A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 109 Dinner Is on Miss Xu

Liuyuan Residential District.

Han Li and Qiu Lei were almost driven mad with anger.

Qiu Mu-Ying's words had caused their family to lose face. The couple's faces flushed red with rage

when they recalled the episode in the WeChat group.

"It's all your fault! If you weren't such a good-for-nothing!"

"Our family is being humiliated because you are so useless!"

Han Li was really upset by the episode in the WeChat group and, since there was no one else around,

she decided to vent her humiliation and grievances on her husband. After a while, the sound of Han Li

screaming startled Qiu Mu-Cheng out of her bedroom.

"Mom, what are you fighting about now? Can't you be quiet? I am still working, you know?" Qiu Mu-

Cheng had been working from home these past couple of days, as her office at the company was not

yet ready for occupation.

"Go look at the WeChat group yourself."

"That Qiu Mu-Ying, is a real piece of work," Han Li said viciously, as her body trembled with fury.

Qiu Mu-Cheng had no idea what was going on, so she picked up the phone and opened the WeChat

app. At that moment, there were already more than a hundred messages in the Qius' group.

She started to go through the messages one line at a time. When she saw Qiu Mu-Ying's humiliating

comments and the other Qius' belittling remarks against her, a terrible expression came over her face.

Inwardly, Qiu Mu-Cheng seethed with rage.

"Mom, why were you trying to show off!"

"Who told you to invite them to dinner?"

"Did you ask for my opinion?"

"Now, look at what you have done! You have shamed our family in front of

everybody!"

"I have worked so hard to earn that one tiny shred of dignity for myself, and you just threw it all away!"

"In future, I don't want you interfering in my business!"

Qiu Mu-Cheng was overwhelmed with anger, and her eyes were flushed red as she screamed at her

mother.

The Qius' snobbishness had angered her, but she was even angrier with her mother.

Qiu Mu-Cheng could put up with her mother wanting to invite their relatives to dinner. But she had been

unexpectedly shocked when she saw her mother's sudden turnabout during the conversation. Not only

had Han Li begged to be invited to Qiu Mu-Ying's dinner, but she had also brought up her daughter's

name during the conversation.

"I don't care if you want to embarrass yourself, but don't drag me down with you!”

Qiu Mu-Cheng did not want to stay in the house one second longer than necessary. She had had

enough. It was one thing for the Qius to humiliate her, but it was another thing for her own mother to let

down and embarrass her.

If Han Li had not been so eager to show off, their family would not have lost face today.

"Look at your daughter!”

"How dare she pin the blame on me?"

"She went and married a good-for-nothing and dragged us down with her. So what right does she have

to yell at me?"

Han Li's angry voice rang out from behind Qiu Mu-Cheng as she was walking away.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng did not want to listen to her mother. She shut the door with a bang, and walked

away with reddened eyes.

She had had enough with her parents and her family.

Sometimes, Qiu Mu-Cheng wished she could just leave this home that was filled with strife and

complaints.

Compared to her own home, Jianghai had felt like a more relaxing place.

But she could never just up and leave.

No matter how bad and snobbish Han Li was, she was still her mother.

Qiu Mu-Cheng could not just ignore the fact that Han Li had given birth to her and raised her.

"Mu-Cheng, what's wrong?”

The moment Qiu Mu-Cheng reached downstairs, she ran into Ye Fan.

In the past, Ye Fan had also mostly stayed away from home. Qiu Mu-Cheng had to go to work, and,

right after completing the housework, Ye Fan would leave the house to wait for his wife to finish work.

There were people he could not afford to offend, but he could still hide from them.

At this moment, Ye Fan had just reached home. And when he saw his wife's blotchy eyes, he could not

help feeling curious.

Qiu Mu-Cheng rubbed her eyes and answered nonchalantly, "It's nothing. Some sand got into my

eyes."

Ye Fan was not a member of the Qius' WeChat group, so he knew nothing about the unpleasant

incident between Han Li and the other Qius.

He did not know that Han Li had been humiliated in the WeChat group after announcing her intention to

celebrate her daughter's promotion. He also had no idea that Qiu Mu-Ying had used the name of

"Madam Chu" to invite all the Qius to dinner at Yunjing Hotel.

But even if Ye Fan had known, he would only smile and not give a damn.

Right from the start, Ye Fan had always considered the Qius to be small fries and unworthy of his

attention. If they were not Qiu Mu-Cheng's relatives, they would never have the chance to associate

with him.

Since his wife did not seem willing to talk, Ye Fan did not press her for an answer. Instead, he asked

her softly: "Are you free tonight?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng stared at Ye Fan and replied, "What are you up to?”

"Nothing much. Since you have just gotten a promotion, I thought we ought to go out and celebrate

with a dinner."

