A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 787 What Did It Mean to Lose All Hope?

"Haha!"

"Madam Ye, happy new year."

"I am here with my family to wish you a happy Lunar New Year."

"You have an incredible grandson."

"Mr Chu is Jingzhou and Jiangdong's dragon."

Lei San, Ji Yi-Hai, and the others asked after Ye Fan's mother and Old Master Ye one after another.

They spoke humbly and in a respectful tone.

But Ye Xi-Mei and Old Master Ye remained dumbstruck by the presence of big shots like them.

They couldn't believe what they were hearing.

Old Master Ye found it unfathomable. His unaccomplished grandson had now brought glory to the Ye family, so they were fortunate to have him.

Even Lei San praised him for being Jingzhou's dragon.

Old Master Ye went into a daze and felt his brain wasn't working right.

Ye Xi-Mei was equally taken aback.

She didn't know what else Ye Fan was hiding from her.

"You must be Mr Chu's wife, Miss Qiu Mu-Cheng, right? I heard that you are both talented and beautiful and run your own business at a young age. If you are interested about opening a branch office in Jingzhou, I can help in whatever way I can."

Ji Yi-Hai and Lei San went back into the courtyard and sat next to Ye Fan after wishing his mother and grandfather a happy new year.

It was the first time Ji Yi-Hai met Qiu Mu-

Cheng, and he was left awestruck, so he praised her nonstop and invited her to expand her business into Jingzhou.

Also, it was a show of goodwill towards Ye Fan.

Qiu Mu-Cheng smiled and shook her head as she replied, "Probably not. Even a tiny county mayor has the right to speak arrogantly to my husband and even wanted to lay his hand on him. If a weak woman like myself expands my operations into Jingzhou, I probably won't be able to leave in one piece."

Qiu Mu-Cheng calmly smiled as she spoke ambiguously.

Shen Bi-Chen's heart turned cold when he heard her while he was standing nearby.

Oh no, he was done for!

Sure enough, Ji Yi-Hai frowned and asked Qiu Mu-Cheng to clarify, "Miss Qiu, what do you mean?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng replied gently, "Secretary Ji, I think you should ask the Jingzhou government leaders instead. Am I right, County Mayor Shen Bi-Chen?"

She suddenly turned her head and looked at the people before her and asked vaguely.

Hmm?

"Shen Bi-Chen? Why are you here too? What's going on? Did you provoke Mr Chu?" asked Ji Yi-Hai as he suppressed his fury. He had turned to look in the same direction Qiu Mu-Cheng did and spotted Shen Bi-Chen with his face pale.

Shen Bi-Chen almost wet his pants. He explained with a miserable look on his face, "Secretary Ji, let me explain.

"Don't bother!" said Ji Yi-Hai. He couldn't be bothered to listen and turned to speak to the man behind him, "Ping-Zhi, call the disciplinary department and take him back for investigation. Suspend him for now. It you learn of any violations, punish him mercilessly."

What?

Shen Bi-Chen instantly panicked out of guilt when he heard this, and he felt as though he had lost a piece of his soul. Then he implored, "Secretary Ji, don't do it. I didn't purposely offend Mr Chu. I didn't know you were friends with him. It was Ye Tian's fault. He was the one who said that Mr Chu was a useless live-in husband. It's all his fault. Secretary Ji, please forgive me."

Shen Bi-Chen begged nonstop, and his tragic cries kept echoing through the air. In the end, he pushed the blame on Ye Tian.

Ye Tian's face twitched. In an instant, an ominous feeling rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Ji Yi-Hai frowned and said, "Hmm? Who is Ye Tian? Did someone else tell you to disrespect Mr Chu? That's outrageous!"

Ji Yi-Hai had already heard about how incredible Ye Fan was.

Even the Jiangdong government leader sent Ye Fan wine to congratulate him at the Feast of the Sea and Sky.

He was such an important man, but had been offended in Jingzhou by his direct subordinates no less, so it was an utter disgrace for Ji Yi-Hai.

Ji Yi-Hai was furious!

And he immediately decided to punish the culprits severely.

"Secretary Ji, Ye Tian is Yeyang's deputy county mayor," replied someone next to Ji Yi-Hai.

Ji Yi-Hai exploded when he heard this, "How dare he! He's just a deputy county mayor. How can he offend Mr Chu? From tomorrow onwards, remove him from office and investigate him. Get the disciplinary department to expedite this. Both of them have to be punished to the fullest extent if any problems are discovered."

BOOM!

Ji Yi-Hai's words landed on them like a death sentence.

Shen Bi-Chen lost all hope instantly.

Ye Tian swayed hard, and his face visibly turned pale.

Ji Yi-Hai's words meant that Ye Tian's career as a government official was over.

All his pride and achievements instantly dissipated!

He never once dreamed that he would get defeated because of the nephew whom he despised.

"And him. He's a baddie too. He keeps bullying Fan. Uncle Lei, you must help Fan punish him," said Lu Wen-Jing angrily as she suddenly ran over to point at Ye Ya's family.

Lu Wen-Jing undoubtedly witnessed everything that the Ye family did to Ye Fan.

Lu Wen-Jing knew best who treated Ye Fan well or not.

So Lu Wen-Jing pounced on the opportunity to complain to Lei San.

Ye Ya's eyes instantly twitched. He glared angrily at her and said, "You stupid girl. What nonsense? If you keep spouting nonsense, I'm going to slap you!"

Ye Ya was dying to strangle Lu Wen-Jing.

The stupid girl was clearly trying to sabotage their family by telling Lei San about this.

But Lei San's eyes had already turned cold.

He hastily raised his head and glared at Ye Ya. Then he suppressed his fury and said in a deep voice, "And who are you trying to slap?"

'Master Lei, I'm talking about the stupid girl and not you. Please don't misunderstand. The stupid girl was saying nonsense. I was just trying to scare her," explained Ye Ya immediately when he thought that Lei San had misunderstood him.

Instead, Lei San roared once again, "How

dare you! Jingjing is like a sister to Mr Chu. How can you insult her? You sure have guts! In that case, it seems Jingzhou is too small for a bold fool like you. You will leave Jingzhou tomorrow. Of course, you can stay, but I promise that you will have a hard time here!"

HUUU!

Lei San's words sounded like a threatening sword.

Ye Ya instantly panicked and lost all hope.

He staggered before he slumped onto the ground.

What did it mean to feel hopeless?

This was probably it.