A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 160

Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes were red with tears as she ran down the street.

She was being overwhelmed with feelings of grievance and she wanted to give vent to these feelings. She also had numerous doubts in her mind that needed answering

She had to ask her grandfather what she had done wrong exactly. She had to know why he was targeting her.

When Qiu Mu-Cheng reached the Qiu's family house, her grandfather was feeding his bird in the courtyard.

After spotting her grandfather, Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes reddened and she asked directly: "Grandfather, why? Why did you do that?"

"Just a few days ago, you said you were going to let me be fully in charge of this project. So why did you suddenly take away my authority?"

"Or perhaps, you people have planned to do this all along?"

"You pretended to let me take charge of the project. And immediately after you have received the fund from Hongqi Group, you people kicked me aside and let Qiu Mu-Ying take over my work?”

Qiu Mu-Cheng raised her voice at Master Qiu and her angry voice resounded through the family house.

But Master Qiu acted as if he had not heard her. He continued to trim the plants in the courtyard and feed the birds in the cage. The old man completely ignored what she was saying.

"Grandfather, say something."

"Why are you playing favorites?"

"Is Qiu Mu-Ying your only granddaughter?"

"Am I not your granddaughter too?"

"Does the blood of the Qiu family not flow in my body?"

"Why, why are you people treating me like this?”

"Not only did you remove me from my post, you also made things difficult for my subordinates. You sent them to guard the door and scrub toilet bowls!"

"Am I that detestable? Do you hate me so much? Does everyone in our family hate me?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng spoke piteously as the tears rolled down her cheeks.

She looked so sorrowful that it was heartbreaking to look at her.

However, Master Qiu remained unmoved. Since Qiu Mu-Cheng's arrival, he had not even taken one look at her. His face remained expressionless as he continued to trim the plants in the courtyard.

Just like that, Master Qiu ignored Qiu Mu-Cheng for an entire day.

And when evening time came, the other Qius who had gotten off work started to return to the family house. It was then when Master Qiu summoned everyone to the hall for a meeting.

"You come with me too," Master Qiu said coldly.

Master Qiu clasped his hands behind him, turned his back on Qiu Mu-Cheng and walked toward the house.

Meanwhile, the other Qius had already gathered in the hall.

Qiu Mu-Ying and her husband had already returned from the office. When the husband and wife duo saw how haggard Qiu Mu-Cheng was looking, they felt very smug and looked gleefully at her from their seats.

Qiu Guang and Qiu Luo were also present. When they saw Qiu Mu-Cheng, their gazes turned cold and unhappy.

"Dad, why did you call for a meeting?"

"What is the hurry?"

"Mm?"

"Mu-Cheng, you are here as well. I haven't seen you for a few days already. You silly girl. Why didn't you tell me you are back?"

At this moment, Qiu Mu-Cheng's parents were hurriedly running into the hall from outside.

Her parents had low status in the family, so they were not usually invited to family meetings. But, today, things were out of the ordinary, so they were feeling a bit unsure.

"Kneel down!"

But the moment Qiu Lei and Han Li arrived, Master Qiu, who was seated in the seat of honor, suddenly let out a roar. Qiu Lei was so frightened that he turned pale and trembled all over.

"Dad, what... what is the matter?"

Qiu Lei was overwhelmed with fright and he looked at his father with a face full of panic. He had absolutely no idea what he had done wrong.

'You bastard! I told you to kneel down!

Qiu Mu-Cheng bowed her head and said softly: "Hongqi Group gave us the partnership contract because Miss Xu owed Ye Fan a favor. So she chose to return the favor in the form of a business partnership. As for the meeting at the cafe, I think Xu Lei simply wanted to thank Ye Fan for the favor."

"What the... Returning a favor?"

"Mu-Cheng, do you think our grandfather is just a three-year-old kid? Ye Fan is just a poor loser from the countryside. What sort of favor could he possibly do for the top tycoon of Yunzhou?"

"Do you actually believe the lie you just made up?" Qiu Mu-Ying sneered as she fanned the flames of discord.

And just as expected, Master Qiu went close to losing his patience completely. When he spoke, his low voice was filled with suppressed anger.

"Qiu Mu-Cheng, I will give you another chance. You had better tell me the truth this time."

"Otherwise, don't blame me for kicking you out of the family!”

What?

"Dad, please don't!"

"Mu-Cheng is young and ignorant. Please do not take offense with her."

"I will make her tell the truth right now!"

When Han Li heard that Master Qiu was going to kick her daughter out of the family, she went into a panic immediately.

Right now, Qiu Mu-Cheng was the only person supporting her and her husband. If she got kicked out of the family busines, who would support them in future?

"Mu-Cheng, quick, tell him the truth."

"Don't lie to your grandfather!"

"Your grandfather has gone through the vicissitudes of life. He has a good grasp of worldly matters and is very experienced in dealing with people. Your lies will not work on him."

"Quick, tell him what is the real reason!"

"Are you trying to drive us to our deaths?" Han Li panickedly tried to persuade her daughter to tell the truth.

She had gotten so anxious that she was ready to burst into tears.