A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 51

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That was the sound of Qiu Mu-Cheng's phone landing on the floor. After ending the call, she had slammed it on the sofa, and from there the phone had fallen off.

"Mu-Cheng?"

"What happened?"

"Why are you in such a bad mood?"

"Did that bastard Ye Fan make you angry?”

Han Li and Qiu Lei had already finished their meal at the restaurant. When they reached home and opened the door, they were immediately greeted by the sight of Qiu Mu-Cheng throwing her phone. Their daughter's complexion was also sickly pale.

"Mom, it's nothing. The phone slipped from my hand, that's all." Qiu Mu-Cheng did not feel like continuing the conversation, so she returned to her bedroom.

"Shit, it must be that piece of trash!"

"Did he hit you?"

"He has gone too far!”

"Ye Fan, you come here right now! How dare you bully Mu-Cheng when you have been freeloading off her?"

But Han Li would not listen to reason and immediately assumed that Ye Fan had bullied her daughter. Right there and then, she started screaming in rage.

“That's enough, mom. I have already said it wasn't him. Why are you still acting unreasonably here?"

"It is all my fault. Because I am so useless, I can't even protect what's rightfully mine." All the emotions Qiu Mu-Cheng had been bottling inside finally came flooding out. Han Li and Qiu Lei had never seen their daughter lose control like this.

"Mu-Cheng, what is going on? Quick, tell me. Are you trying to worry me to death?" Han Li's worry deepened.

Qiu Mu-Cheng lowered her face, as if to hide her bloodshot eyes. And when she spoke, her voice sounded weak. "Grandfather just told that I am no longer in charge of negotiations with Hongqi Bank. He has given the job to Qiu Mu-Ying and I was told not to interfere.”

"What?” Han Li got agitated when she heard this. "Your grandfather has gone too far!"

"You were the one who won the contract. Does it make sense to let someone else handle the negotiations?"

"I know. Qiu Mu-Ying and her mother must have interfered. They were jealous of your success so they took the credit for your work."

"This will not do. Come, let us go to the family house. We will not put up with this nonsense."

Just then, Han Li was in the throes of rage. Over the past several days, her daughter had been working diligently on getting the building approval. And then she had gotten the approval, along with a loan and a huge contract for the company. But who would have thought that, in the end, someone else would reap the fruits of her labor.

Anyone would get angry if the same thing happened to them!

Qiu Mu-Cheng only smiled self-deprecatingly. "Mom, it is useless. Grandfather has already made the announcement. Even if we go kick up a fuss now, we still won't be able to change anything. We will only be making fools of ourselves."

"Then let us go look for your uncles. We will all go see your grandfather together. I don't believe Luo's family is running the Qiu family now and that all the good things must go to them." But Han Li was still angry.

Qiu Mu-Cheng shook her head once again. "Mom, don't be naive. Why would the other uncles want to offend their family? Chu Wen-Fei's family is rich and powerful. Since Qiu Mu-Ying has married into such a family, Uncle Guang and the others will only want to curry favor with her."

Qiu Mu-Cheng spoke slowly but her words, spoken dispassionately, were filled with disappointment.

Perhaps, this was reality.

What was the use of hard work? What was the use of perseverance?

In the end, she lost to power and connections.

Qiu Mu-Cheng knew the reason why her grandfather had taken away her reward. The old man wanted to curry favor with Chu Wen-Fei and Qiu Mu-Ying.

Qiu Mu-Cheng stopped talking, turned around and returned to her bedroom.

Behind her, Han Li and Qiu Lei continued to bicker.

"Look, what kind of a father are you?"

"Are you going to let them bully our Mu-Cheng?" "The truth is, this is all Ye Fan's fault. He is

too useless."

"Just take a look at Mu-Ying's husband. And then look at our son-in-law."

"If he were half as capable as Chu Wen-Fei, would we need to suffer such humiliation?"

A poor family has plenty to worry about. Therefore, in this household, such bickerings were common occurrences.

In her bedroom, Qiu Mu-Cheng was lying on her bed and staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes. Just then, she looked like one of the walking dead. One could only imagine how much the recent setback had affected her.

She had been so proud of her success and had resolved to dazzle everyone with the results of her hard work. But who would have thought that, in the end, her grandfather did not even want to give her the opportunity to do so.

"Soak your feet in some hot water.'

"This will help you relax.”

Ye Fan called out softly to his wife as he entered the room carrying a basin of hot water. A piece of towel was draped over his shoulder.

If Han could see him now, the former would be extremely shocked. After all, Ye Fan was the only member of the Chu family's Tian (Heaven) character generation, and the puppetmaster who had been controlling numerous kingpins for a decade. But right now, the overlord looked just like a henpecked househusband.

"I am sorry, Ye Fan."