A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 39

When Shen Fei heard what the mother and daughter pair had to say, he got so worked up that he almost slapped them.

Damn!

They were looking at the gift horse right in its freaking mouth?

You bunch of bumpkins. You should be counting your blessings since I am personally escorting you inside. How dare you complain that the reception is low-key?

If it weren't for Mr. Chu, you lot would be kicked out of this place.

Shen Fei's face had already turned green with anger. Even an even-tempered person like him would not be able to get along with the pair of oddities called Wang Qiao-Yu and Qiu Mu-Ying.

So, in the end, Shen Fei decided to just ignore them. He turned around and went into the hotel himself, leaving the assembled Qius to stand by themselves outside the doors.

"Ai, Young Master Shen, don't go?"

"Don't tell me you are angry?”

"Qiao-Yu and Ying-Ying. Why were you so rude to Young Master Shen? Quick, go apologize to him now."

"Young Master Shen was already showing us proper respect when he came out personally to escort us.” Qiu Guang was a reasonable man so, after witnessing the terrible expression on Shen Fei's face, he decided to go make his apology.

But he was stopped by Wang Qiao-Yu, who told him smugly: "Brother, Young Master Shen was not angry. He has gone back to gather the hotel executives to give us a grand welcome. We just have to wait for them here."

"When you consider Wen-Fei's status, it's obvious that when they invite us for a meal, they must organize a grand reception to welcome us."

But after waiting for a while, no one came out to welcome them. The Qius did not even see a bellhop, let alone an executive.

Finally, they had no choice but to walk disheartenedly into the hotel by themselves.

Wang Qiao-Yu looked terrible. She had just declared that Shen Fei would prepare a grand reception forthem but, unexpectedly, he had actually left them alone.

The humiliation caused her to blush bright red, and she did not speak another word as she made her way to the dining hall.

When the Qius entered the hall, they saw Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-Cheng seated calmly at a huge table ladened with food. Standing close by were several female stewardesses dressed in cheongsams. As for Shen Fei, he was nowhere in sight.

Wang Qiao-Yu and her daughter flared up immediately when they saw the couple.

Qiu Mu-Ying was especially angry. She and her husband were supposed to be the stars today, but Qiu Mu-Cheng and her trashy husband ended up hogging the limelight. Just then, the culprits were sitting right in front of her, so Qiu Mu-Ying took the opportunity to lash out: "Qiu Mu-Cheng. Ye Fan. The both of you are really shameless."

"The one Mr. Shen invited is my husband. So what right do you have to sit at this table?"

"And you have taken the seats of honor. Do you think you have the right to do so?"

"The both of you have also used my and my husband's names to get in. I have never met anyone as shameless as you two, in my whole life."

In a fit of anger, Qiu Mu-Ying stretched out her hand to slap her cousin.

But before she could land a strike, Ye Fan had already grabbed hold of her wrist.

"Ah~" "It hurts!"

"You bastard, let me go!” Ye Fan had a strong grip, and the pain from the wrist grab nearly made her cry.

When Ye Fan spoke to her, his tone was sinister and he had an icy look in his eyes. "Qiu Mu-Ying, I am warning you. If you treat Mu-Cheng with disrespect again, I shall disregard the fact that we are relatives and respond severely."

They were all relatives and had to see each other regularly. Therefore, in the past, Ye Fan had put up with a lot of grief, rather than retaliating with extreme measures.

After all, his wife was a Qiu too. If relations broke down between the Qius and himself, then she would feel terrible.

"Ye Fan, you useless piece of trash. What do you think you are doing?"

"You lowly live-in son-in-law. Don't tell me you are planning to hit my daughter?"

When she saw Ye Fan bullying her daughter, Wang Qiao-Yu flew into a rage and, as her body trembled with anger, she started scolding the live-in son-in-law.

Afraid that a fight might break out, Qiu Mu-Cheng hurried to intervene. "Ye Fan, don't do this."

Since his wife had spoken, Ye Fan let go of Qiu Mu-Ying's wrist. After that, he remained seated and calmly sipped his tea.

"Ying-Ying, are you alright?"

"Shit. That piece of trash went overboard. He left marks." Wang Qiao-Yu could feel her heart aching, as she examined her daughter's wrist. Then, she pointed at the seated couple and started scolding them.

"You ungrateful wretches! Don't forget that you are only allowed in here because you are related to our Ying-Ying and Wen-Fei. Now, not only are you not saying your thanks, you even dare to hit my daughter?"

"Get out! Get out right now! You are not welcomed here!"

With the air of the lady of the house, Wang

Qiao-Yu roared at Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-Cheng.

And Ye Fan's response was to ignore her, as if Wang Qiao-Yu was just a barking dog. He remained seated and continued to sip his tea serenely. But Qiu Mu-Cheng's face had already gone pale. She was not sure that she deserved to be at the banquet table.

Because, as far as she could see, although Wang Qiao-Yu was rude, the latter was also correct. It was probably due to Chu Wen-Fei's influence that she and Ye Fan were allowed to come in.

In the Qiu family, probably only Chu Wen-Fei had the clout to command such respect from the Shens. Other than Chu Wen-Fei's influence, Qiu Mu-Cheng could not think of any other reason why the Shens would treat them with such respect.

Under such circumstances, Qiu Mu-Cheng could not help feeling uneasy. So she surreptitiously pulled at Ye Fan and said, "Ye Fan, why don't we leave now?"

Ye Fan smiled lightly and said, "Leave? Why should we? The Shens have invited us to a banquet but we have not eaten anything yet. Why are you so anxious to leave?"

"Screw you!"

"Aren't you tired of showing off? Did Mr. Shen invite you? So why are you showing off around here? Your surname is Ye, but you are going around calling yourself Mr. Chu and pretending to be our Wen-Fei. You absolutely have no shame-"

"Enough!" Master Qiu finally had enough of watching his daughter-in-law's shrewish performance. He slapped the table and roared angrily, "Do you think this is a market? Why are you behaving like a shrew? Are you not embarrassed?"

After getting scolded by Master Qiu, Wang Qiao-Yu became as meek as a mouse. But even after she had stopped talking, the anger continued to boil inside her.

After rebuking Wang Qiao-Yu, Master Qiu turned his attention to Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-

Cheng. "And you two. I am sure you are aware of your position. Do you think you should be sitting at the seats of honor? Get down right now."

Ye Fan was about to say something when Qiu Mu-Cheng stopped him. "Yes, grandfather," she replied.

And Qiu Mu-Cheng got up from her seat obediently. As she was leaving her seat, she also pulled Ye Fan away.

"Wen-Fei, you sit here with Ying-Ying. After all, you two are the stars today."