"I am not going." Another celebration. When she heard the c-word, her heart, that had only just calmed

down, suddenly surged with rage once again.

Clearly, she was still upset by the unpleasant episode in the family's chat group.

Needless to say, she was now the butt of her relatives'jokes.

And Qiu Mu-Cheng could tell that her cousin had done all that on purpose to humiliate her. Why else

would Qiu Mu-Ying invite all the Qius to dinner, and exclude her and her family? Also, her cousin had

deliberately chosen to host her dinner on the very same day that she was supposed to celebrate her

promotion. While all the Qius were celebrating Qiu Mu-Ying's wedding anniversary, not a single guest

would show up for Qiu Mu-Cheng's celebratory dinner. And so, Qiu Mu-Cheng and her family would

end up making fools of themselves. That must be what Qiu Mu-Ying wanted to see.

Ye Fan was not surprised by his wife's refusal. It was as if he had already anticipated her reaction.

During all their years of marriage, Qiu Mu-Cheng had never once dined out alone with him.

"Are you really not going?”

"This is an invitation from Miss Xu, the president of Hongqi Group."

Ye Fan smiled nonchalantly and said, "You could lose that contract if you offend Miss Xu. Are you sure

you want to take the risk?"

When Qiu Mu-Cheng heard this, she lifted her head and said anxiously, "Why didn't you say so earlier?

Quick, tell me the time and venue.”

"Also, considering Miss Xu's status, we should be the ones to invite her to dinner."

Qiu Mu-Cheng was a career-minded woman. She had no problem turning down Ye Fan's dinner

invitation, but there was no way she would say no to a business engagement with Miss Xu. For the

sake of her company, she had to show up.

"It is all taken care of. When the time comes, Miss Xu will send a car to pick us up. We just have to wait

at home tonight.” But before Ye Fan could finish speaking, his wife had already started walking away.

"I will go to the company and prepare the materials for the meeting with Miss Xu. I will not be back for

lunch."

As he looked at his wife's graceful and intoxicating figure, Ye Fan smiled lightly and said, "Mu-Cheng,

one of these days, you will know just how distinguished you really are. Even someone like Miss Xu

cannot be compared to you."

"In my eyes, even the welcoming and nourishing spring breeze cannot be compared to you~”

Soon, it was night.

And the Qius' WeChat group burst into activity.

"Ying-Ying, we are leaving for the hotel now."

"We will wait for you at the hotel's entrance."

"Han Li, have you found your barbeque stall yet? Do you want us to give you a ride?"

"Hahaha~"

One after another, many users in the Qius' WeChat group sent in messages to mock Qiu Mu-Cheng

and her family, who had become the butts of their jokes.

Han Li was overwhelmed with rage and, in the end, she turned off her phone to avoid having to look at

the comments.

"Hmph, it is just a stupid dinner."

"We weren't even interested in the first place,” Han Li scolded.

Meanwhile, Qiu Mu-Cheng had already returned home. To get herself ready for the dinner

engagement, she put on make-up and a sharp-looking OL business dress.

The figure-hugging hemline helped to accentuate her graceful and perfect figure, and the pair of sexy

high heels at the end of her long porcelain legs completed her ensemble for the evening. As for her

hairdo, she had chosen to wear her hair high tonight. At this moment, Qiu Mu-Cheng looked a bit less

cold and forbidding. Her business outfit made her looked like a seductive office lady and, overall, she

looked more mesmerizing than her usual self. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Just then, her phone rang. The caller was Ye Fan.

"Mu-Cheng, Miss Xu's car is here. Come down.”

Qiu Mu-Cheng gave an affirmative grunt and hurried downstairs.

A Benz S600 was already waiting when she went down. Xu Lei had come personally to pick them up.

When she saw Qiu Mu-Cheng, she smiled and said, "I have long heard about your peerless beauty.

Today, I can see that you are indeed pleasing to the eye. No wonder somebody is so hopelessly head

over heels in love with you. To the extend that he is willing to give up the whole world for your sake."

Ye Fan pretended that he had not heard Xu Lei, and turned his head to look elsewhere.

On the other hand, Qiu Mu-Cheng smiled embarrassedly and said, "Miss Xu, you must be joking."

Afterward, the trio did not loiter around and departed for the hotel in Xu Lei's car. Soon, they left the

residential district behind them.

At the same time, several cars that had gathered outside the Qiu's family house were moving out one

after another. They were all going to Qiu Mu-Ying's and Chu Wen-Fei's banquet.

Whoosh~

As the vehicles sped along the road, the cold wind blew harshly against them.

Orange beams from the headlights cut across the canopy of night sky, as the cars ferrying the two

parties sped through the city of Yunzhou.

Under the moonlight, the sound of their engines sounded like the roars of wild beasts.