A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 149 Where I Am, There Is Light!

Inside the Mount Tai Hall, the spectators were struck dumb with shock.

Everybody was holding their breath in concentration and looking around in a panic.

Beneath the spectators' seats, Chen Ao, Li Er and Lei San were bowing respectfully. Their reverential

words had converged together into a stream that resounded throughout the entire hall. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

The respectful voices of the Jiangdong leaders rang around the ears of the spectators and their

reverential "Mr. Chu, please save Jiangdong" shocked everyone to their core.

"Good heavens!"

"Cheng-Cheng, just who is this Mr. Chu? So many VIPs are paying their respects to him."

"Perhaps he really is a dragon among men?"

Su Qian was thoroughly frightened. This was the first time she was seeing such a grand set-up; half of

the leaders of Jiangdong were all paying their respects to one person.

Meanwhile, Qiu Mu-Cheng had a panicked expression on her pretty face. Clearly, she had been

shocked by the scene unfolding before her eyes.

But, for some reason, when she had heard Chen Ao and the other leaders shouting for Mr Chu, Qiu

Mu-Cheng suddenly recalled the incident that had happened during her grandmother's birthday

celebration in Jianghai. At that time, the Jiangdong leaders had also addressed Ye Fan as Mr. Chu.

Could Ye Fan and Mr. Chu be the same person?

But Qiu Mu-Cheng squashed that thought as soon as it appeared.

She smiled self-deprecatingly.

How could he be Mr. Chu?

If he were really Mr. Chu, then why would he be working at a restaurant?

Before this, Su Qian had already told her about seeing Ye Fan working at Sheng Tian Restaurant. At

first, Qiu Mu-Cheng had not believed her friend but, later, after she had seen Ye Fan at Yunwu Lake,

she could not help but believe Su Qian's story.

Now, she finally knew the truth. Ye Fan had been working as a server at the restaurant while she was

at her office.

Actually, when she had found out the truth, Qiu Mu-Cheng felt more guilty than angry.

For the past three years, her husband had been working as a server in a restaurant. How could she not

know this?

No wonder Ye Fan had rarely asked her for money, even though he was the one in charge of managing

the household and cooking their meals. The truth was that he had been using his wages as a server to

support the family.

While Qiu Mu-Cheng was lost in a daze, the hall continued to remain silent.

Everybody was waiting for the "Mr. Chu” to make his appearance; they were all looking around with

tense and expectant looks on their faces.

Even Wu He-Rong, who was standing on the stone platform in the center of the hall, was looking

sombre. His eyes gleamed sinisterly, like those of a tiger, as he swept his gaze around the area.

At this moment, the nearly ten-thousand strong crowd in the hall was waiting for "Mr. Chu" to show

himself.

One second~

Two seconds.

One minute.

Two minutes~

In the end, five whole minutes passed by and still nobody inside the hall stood up.

The "Mr. Chu," whom everyone was waiting for, did not show up.

When Zhao Wu-Ji saw this, he burst out laughing.

"Hahaha~"

"Mr. Chen, there is no need to wait anymore."

"I have already told you. Your so-called Mr. Chu and that useless old man have already fled together in

the same car."

"I did give you advice on this matter. That fellow is just an inexperienced brat."

"But you fellows insisted on pinning your hopes on him. What a joke!"

"And now what?"

"He did not even have the courage to step into the ring and has already fled in fear. Although my fighter

was defeated, he at least had the courage to face his opponent."

"But what about you, Mr. Chen?" "You found two fighters, but both of them turned out to be cowards."

"Mr. Chen, you had better go get your eyes checked. There are so many people in Jiangdong, but you

could only find rubbish."

"Hahaha~"

Zhao Wu-Ji ridiculed Chen Ao ceaselessly.

Zhao Wu-Ji had looked like a fool after his fighter's pathetic defeat at the hands of Wu He-Rong. At that

time, Chen Ao and company had teased him mercilessly.

Now, the non-appearance of "Mr. Chu” had given Zhao Wu-Ji the opportunity to pay them back for the

insults, and he was going to spare no effort to do so.

