A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) -
Chapter 480 No More Xue Family in Yanjing!
"A...c-core family?" Xu Feng-Liang nearly lost his balance.
His heart skipped a beat.
He never dreamt that one day, the Xu family might become one of the core families of the Chu family.
The Chu family was powerful and they had affiliates worldwide.
But of course, these affiliates were not all tied equally to the Chu family.
The Xu family was pretty much an affiliate that was at the outermost circle of contact, and was practically an affiliate in name. They couldn't get access to any of the Chu family's resources, and they even had to pay the Chus a very expensive annual fee to remain an affiliate.
But a core family would be different. That would be the closest circle outside the Chu family itself.
There were no fees to be paid, and you could even receive investment money of up to $10 billion from the Chu family. You would be given priority when receiving resources and the Chu family would protect you no matter what happened.
When he heard that the Xu family had the chance to become one of the eight core families, Xu Feng-Liang was so excited that he almost went crazy. He thanked the man so profusely, he was just short of kneeling down and kowtowing.
The man waved his hands. "Mr Xu, there's no need to say all these formal things. We're all working for Third Young Master, and we just need to make sure we play our own part well. Third Young Master will settle everything else for us. If all goes well, Third Young Master will come to Yanjing personally. So you can thank him personally when the time comes."
What?
"Third Young Master is coming personally?"
Xu Feng-Liang felt his body tremble and he became even more excited now. "In that case, we really must not lose this match."
"We must gain absolute victory in order to welcome Third Young Master!"
"But of course." The man smiled proudly.
In no time, Xu Feng-Liang left the room.
There were only seven days left to the match.
After that night's conversation, Xu Feng-Liang felt extremely motivated and immediately went to make preparations for the match.
He used all the connections he had to check on the fighters sent by the other powerful families.
After consolidating the information, he sent it all to Mr Hua.
The chances of winning were higher if you knew your opponents after all.
As the day of the match drew nearer, the various powers in Yanjing also started to feel nervous.
Some families bought ginseng, some went around getting deer antler and bear paws to supplement their fighter's health.
Those martial arts academy principals and other high level martial artists had also begun to train themselves up for the upcoming battle, and some of them even joined small scale battles to train their actual combat skills.
All of Yanjing was so tense, it was like a storm was about to hit the city.
Compared to all these people, Ye Fan was living very leisurely.
After going out with Xu Lei in the morning, he would have tea in the afternoon, then watch a movie with Xu Lei at night.
Of course, Ye Fan also remembered to call his wife to tell her he was doing okay.
Ye Fan's life during this week was really enviable.
With Ye Fan by her side, Xu Lei had gotten rid of all the heaviness and gloominess in her heart. She was full of smiles every day and was as chirpy as a sparrow in June.
She didn't look as authoritative or aloof as she used to when she was the Goddess of Jiangdong and the CEO of a corporation. She was just as lively and pretty as a young lady should be.
If Lin Wen-Jing saw Xu Lei like that, she would be surprised.
She had followed Xu Lei for nearly ten years and had never seen Xu Lei so happy and blissful before.
But while some people were having fun, others were feeling worried.
The Xue family started to feel especially worried as they look at this couple that seemed to be at the peak of their romance.
"Ming-Xin, are we really able to leave the future of the Xue family in this guy's hands?" asked someone worriedly.
Xue Ming-Xin was also very anxious himself. He sighed after some time, "What else can we do now? Old Master Xue has decided on this so none of us can persuade him otherwise. All we can do is to just go with it since things have already reached this stage."
Xue Ming-Xin had objected from the start when Xue Ren-Yang wanted Ye Fan to represent the family at the underground match.
He wasn't the only one. The entire family was doubtful of Ye Fan.
After all, Ye Fan was too young!
Even if he started training in martial arts as a baby, he couldn't have practiced for too many years.
Xue Ming-Xin had never learnt martial arts before, but he knew that the amount of time spent in training would affect your level of martial arts greatly.
As far as he knew, every well-known martial artist in China was at least middle aged!
Ye Fan was only in his twenties, so no matter how gifted he was, how impressive could he possibly be? How could he compare to those who had been training for the past few decades?
But the family didn't protest. Once Old Master Xue had made the decision, that was final and nobody could stop him.
Xue Ming-Xin couldn't do anything else but go along with it and pray for a miracle.
"Hurry up and send this ginseng over. The competition is starting tomorrow and Mr Chu ought to supplement himself," instructed Xue Ming-Xin.
But the subordinate looked back bitterly. "Send to him again? He doesn't eat it anyway, so isn't it a waste?"
"Enough of your nonsense! I said go! We should do everything we should. Whether he eats it or not is his problem. At least if Mr Chu really fails, it's not our fault. Do you get it?" Xue Ming-Xin reprimanded his
subordinate.
His subordinate suddenly understood and replied, "You really do think of everything."
While the Xue family was still worrying about the next day's match.
Lin Feng and Zhao Si were having a nice drink at Blue Ripple Lake.
"Oho, Mr Lin, you were very smart. We put out the news first and now the Xue family shares have dropped by nearly 30%, and they've lost a few billion. The Xue family is on the brink of death. It won't be long before they're gone forever," Zhao Si laughed merrily.
Lin Feng was also smiling smugly. "That Xue Ren-Yang didn't know what was good for him, so it's not our fault."
"He's just a nouveau riche with nothing to fall back on and he dared to cut ties with us like that? I'm going to see how he can survive after this. Just you wait, this underground match is going to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back! After this match, there will be no Xue family in Yanjing!" said Lin Feng with a laugh as he raised his glass and knocked it back.
To Lin Feng and Zhao Si, the Xue family was now surrounded by danger.
They offended the Xu family, then the offended the Zhao and Lin families.
Now that everyone was against them, how long more could the Xue family hang on for?
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