A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 304 Trouble Comes Knocking

Actually Han Li had never heard of Zhang Xiao-Song in the past.

But after that night when Zhang Xiao-Song and the others had gone to Master Qiu's house to ask Qiu

Mu-Cheng to become the CEO of Mufan Real Estate, Han Li found out from Qiu Guang about how

amazing this Zhang Xiao-Song was.

Apparently he was the financial star of Yunzhou this year, and even though he was only in charge of a

government enterprise, his annual income had to be at least $10 million, right?

It wasn't as impressive as Sun Yu-Hao, but that was definitely much better than Ye Fan.

So after Han Li found out that this young man was Zhang Xiao-Song's son, she broke into a bright

smile again.

"Zheng-Fu, come over, come over! Sit down and have a good chat with me. I heard your father was the

CEO of a government enterprise - does your family have shares in that enterprise?”

Han Li had barely just gotten to know Zhang Zheng-Fu but she was already being chummy with him

and holding his hand passionately as she chatted with him.

Qiu Mu-Cheng really had no words for her mother.

She couldn't be bothered with her mother either. Since her mother wouldn't listen to her anyway, Qiu

Mu-Cheng let her be.

"Mu-Cheng, eat the food while it's hot, otherwise it'll get cold." Lu Wen-Jing took out the lunchbox and

put it in front of Qiu Mu-Cheng.

"Thank you, Jingjing," said Qiu Mu-Cheng with a smile.

"Mu-Cheng, don't thank me. Fan did this for you," said Lu Wen-Jing with a grin.

Qiu Mu-Cheng glanced at Ye Fan and finally managed to get a 'thank you' out of her mouth.

Ye Fan merely scoffed and looked at Qiu Mu-Cheng as he asked, "Does this Zhang

Zheng-Fu often eat with you in the office?” Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't say anything. The minute she looked at Ye Fan's expression, she snorted and

started laughing.

Her smile was as pretty as flowers in bloom and her beauty was simply enchanting.

So this fellow got jealous too?

"You're laughing? How dare you laugh?

You'd better explain yourself properly! This is a very serious question," said Ye Fan sternly.

Qiu Mu-Cheng shook her head and laughed quietly. "No, today is the first time."

"He's tried to send me lunch for an entire month already, but I've rejected him each time. I felt really

bad rejecting him again today, so..."

Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't hide anything and explained the whole matter to Ye Fan in detail.

Ye Fan then nodded assuredly.

"Mu-Cheng, come over here quickly. Don't bother chatting with that useless bum, come and talk to

Zheng-Fu! You are really terrible! If Zheng-Fu didn't tell me about it, I wouldn't have known that he's

been sending you lunch for an entire month now!"

Han Li kept calling for her, but Qiu Mu-Cheng pretended not to have heard her and ignored her.

Han Li was instantly displeased. "Mu-Cheng, what's wrong with you? Didn't you hear me? Come over

here right now!"

But just as Han Li was shouting unhappily, someone pushed the office door open again.

A staff ran into the office in a panic.

"Miss Qiu, bad news! Someone from the Industry and Commerce Bureau is here. They're so fierce

looking, so I don't think they mean any good..."

What?

"Why are they suddenly here?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng immediately frowned and didn't have time to eat lunch anymore. She went downstairs to

the main lobby of her office.

There were several cars from the Industry and Commerce Bureau parked in front of the company.

Wang Xing-Duo was leading seven or eight people in uniform as they waited in the lobby of the office.

"It's him?”

Qiu Mu-Cheng knit her brows even more tightly when she saw Wang Xing-Duo.

Mufan Real Estate had been unable to open for business officially for so long precisely because Wang

Xing-Duo had blocked their application, so they couldn't get the approval for the business and they

couldn't operate at all.

Qiu Mu-Cheng had tried all means and ways to meet him but he refused to meet her.

And now he had come knocking on her door?

"Manager Wang, why didn't you tell me you were coming? We're not prepared for your visit at all, so I

hope you can forgive us if we're tardy in any way," said Qiu Mu-Cheng politely.

"So you're Qiu Mu-Cheng? The CEO of this company? The wife of that country bumpkin?" asked Wang

Xing-Duo coldly as he stared darkly at Qiu Mu-Cheng.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was taken aback by this.

She could understand why he asked if she was the CEO of this company.