As Chen Ao listened to the gleeful jeers from Zhao Wu-Ji and his men, a heavily sombre expression

came over his face.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan still had not showed up despite the long wait. This caused Li Er's and Lei San's

confidence to be shaken.

And so, they turned to look at Chen Ao.

"Mr. Chen, this... this Mr. Chu, could he have ran away?” the duo asked tremulously.

After all, Wu He-Rong's earlier display of prowess had been so awe-inspiring and scary that even Xing

He had been scared off. So it was not improbable to think that Ye Fan had been scared off as well.

"The both of you shut up right now!"

Right now, Chen Ao was overwhelmed with panic as well. But Li Er and Lei San were still chattering

away around him, so it was only natural that he would get angry and lash out at them.

However, after blowing his top, Chen Ao looked around the hall and asked again in his heavy voice,

"Mr. Chu, please save Jiangdong~"

Once again, the venue was filled with the piteous pleadings of the Jiangdong leaders.

When they heard such respectful words from the VIPs, Li Xiao-Hong and company could not help

feeling even more curious.

"Ye Fan, what kind of person do you think this 'Mr. Chu' is?"

"A person who could command such respect from Master Er of Yunzhou must be very powerful indeed,

right?"

"Why isn't he coming out?”

As she was speaking to Ye Fan, she also looked around, hoping to spot the mysterious Mr. Chu.

But at this moment, the hitherto silent Ye Fan stood up slowly. And then his nonchalant voice

resounded through the hall in an instant: "As you wish!"

The moment he stood up, it was as if a light had lit up in the darkness.

Swoosh~

In the twinkling of an eye, all the surrouding spectators turned to look in Ye Fan's direction.

Li Xiao-Hong was frightened out of her wits. Her pretty face turned pale and she pulled at him in a

panic.

"Ye Fan?"

"What are you doing?”

"Have you gone mad?"

"Quick, sit down!"

"If you fool around at this sort of event, they will kill you."

Li Xiao-Hong had not imagined that Ye Fan would stand up at this moment. As she reeled in panic, she

hurriedly pulled at Ye Fan to make him sit down.

"Shit!"

"Are you a moron?"

"Have you gone insane?!"

"Shit! If you want to die, go do so by yourself! Don't drag us down with you!"

Not only Li Xiao-Hong, but Wang Yu and Liu Jia-Wei were also frightened out of their wits the moment

they saw Ye Fan standing up. The looks on their faces showed that they knew they were in a tight spot

indeed.

What sort of place was this?

This was where all the leaders of Jiangdong had gathered.

Almost all of the top elites of the province were here.

It could be said that, right now, Mount Tai Hall was the center of power of Jiangdong Province.

And Ye Fan was fooling around at such a place. So it was only natural for Liu Jia-Wei and company to

panic. They were afraid that Ye Fan's foolishness would get them in trouble as well.

"Shit!" "What a moron.'

"If I had known this was going to happen, I would not have let him come with us."

"He will be the death of us!"

When they saw that Ye Fan had no intention of getting back into his seat, Liu Jia-Wei and company got

so frightened that they wet their pants. They also started lashing out at him and it looked as if they were

ready to step forward and kick him to death.

"Ye Fan, please don't go?”

"You are still not at the level where you can participate in such an event." Li Xiao-Hong's eyes were

filled with worry and, to stop him from leaving, she continued to hold on tightly to him.

Ye Fan had been the first person to treat her nicely and lend her a helping hand. He was also the first

member of the opposite sex she admired. That was why she did not want to see him fool around and

get hurt.

But Ye Fan smiled and turned to look at the red-eyed beauty.

"Xiao-Hong, you said I was still groping around in the darkness and that I would need another twenty

years before I could stand with the VIPs."

"Today, I will let you know. I don't need twenty years to reach that position."

"When was I ever lost in the darkness? I am as bright as the sun itself."

"Wherever I am, there will be light!"

After he had spoken, Ye Fan turned around.

As everyone looked on, he walked down the steps with his head held high.

And the entirety of this place was filled with his soul-stirring presence!

Li Xiao-Hong was dumbfounded as she stared at his retreating back. For a long while, she found

herself lost in a daze-