A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 718 An Attack

"Yu-Yan, do you know these folks?" asked Lu Tian-He perplexedly when Ye Fan and the others entered Guangyue Restaurant with all that fanfare. After all, Lu Tian-He witnessed the entire spectacle for himself.

Judging from the Ye family's reaction after these three people turned up at the restaurant, they were clearly acquainted.

"No, we don't. He's just a live-in husband. Why would we know someone like him?" replied Ye Tian coldly before Ye Yu-Yan composed an answer.

Ye Tian had already collected himself from the earlier shock.

Even now, Ye Tian refused to believe that Ye Fan was anyone who mattered.

He merely assumed Ye Fan was indulging in Young Master Lei's glory.

But Ye Fan kept embarrassing them repeatedly, so it undoubtedly intensified the Ye family's resentment towards him.

"Let's go, General Lu. Let's not get distracted by the likes of them. Let's go in and eat," said Ye Tian.

His face was still red from the restaurant executive's slap, but now was not the time to pursue this. More importantly, they had to pay good hosts to Lu Tian-He. After all, Ye Yu-Yan depended on Lu Tian-He for a meteoric rise in the army in the future.

Lu Tian-He didn't keep probing and entered the restaurant with them.

But the quizzical look on Lu Tian-He's face remained.

He couldn't put his finger on it, but Ye Fan looked awfully familiar.

Since Lu Tian-He only caught a quick glance, he couldn't remember who Ye Fan was.

Lu Tian-He stopped trying since he couldn't recall Ye Fan and followed the Ye family into the restaurant.

Compared to Ye Fan, their entrance was particularly cold and sad. There were neither restaurant executives there to offer flowers nor people to welcome them.

Ye Tian and the others felt very awkward and embarrassed. They felt as though Ye Fan had trampled them beneath his feet and humiliated them.

Instead, Lu Tian-He remained calm and didn't seem to care about flashy welcomes.

He was only here because of the Ye family's enthusiasm and turned up for dinner on account of Ye Yu-Yan.

Ye Tian and the others took their seats in the main hall very quickly. The dishes were soon served, and they started eating.

Meanwhile, in one of the posh private rooms.

Ye Fan, Lu Wen-Jing, and Lei Ao-Ting had taken their seats.

"Mr Chu, what do you think? Was the welcome grand enough? I know you like keeping a low profile and prefer not to divulge your identity, so I didn't tell the restaurant who you really were. I only told him your last name was Ye," said Lei Ao-Ting with a proud smile on his face as though he wanted Ye Fan's approval.

Ye Fan nodded and replied, "Thanks for the kind intentions. Did you and your father tell anyone that I'm in Jingzhou? I'm here to spend the new year with my mother, so I don't wish to be disturbed." Ye Fan went back to his hometown so quietly because he didn't want to be disturbed.

After all, given Ye Fan's status in Jiangdong, if anyone caught wind he was home, probably even the Jingzhou mayor would come knocking on his door.

Then all the elites in Jingzhou would keep turning up, and Ye Fan would have no peace throughout the entire holiday.

Since Ye Fan wanted to enjoy a peaceful holiday, he didn't want anyone to know he was back.

Lei Ao-Ting nodded and replied, "Mr Chu, don't worry. We get it. To be honest, Mr Chu, ever since you helped rid the Jingzhou citizens of that pest, all the city leaders have wanted to visit you, but my father turned them down. But Mr Chu, my father and I can't keep it up. After this Lunar New Year, there's probably no way we can stop them and they will probably all visit Mr Chu to wish you a happy Lunar New Year."

"Oh yes. Dad wanted me to pass a message. He has more or less prepared all the jade you wanted. He will send it over to you on the first day of Lunar New Year. You can consider it our Lunar New Year gift to you, Mr Chu."

Lei Ao-Ting politely smiled as he spoke and offered Ye Fan a toast.

The wind suddenly blew the private room's window open.

The cold wind suddenly gusted in from outside.

Lei Ao-Ting instantly frowned and shouted sternly, "Hey, what are you doing? Don't you know how to close a window properly? Hurry up and close it!"

Ye Fan's calm face instantly turned solemn while Lei Ao-Ting reprimanded the restaurant staff.

Then Ye Fan smiled.

"There's no need to close it. This window is good enough to keep the wind out, but it can't keep people out," said Ye Fan slowly as he immediately set his teacup down.

Lei Ao-Ting suddenly panicked a little in his heart and asked, "Mr Chu, what...what do you mean? Did something happen?"

Ye Fan quietly got up and went downstairs without uttering a word.

Before Ye Fan left, he turned to tell Lei Ao-Ting, "I'm handing Jingjing over to you. Take care of her. I'll be right back."

"Mr Chu?" asked Lei Ao-Ting. Although he wanted to ask, Ye Fan had already left.

All that remained for Lei Ao-Ting was the view of Ye Fan's skinny and imposing back!

Downstairs in the main hall.

Many people were happily chatting while eating.

Ye Fan sat down at an empty table. He picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, and started drinking it.

"Oh look, isn't that my cousin? Why are you drinking tea by yourself? Didn't you lap up a lot of attention when you arrived with Young Master Lei? Why? Did you get chased downstairs because you didn't serve Young Master Lei well enough?" ridiculed Ye Jian. They were having dinner nearby when he happened to see Ye Fan and instantly pounced on the opportunity to hurl insults at him.

Ye Ya instantly sneered when he turned to see Ye Fan, "Some people just like to rub shoulders with the rich and powerful and keep wanting to take shortcuts. They never stop to think that no one cares about them if they are incapable. Leading an honest life and making an honest living is the right way to go. They are destined to fail by staying on this crooked path!"

Ye Tian sneered coldly too, "Humph. You good-for-nothing! You're going to completely embarrass the Ye family sooner or later!"

"Enough. Just cut it out," said Dong Mei to Ye Tian. She couldn't bear listening to them ridicule Ye Fan.

But Ye Fan merely shook his head and smiled when Ye Jian and the others insulted him. Then he replied in a deep tone, "Uncles, regardless of whether I'm a good-for-nothing, I suggest you hurry up and leave if you don't want to suffer."

But Ye Fan instantly triggered Ye Tian. Ye Tian threw his chopsticks on the table and shouted furiously, "You brat! How dare you? Are you trying to revolt? How can you threaten your uncles? Why? Do you wan to touch us too after you beat your cousin up? I'd like to see how you plan on making us suffer?!"