A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Qiu Mu-Cheng had already lost herself in a daze. Standing in front of her were some of the richest magnates in Jiangdong and, in her hands, she was holding some very priceless gifts. This all felt like a dream to her.

Her brain buzzed and her mind went blank. She could not figure out what was going on. Panic filled her eyes as she looked around her in a daze.

Could it be that these men were really here for Ye Fan?

But how was this possible?

Even Qiu Mu-Cheng could not bring herself to believe this. Earlier, she had been surprised by Shen Jiu-Yi's visit, but it was still within the realm of believability.

Perhaps the Shens had come to repay Ye Fan's favor.

But what about Chen Qing-Quan and Liu Biao?

They were two of the richest men in

Jingzhou!

Nobody knew just how shocked Qiu Mu-Cheng was feeling at this moment. As she was receiving the gifts from Chen Qing-Quan and company, she could not even muster up the courage to turn them down. She simply sat there in a daze.

At this moment, Shen Fei was feeling smug. After a while, he looked chailengingly at Mo Wen-Xuan and company. The rich brats from Jingzhou, who had earlier been flaunting their power and treating Ye Fan disdainfully, were now thoroughly frightened out of their wits.

Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran had realized that things were not going to turn out well so, at this moment, they were trying to sneak out of the house.

"Eh, don't go away?"

"Weren't you two acting all high and mighty earlier? Why are you like this now?"

Shen Fei walked over to block their way. And then, he continued to question them.

"What now, Young Master Chen? And Young Master Liu?"

"Now, do you still think Mr. Ye is a country bumpkin?"

"Now, do you still think Mr. Ye is insignificant and low class?"

Shen Fei laughed haughtily. His rapid series of questions rolled over Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran like a thunderstorm, and the pair paled immediately.

"Mm? Hai-Sheng?"

"Zhao-Ran?"

"Why are you here?"

Chen Qing-Quan and Liu Biao were slightly surprised to find their son and nephew there.

"Fine, you guys come over here." "We will pay our respect to Mr. Chu together!"

It seemed that the two magnates wanted to introduce their son and nephew to Ye Fan.

But Ye Fan put down his tea cup and laughed coldly. "Mr. Chen, please don't. Your son just called me a low-class country bumpkin. Considering my low status, it would be inappropriate for Young Master Chen and Young Master Liu to pay their respect to me."

"Also, Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu, please take back your gifts. I am not worthy of them."

The expression on Chen Qing-Quan's and Liu Biao's faces changed instantly. Right away, they turned to glare at Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran.

"You unfilial son! What is going on here?"

"Tell me! Now!"

Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran were so frightened by the outburst that they nearly wet their pants. The pair kept their heads bowed and dared not speak a single word. "Speak!"

Chen Qing-Quan screamed again.

Finally, cowed by their elders' authoritative presence, both Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran broke down and revealed what had just happened.

As Chen Qing-Quan and Liu Biao listened to the recounting, they grew more and more sombre. When the narration reached the part where the Jingzhou princes called Ye Fan a country bumpkin and forced him to apologize, Chen Qing-Quan finally exploded with rage. He walked over and kicked his son to the floor.

"You unfilial son! How many times must I tell you not to hang around that wastrel from the Mo family?" "Now see what happened?"

"Do you know how much trouble you have caused me? And it is all because of that wastrel from the Mo family!" Chen Qing-Quan was furious. After all, Ye Fan was the very person Master Lei San was trying to curry favor with!

Today, in order to show how sincere he was about apologizing, Master Lei San had ordered all of them to come over to prepare the way for him.

But it had never dawned on Chen Qing-Quan that their meticulously thought-out plan to win over Ye Fan would be wrecked by his own son.

"You bastard! Do you know what you have done? Not only have you screwed yourself over, but our entire family will also be damned along with you!" Chen Qing-Quan was not sensationalizing the situation.

Since Chen Hai-Sheng had offended Ye Fan, it was possible that Master Lei San might decide to affirm his loyalty to Ye Fan by removing the Chen family from Jingzhou.

"You bastard! Bastard-"

Meanwhile, Liu Biao also found himself in the throes of rage. Echoing Chen Qing-Quan's example, he walked over and gave his nephew a beating.

It was a most terrible ordeal for Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran. After just a short while, their faces were completely smeared with blood. And all they could do was wail for mercy as they laid sprawled on the floor.

"Bastard! Get over there and apologize to Mr. Chu!"

"And from now on, if I find you associating with that wastrel Mo Wen-Xuan, I will not just break your leg! I will also drive you out of the family!"

Chen Qing-Quan was thoroughly enraged.

Both Chen Hai-Sheng and Liu Zhao-Ran did not dare to go against their elders, so they kept on promising to never associate with the idiotic Mo Wen-Xuan.

At this moment, the person they loathed most was undoubtedly Mo Wen-Xuan.

After all, if it were not for him, they would not have gotten beaten up.

Meanwhile, Mo Wen-Xuan had turned pale after hearing Chen Qing-Quan's opinion of him. He tottered a few steps and nearly collapsed onto the floor.

It had never dawned on him that he was just a good-for-nothing in the eyes of his elders.

"Uncle Chen. Uncle Liu. Hai-Sheng and Zhao-Ran are already adults. It is unreasonable for you to interfere with their personal lives like this. And how could you hit them for the sake of a live-in son-in-law? Don't you think you are debasing your own children?"

After witnessing the brutal beating of his good friends, the hitherto quiet Lei Ao-Ting decided to step forward and speak up for them.

Because both Chen Qing-Quan and Liu Biao were his father's underlings, Lei Ao-Ting felt no fear when he faced them.

"Damn! I was wondering how my son got fearless enough to go against Mr. Chu! So you were the one behind him!"

"Lei Ao-Ting, listen to me. You had better go and apologize to Mr. Chu right now. Otherwise, you are going to get it later on." After warning Lei Ao-Ting, Chen Qing-Quan pulled his son over to Ye Fan and kept begging for forgiveness.

When Ye Fan saw this, he decided not to make things difficult for them and agreed to let both father and son leave.

"You unfilial son! Get out of here now!"

Chen Qing-Quan and Liu Biao lashed out at their juniors once more. And the two wastrel children felt enormously relieved, as if they had received a pardon. They did not dare to stay any longer and prepared to leave right away. But before departing, they went back to the hall and retrieved the gifts they had given to Madam Han. And then, right in front of everyone, they presented the gifts to Qiu Mu-Cheng. "Thank...thank you, Mr. Chu. And Madam too. I wish you a happy birthday."

"Wish... Wish you a happy birthday~" The two wastrel children had been thoroughly frightened out of their wits. After stammering their birthday greetings and presenting their gifts to Qiu Mu-Cheng, the pair departed right away. They did not want to risk getting another beating from their elders.

When Madam Han saw this, her whole body trembled with rage and her face turned green with anger.

The gifts that rightfully belonged to her had been taken away and given to Qiu Mu-Cheng.

This made Madam Han feel the rage of having suffered humiliation and disdain.

"To think that an old lady like myself can't even be compared to a young one like her?"

Chen Hai-Sheng's and Liu Zhao-Ran's action had thoroughly angered Madam

Han. And she was further enraged when she saw the VIP guests, who had previously ignored her, fussing over Qiu Mu-Cheng and Ye Fan. This was supposed to be her birthday banquet, but someone else had stolen her limelight.