A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 778 Climbing up the Social Ladder

It was as if Ye Xi-Mei had pulled a precious sword from its sheath when she opened the gift box.

The moment she opened the box, a dazzling glow surged like waves from inside.

In an instant, everyone in the residence trembled in amazement.

A piece of shiny gold silk fabric sat neatly folded in the gift box.

Ye Ya's wife went over to pick up the silk from the box. She opened it in front of everyone without a word with the swish.

A silk embroidery instantly emerged before everyone's eyes.

The exquisite workmanship, lovely and elegant embroidery of peonies left many of their eyes glinting.

"Huh? What on earth is this? It's just a stupid piece of embroidery. I've bought stuff like this before. We have embroidery of a thousand galloping horses back at my

place. It is many times bigger than this but cost only $2,000.1 reckon this one is worth $1,000 at best," said Ye Ya's wife as she chuckled the moment she saw it was merely embroidery.

She held the peony embroidery up and sneered contemptuously.

Her words were blatantly filled with ridicule.

"From the looks of it now, he truly was acting, right?"

"Ye Fan is such a vain man."

"How could he pay people money to act as their guests?"

"Vain people like him are destined to spend their lives in failure."

All the guests laughed when they heard what Ye Ya's wife said. Everyone shook their heads and ridiculed one after another.

Then came a cry of shock ringing from the crowd.

"Is that...Is that gold embroidery?! Oh my god! It's gold embroidery and of peonies even. It's a treasure. A true treasure!" said someone suddenly as he came running over to admire the peony embroidery like it was a priceless treasure.

With tears of joy brimming from his eyes.

"Hmm, Zhu?"

"What gold embroidery?"

"Is this a treasure even?"

"You must be confused, right?"

"Didn't Mrs Ye just say this embroidery was just worth $1,000 at best?"

"How can a $1,000 embroidery be considered a treasure?" said everyone perplexedly.

"$1,000?" said the man as he shook his head and sneered rudely. "What would a woman know? $1,000? Even $10 million isn't enough to buy this! Do you know what this is? It's gold embroidery! In other words, these gold peonies are embroidered with pure gold thread. Also, I've seen this piece before. Just last month at Jingzhou's auction, Xu Si-Hai paid $28 million for it! One of the top embroiderers in the country spent her life painstakingly embroidering it. From the looks of it now, Xu Si-Hai bought it to give it to her. Just this piece of art alone is probably worth more than half of Yeyang, so of course, it's a rare treasure!" Zhu Gong-Ming spoke excitedly.

Everyone went silent in shock when they heard this.

They were all gasping with astonishment.

"What...what are you saying here? Is this embroidery worth $28 million? Damn! You must be kidding!" exclaimed Ye Jian as his eyes nearly popped out from their sockets.

Ye Ya's wife shouted with her eyes red, "That's right! How can that be? It's just some dumb embroidery. How can it fetch $28 million? How could he spend so much on their useless family? It's fake. It must be fake! Mr Zhu, take a close look. This can't be authentic."

Ye Ya's wife's eyes were filled with panic and disbelief.

"Fake, my ass! I, Zhu Gong-Ming, have spent half my life selling jewelry. Do you have a keener eye than mine? Do you think I can't tell whether this is authentic? Trust me when I say it's worth $28 million! If you don't believe me, just hold it and see how heavy it is. Would it be this heavy if it weren't embroidered in pure gold?" retorted Zhu Gong-Ming angrily.

He hated it when people questioned his ability.

He used his eyes to eke out a living by appraising art like this. If anyone cast doubts, it was no different from destroying his means of living.

Ye Ya and the others were dumbstruck when they heard how resolute Zhu Gong-Ming was.

They glanced at Ye Fan before looking at the embroidery worth an astronomical sum and felt jealous and hateful.

Even till now, Ye Ya's wife remained in disbelief at the sight before her.

She couldn't help shaking her head and stubbornly denying, "Impossible. That's completely impossible! Ye Fan is merely a live-in husband and an abandoned son. How could he deserve a gift like this? This can't be happening!"

But the moment Ye Ya's wife finished shouting, many posh cars came driving over to the Ye residence.

They were all Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Cayenne cars.

Almost every car was worth over a million.

They pulled up in unison as though they had agreed to do this beforehand.

They were all dressed smartly in suits and had an extraordinary demeanor.

They gave off a dignified aura as they walked.

With a single look, one could see that they were probably remarkable people.

Sure enough, after they handed their name cards over to the boy receiving them at the door, their names reverberated through the Ye residence like thunder.

"Mr Ding Zhi-Dong, CEO of Auspicious Phoenix Holding Company, is here!"

What?

"Ding Zhi-Dong? Is that the multibillionaire, Ding Zhi-Dong?" said someone in utter shock.

"Mr Xu Jiu-Yang, CEO of Jiuyang Industrial, is here!"

Oh...my...god...

"Is it that Jiuyang Industrial that's worth hundreds of billions?" someone else gasped. After the boy finally announced the last guest's name, everyone went into an uproar! "The head of Yaohua Group and richest man in Jingzhou, Mr Lin Yao-Hua, is here!"

KABOOM!

It felt as though a raging wind had just gushed by and exploded like a thunderclap.

Everyone was awestruck.

And their minds went blank.

They stared in a daze as they inhaled cold air deeply.

Waves of shock flooded in their hearts.

"The head of Yaohua Group?"

"The...the richest man in Jingzhou?"

What on earth?!

Many people went insane after hearing Lin

Yao-Hua's arrival.

Their faces twitched wildly as the corners of their eyes quivered.

They never dreamed of seeing the richest man in Jingzhou at the Ye family's tiny family gathering.

"They are going places."

"They are really going places now."

"Even the richest man in Jingzhou is here!"

"What's going on with the Ye family this year?"

'They must be climbing up the social ladder, right?"

"Incredible!"

"Simply incredible!"

"From the looks of it, Yeyang will be blessed with a rich and powerful family soon."

"The Ye family will have great accomplishments!"

The townsfolk standing outside the old Ye residence watching were all startled by the news.

They were thrilled and filled with envy and admiration for the Ye family.

Everyone thought the most powerful guests they would receive were county government officials.

But who would have expected the Ye family to have such remarkable guests this year? Even influential people in the business world came from the city to wish them a happy new year.

It was so spectacular that it was undoubtedly unprecedented for the residents of the small town. Little did they know that this was just a warm-up!

Everyone thought Lin Yao-Hua was the highlight of the day.

They couldn't imagine that things had barely begun.