A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 116 Nationwide Fame

"Good grief! Cheng-Cheng, don't tell me you are already in love with him?"

After Ye Fan's departure, Qiu Mu-Cheng returned to her office. But it was clear that Su Qian was not

willing to give up her line of inquiry. She went after Qiu Mu-Cheng and continued her questions.

"I wouldn't say I am in love with him. But, I feel that I am beginning to accept him."

Qiu Mu-Cheng was leaning against the window with a cup of steaming coffee in her hand. And as she

turned to look outside at the retreating back of her husband, an unfathomable smile appeared on her

lips.

"Whoa! Cheng-Cheng, how could you?"

"Have you forgotten what you told me? You said your future lover must be a refined and fashionable

person. You told me that he does not have to be rich, but must at least come from a family of scholars.

And he must be one of the elite talents of his field."

"But look at that good-for-nothing. Does he fulfil any of your requirements?"

"We will not talk about his background for now. Just look at the way he dresses. He is a complete

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"He is not worthy of you. Cheng-Cheng, you have to divorce him!"

"You are my BFF. You deserve to have a better man. Someone who will love and pamper you."

Clearly, Su Qian was repulsed by Ye Fan. It was not just his background; everything about him filled

her with disdain.

"A man who is even just a little capable would never deign to become a live-in son-in-law."

Su Qian sat down on the office desk and spoke seriously to her BFF: "A man who only knows how to

sponge off his wife is no different from a good-for-nothing. Once your grandfather gives the nod, you

will have to divorce him. I will find you a better man."

But Qiu Mu-Cheng kept her composure. She leaned against the window and smiled softly. "Qian-Qian,

Ye Fan is not as bad as you made him out to be."

"At least, he was able to step forward and shield me when I was in danger."

"And at least, he was able to stand up for me when I was being humiliated."

"I can sense that his feelings toward me are genuine.”

"In the past, I thought he was just a very ordinary person. Mediocre even. But after getting to know him

better, I find that he does possess some extraordinary qualities. He is like a mystery, and I can't help

but want to know more about him."

As she spoke, Qiu Mu-Cheng remembered the incident at Sheng Tian Restaurant, when Ye Fan

defeated multiple attackers to protect her. She also recalled her grandmother's banquet, when the top

honchos from all over Jiangdong had come to pay their respects to her. Nobody could see it but, just

then, there was a light shining in her eyes.

"Damn!"

"Cheng-Cheng, don't tell me you have fallen in love with him because of what happened during your

grandmother's banquet? You really think he is some kind of big shot?"

"You know his background, right? He is just a useless countryside bumpkin without a single backer. Do

you really think he is some kind of VIP?"

"The way I see it, those big shots only showed up for Ye Fan because he was easy to fool. That had

nothing to do with respect. They did him a favor because they wanted him to feel grateful to them. In

the future, they are going to expect Ye Fan to work for them wholeheartedly. Maybe even lay down his

life for them."

"I have seen things like that happen before. They have a name for people who do that sort of work! It's

'white gloves'!" "Ye Fan is probably the 'white gloves' for those big shots. And he is doing all the dirty

work on their behalf.” Su Qian spoke with the air of one who was narrating a fact.

Of course, Qiu Mu-Cheng did not take Su Qian's words to heart. After all, what the latter had said

sounded too incredible to be true. Qiu Mu-Cheng had never heard of such things before so, obviously,

she was not going to believe her BFF.

"Qian-Qian, you are overthinking things. I know Ye Fan. For starters, he does not have the ability to do

that sort of work. Also, although he has been putting up with a lot of humiliations ever since he married

into my family, I can tell that he is actually a man with a lot of pride. He will never deign to become the

'white gloves' for those people."

"Moreover, I don't care whether or not he is a VIP."

"Alright, I still have work to do. Stop bothering me. I will go look for you tonight."

Qiu Mu-Cheng did not wish to continue chatting, so she sent Su Qian away.

"Cheng-Cheng, think about what I just said. You are too naive, so I am afraid you will get cheated."

