"Do what's right?" Ye Fan burst out into laughter.
It was a cold laugh that was laced with fury and the threat of violence.
"Li Er, how dare you tell me to do what's right. Did Chen Ao do the right thing when he betrayed me? When my family's lives were at stake, my wife was in danger and Mufan Group had gone down, did Chen Ao do the right thing?" asked Ye Fan relentlessly.
His words were like bombs that dropped explosively amongst them.
His fury assailed them with the force of a tsunami.
Ye Fan wasn't a coldblooded or heartless man. But Chen Ao had gone too far and committed too terrible a sin.
Ye Fan dared not imagine what fate would befall his mother or his wife if he had not arrived in the nick of time then.
Chen Ao's betrayal had nearly led them to their ends.
How could Ye Fan forgive him?
Li Er and the rest flushed, then became deflated. Ye Fan's bombardment of accusatory questions had rendered them speechless.
Chen Ao knew that he deserved his punishment. His eyes were bright with tears as he turned towards Li Er and the others. "Please stop. Mr Chu is right. I deserve this. I deserve to die. I'm not worth your trying to save me.”
His voice was choked with tears and his words laden with guilt and regret. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he spoke.
He fell to his knees and said loudly, "Mr Chu, please kill me!"
Chen Ao's head collided with the floor with a loud and resounding thud that reverberated in the room.
"I'll give you what you want!" Ye Fan said with a mirthless smile and sent his palm slashing downward.
"No!"
Li Er and the others couldn't bear to witness the scene. Many of them shut their eyes instantly.
They knew that Chen Ao wasn't going to survive the blow.
Mr Chu's fist could put a dent in metal.
Chen Ao was just a man made of flesh and blood.
"Chen Ao, you fool, why did you betray Mr Chu?" lamented Li Er and the others. Fury and helplessness churned within them.
Just as everyone thought that Chen Ao was going to meet his maker, they heard the sound of screeching tires sounding outside Haiyuan Restaurant.
A beautiful young woman in a long dress charged into the restaurant the next moment.
"Dad!” A terrible cry startled everyone in the room.
Chen Ao trembled instantly and his pupils contracted in alarm. "Nannan, why are you here? Go home right now! Who told you to come? You stupid girl, you should be in Yanjing. Didn't I tell you not to come back to Jiangdong without my instructions? How dare you disobey my word!"
Chen Ao, who had not feared his own death, appeared slightly frantic at the sight of his own daughter.
He was terrified that in a fit of fury, Ye Fan might decide to kill his daughter as well.
He shoved Chen Nan away frantically and told her to leave Jiangdong and never come back.
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