A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 1148

Lu Cang-Qiong nearly blew up.

He Lan-Shan and Wu Wei-Tao had accorded him the respect one would give their fathers and teachers. Who would have expected them to turn on him so quickly and hurl curses at him? They had actually called him a scoundrel!

Lu Cang-Qiong had lived a long life. Ye Fan had been the first person who had belittled and insulted him.

Yet now He Lan-Shan and Wu Wei-Tao had followed suit.

The two men didn't seem bothered by Lu Cang-Qiong's fury at all.

In fact, they had begun cursing Lu Cang-Qiong secretly.

He Lan-Shan wished fervently that he could kill the old man.

This was an old man who had one foot in the grave. He should have just stayed at home, lay in bed and waited for death. Why had he come all the way to Yunzhou to create so much trouble for them?

Nothing would have gone wrong if he had kept to pushing around commonfolk with no power or authority.

But he had decided to incur the wrath of Ye Fan instead.

He was from a powerful family in Yanjing and a well-respected figure. But, so what?

He was still a useless old man and an ignorant fool who had underestimated his enemy.

"Go ahead and get yourself killed if you want to die, but why did you get us involved in your mess?" lamented He Lan-Shan. He was going to wet himself.

Profanity filled his head as he cursed Lu Cang-Qiong inwardly.

He had no personal grudge with Ye Fan and the both of them had stayed away from each other and minded their own business. In fact, He Lan-Shan had given Ye Fan a bottle of wine as a gift in the past. There had been no enmity between them at all.

But Lu Cang-Qiong's desire for vengeance had gotten He Lan-Shan into trouble with Ye Fan.

"It's his fault that I'm done for,” moaned He Lan-Shan inwardly.

"Lu Cang-Qiong? Who is that? Is that another one of your officials in Jiangdong?" Li Hong-Ze frowned when he heard that name. He clearly did not know who Lu Cang-Qiong was.

The Lu family might be a powerful family with a strong presence in the political arena, but Lu Cang-Qiong had only been a secretary for some of the higher-ranking executives when he had been younger and still working. He was a respected figure because he had lived long enough to earn it. Besides, he was their elder. His age and his length of service warranted respect.

That explained why many in the government usually let the old man have his way if doing that didn't cause too much trouble or went against the rules.

In fact, He Lan-Shan had received him personally when he had arrived at Yunzhou because he knew how influential and powerful Lu Cang-Qiong's son was. He hadn't done it because of how much he respected the old man.