A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 132 Am I, Ye Fan, Really This Useless?

Yunzhou.

The night breeze stirred up a multitude of ripples as it brushed gently across the lake.

And when it blew past the trees on both sides of the street, the leaves rustled in response.

After Ye Fan ended the call, the smile he had on his face when he was chatting with his wife vanished

right away, and was replaced by an expressionless calmness.

"You really do care about her."

Xu Lei had been listening to Ye Fan's conversation with Qiu Mu-Cheng. Suddenly, she laughed lightly.

Her tone was filled with envy when she spoke. After all, was this not a woman's greatest happiness?

To have a man who would think of and show concern for her, no matter where she was.

Ye Fan smiled lightly and changed the

topic.

"Miss Xu, if everything proceeds as planned, I will be leaving Yunzhou tonight. I hope you will help me

look after Mu-Cheng. Also, please devote your attention to the prep work for Mu Fan Real Estates."

Xu Lei nodded. A gentle breeze disturbed her forelock, and she lifted her hand to brush it into place.

She was imbued with such elegance that she looked mesmerizing even when she was just brushing

her hair. Many passersby even turned their heads to gawk at her beauty.

And yet, no matter how beautiful she was, her love for this man was destined to be a one-sided affair.

From the beginning to the end, Ye Fan had not looked at Xu Lei even once. He had only been looking

calmly at wide expanse of mist-covered lake, while the brillance of the night sky was reflected in his

eyes.

"Have you really made up your mind to go?"

"Aren't you afraid that it might turn out to be a one-way trip?”

"Chen Ao and Li Er can't run away because they are involved in this matter. But you can stay away.

Why get yourself mixed up in this?" Xu Lei asked softly.

Ye Fan shook his head with a smile.

"Heavy is the head that wears the crown."

"Besides, this calamity that has befallen Jiangdong may have something to do with me. So I have to be Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

the one to resolve this problem."

Ye Fan's low voice resounded softly across the mist-covered lake. However, just then, nobody could

see the sinister look in his eyes.

Only moments ago, Han had already called to inform Ye Fan that Wu He-Rong was very likely

someone sent by Chu Qi-Tian, the third young master of the Chu family.

From the very beginning, Ye Fan had suspected that avenging a long-ago grudge was not Wu He-

Rong's only motive for crossing the ocean and returning to Jiangdong. Now it looked like his real

motive was most probably to take control of Jiangdong first, and then help the third young master of the

Chu family to get rid of Ye Fan. Therefore, Ye Fan had no other choice but to participate in the duel at

Mount Tai.

Otherwise, once Wu He-Rong controlled Jiangdong, everything he had built up here would have gone

to waste. Also, his wife's and his mother's lives would be put at risk.

Xu Lei was suddenly stunned.

As she looked at Ye Fan's from the side, for an instant, she thought that the man standing before her

was glowing softly under the moonlight. Especially after he had said "heavy is the head that wears the

crown," she felt that there was a certain lofty quality about him that stirred her soul.

However, just as she was immersed in staring at Ye Fan, a graceful figure appeared behind him and

started to walk quietly toward them. Xu Lei was slightly surprised when she saw the new arrival, and a

serious expression came over her face.

Xu Lei's odd behavior attracted Ye Fan's attention and he immediately asked, "Mm? What is the matter

with you?"

"Turn around and see for yourself. Your wife is here."

Xu Lei smiled lightly and looked at Ye Fan. It was as if she was saying, "Good luck, you are on your

own."

What?

Ye Fan was surprised and immediately turned around to look. And, just as expected, he saw a frosty-

faced Qiu Mu-Cheng.

"Mu... Mu-Cheng, why are you here?" For some reason, Ye Fan felt a pang of guilty conscience. Even

though he had not done anything wrong, he was afraid that his wife might misunderstand the situation.

"Why did you lie to me?¹

"You are obviously still in Yunzhou. And you obviously have not returned to the countryside. Why did

you lie to me?"

Standing on the bank of Yunwu Lake, Qiu Mu-Cheng stared expressionlessly at Ye Fan and her chilly

voice rang out immediately.

As the breeze stirred up ripples on the lake, it also brushed against Qiu Mu-Cheng's forelock, causing

strands of her hair to flutter about all over the place.

She tried her best to suppress her emotions and keep her voice calm. But when she spoke, her voice

could not help but tremble.

There was a pained look in Ye Fan's eyes as he tried to explain: "Mu-Cheng, I have my difficulties. I will

explain things to you in the future, okay?"

"Difficulties?"

"Is she your difficulties?" In the end, Qiu Mu-Cheng could no longer keep her emotions under control,

and she lashed out at Ye Fan while pointing at Xu Lei.

"In the past, I have wondered. Why did the top tycoon of Yunzhou, the president of Hongqi Group,

lower her standards to work with a small company like mine?"

"At my grandmother's birthday, why did so many big shots come bearing gifts?"

"And at the jewelry exhibition, why did Young Master Shen give away a diamond ring and express such

goodwill?"

"So all that happened because of your so-called difficulties."

Qiu Mu-Cheng laughed in a self-deprecating manner, and her eyes reddened as a look of

unfathomable disappointment came over her beautiful face.

"To work like a pack animal for others, and risk your life for them." "Do you think I would be interested in

a shallow glory like this?"

"Ye Fan, I have told you before. I don't dislike you for your background and I don't care if you are

mediocre. You know what I hate? The fact that you are not trying to improve yourself and that you have

abandoned yourself to degeneration."

"Why? Why can't you depend on your own efforts to make something of yourself?"

"Why did you have to go kiss up to those rich people? Why did you have to sacrifice your dignity in

exchange for a pittance of their favor and charity?"

"Don't you find yourself pitiable?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes had turned red. As she screamed in fury at Ye Fan, tears could be seen forming

in her eyes.

She absolutely looked down on unmotivated people who had abandoned themselves to degeneration

and given up on their own dignity.

She could tolerate Ye Fan being poor and mediocre, but she absolutely would not permit her man to be

someone who curried favor with the rich and exchanged his principles for power.

Before this, she had not believed Su Qian's words. But now that she was witnessing this scene with her

own eyes, Qiu Mu-Cheng had no other choice but to believe her friend.

She finally understood. The glory Ye Fan had given her earlier was not self-earned; somebody had

given it to him. The scenario was exactly how Sun Yu-Hao and company had described back at the

Sheng Tian Restaurant.

Those big shots were not fools and there was no such thing as a free lunch. Ye Fan's sacrifices would

have to match the gifts they had given him.

And the more gifts Ye Fan received from them, the more he would have to pay back later.

He might even have to give up his life.

The night sky looked so lonely, as a breeze stirred up ripples on the lake.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes had already turned red, as she screamed at Ye Fan. And her angry voice, racked

with misery, resounded through the air.

Ye Fan continued to stand there calmly, his face devoid of emotions. In the face of Qiu Mu-Cheng's

anger, he suddenly broke into laughter; one that was filled with self-deprecation.

"Mu-Cheng, in your eyes, am I, Ye Fan, really this useless?"

"In your opinion, all my achievements were due to charity and favors given by others?"