A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 292 Disdained

In no time, Ye Fan and the rest reached the house of the deputy mayor.

Since he was a high-ranking leader in the city, he lived in a standalone bungalow arranged by the city

administration.

The bungalow wasn't very luxurious, but it was pretty big. There were several uniformed guards

patrolling outside the estate.

After all, this neighborhood was filled with other government officials, so the security in this area was

particularly strict.

Even though Han Shao-Jie was the son of the deputy mayor, he still had to register his guests before

he could bring them in.

"Wow, this is really a government official's house alright. If you don't know anyone inside, you probably

can't come in at all,” remarked Shen Fei as he noticed how tight the security was.

Even though Shen Fei was close to Han Shao-Jie, he rarely came to Han Shao-Jie's house.

After all, Shen Fei knew that his reputation in Yunzhou wasn't the best. He had never gotten himself

into serious trouble before, but he had gotten himself into small issues every now and then, so he was

really afraid that if he went to the deputy mayor's house, he might never walk out again.

Ye Fan and the rest had already gotten out of the car.

There were several luxury cars already parked in front of the bungalow and Han Shao-Jie immediately

frowned at this. "Mr Ye, it looks like my dad has already started to check the stones. We'd better go in

quickly!"

Han Shao-Jie could tell that these license plates belonged to people from out of town, and figured that

these cars were probably owned by those jadeite suppliers.

He thought that his father would be checking the rocks only in one or two days. He didn't expect his

father to act so quickly.

Had his father already found some great master who knew about rocks?

Han Shao-Jie thought about these things as he brought his friends into the bungalow.

There were four or five middle aged men seated in the living room. They were all in neat suits and

leather shoes with a tie. The way they spoke and moved made them look respectable and authoritative.

It was clear that everyone here was probably someone of high status.

The one seated right in the middle was wearing glasses and looked fairly scholarly and reserved, but

that look of authority that belonged to a leader was very clearly displayed on his face.

Indeed, this man was Han Shao-Jie's father, the deputy mayor of Yunzhou, Han Dong-Min. Next to him

was an elderly man with white hair wearing a tangzhuang. His eyes were slightly narrowed as he

remained silent and looked like he was above the rest.

But Han Dong-Min was not upset by his behavior at all and poured tea politely several times for this

elderly man, and looked at the elderly man with great respect.

There were nearly ten rough stones on the table in the middle of the living room and a red cloth

covered them.

Just as they were conversing, the living room door was opened.

Han Shao-Jie came in with his friends.

"Dad, you haven't started yet, right? Phew! I'm glad I made it in time," Han Shao-Jie immediately

breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rough stones still placed neatly on the table.

"Hmm?"

Everyone in the living room was startled by Han Shao-Jie's sudden entrance.

Han Dong-Min immediately frowned. "Why are you here?"

"Get out! You useless fellow, can't you see that I'm discussing business with important guests? Is this a

place where you can come in whenever you like?"

Han Dong-Min was really annoyed when he saw this useless son of his.

His son was never serious about working and kept hanging out with the equally useless son of the

Shen family. Han Shao-Jie either wanted money from his father, or he needed his father to help get

someone out from trouble. If his mother hadn't constantly protected him, Han Dong-Min would have

broken this unfilial son's legs a long time ago.

Sometimes Han Dong-Min couldn't help but sigh. He had been a successful and upright man all his life,

so how did he end up with a good-for-nothing as a son?!

"Dad, don't be so anxious. I'm not here to ask you for money, but I'm here to help you. Weren't you

looking for an expert in rough jade? I found you one. He's here, Master Ye Fan!"

"I tell you, Master Ye is simply amazing. He just needs to look at it and he would know if a rock contains

treasure or nothing. He can tell if it's the glass type or the ice type, whether it's Yang jade or imperial

jade! At the auction not too long ago, Master Ye showed off his prowess by first discovering a rock with

Yang jade, then another one with imperial jade, and his moves completely floored the entire crowd!"

Han Shao-Jie continued to boast about Ye Fan and even called him a Master in order to make Ye Fan

sound more impressive.

Han Shao-Jie kept smiling at his father as he spoke like he was waiting for Han Dong-Min to give him

credit and praise him.

But the things that Han Shao-Jie did capture the attention of the men in the living room.

Even the elderly man in a tangzhuang who had his eyes narrowed and looked like he was above

everyone else widened his cloudy eyes when he heard mention of

Yang jade and imperial jade.

"Oh? So where is this Master Ye you're talking about?” asked Han Dong-Min immediately.

"Dad, it's this guy over here! Ye Fan, Master Ye, my best buddy!"

Han Shao-Jie looked to one side and everyone followed his gaze.

All they saw was a skinny young man dressed very simply and standing there with a calm look on his

face. Behind him was Lu Wen-Jing in a white dress. Perhaps it was because this was the first time she

was in such a place and was afraid of strangers, her eyes were filled with fear and she held tightly onto

Ye Fan's hand.

"Are you referring to him?" Han Dong-Min's expression fell.

Han Shao-Jie immediately nodded and smiled, "That's right, Dad. This is Master Ye and he's really

incredible at judging rocks! He's definitely the best in Yunzhou! No, he's the best in Jiangdong!"

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But after Han Shao-Jie said this, Han Dong-Min reached the peak of his fury. He really wished he could

just kick this stupid son of his to death.

This was just a young punk and his son said he was a master at judging rocks? And the best in

Jiangdong?

And he could discover Yang jade and imperial jade?

Did this stupid son of his think that it was easy to fool him?

When it came to rock gambling, having a talent wasn't that important. The most important thing was to

have experience. It was more important to have experience in going through thousands of rocks.

This Ye Fan was only in his twenties. What sort of experience could a young punk like him have?

But his stupid son was spouting nonsense about how this guy was the best in

Yunzhou and the best in Jiangdong!

Han Dong-Min just felt that his useless son had really embarrassed him this time!

"You useless brat! Get out now! Stop embarrassing me here!" shouted Han Dong-Min furiously. His

angry voice echoed through the entire living room.

The rest of the men in the living room just shook their heads and laughed. They were clearly mocking

Han Shao-Jie with their eyes.

They never thought that a sharp and intelligent man like Mayor Han would actually have such an

interesting and unique son.

The elderly man had been silent all along, but now he actually scoffed.

"Young people these days really don't understand anything about humility. After reading a few books

and touching a few rocks, you dare to call yourself the best in Jiangdong? My teacher, the King of

Rocks of Jiangdong, Wei Fu, had discovered so much jade in his life, but even Master Wei had never

been so boastful,” said the old man as he shook his head and smiled. The mocking and sarcasm in his

calm words were very apparent.

After being embarrassed in front of so many people, Han Dong-Min couldn't stand it and his expression

was very nasty.

He was so angry that he marched over to Han Shao-Jie and nearly kicked him. "You unfiIial son! Don't

you find yourself embarrassing enough yet? Take your lousy friends and get out of here!”