A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 714 Mere Strangers

However, Ye Fan turned a deaf ear to Ye Tian's anger.

He motionlessly sat in the car in silence with his eyes tightly shut as though he were asleep.

Instead, Lu Wen-Jing craned her head out of the car window and said to Lei Ao-Ting, "Ao-Ting, what are you doing? Hurry up and chase those baddies away. They keep bullying Fan, so you can't let them off." "Shut up, you stupid girl! What nonsense are you saying?" shouted Ye Tian angrily after Lu Wen-Jing spoke. He was so angry that he wanted to slap this girl for spouting nonsense.

But Lei Ao-Ting thought Ye Fan was the one who permitted Lu Wen-Jing to say this.

So Lei Ao-Ting acknowledged her.

Lei Ao-Ting walked over and stopped in front of Ye Tian and the others. He smiled coldly and said, "It seems you have failed to appease the big shot in my car. In that case, nothing more needs to be said. Get ready to pay for my new car. Of course, you can choose not to do it, but I think you must know what the consequences are for failing to repay a debt to the Lei family, right?" said Lei Ao-Ting impatiently as he gave his final ultimatum.

"No, don't, Young Master Lei. It was an accident! The man in the car is my cousin, so we are all relatives here. This is Ye Fan's uncle. We are family," said Ye Jian hurriedly. Although no one knew how Ye Fan and Lei Ao-Ting were related, judging from the fact Ye Fan was sitting in Lei Ao-Ting's car alone, Ye Jian reckoned they were close.

So if they wanted to survive this catastrophe, they probably had to count on Ye Fan.

What?

"Are you relatives?" asked Lei Ao-Ting. The moment Ye Jian said they were relatives, Lei Ao-Ting somewhat lost his cool.

He might be fearless of county leaders and military generals, but he had to be cautious about Ye Fan's relatives.

"Yes, Young Master Lei. Don't you remember seeing us at the Qin family's wedding recently? Why would we attend the wedding with him if we weren't relatives? If you don't believe me, you can ask Ye Fan," continued Ye Jian.

Then Ye Jian opened the car door and shouted to Ye Fan, "Fan, don't just sit there. Say something, will you?"

Ye Fan didn't utter a word.

"Fan, the Ye family has kindly put a roof over you and your mother's head all these years. It's time you repay your debt. Get over here and tell him you're my nephew," said Ye Tian deeply as he turned to look a Ye Fan.

Ye Fan remained silent.

He sat in the car quietly with his eyes closed without moving a muscle.

Ye Yu-Yan immediately blew up when she saw Ye Fan putting on airs.

"Ye Fan, how dare you put on airs? My father is your uncle. How can you treat an elder like that? Have you no manners?" scolded Ye Yu-Yan sternly, standing in front of the car.

Considering their family's prestige, she thought it was Ye Fan's honor to help them, and he ought to have offered it eagerly.

But Ye Yu-Yan didn't expect Ye Fan to turn a deaf ear to her father's words and acted like he hadn't seen or heard anything. He didn't even bother to look, much less offer help.

Ye Yu-Yan always considered herself extraordinary, so Ye Fan's actions were deemed deeply insulting.

In the end, Lei Ao-Ting turned around to ask Ye Fan perplexedly, "Mr Chu, is this your cousin from your uncle's family?"

Lei Ao-Ting pointed at Ye Yu-Yan as he

spoke.

Only then did Ye Fan raise his head and glance at Ye Yu-Yan indifferently.

"Humph. He still has some conscience," sneered Ye Tian when Ye Fan finally opened his eyes. They thought Ye Fan was finally going to help put in a good word.

Instead, Ye Fan unexpectedly shook his head at Lei Ao-Ting and replied, "She isn't my cousin. I, Ye Fan, never had a cousin in my life!"

"You..." Ye Yu-Yan's expression froze. She was so furious that she was on the brink of passing out.

Ye Tian and the others were astonished by Ye Fan's response. They didn't think this would be the only answer they elicited from him.

"But she said you are relatives..." said Lei Ao-Ting cautiously.

"Relatives?" asked Ye Fan as he shook his head and smiled. "I told you, we're just

strangers."

Ye Fan's deep voice slowly rang.

Ye Yu-Yan was instantly stunned.

The cold and solemn things Ye Fan said back at the Ye residence suddenly echoed in Ye Yu-Yan's ears.

Only now did Ye Yu-Yan realize how surprisingly lofty and unyielding this mediocre cousin of hers was!

"Strangers, you say? You have quite the courage! Don't regret saying this, Ye Fan! If you ever replace yourself in dire straits and need to beg in the streets, don't come to me asking for help!" sneered Ye Yu-Yan coldly as her temper surged.

Her voice was brimming with rage.

But Ye Fan merely smiled and shook his head.

Lu Wen-Jing closed the car door, and the car window rolled up slowly. They were completely isolated from those people

outside.

"Fan, don't take your cousin's words to heart. I know you're angry with us, but we're family, so no matter what you're upset with, we can settle it behind closed doors later. Please help us..."

Dong Mei rapped on the car window outside and begged Ye Fan.

Ye Fan immediately couldn't bring himself to refuse Dong Mei.

Although Ye Fan and his mother were often bullied in the Ye family all these years, his eldest uncle's wife often secretly helped them.

Ye Fan never once forgot the kindness and charity his eldest uncle's wife showed him and his mother.

After a long time, he finally sighed.

"Forget it. On account of Aunt Mei, I will help you this one time," said Ye Fan after he shook his head and sighed. He called Lei Ao-Ting over and told him to give them a small lesson and not to make things too hard forthem.

Since Ye Fan demanded it, Lei Ao-Ting didn't dare to contest the damages.

"Fine. Consider yourselves lucky! Since Mr Chu has helped put in a good word, I won't make things hard for you. I won't demand that you compensate for a brand new car and loss of time, but you were the one who ran into my car, so you have to pay for repairs. How about this? I won't ask for too much, and just $200,000 will do."

"$2...$200,000?" asked Ye Tian. Although it was a lot less, he couldn't help feeling the pinch when he heard the number.

Since Lei Ao-Ting had no intention of lowering damages any further, Ye Tian decided to quit while he was ahead and accept his offer.

"Tian, what happened? Did you get into a traffic accident?"