A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 303 The Heartbroken Man

It was lunch time.

Most of the people in the office had gone out for lunch and the building was pretty empty. Just a few people were left waiting for their takeout deliveries or were eating the food they brought from home in the morning.

"Miss Qiu, this is salmon, these are pork ribs, and there's chicken soup too. I got my cook to boil the soup, I hope it's to your liking," said Zhang Zheng-Fu as he smiled and laid out all the dishes on the table. Qiu Mu-Cheng kept thanking him, "Manager Zhang, I'll do the rest, you can go back to attend to your own matters."

"Miss Qiu, no worries, I'm done with work, so the last thing I need to do is to accompany Miss Qiu for lunch," said Manager Zhang with a smile.

"But..." Qiu Mu-Cheng frowned slightly. But they were colleagues after all, and this Zhang Zheng-Fu was the son of one of the founders of the company, Zhang Xiao-Song. So even though Qiu Mu-Cheng was uncomfortable with him around, she felt bad chasing him away.

Meanwhile, Zhang Zheng-Fu sat across from her and looked at the woman in front of him. His eyes were completely mesmerized by her.

Since the day he entered the office, he was enchanted by Qiu Mu-Cheng's breathtaking beauty.

Zhang Zheng-Fu had been watching her secretly and noticed that she was always alone regardless of whether she was going to work or getting off work.

So Zhang Zheng-Fu came to a conclusion that Qiu Mu-Cheng must still be single.

And so he decided to make a move on Qiu Mu-Cheng.

If he could win the heart of such a woman, Zhang Zheng-Fu felt that he would die without regrets.

Miss Qiu, this rice...'

Just when Zhang Zheng-Fu was trying to strike a conversation with Qiu Mu-Cheng, someone opened her office door from outside.

Zhang Zheng-Fu was startled and turned around to see a rather casually dressed man carry something into the office.

Zhang Zheng-Fu was instantly angered by this.

"Where did this idiot come from? Can't you see that I'm having lunch with Miss Qiu? How could you barge in without knocking the door? Where are the security guards? How could they allow someone like that to come in?" said Zhang Zheng-Fu angrily.

Ye Fan frowned at this man in front of him.

But he ignored Zhang Zheng-Fu and looked over at Qiu Mu-Cheng. "Mu-Cheng, I..."

"How dare you! How can you just call Miss Qiu by name like that?" Zhang Zheng-Fu angrily cut off Ye Fan's words. Then he turned to look at Qiu Mu-Cheng with great concern and comfort on his face as he said, "Miss Qiu, don't worry, as long as I'm around, nobody can harm you."

Ye Fan seemed to realize what was happening and started laughing. "I'm sorry my friend, but I'm not just allowed to call your Miss Qiu by name, but I'm also able to eat your Miss Qiu's cooking at night. Even my clothes were bought by your Miss Qiu, and if they get dirty, your Miss Qiu will wash them for me."

"Also, we'll share the bed at night and rest in the same room. On top of that, your Miss Qiu is also prepared to give birth to my son so that my family will have someone to carry on the family line," said Ye Fan with a cheeky smile as if he was trying to provoke Zhang Zheng-Fu on purpose.

He looked at Zhang Zheng-Fu with disdain and mockery.

"What utter nonsense!"

Zhang Zheng-Fu's eyes turned red when he heard these words.

He stood up with a start and was consumed with fury.

He felt so angry, it was as if his goddess had been blasphemed!

"Where the hell did you come from? How could you say such filthy things? Sleep in the same bed? Give birth to your child? Who do you think you are? Miss Qiu's man? You'd better look at yourself in the mirror! Miss Qiu is as beautiful as a fairy, so she wouldn't be blind enough to marry someone like you!" yelled Zhang Zheng-Fu back angrily.

Ye Fan's smile became even brighter at these words. "Oh my, you got it right this time. I am indeed Miss Qiu's man."

