A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 131

At the office.

After Qiu Mu-Cheng ended the call, she gathered her things and prepared to leave.

Now that Ye Fan was not around, there were many chores for her to do at home.

Her parents spent most of the day playing mahjong, and rarely bothered themselves with the household chores. The washing machine at home was filled to the brim with dirty laundry, and the floor had been left unwiped for several days already.

Since she was getting off work earlier today, Qiu Mu-Cheng thought she would hurry home and do the chores.

In the past, everyone in Qiu Mu-Cheng's family thought that Ye Fan was just an inconsequential character. But now, he had barely been gone for a few days and Qiu Mu-Cheng was already feeling exhausted from overwork.

It was only now that Qiu Mu-Cheng realized just how much pressure and responsibility Ye Fan had been shouldering for her at home.

Take yesterday for example. Qiu Mu-Cheng had been getting ready to do the laundry when she realized she did not know how to use the washing machine in the first place. In the end, she had to call Ye Fan for advice. And she did not even know how to turn on the stove, let alone make dinner. The whereabouts of everyday condiments such as salt, soy sauce and vinegar was also a mystery to her.

This is human nature. People do not cherish what is around them; only when their loved ones are no longer around will they realize just how much their other halves have integrated into their lives.

And Qiu Mu-Cheng could not help but acknowledge that Ye Fan had become slightly indispensable to her. Not just in her daily life but in her heart as well.

In the past, although her parents had complained day in and day out, but at least Ye Fan was also around. He had shamelessly made outrageous comments that she found both funny and exasperating. During her three years of marriage with him, those jokes had mostly been her only source of relief.

Now that Ye Fan was not around, she could only hear her parents' abuses and complaints in the house. That was why Qiu Mu-Cheng would rather work overtime till late at the office, than go home and listen to her parents' accusations and complaints.

But no matter how unwilling she felt about this, that was still her home. And eventually, she would have to go back there.

"Ah, if only I have a home that truly belongs to me~"

Suddenly, the thought to buy a house grew in Qiu Mu-Cheng's head. But she only entertained the idea for a while.

Nowadays, house prices were high. And since her career was only just taking off, she did not have enough savings to buy one.

I should just focus on my work first~" Qiu Mu-Cheng shook her head to clear away the unrealistic fantasy. And then she walked out of her office.

Undoubtedly, Qiu Mu-Cheng was the number one beauty of the Qiu family. The exquisite high heels she was wearing encased her feet and showed off her mesmerizing snow-white ankles, while her OL outfit gave her a certain otherworldly charm. As she walked through the office, she attracted sideway glances from numerous company employees. One after another, they greeted her respectfully.

"Miss Qiu, good evening~"

"Miss Qiu, good evening~"

Now that Qiu Mu-Cheng had been put solely in charge of a major project, the employees were naturally respectful toward her. But just then, she ran into Qiu Mu-Ying, who was also getting off work at the same time. And when Qiu Mu-Ying saw how respectfully everyone was treating her cousin, she was overwhelmed by jealousy.

And so, she chimed in with a mocking remark. "I don't know why you are feeling so smug. You didn't get to this position through your own ability. Instead, you got it through your husband's sexual favors. Don't you feel dirty?"

"Mm? What are you talking about?" Qiu Mu-Cheng was going to ignore her cousin but, when she heard this, she could not help but frown.

Qiu Mu-Ying crossed her arms and smiled coldly at her cousin. "Don't tell me you have no idea what I am talking about?"

"The only sure way of keeping a deed secret is not to do it in the first place."

"At first I was curious. I was wondering why Miss Xu, the president of Hongqi Group, insisted on working only with you? And then everything became clear on the day before yesterday. My husband and I were at Belle's Cafe when we ran into that good-for-nothing. He was sitting like a lap dog beside Miss Xu and doing his best to suck up to her."

Qiu Mu-Ying's words caused Qiu Mu-

Cheng to become even more confused. "What are you trying to say? Who is a lap dog?"

"Heh, it looks like you are still in the dark?” Qiu Mu-Ying looked like she realized something when she saw the look of bewilderment on her cousin's face. And her smile grew wider.

"One should not wash their dirty linen in public. There are too many people around us, so I won't go into details.”

"But Mu-Cheng, as your sister, I would like to give you a warning. Put a leash on your husband. Otherwise, you might get cheated on and not know it."

"Grandfather values his reputation highly so, even if your actions can bring us profit, you should know what consequences to expect if you people do anything to bring shame on our family."

"You are on your own-"

Qiu Mu-Ying sneered and then left.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was left behind, with a sombre expression on her face.

At this moment, Qiu Mu-Cheng had already left the office. As she walked along the street on the way home, she kept on recalling the things her cousin had just told her.

She said she saw someone drinking coffee with Miss Xu. Could it be Ye Fan?

But Ye Fan has already left for the countryside six days ago. How could he make an appearance at Belle's Cafe?

Just then, she suddenly remembered the phone call from Su Qian.