A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 473 Choose Some Useless Ones

At the Lin house.

The pavilion in the middle of the lake.

"Mr Lin, did you hear about what happened yesterday? Apparently some gangster from Jiangdong came and broke Xue Ren-Yang's second son's legs. The old man didn't pursue the matter, and even knelt before that gangster. He even shot his own eldest son's leg as way of apology."

The one who said these words was a thin man in a well fitted suit, and he sounded fairly polite.

This man was the head of the Zhao family in Yanjing, Zhao Hong-Fei.

He was the fourth child in the family, so those familiar with him just called him by his nickname, Zhao Si.

The one sitting in front of him was the head of the Lin family, Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was dressed more casually in white. He had an angular face, and looked authoritative even from a distance.

When he heard Zhao Si say these things, Lin Feng was slightly surprised. "Is that so?"

"Xue Ren-Yang is someone who values his reputation a lot. Since he actually knelt before this man, could it be that this man has some powerful background? Or somebody from a concealed aristocratic family?"

Those who stood on high ground could see further.

Someone in Lin Feng's position would be able to come into contact with many things that most others couldn't.

Lin Feng realized after becoming the head of the Lin family that the ones who were truly powerful were often those unknown concealed aristocratic families.

"Ha, what's this nonsense about concealed aristocratic families? My nephew, Wu-Ji, has already told me that the fellow is just a gangster, and he's been hailed the king by a few tiny cities in Jiangdong. I don't know what's wrong with Xue Ren-Yang either.

How could he kneel before such an unimportant person?" laughed Zhao Si faintly. His words were both mocking and jeering.

Zhao Si had never really thought highly of the Xue family.

After all, the Xue family used to be some third tier family, while the Zhao family had always been in the top tier. Over the past few years, the Xue family rose and even became more powerful than the Zhao family, so it was only natural for Zhao Si to become uncomfortable with this and always treated the Xue family as a rival.

If the Lin family hadn't persuaded him back then, the Zhao family would never have formed an alliance with a family like the Xues.

But Lin Feng just shook his head and guessed, "Perhaps he's gotten hold of a weakness of the Xue family?"

"Alright now, let's not talk about this. As long as it doesn't bother our plans. My family's businesses have been targeted and we've lost quite a bit. Whether we can make up for these losses or not will depend on the underground match happening in 10 days' time."

Zhao Si didn't talk about what happened the day before anymore after Lin Feng said this.

Out of the three up and coming families of Yanjing, the Xue family was the leader in name, but it was clear that the Zhao family respected the Lin family much more.

After all, the Xue family was lacking in experience and history.

The Lin family had been a powerful family in Yanjing for decades, and Lin Feng's father was a famous genius doctor in Yanjing. As a result, many people wanted to be on good terms with the Lins, and even the four influential families didn't dare to offend the Lins if they didn't have to.

After all, there might come a day when they needed a favor from the Lins.

"Old Master Xue, you're here. Do take a seat, Mr Lin has made tea for you already."

Xue Ren-Yang and Ye Fan reached the pavilion at this juncture.

Lin Feng remained seated but Zhao Si got up to welcome Xue Ren-Yang as he smiled widely to show Xue Ren-Yang to his seat.

But what made Zhao Si unhappy was that before Xue Ren-Yang could sit down, the young bodyguard behind him had already taken a seat first.

"Where does this stupid piece of rubbish come from? Did you think you could sit here? Don't you know your place? Get lost!"

When Zhao Si saw that his original seat had been taken by a lowly bodyguard, he flew into a rage and his words were cold.

It felt as if a slave had taken over the master's seat.

If Xue Ren-Yang weren't here, Zhao Si would have kicked this stupid fellow into the lake by now.

"Shut up! How could you speak like this! How can you be so rude! Zhao Si, hurry up and apologize to Mr Chu!"

Xue Ren-Yang was so terrified when he heard these words. He didn't expect Zhao Si to just insult Ye Fan like this. Xue Ren-Yang's expression sank immediately.

Zhao Si's expression turned cold. "Xue Ren-Yang, what do you mean by that? You mean I'm not even equal to a bodyguard? You want me, the head of the Zhao family, to apologize to a lowly subordinate? Who do you think you are?"

Zhao Si tried hard to suppress his fury.

Lin Feng looked rather unhappy too.

He clearly felt that Xue Ren-Yang had gone overboard too.

"Who said he's a bodyguard? He's my guest. And we're going to depend on him to achieve good results at the underground match this year," explained Xue Ren-Yang in a low voice.

Zhao Si and Lin Feng were shocked.

"What did you say? Him? He's going to represent Longyang Martial Arts Academy? Old Master Xue, this joke is not funny at all. Look at how skinny he is! He's going to fall apart after just one punch." Zhao Si stopped being angry and started laughing instead, as if he had heard a really funny joke.

He just felt that Xue Ren-Yang was really an old and muddleheaded man. Even if he couldn't replace someone suitable, he didn't have to grab someone of such caliber to pacify them.

Lin Feng looked at Ye Fan and shook his head too. "Old Master Xue, I know that you've been very worried about the match."

"But this match is very important, so even though we might not have any good candidates at the moment, we can't simply grab anybody randomly, right?"

Xue Ren-Yang started to get a little anxious now. "I'm not joking with you two. Mr Chu is brave and intelligent. Back at the battle at Mount Tai Hall in Jiangdong, Mr Chu fiercely fought to be the best and defeated the almighty Wu He-Rong all by himself. If he can represent us in the underground match with these results, I'm sure we'll get good results too."

Of course, Xue Ren-Yang wouldn't say who Ye Fan really was.

So he could only use the results Ye Fan achieved in Jiangdong to persuade the other two men.

"Mr Chu?" Zhao Si raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is this the same Mr Chu who made a scene at the Xu house and the louse that made your family kneel down and beg for mercy?"

"Zhao Si, watch your words. Mr Chu is the king of Jiangdong and is highly respected by many big shots in Jiangdong, so how could you call him a louse?" said Xue Ren-Yang angrily. He was getting upset now He was the one recommending Ye Fan, but Zhao Si was demeaning him like this, so it was as good as a slap in Xue Ren-Yang's

face.

Zhao Si just snorted. "Isn't it the same? The big shots of Jiangdong sounds fancy, but compared to the members of high society of Yanjing like us, they're just lice."

"Why, you..." Xue Ren-Yang immediately became so angry that his face was all red and he was about to explode.

Zhao Si just continued, "Enough, Old Master Xue. We don't know why a young punk like him has a hold over you, but this underground match concerns all three of our families, so we're not going to allow you to just do whatever you want."

"So you'd better just return this Mr Chu back to where you picked him up from. It's not that we don't believe you, but seriously, the last time you recommended that huge guy named Tong Shan? He looked pretty strong and steady, but in the end he turned out to be a clown. He got stabbed a few dozen times and ended up escaping like a dog from fright." "It's evident that your judgment is outdated and you only know how to pick useless trash."