A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 171

"Her phone is switched off?"

"Could something have happened to her?”

Ye Fan frowned as he felt a nagging bit of worry.

But on second thought, after taking into consideration her status and level of influence, he decided that she was probably not in any sort of big trouble.

However, out of concern for his friend, Ye Fan made a call to Li Er to ask for more information.

Li Er had always been Xu Lei's rival in Yunzhou.

On the surface the both of them appeared to have a harmonious relationship but, privately, competition had always been fierce between them.

There was not enough room for two kings in Yunzhou City. But although Li Er and Xu Lei were not mortal enemies, they were still competitors.

In Great China, there was a saying: the person who understands you the most is not yourself but your rival.

Therefore, in the whole of Yunzhou, the person who understood Xu Lei the most was Li Er, the person who had been her rival for so many years.

"Mm?"

"The Xu family has sent their people here?” Ye Fan's curiosity was piqued after hearing what Li Er had to say.

"Yes, Mr. Chu. A few outsiders came to Hongqi Group a few days ago. After carefully investigating them, I deduced that they must be Xu Lei's family elders."

"I guess something must have happened to her family?"

"From the looks of things, Xu Lei's family must have transferred her out of Yunzhou. Yesterday, she resigned from her position as president of Hongqi Group and somebody else was put in charge of the company."

"Oh? Something like that happened?" Ye Fan was slightly surprised. He had not expected Xu Lei to leave just like that.

But Ye Fan did not ask anymore questions after finding out the truth. After all, this was Xu Lei's family matter. As an outsider, he had no right to go meddle in somebody else's family affairs.

"But could Xu Lei be a member of the Xu family of Yanjing?"

When he thought of this, Ye Fan shook his head with a smile.

He had not imagined that Xu Lei had such a powerful background.

But it made sense. Xu Lei was just a woman after all. Even though she was a resourceful person, there was no way she could have grown the company to such an extent all by herself.

Moreover, Xu Lei had been wearing another hat as the regional manager of Hongqi Bank while she was running her company.

According to Ye Fan's knowledge, both extraordinary capabilities and a powerful family background were needed for a person to become a regional manager of Hongqi Bank.

Now that he had found out the truth behind Xu Lei's disappearance, Ye Fan felt relieved.

He had been afraid that Xu Lei was in trouble, but now it seemed that he had been worrying too much. They were Xu Lei's blood-related family after all, so they would do nothing to harm her. Ye Fan had nothing more to worry about.

But just as he was about to end the call, Li Er suddenly chimed in with a request.

"Mr. Chu, it will be Mid-Autumn in a few days. Every year on that day, the Yunzhou city government will collaborate with the business magnates to organize some festive activities. And the most popular one is the auction held at Shanshui Hall."

"This year, I am involved in the planning for the auction and I have come up with some new gimmicks. I hope Mr. Chu can do me a favor by giving me something that I can put up for the auction."

Before Li Er could complete his sentence, Ye Fan interrupted him and shook his head with a laugh.

"You old bastard. How dare you try to take advantage of me?"

"My wife runs a tight ship at home. I even have to save up money just to be able to afford my own meals. Under the circumstances, do you think I own anything presentable enough for the auction?”

"For things like this, isn't it better for you to ask Shen Jiu-Yi? That old fellow owns a lot of precious antiques. That time, he even came up with an original painting by Tang Bo-Hu."