A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 769 No Different from Ants

"Ye Fan, oh Ye Fan. You won't get to stay cocky for long. In no time, you will get disgraced!" thought Ye Jian with his eyes red clenching his fists as he glared viciously at Ye Fan chatting happily with Old Master Ye.

He clenched his fist so tightly that his own nails nearly dug into his palms.

Ye Jian turned around in his fury and picked up the cup of tea on the table, and tilted his head back to finish it.

Jiang Yu-Lang also felt indignant. He picked up a cup of tea and finished it in a gulp too.

It was as though they wanted to wash away all the humiliation Ye Fan dealt them with the tea.

Before long, Ye Fan returned to the courtyard and sat down with Ye Jian, Jiang Yu-Lang, and the rest of his generation's relatives.

Qiu Mu-Cheng stayed in the living room and sat with Old Master Ye.

Lu Wen-Jing also stayed inside with Qiu Mu-Cheng.

Old Master Ye liked his granddaughter-inlaw even more after talking to her.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was pretty, gentle, and poised.

She was well brought up and knowledgeable, so Old Master Ye couldn't help liking her.

Ye Fan felt sad from being left out.

"Tsk, the moment this woman came over, she stole all my attention. If I didn't know better, I would've thought, she was their biological kid, and I was an unrelated man," said Ye Fan as he shook his head and smiled. Then he picked up the teapot and filled his teacup.

Ye Jian, Jiang Yu-Lang, and Jiang Yu-Qing sneered when Ye Fan came back to sit with them and ignored him.

"Oh wow, Ye. I could hear your laughter from outside. Did your eldest son get promoted? Or did your second son strike a good deal?" said a 50 to 60 year old man suddenly as he chuckled and came in. Ye Guang-Kun was immediately astonished to see the old man.

"Xu, when did you come back? Didn't you go to visit your daughter in the northeast region for the holidays? Come on in and take a seat!" welcomed Old Master Ye warmly.

Since they had been neighbors for decades, Old Master Ye was close to the old man.

Old Master Ye quickly invited him to take a seat and chatted with him warmly.

"Ye, you can just wait to sit back and enjoy a good life. Your kids and grandchildren are all so talented. I heard Ye Jian is already able to stand on his own two feet and help his father with the business. I'm sure he will surpass his father in no time, considering his talent. He will definitely become the richest man in Yeyang."

"Your granddaughter is even better. She's a girl, but she became the special troops leader in just a few years after joining the army. She has such a bright future! Trust me, Yu-Yan will certainly become a general in 50 years, given her talent. Then she will bring glory to the Ye family," said Xu.

After he praised Ye Jian and Ye Yu-Yan, he glanced around and spotted Jiang Yu-Lang and Jiang Yu-Qing, so he applauded them too.

"Even your daughter's children both came in first for the national college entrance exam. I heard they were immediately invited to join Yanjing University, and even the county mayor came to congratulate them. Both of them are literary stars. They will definitely become the pillars of society in the future!" chuckled Xu as he praised them.

He commended all the youngsters in the Ye family.

But when he got to Ye Fan, even the talkative Xu ran out of things to say.

He spent a long time thinking about something good to say about Ye Fan but couldn't come up with anything.

"Fan is...is...What can I say about him?"

Xu found himself in a spot. He drank some tea to moist his lips as he thought hard about Ye Fan's merits.

"Fan...Fan is an honest chap. Yes, Fan is an honest, diligent, and patient man. He is good at enduring suffering and humiliation. He's a live-in husband after all. Not everyone is up to the job. Since he could do it, it means he's a tolerant kid," said Xu. He finally found something to commend Ye Fan for, but Ye Xi-Lan and the others couldn't help scoffing.

Old Master Ye forced a smile.

Ye Xi-Mei looked upset. She was in a good mood since Qiu Mu-Cheng got here, but she became dejected.

She felt awful. Was her son that bad?

"It's no joke, okay? Not everyone is able to endure like he does, so it's a real virtue.

Moreover, Ye Fan is an honest kid.

Although he didn't accomplish much in life, he never causes trouble, right?" said Xu as he forced more compliments on Ye Fan. However, it sounded awkward.

Ye Jian, Jiang Yu-Lang, and Jiang Yu-Qing instantly belted out laughing in the courtyard when they heard Xu's words.

"HA!"

"Ye Fan, can you hear Grandpa Xu praising you?"

"He says you're honest and tolerant!"

"He said you are brave and have a lot of endurance since you survived being a live-in husband."

"Oh my god! That's so hilarious!"

"You useless live-in husband! That's probably the only thing you are good at, right?"

"Ohoho!"

Ye Jian and the others went all out to ridicule him when they finally found the chance to vent their steam on Ye Fan.

But Ye Fan was unperturbed by their harsh mockery.

Instead, Ye Fan raised his teacup to take a sip before replying softly, "You don't understand anything because of your narrow world views. No matter what you say, you are just frogs in a well who haven't seen the world. You will never live to know how vast this world is or have any idea how powerful I am."

Ye Fan finished the tea in his cup in a single gulp as his voice echoed through the air.

Xu described him as honest, Old Master Ye felt he lacked accomplishments while both his uncles found him useless, and even his aunts thought he was a disgrace to the Ye family. Everyone despised and loathed him.

But none of these short-sighted people realized how much Ye Fan despised them too.

He used to be the Chu family's firstborn son and the only Tian descendant of his generation.

So Ye Fan was born noble!

Now he was the King of Jiangdong.

All the rich and powerful of Jiangdong would scramble to pay their respects to Ye Fan at a single wave of his hand.

Ye Fan was already standing at the pinnacle of success, towering over them all.

So why would Ye Fan give a hoot about the likes of his relatives?

"If my mother wasn't a Ye, you vile people are no different from ants to me," said Ye Fan with his proud and imposing voice as he laughed coldly.