A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 730 A Secret Meeting in Jingzhou

It was utterly silent in the hospital ward.

Only Fang Shao-Hong's solemn voice echoed through the room.

After a long silence, Lu Tian-He finally spoke deeply.

"His name is Ye Fan. He's the leader of Yanjing. He turned the tables at Yanqi Lake and killed He Ying-Long. At Guangyue Restaurant, he displayed his incredible prowess when he faced off the top disciple of Sword Shrine, Hua Ying-Tian. He simply used his fleshly body against Hua Ying-Tian and defeated his Mochizuki Sword Technique with his fists. People know him as Mr Chu!" said Lu Tian-He as his voice echoed through the room.

A protracted deathly silence.

As Lu Tian-He recounted Ye Fan's deeds, the hospital ward fell quiet.

All that remained was the look of shock on Fang Shao-Hong's face as he trembled.

"The leader of Yanjing? Did he triumph over the Mochizuki Sword Technique without weapons? Is...is this Mr Chu really that powerful?" asked Fang Shao-Hong in shock after some time.

Lu Tian-He nodded hard and replied, "I was there to witness both battles. He picked up those skills through true combat. Judging from my experience, he will be one of the best martial artists in China in the future. If we can convince him to join Yanjing's army, it will be our honor! Who knows? In 50 years, he just might be the next God of War, Ye Qing-Tian!"

What?

Fang Shao-Hong was instantly startled by the high acclaim Lu Tian-He had for Mr Chu. He hastily opened his eyes wide as a tsunami flooded his heart.

The God of War, Ye Qing-Tian, was a military legend and the number one pillar of the nation!

It would be Fang Shao-Hong's good fortune and a great honor to discover martial arts talents like that.

Even a long time leader like Fang Shao-Hong couldn't stay indifferent at the prospect.

Then Fang Shao-Hong said deeply, "Okay, Tian-He. I trust you! Tell me everything you know about him now. I will make arrangements to see him. The Yanjing armed forces will be the first to get the future God of War on their side. Haha!"

Back in the day, the Jiangbei army became the top armed forces in China because of Ye Qing-Tian.

Even though they were the capital's army, they couldn't compare to Jiangbei's armed forces.

The Commander of Jiangbei's armed forces was the one who discovered Ye Qing-Tian's talents and groomed him.

Ye Qing-Tian helped him to garner the most respect and became the most important commander among the four

If Yanjing's army had the same kind of talent, their influence could rise with the

tides too.

Instead, Lu Tian-He shook his head at Fang Shao-Hong and said, "Don't be too hasty. I have spoken to him before, and he seems to have some hostility towards us. If you act recklessly, you will probably get rejected."

"Then what do you suggest?" asked Fang Shao-Hong quizzically.

Lu Tian-He continued, Tve thought about it, and I propose that one of my students sound him out. Since that student is Mr Chu's cousin, it might be easier. I'll get her to find out what Mr Chu thinks, so we can be prepared when we meet him in person."

Fang Shao-Hong nodded and agreed, "Okay, Tian-He. You make sense. Let's run with your plan."

Then Lu Tian-He called Ye Yu-Yan over.

Since Ye Yu-Yan only injured her arm, she could still walk freely.

She soon arrived at Lu Tian-He's hospital ward.

"General Fang, what brings you here?" asked Ye Yu-Yan in surprise when she spotted Fang Shao-Hong in the room and swiftly saluted him.

Fang Shao-Hong was one of the top three leaders in the Yanjing armed forces.

Even her teacher, Lu Tian-He treated him with respect, so a small fry like her had to be even more respectful to him.

Normally, she rarely got to see Fang Shao-Hong.

"You can dispense with the formalities. Since you're Tian-He's student, you can call me Uncle Shao-Hong. There's no need to be so formal when we are outside the camp," said Fang Shao-Hong as he laughed and appeared very genial.

He didn't seem as stern as he was in the army.

The chief military instructor's warmth left Ye Yu-Yan jittery. All these years in the army, she had never seen Fang Shao-Hong so genial!

After some perfunctory chat, Fang Shao-Hong got to business and said, "I heard you have a cousin that goes by Ye Fan, right?"

"Huh?" said Ye Yu-Yan in surprise. It never crossed her mind that even her chief military instructor knew Ye Fan.

Amid her surprise, Ye Yu-Yan nodded and replied, "Yes, his mother is my eldest aunt."

"Haha! That close? That makes things a lot easier," replied Fang Shao-Hong. He was instantly delighted to hear how close Ye Yu-Yan and Ye Fan were. At first, he was worried they might be distant relatives. From the looks of it, they seemed rather closely related.

Ye Yu-Yan found Fang Shao-Hong's concerns even more baffling and asked, "Chief Fang, do you want to see him?"

Fang Shao-Hong nodded and continued, "To be clear, we want your cousin to join our army and work for me. But your teacher was worried that it would be too sudden if we brought it up directly. So we want you to chat with him and ask if he is interested in serving the nation and joining the Yanjing armed forces. If he is interested, we can agree to any condition! I heard from your teacher that Ye Fan is a genius. Our troops really need talent like him. In the future, with him at the helm of the martial arts special troops, your teacher and I will have nothing to worry about."

Ye Yu-Yan was stunned to hear Fang Shao-Hong's explanation.

Complicated emotions surfaced in her mind.

In her heart, she felt inexplicably disappointed.

Ye Yu-Yan finally realized that the chief military instructor only treated her warmly because of Ye Fan.

Even Ye Yu-Yan never had the honor of getting appointed personally by the chief and deputy military instructors.

From this moment, Ye Yu-Yan knew that Ye Fan had utterly surpassed her in status.

They wanted Ye Fan to lead the special troops. Ye Yu-Yan reckoned Ye Fan was to become the captain of her Dragon Hunting Special Troop.

Ye Yu-Yan found it ironic as she thought about the possibility of becoming Ye Fan's subordinate.

Ye Yu-Yan recalled how she felt sullied when Ye Fan used to write her love letters and court her.

In hindsight, her arrogance to Ye Fan ended up being a sheer joke.

It never crossed Ye Yu-Yan's mind that the man whom she despised the most in the Ye family would end up walking all over her.