But why was he asking if she was Ye Fan's wife?

Qiu Mu-Cheng suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"That's right, I am the CEO of this company. I'm not sure if Manager Wang is..."

"You still dare to ask me? The real estate industry in Yunzhou is such a mess because of businesses

like yours who refuse to obey the law!" roared Wang Xing-Duo angrily as he cut Qiu Mu-Cheng off.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's face paled but she was also puzzled. "Manager Wang, I don't understand. What have

we done to make you so angry?"

"Hoho, you're really a good actress!" Wang Xing-Duo laughed coldly, then proceeded to say very

sternly, "We've got a tip off that Mufan Real Estate has been operating illegally. So I have decided to

seal off Mufan Real Estate, and all the directors of the company have to cooperate with the

investigation."

What?

Seal off the company?

All the directors had to cooperate with the investigation?

Qiu Mu-Cheng's face instantly paled and all the other employees were equally shocked.

"Manager Wang, just because you received a tip off, you're going to seal us off before conducting an

investigation? Isn't that going a little too far? What if we've been framed?" asked Qiu Mu-Cheng

immediately.

But Wang Xing-Duo merely scoffed and replied, "We're sealing off your company in order to carry out

the investigation!"

"As for whether you've been framed or not, we'll investigate and let you know the results of the

investigation in due course. But for now, everyone is to leave the company and we will seal off this

building right now!"

Wang Xing-Duo gave orders and his subordinates were already prepared with the white tape to seal

the place off. He didn't seem to be willing to negotiate at all.

"Then Manager Wang, may I ask how long it will take for you to give us the results of the

investigation?” Qiu Mu-Cheng continued to ask as she tried to suppress the anger in her heart.

Wang Xing-Duo just replied her calmly, "That's hard to say. If it's a quick one, then maybe one or two

days. Otherwise it could take up to half a year. After all, the tip off we have isn't just that your company

has been operating illegally, but also that your fire safety measures are not up to standard, and your

company is also suspected of forging legal documents and more. So that would naturally take more

time to investigate."

Wang Xing-Duo had described all these things so nonchalantly.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes were red from her anger. "You're just adding offenses without any

explanation!"

"Before this, you prevented our company from getting an approval from your department. I had nothing

to say because your side has the final say and that's within your authority."

"But now, just because of some tip off from nowhere, you're not investigating it first and checking if it's a

legitimate tip off. Instead you've come here directly to seal off the company and you intend to take half

a year to investigate us? Manager Wang, you talk about this half a year very nonchalantly, but do you

know what that means to the company?"

"Do you know what that means to everyone here working hard for their families to make ends meet?

This is not just about the survival of a business. This is about the survival of all the people who work for

this company!"

"And now, just because of a casual decision you've made, you're going to cut off the future of a

company and cut off the livelihoods of dozens of employees who rely on this company to make a

living?" Qiu Mu-Cheng glared at Wang Xing-Duo with bloodshot eyes and continued to question him

angrily.

Sealing off a company that had just started like Mufan Real Estate for six months was as good as

destroying it.

But before Wang Xing-Duo could respond, Qiu Mu-Cheng suddenly burst out laughing. She continued

to speak as if she was talking to herself.

"Oh, I almost forgot. You're a leader in the government and you're a high ranking official. All it takes is

one word from you and you can decide if a business lives or dies, and you can decide on the

livelihoods of countless citizens. A big shot like you wouldn't understand anything about these things,

and you don't care either..."

Qiu Mu-Cheng shook her head and smiled. But that smile was so tragic and the look in her eyes was

so self-deprecating.

All the injustices she had suffered were bursting out of her now.

Qiu Mu-Cheng used this time to just pour out all the pain and frustration that she had been keeping in

her heart.

But after hearing what Qiu Mu-Cheng said, Wang Xing-Duo immediately smiled. His face looked

threatening and was filled with coldness and malice.

"You're right! I don't know, and I don't care. To all of you, I am right at the top and I can decide whether

your company lives or dies. So today, Mufan Real Estate is definitely getting sealed off!"

Wang Xing-Duo laughed sinisterly as his malevolent gaze glared boldly at Qiu Mu-Cheng.

"Qiu Mu-Cheng, you must be wondering why I'm picking on you, right? You have that useless husband

of yours to blame! Since he made my life difficult, I'm going to make your entire family suffer!”