A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 140

Anning County.

Inside a certain restaurant, seven or eight burly men were blocking the entrance of a restaurant.

A bald man, who was hugging a vampish-looking woman, found himself a chair and sat down. As he munched on some peanuts, he looked at the slim youth standing before him.

"Young man, are you from the countryside?" the bald man asked casually. The joking tone he used made it sound like he was toying with an ant.

That was not too far from the truth, the bald man thought. After all, in front of him, a powerless and penniless bumpkin from the countryside was no different from an ant.

Ye Fan put his hands into his pockets and looked calmly at the bald man. And then he said nonchalantly, "My father was heartless and abandoned my mother. So I have been living with my mother since. She lives in a township in the countryside so I suppose I am one of the rural folks."

The bald man burst out laughing when he heard this. "Since you are from the countryside, you should know your own limits when you are in the city. You are a bumpkin so you should be crawling in the mud. Otherwise, you will end up offending someone, like what you just did, and suffer the consequences for it."

The bald man spoke casually. While he was talking, he used one hand to gently stroke his female companion's high-class stockings and, with his other hand, he waved for one of his underlings to step forward. A moment later, the underling handed a metal bat to him.

And then, the bald man tossed the bat gently.

Piak~

A crisp sound rang out when the bat landed on the floor. The bat quivered for a bit as it rolled over to Ye Fan's feet.

"Someone wanted to buy one of your legs." "If you know what's good for you, pick up the bat and break the leg yourself."

"Don't make us do it for you."

"My men don't know their own strength. If you let them do it, they might break the 'leg' in the middle."

"Hahaha~"

When the surrounding crowd heard this, they burst out in mocking laughter. And the vampish-looking woman started fidgeting in his embrace as she complained about the bald man's uncouthness.

"How could you make an obscene joke in front of a lady?”

"What about it? Are you telling me that only women are allowed to use them at night, but men can't even speak of them during the day?"

"Haha~"

As the bald gangster cracked his joke, he slapped his female companion on the ass. A piak sound rang out and fine tremors rolled through the flesh of her curvy butt.

In response, the vampish-looking woman wiggled her body seductively, and her performance greatly aroused the bald gangster.

Clearly, they were showing great contempt for Ye Fan by pretending not to see him.

But Ye Fan did not get the least bit angry. He stuck his hands into his pockets and smiled lightly. "Not long ago, somebody threw a metal bat at me and told me to break my own legs. Just like what you did just now."

"Do you know what happened to him in the end?"

"What?" the bald gangster asked casually. He had an indifferent look on his face, as if he was just listening to someone tell a story.

The corner of Ye Fan's mouth twitched a little as he spoke: "That man will probably end up serving a life sentence in prison.”

Mm?

When the bald man heard this, a sombre look came over his face and he suddenly put more strength into the hand that was caressing the vampish-looking woman's thigh. The sudden increase in pressure hurt her and she moaned in pain.

"You bastard. I think you must have a death wish?"

"Do you know? In this Anning County, or even the whole of Jingzhou city, there are very few people who would dare to talk this way to me, Zhao Li-Chun."

"You are just a poor loser from the countryside. How dare you offend me?"

The expression on Zhao Li-Chun's face was as sombre as a graveyard, and the tone of his voice was as chilly as a blizzard.

What was the most taboo subject for underworld figures like Zhao Li-Chun?

Undoubtedly, it was going to prison.

And clearly, Ye Fan had infringed upon this taboo subject when he talked about sending someone to prison for life.

Suddenly, the mood in the room turned cold and heavy. The burly men glared fiercely at Ye Fan as they lifted their weapons.

It was obvious that they were about to attack him.

"You want to kill me?" However, Ye Fan continued to smile nonchalantly.

He stuck his hands into his pockets and stood there quietly. As he shook his head, he continued to smile lightly. "Can I ask you something? How powerful are you compared to Lei San of Jingzhou?"

"Mm?" Zhao Li-Chun frowned. "Master Lei San has been running Jingzhou for several decades. He is the number one honcho of the city and one of the top figures of Jiangdong province. Everybody in Jingzhou knows and respects Master Lei

San!"

"Obviously, I, Zhao Li-Chun, cannot hope to compare to him."

Anning County was just right below Jingzhou City.

Master Lei San of Jingzhou was so renowned that even somebody living in this small county, such as Zhao Li-Chun, had heard of him.