Before leaving, Su Qian did not forget to exhort her BFF to be careful and put down Ye Fan one more

time.

Finally, Su Qian sighed and departed for home without accomplishing anything.

"I have a house in the eastern suburb. Remember to come find me tonight, you wicked brat! You hear

me?" Su Qian and Qiu Mu-Cheng had been together since they were kids. They were not only BFFs

but also childhood friends. Needless to say, they were very close to each other. So Qiu Mu-Cheng

merely smiled helplessly after getting called a "wicked brat" by her BFF.

This girl. She is still the same after spending so many years abroad.

After she had finished smiling, she stopped thinking about the matter and continued with her work.

She had just signed the contract with Hongqi Group last night, and the funds were rolling in. There

were many projects that she needed to start working on right away.

But, she was interrupted at noon.

Suddenly, Qiu Mu-Cheng's phone started ringing, and a series of WeChat messages came flooding in.

"Mu-Cheng, quick! The show is on!”

"Get on Weibo!"

"Quick, get on Weibo~"

"Check out the hottest topic on Weibo!"

"Hahaha-"

"The Qiu family is famous now!"

Most of the WeChat messages were from her mother, Han Li. And the rest were from Su Qian. Both of

them were urging Qiu Mu-Cheng to get on Weibo.

Prodded by her own curiosity, she went to the Weibo page.

And she saw an attention-grabbing headline topping the list of hot topics.

"Shocking news!!!"

"Three million, six hundred and eighty thousand! An oddball family in Yunzhou City landed in jail after

eating the most expensive dinner ever!"

After tapping on the news item, Qiu Mu-Cheng saw a mass of conversations and mocking comments

about the incident. There were even video recordings and photos.

"Isn't this the Yunjing Hotel?"

"Mm?"

"Uncle Guang? Auntie Jiang Hong?"

She opened her eyes wide, as shock ran through her mind.

When she read the article to the end, Qiu

Mu-Cheng finally understood what had happened.

The people in the news were members of her own family!

As it turned out, the Qius had been arrested because they were unable to pay off their dinner tab at the

Yunjing Hotel.

No wonder!

She had not seen a single Qiu at the company today. So it was because they were all in jail.

Actually this was an embarrassing state of affair. But Qiu Mu-Cheng could not help laughing out loud.

After all, these people had originally wanted to attend her celebratory dinner. But in the end, because of

their snobbishness, they had changed their minds and gone to suck up to Qiu Mu-Ying instead.

And now, look at what happened to them. After indulging in their luxurious banquet, all of them had

been arrested and thrown into jail.

Suddenly, Qiu Mu-Cheng wanted to see the looks on the their faces now. They must look really terrible.

Meanwhile, as Qiu Mu-Cheng was laughing away, her mother suddenly gave her a call. Master Qiu

was convening a family meeting, and her attendance was required.

The Qiu's family house.

Qiu Guang, Wang Qiao-Yu and the others had already been released. All of them were looking

demoralized and had their heads bowed. And going by the terrible expression on their faces, one might

think that they had just been subjected to the worst kinds of torture.

Meanwhile, Master Qiu, who was seated in the seat of honor, was looking livid. As he looked at his

scoundrel offsprings, he could not help trembling in rage.

"You are good-for-nothings! All of you!"

"How dare you come back here?"

"Because of you, our family has made the news! Now everybody in Yunzhou, in Jiangdong and the

whole country knows who we are!"

"This afternoon, a few dozen friends of mine called me to find out what was going on. And reporters

from Jiangdong TV Station wanted to interview us to find out exactly how we racked up such a huge

bill."

"Now we have gained nationwide fame. Are you satisfied? Are you happy?"

"Have you assuaged your vanity?"

"Do you feel that your reputation has been boosted?"

"You ate a three-million-yuan dinner! Could you be any greedier?"

Master Qiu was so angry that he almost had a stroke.

He had never imagined that his family

would gain fame in this manner.

"Because of you bastards, I am being shamed in my old age!"