A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 2000

“Mr. Li, please get up. If you continue kneeling, your body won't be able to take it.”

Li Er and the others had been kneeling the entire night outside of the condominium.

When midnight came, Li Er's body finally could not take it anymore. After a series of violent coughs, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

If it were not for Shen Fei and the others who held Li Er up in time, the latter would have passed out onto the ground.

“No! I will never stand up as long as Mrs. Chu doesn't forgive me. I'll never get up, even if I die on my knees. Mr. Chu had to endure such a painful death just to save us back then. This is nothing compared to his suffering.” Li Er gritted his teeth and got to his knees again.

Chen Nan and Shen Fei wanted to cry as they watched the scene before them.

Even so, Chen Nan did not feel as miserable as Shen Fei since she was not too close to Li Er.

Shen Fei, however, grew up under the old man's care.

Both he and his father had been working under Li Er for quite some time. Thus, he knew how much the elderly man before him feared death.

Nonetheless, the man who feared death was willing to die kneeling to beg for a woman's forgiveness.

Shen Fei and the others knew Li Er did that only because of guilt.

For the past few years, remorse had been tormenting the three elderly men.

Perhaps, to them, it would be a form of release if they died kneeling before Ye Fan's wife.

“Dad, I'm begging you. Please stand up. You've just had surgery. Your body can't handle it,” Chen Nan implored her father.

Right after Li Er vomited blood, Chen Ao could not endure it anymore and collapsed to the ground.

He awakened after Chen Nan gave him some water.

Without taking any time to rest, Chen Ao dragged his weary body to the door and kneeled in front of it.

No matter how hard his daughter cried or how dizzy he felt, Chen Ao did not budge.

“Don't bother about me, Nan. This is what I owe Mr. Chu. When I was at my weakest, it was Mr. Chu who helped me through the hardship. When I was being foolish, he was so generous to spare my life and let me make a comeback in Jiangbei. The fall of Mr. Chu happened because he wanted to protect me and his millions of subordinates. Now that he is dead, his widow is the last trace of him being in this world.

Hence, we're willing to die to atone for our sins.” Chen Ao's tone was firm.

Though Lei San said, he, too, had a defiant look in his eyes.

Chen Nan and Shen Fei were stunned.

In the past, Shen Fei's concept of loyalty was friends chilling together at roadside stalls, having drinks, and eating barbequed food, while lending a helping hand in fights.

At that moment, Li Er gave Shen Fei a valuable and shocking lesson of loyalty.

Even if someone died many years ago, true friendship would never end.