A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 728 Ignorant

It was a lot quieter in Ye Yu-Yan's ward as compared to Ye Tian's.

Only Dong Mei was keeping her company.

Ye Yu-Yan was the most severely injured casualty from yesterday's episode. She suffered from wounds everywhere, and Hua Ying-Tian fractured her right arm.

But in comparison to these physical wounds, Ye Yu-Yan suffered even greater mental damage.

All those years of pride seemed to get completely shattered yesterday.

After keeping an arrogant attitude all these years, Ye Yu-Yan finally exposed her most pathetic side to her family.

Ever since Ye Yu-Yan got hospitalized, she didn't talk and was in low spirits.

The moment she closed her eyes, she could see the events that transpired at Guangyue Restaurant yesterday.

Ye Yu-Yan didn't know why, but ever since yesterday, the view of Ye Fan's skinny back kept surfacing in her mind.

A sense of conflict kept hovering in Ye Yu-Yan's heart.

Dong Mei felt bad just watching her daughter.

Dong Mei walked over to stroke her daughter's hair and said softly, "Yu-Yan, after all these years, it's time you apologized to Fan. All these years, you and your father kept hurting Fan, but Fan disregarded the things you did to him and saved you both. You ought to thank Fan and apologize for your childish acts while you're at it. Fan might be proud, but he's a reasonable man."

Ye Xi-Mei walked in through the door.

"Xi-Mei, what brings you here? I feel bad that you had to come all the way here because of Yu-Yan," said Dong Mei hurriedly as she smiled courteously.

Ye Xi-Mei replied, "No worries. Yu-Yan's my niece, so I should come by to visit since this awful thing befell her."

"Yu-Yan, does it still hurt?" asked Ye Xi-Mei.

Ye Yu-Yan said nothing, so Dong Mei hurriedly urged her, "Yu-Yan, your Aunt Xi-Mei is talking to you."

Then Ye Yu-Yan turned around and said with her face blushing slightly, "Aunt Xi-Mei, I'm fine."

Ye Xi-Mei was instantly caught by surprise.

She could no longer remember when Ye Yu-Yan last called her aunt.

A while later, Ye Xi-Mei left the ward.

Dong Mei sighed as she watched Ye Xi-Mei leave from behind.

Since Ye Xi-Mei came alone, it was clear that Ye Fan was still upset with her daughter.

"Sigh. Finally, some peace and quiet," said Ye Tian after the last batch of visitors left. Then he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Haha! You have too many friends. The moment you got hurt, all these important people came to visit. I think you have probably received plenty of boxes of ginseng and birds' nest, right?" said Ye Ya as he laughed and lay on the adjacent sickbed.

Ye Tian sneered and replied nonchalantly, "What friends? Those people visited not out of concern but because I wield power. If I was a nobody, who would care? All those ginseng and birds' nest only look good, but they are merely the cheapest kind. If you want them, I'll get Mei to send you a few boxes."

But a smug look accompanied his nonchalant words.

"Tian, stop being picky. Even if they gave you the cheapest stuff, it still beats the shit Ye Fan gave us, right? He got us so badly hurt, but all he brought were some dumb fruits when he came to apologize. Jian, toss out that shit Ye Fan gave us," said Ye Ya.

Ye Jian acknowledged his father and brought the gifts Ye Fan gave Ye Tian out too.

He wanted to throw them in the trash can outside the ward.

But the moment Ye Jian stepped out of the room, he bumped into Ye Fan standing at the door.

Ye Fan was waiting for his mother.

"Oh my, Fan? Haven't you left yet? Don't tell me you are waiting to apologize to Dad and Uncle Tian? That's quite enough, stop being a hypocrite. Take your shit and leave," said Ye Jian. Then he tossed the fruit at Ye Fan without waiting for a reply.

"How can you have the cheek to give such cheap gifts? It's a disgrace," sneered Ye Jian before he turned to go back into the room.

Ye Tian and the others rested in the hospital for a few more days before returning home to recuperate.

It would be the New Year holidays in a few days. They certainly didn't want to spend it in the hospital.

After they arrived home, many of their neighbors came to visit.

One of them noticed some fruit casually placed on the table and instantly yelled in shock.

"Oh my god! Tian, where did you buy this melon from?" asked the man in surprise.

Ye Tian was initially confused, then he looked at the fruit his friend was talking about and replied with a smile, "It's just some stupid melon. My useless nephew must have given it to his grandpa. He gave me one too, but it took up too much space, so I told Jian to throw it out. It's just cheap fruit and nothing amazing. What's with the surprise, Li?"

"What? You received one too, but you tossed it out?" asked Li as he instantly glared and shook his head, "Tian, are you stupid? Do you know what fruit that was? It's called yubari melon. It is imported from abroad and completely unavailable in China. Even overseas, this melon is used as an expensive gift, so no one eats it for themselves. Even the worst ones are worth a few thousand a pop. This one here is perfectly round and has a consistent pattern and a T-shaped stem. This is top caliber yubari melon. They are probably even worth tens of thousands at an auction! These are considered rare treasures. Only an ignorant old geezer like you would throw them out like trash."

Li shook his head and sighed nonstop. He felt that his old friend was a complete fool.

Ye Tian and Ye Ya were stunned.

"Did you just say this...this melon is worth tens of thousands?" asked Ye Tian with a quavering voice and eyes wide.

"If not? I have been in the fruit industry all my life. Do you think I will make a rookie mistake?" asked Li rhetorically.

Ye Tian and Ye Ya instantly went speechless.

They glanced at each other and were utterly dumbstruck and uneasy.

"Oh god! Ya, you dumbass. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and find it!"

Ye Tian felt the pinch when he heard the fruit was worth tens of thousands each.

He wanted to kick this stupid brother of his to death when he recalled what happened that day.

"Tian, why are you raising your voice at me?" retorted Ye Ya indignantly.

"Yes, I'm scolding you, alright? If you didn't want to eat it, you could have gotten your boy to throw yours away. Why did you toss mine too?"