdong."

"Wouldn't Mr Chu be famous throughout China within the next ten years?"

Many people were sighing deeply.

Some of them were sighing in shock and some were sighing in admiration.

But of course, some of them were fearful, horrified and in disbelief.

Qiu Mu-Cheng remained silent for a long time.

Before this, she had been wondering about why Ye Fan had attracted so many important people to come and pay him respects in Jianghai.

Why was the heir to the Shen family always so polite around him?

Why wasn't Ye Fan afraid of the Fan family, the Ma family or even the Li family of Yunzhou?

So this was why.

"Mr Chu? Ha, Mr Chu, huh. Ye Fan, you've won. I was the one in the wrong. You were right - I don't understand you at all. I'm too shortsighted and even after being married to you for three years, I don't know what you're capable of at all and I don't even know what sort of existence you actually signify!" Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes were bloodshot as she murmured quietly to herself and looked up at the man who stood at the peak and was as brilliant as the sun.

As his wife, she should have been proud of this moment.

But for some reason, Qiu Mu-Cheng couldn't smile at all.

She only felt a heaviness in her heart as well as self-deprecation.

"He's...he's really Mr Chu? But...but...how can that be?" Su Qian wasn't feeling any better than Qiu Mu-Cheng.

When Li Er, Chen Ao and all the other big shots greeted Ye Fan with such respect, Su Qian felt that her brain was about to burst and her entire worldview had collapsed in an instant. Her face was pale and in shock.

"Im-Impossible! It can't be him. How could it be him? He's just a cowardly live-in son-in-law, a nobody. How could he possibly be Mr Chu? No...no...this can't be true..."

Su Qian shook her head profusely and her tears couldn't stop streaming down her face.

Nobody could understand how Su Qian felt right now.

Back when she found out that Ye Fan was the Harmonica Prince she had such a huge crush on, she had already taken quite a big blow.

But she never imagined that Mr Chu, the one she idolized so much, turned to be Ye Fan as well.

Su Qian suddenly felt as though life had played a huge prank on her.

"Why? Why is it him? WHY?!"

Su Qian never dreamt that her life could be this ironic.

While Su Qian was losing her mind, Fan

Zhong-Xian was equally shaken.

His eyes were bloodshot and he was on the verge of bursting.

"Impossible! Why is it him? He's just a country bumpkin and a useless live-in son-in-law! So how could he achieve this?" muttered Fan Zhong-Xian through gritted teeth. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deeply into his own flesh.

Perhaps that was the most painful thing in life.

Someone you trampled upon suddenly stood at a position higher than you could ever achieve.

It wasn't difficult to imagine how much fury and indignation was in Fan Zhong-Xian's heart right now.

If even Fan Zhong-Xian felt this way, then it wasn't hard to imagine how difficult it was for Old Mrs Su.

From the moment Ye Fan stepped up to stand at the peak of Jiangdong, Old Mrs

Su was rooted to the floor like a stone sculpture.

She just stared at him and couldn't get a single word out of her mouth.

Her heart was filled with nothing but terror and deep regret.

She finally understood what sort of person she had looked down on before this.

"You said that Ma Ming-Bo was an ant and mere dust to you, and a million dollar bungalow was a joke. I thought you were just young and audacious, but it turns out that I was wrong. I was so wrong." "You were right. Compared to you, we are truly just frogs in the well and we are nothing but ants and dust. We were wrong, we were all wrong. All of us had underestimated you," said Old Mrs Su with a smile and the shake of her head. Her eyes were filled with self-deprecation.

She never thought that after being wise all her life and reading all sorts of characters along the way, she had finally made a misjudgment on Ye Fan.

Ye Fan continued to stand on stage with his hands behind his back.

His clean face was radiating heroically.

He looked down at everyone and waved his hands. "Alright now, everyone, please take a seat."

"Li Er, start the banquet. Everyone has come from afar to gather here in Yunzhou, so as the host, we must take good care of the guests."

Li Er immediately nodded at these words. "Mr Chu, don't worry, I've got everything arranged already. But before the banquet begins, my son would like to present a toast to you as an expression of our loyalty and respect."

Li Er quickly turned and yelled towards the corridor, "Zi-Yang, hurry up and come in to toast Mr Chu!"

Lei San was afraid of losing out, so he quickly yelled towards the corridor too,

"Ao-Ting, come in and toast Mr Chu too!"

"Coming!" Li Zi-Yang and Lei Ao-Ting's voices responded from outside the hall.

In no time, two young men in a suit were carrying a glass of red wine each and hurried towards Ye Fan.

The one right in front was Li Er's son, Li Zi-Yang.

"Mr Chu! You are a great hero among men and your reputation spreads across Jiangdong. When I was still overseas, I had already heard all about you. Today, we finally meet! I would like to give Mr Chu a toast to express my deepest respect towards you," said Li Zi-Yang from afar with great respect in his voice.

"Oh? Young Master Li, are you sure you want to toast me?" asked Ye Fan as he turned to look at Li Zi-Yang approaching him.

"What? Why are you here? How dare you actually make trouble here? Get lost! This is no place for a louse like you!" Li Zi-Yang was furious to see Ye Fan.

He was at the back preparing the wine earlier and didn't see how Ye Fan had ascended the stage.

So now that he realized that Ye Fan was actually at the banquet, he became furious.

This fellow was just a country bumpkin to him, so Li Zi-Yang couldn't be bothered with him.

But once Li Zi-Yang said these words, the entire restaurant fell silent.

Everyone was stunned as they looked strangely at him.

Lei Ao-Ting was even more stunned and he secretly put up a thumbs up for Li Zi-Yang. This guy really had guts.

"What's wrong with all of you? Why are all of you staring at me like that for? Where's security? Hurry up and throw this louse out!" Li Zi-Yang continued to yell.

Li Er stood by the side and was frozen with fear as his entire body was trembling.