A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 659 A Silent War

"Also, Nannan is like my younger sister, so I'm fine if you want to go after her. But if you do anything that crosses the line or force Nannan to do anything she doesn't want to, I'll be the first one to come after you!"

Everyone looked enviously at the beautiful girl who remained by Ye Fan's side the whole time.

Since she could get Mr Chu's promise to protect her, Chen Nan's position in Mr Chu's heart was certainly high.

With Chen Ao as her father and Ye Fan as her older brother, Chen Nan was practically a princess within Jiangdong.

Nobody would dare to offend her from now on.

"She's so lucky that she caught Mr Chu's attention."

Lei San and Li Er were both so envious.

Thanks to his daughter's relationship with Mr Chu, Chen Ao's position in Jiangdong was definitely more stable now.

Li Er looked at Chen Nan, then looked at his own son. He was so angry that he gnashed his teeth.

He had planned to get his son to become close to Mr Chu as well. That way, Li Er's position in Jiangdong would become more stable. But clearly, his stupid son was hopeless.

"Perhaps Xue-Qi could give it a shot," thought Li Er to himself as he looked at Chen Nan.

His younger sister was about as pretty as Chen Nan was, and compared to Chen Nan, Li Xue-Qi was a little more mature and charming.

Li Er felt that if his sister took a little more initiative, she would win Mr Chu's heart.

Li Er had no idea that after Ye Fan had Qiu Mu-Cheng as his wife, he wasn't interested in other women.

After seeing the great ocean, no other water looked impressive. After seeing the beautiful clouds of the mountain, no other clouds looked pretty.

After experiencing the vastness of the sea, why would Ye Fan stop at a tiny spring?

Back in Yanjing, Xu Lei had expressed her feelings for Ye Fan but he had already politely refused her. Li Xue-Qi didn't stand a chance.

As for Chen Nan, Ye Fan was attached to her because he had a younger cousin who was around her age and had a similar personality. Ye Fan was always reminded of that cousin in the Chu family who truly treated him like an older brother when he saw Chen Nan, so he took extra care of Chen Nan as a result.

He never thought about anything else.

"Hoho, congratulations, Mr Chen. Your daughter now has Mr Chu as her older brother, so even after you grow old, you don't have to be afraid that nobody's looking out for your daughter."

Lei San and Li Er started congratulating Chen Ao.

Chen Ao smiled back proudly.

But while everyone else was laughing merrily, nobody noticed that Chen Nan's pretty eyes were filled with disappointment at Ye Fan's words.

After all this was done, everyone left the house.

Chen Nan followed Chen Ao back to Jianghai.

Before leaving, Chen Nan still smiled brightly to bid Ye Fan goodbye. At the same time, she advised him, "Fan, women need to be coaxed. It's normal for husband and wife to quarrel from time to time. Besides, Mu-Cheng was doing all this for your good. So after I'm gone, remember to visit Mu-Cheng, ok?"

Ye Fan nodded and smiled at Chen Nan's cheeky expression. "Alright, alright, I got it. Hurry along now, your dad's calling you. Have a safe journey home!"

Ye Fan waved and saw his guests out.

Once they had all left, the Feast of the Sea and Sky had truly come to an end.

But the effects of this feast was far from done.

That very night, Li Er gathered all the information he got from Chen Ao and Lei San and sent everything over to Ye Fan.

There was a lot of information to sort out, but the most important part was information about the Meng family.

"The grandmother of Meng Chun-Hua is Zhang Yi-Zhu, she's from Yanjing. As far as I know, the Zhang family in Yanjing is quite powerful. They aren't one of the super-rich, but they're definitely among the first tier families of Yanjing."

"Over the years, the Meng family and Zhang family have been very closely connected, and I heard that one of the daughters in the Meng Chun-Hua's extended family is engaged to someone in the Zhang family. They're supposed to get married after Lunar New Year."

"With that in mind, I still think it's best not to clash head on with the Meng family. Giving them a warning is still much better than clashing with them."

After reading through all the information, Li Er now had a better picture of the Meng family, but at the same time, he became even more worried now.

At first, Li Er thought that the backing that the Meng family had was probably just a second tier family in Yanjing.

But he realized that he had underestimated the support that the Meng family had.

But even after hearing what Li Er said, Ye Fan's expression remained calm.

His expression was as still as the surface of a lake and as calm as the water in a well.

"First tier family?" Ye Fan laughed and shook his head. "Even if they were an up and coming family, I wouldn't be worried about them. Why be afraid of a first tier family?"

Li Er became even more worried when he heard Ye Fan's response. "Mr Chu, we really shouldn't insist on this if we really can't do it. If this attack fails, have you thought about what the consequences are?" "Only the victor of a battle gets to be the king! If this attack fails, then the current stable situation of Jiangdong will be in danger! In the worst case scenario, Jiangdong might even end up with a new king. I am of low status, so no matter how much I lose in this fight, it is insignificant."

"But Mr Chu, if we lose this battle, then your bright future and path ahead would be ruined because of this!"

Li Er described Ye Fan's attack on the Meng family like going to war.

It was true that Li Er and the other two men viewed it as a war.

This was a battle between the powers of Jiangdong. A battled between Ye Fan's camp and the Meng family.

No matter what the results were, it would definitely change the power balance in Jiangdong.

Li Er even felt that this battle was no less than the one back at Mount Tai.

But no matter how hard Li Er tried to persuade him, Ye Fan still didn't look like he was going to change his mind.

Tve already decided on this matter, stop trying to persuade me otherwise. What you need to do now is to make use of every resource and connection we have to cut off all investment, raw material supplies, partnerships, sales and other aspects of the Meng family's family business, Chunhua Industries!"

"Not only must we cut off all revenue for Meng Group, but we must cut off their import chains and sales channels as well! We must make sure that Meng Group becomes completely isolated within Jiangdong."

"In two days, I will let the Meng family understand what despair feels like!" said Ye Fan calmly. But even his calm voice carried great malice and iciness.

Even though Ye Fan sounded confident, Li Er honestly wasn't confident that they could trip the Meng family up so quickly.