A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 1978

It was a state of dishevelment inside the manor of the Vias family.

“This is very fine wine. A most excellent drink indeed! The meat is splendid as well. Life is so wonderful, Ma De. No wonder that sorry b*stard Ye Fan was dying to come back. Good wine, great food, and beautiful women... Even if I were to be struck dead, I'd still try to come back here if I could.”

Owing to the size of the Vias manor itself, much of the other areas remained intact in spite of the extensive damage sustained by the main region of the estate after the major clashing that took place earlier.

At that moment, Huangniu was dining and wining away in the middle of the hall, its greasy mouth slobbering.

“Huh? Aren't you ladies going to eat? Eat up, so you'd have more energy to go at it with Ye Fan tonight! You don't want to underestimate him because of his skinny frame. The man's a real beast. My Wan'er became weak and couldn't even walk properly for two days afterward because of him, so you all will do well to learn from it.”

While Huangniu spoke, it twisted off two drumsticks and passed them along to Junie and Noa.

Unquestionably stunned, Junie and Noa started to wonder what sort of freak it was.

If it was not enough that the calf could talk, it had a rather uncouth mouth; bringing up dirty jokes even.

“You go ahead. W-We're not hungry.”

A little astonished and somewhat bewildered, Noa waved her hand dismissively in reply.

“Hey, I tried. You chose not to listen, so don't blame me for not warning you when you can't get yourselves out of bed tomorrow morning.”

Huangniu shook its head with sage-like disapproval before it continued gobbling away like a hurricane.

Junie and Noa were both too innocent to understand what Huangniu was insinuating.

Why would they be unable to walk for no reason at all?

Seeing how engrossed Huangniu was with whatever he was doing drew a bitter smile from Junie and her

companion.

Is this calf really Ye Fan's friend? How could it still work up such an appetite while its own friend's life hung in the balance?

They reckoned therein that Ye Fan must not be very discerning about the company he kept.

Beset by anxiety, neither one of them felt any hankering for food. Instead, they were casting their glances outside from time to time.

Although Junie and Noa had attested to Ye Fan's prowess and seen how he was able to singlehandedly take the world by storm, their hearts remained tightly wound as ever, unable to settle.

That was especially the case for Junie who felt personally responsible for drawing Ye Fan into that conflict.

She was worried about how she might hold herself accountable to Ye Fan's parents and loved ones should anything happen to him.

“Is Indra that powerful, Ms. Vias? Is he really stronger than Ye Fan?”

Having heard Noa recount Ye Fan's suppression by the ancestor and ancient master of India on a previous occasion had doubtlessly compounded Junie's worries.

That was the one thing that she was most concerned about.

Even though King Folo and his crew were no match for Ye Fan, there was no telling how scary the lost legacy of India's martial arts world might be, with several thousand years of history behind it.

When Noa shook her head, the fretfulness was visible on her dainty face. “I don't know either. Whatever the case, there was a silhouette that appeared on Folo Mountain that time, though it was vanquished by Ye Fan within a few blows.”

Junie's unease only burgeoned when she heard that.

“That jerk's still as impulsive as he was back then, doesn't seem to have learned his lesson after having gone through this before. Couldn't he discuss his plan with me first before he went galivanting?”

Junie was on the verge of tears.

“No, I must go to Folo Palace to find him.”

She no longer wished to keep waiting as the tension from the uncertainty was almost driving her crazy.

“I'd strongly advise against that. Not only will you not be of help to Ye Fan, but your presence will also become a liability to him,” Huangniu's voice rang out behind her.

I can't believe that this guy is still munching away on a drumstick.

With her teeth biting down tautly on her red lip, Junie ultimately forwent the idea of venturing forth to Folo Palace on her own.

Huangniu's right. My being there would only become a distraction for Ye Fan, but surely I can't continue to sit here and do nothing?

“I know you must know of some ways to help Ye Fan, Mr. Huangniu, so won't you please go and do that?” Junie suddenly turned to plea with Huangniu.

“Banish the thought!” Huangniu rejected her request outright without giving it a second thought. “Save him? Like hell, I will! That rascal tried to get me killed by dragging me down to the Thundersea, so he should already be counting his lucky stars that I didn't slaughter him myself!”

Huangniu's resolute rejection took Junie and Noa aback.

“A-Aren't the two of you like, friends?” asked Noa in puzzlement.

“Friends? You've got to be kidding me! He's no friend of mine! The last time he visited my old home, he almost cleaned out all the treasures from my cave. Tell me, do you think that's the sort of thing a decent human would do?”

Continuing, he said, “Besides, the b*stard pulled me into the Thundersea and almost got me struck dead by lightning. Afterward, I was abandoned, left lying out there in the wilderness for several days while he went fooling around. He returned with two chicks but didn't even bother finding me one. For one, he's unprincipled, and two, disloyal. That's why this bugger is no friend of mine!”

Speaking of Ye Fan got Huangniu in a cantankerous mood, and there was no amount of gripingthat would suffice as relief for the amount of displeasure he had pent up inside.

As Huangniu ranted on, it helped itself to a couple more glasses of wine.

“l-lt's nothing like that. Ye Fan and I are just friends.”

Noa's face became a little blushed as Huangniu spoke without a filter, even in the presence of Ye Fan's main squeeze.

Afraid that Junie might misunderstand, Noa promptly explained herself despite the fact that Junie herself had little to say about it.

The latter was quite disappointed with Huangniu, though.

It would seem like this calf cannot be counted on.

Just like that, Junie and the others continued to wait several hours, stewing in torrid fretfulness, and in between, Noa had people sent out seeking news.

Around midnight, someone came running in.

“B-Back. The head of the family is back! The god has returned!”

The subordinates were extremely hyped up.

That was right. Ever since they witnessed Ye Fan's greatness, everyone in the manor, regardless of standing, started to regard Ye Fan as though he was

borne of divinity.

With one fist to shake the mountains and a palm to rule them all, that was, in their esteem, the sort of capability that only the gods possessed.

Bang!

A shadowy figure fell from the sky and landed on the hard floor outside just as the last person's voice trailed off.

Noa and Junie immediately ran out.

Guided by the flickering light of the lamps by the doorway, they were able to see clearly that it was a body.

Covered in blood and left with only two limbs, the body's owner was alive, albeit barely, as one was able to make out the groans that he let out.

“Ye Fan... Boohoo..”

Noa spontaneously burst into tears as she ran over.

Kneeling beside and clutching that broken body, she bawled her eyes out.

In the beginning, Junie, too, was shocked.

Being more experienced and worldly than Noa, she was able to tell very quickly that the man was Fen Tian and not Ye Fan. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Whoosh!

At that instant, a blistering wind swept across them, and a fiery sword embedded itself into the ground before Junie.

“As promised, I've brought you who you asked for, Junie. So, what do you think? I, Chu Tianfan, have always been a man of my word. Having sworn to seek vengeance on your behalf, I have done just that.”

Sounds of impassive laughter echoed from the fore.

The sobbing Noa's head shot up, and alongside Junie, she turned in the direction of the voice, only to see a slender silhouette emerge steadily from the darkness.

All smiles as he strode on the graveled path, he drove his slender frame forward on this moonless night.

That smidgen of pleasure expressed upon his delicate features was as delightful as a spring breeze, akin to a king who had returned after being victorious over the

vicious.

“Ye Fan!”

“Ye Fan!”

Two squeals of joy seemingly erupted at the same time.