"Nonsense! How could someone like you dare to covet Miss Qiu?! If you're really Miss Qiu's husband, then I won't say anymore and I'll jump down from this fifth story window!" Zhang Zheng-Fu scoffed and was filled with disdain.

But just after he said these words, Lu Wending and the rest walked in too.

"Mu-Cheng, we finally found you! Fan was afraid that you might not be eating well, so he cooked some food for you and brought it over. Look at how nice he is to you! I'm so envious that you have a husband like Fan," said Lu Wen-Jing with a big smile as she threw herself into Qiu Mu-Cheng's embrace.

BOOOM.

Zhang Zheng-Fu was immediately stunned when he heard this. He felt like someone had slapped him hard on the face and he was rooted to the ground as his eyes widened.

"Miss Qiu, he...he...is he really...your husband?" asked Zhang Zheng-Fu in a shaky and hoarse voice as he looked at Qiu Mu-Cheng in disbelief.

This slap in the face had come too quickly and Zhang Zheng-Fu could barely react.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's face was a little annoyed and embarrassed at the same time.

That was because Ye Fan was spouting rubbish earlier!

This Ye Fan was seriously shameless.

He had no filter and just said anything he liked in front of her staff.

Thankfully there was only one Zhang Zheng-Fu around. If everyone were here, then Qiu Mu-Cheng's gloriously built image would be destroyed by Ye Fan at once.

Qiu Mu-Cheng glared hard at Ye Fan from her embarrassment and anger.

She looked like she was warning Ye Fan to stop spouting nonsense, or she would teach him a lesson at night!

Qiu Mu-Cheng then looked back at Zhang Zheng-Fu. "Manager Zhang, my family is here, could you go out for a while?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't reply his question directly, but she was clearly acknowledging this as a fact.

Ye Fan was really her husband!

BOOOM!

In that instant, Zhang Zheng-Fu just felt like he had been struck by lightning. His body felt cold and his heart had broken in pieces.

Had his unrequited love just ended before it could even start?

Zhang Zheng-Fu never expected that the elegant and aloof beautiful CEO was actually already married.

But just as Zhang Zheng-Fu was about to leave, Han Li had acutely noticed the situation as well and blocked Zhang Zheng-Fu's way as she quickly explained, "Manager Zhang, don't listen to that silly fellow babble on. He's just married to Mu-Cheng on paper, so the moment she finds a better partner, she can divorce him anytime. I'm her mother, so if I tell her to get a divorce, she definitely will."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. What's your name? What sort of background do you come from? What do your parents do? How many properties do you have in the city? How much are you willing to pay for a wedding?"

"Mum! What are you talking about?!" Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't know what to say about her mother.

She was at it again!

How could she ask someone about his family and properties up front like that? Didn't she find herself embarrassing?

"Auntie, are you serious? Miss Qiu is only married to him on paper?" Zhang Zheng-Fu suddenly froze and his disappointed heart suddenly saw hope again.

"But of course. They've been married for three years but they sleep apart. Ye Fan is just a country bumpkin and a useless bum who married into our family. If we didn't have our own reasons for doing this back then, my daughter wouldn't even have fallen for him, much less married him," snorted Han Li in disdain.

Zhang Zheng-Fu was even more overjoyed. He quickly introduced himself, "Auntie, my name is Zhang Zheng-Fu and I'm the sales manager of this company."

"Oh, so you're just a sales manager." Han Li's expression immediately fell. After looking at the way he dressed and the Mercedes-Benz car keys he had on the table, Han Li thought that he was some rich man's son like Sun Yu-Hao.

But when Zhang Zheng-Fu mentioned that his father was Zhang Xiao-Song, Han Li immediately got excited again.

"Zhang Xiao-Song? That famous entrepreneur Zhang Xiao-Song? That CEO of a government enterprise worth billions? The man who asked my Mu-Cheng to become the CEO?!"