A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 357 All Ruined

But Ye Fan wasn't done. After saying this, he looked back at Shen Meng and continued, "Mr Shen, I think what they said the last time was very true."

"You don't have to consider what sort of relationship you have with them or what background they have. Just deal with this matter according to store policy and make them pay the amount of money due to the shop. As long as everything is dealt with in a fair manner, it's fine. Also, go ahead and add on any damages to your business or your emotional wellbeing. After all, if they broke something, then it's only correct for them to compensate the owner, right?"

Ye Fan smiled and used all the words that Chu Wen-Fei and Qiu Mu-Ying used on him earlier back on them.

Qiu Mu-Ying and Chu Wen-Fei were driven further into a corner and felt deeply embarrassed.

Qiu Mu-Ying's shame turned to anger as she retorted angrily, "You despicable useless bum! We're having a conversation here, so what right do you have to

interrupt?!"

But Ye Fan didn't care about Qiu Mu-Ying's unreasonable shouting.

After making his stand clear to Shen Meng, Ye Fan walked back to the side to continue watching the show.

Those words from Ye Fan had most certainly empowered Shen Meng now.

The last bit of cautiousness he had towards Qiu Mu-Ying and Chu Wen-Fei was gone.

Shen Meng gave them an ultimatum.

He demanded $8 million from them, not a single cent less!

Either they paid up now, or they could go say hello to the cops.

Shen Meng's words were firm and powerful. There was no room for negotiation at all.

Qiu Mu-Ying fell into despair and her face was now void of color.

$8 million! Where was she going to find $8 million from?

After working with Hongqi Group, she had only managed to profit about $1 or $2 million.

The jade bangle she bought for Zhang Li had cost her a few hundred thousand, and after buying a few more things, her account was left with only $80,000.

Even if Qiu Mu-Ying bankrupted herself and sold the house, she still wouldn't be able to cough up $8 million for Shen Meng.

Chu Wen-Fei was frantic now. His mother was also here, so if he made his own mother land in the police station, his father would beat him to death! "Dear, what are we going to do now?" Qiu Mu-Ying was so anxious that she started crying and she looked desperately at Chu Wen-Fei for help. "What else can we do? Hurry up and pay him! You created this mess, so don't tell me I have to wipe up your shit!" Chu Wen-Fei was furious too. This was something that could have been settled with just $600,000 but now it had turned into an $8 million problem. She could pay it by herself. But she had finally managed to earn quite a tidy sum recently and she couldn't stand not spending it and showing it off!

"But I don't have that much money. My account is only left with $80,000," whispered Qiu Mu-Ying.

"What?! $80,000?!" Chu Wen-Fei nearly jumped up in shock. "Where's the few million you siphoned from the Hongqi Group project and the money I gave you previously? Where has it all gone to?" "Of course I've spent it all! I had to buy clothes, shoes and jewelry for our mother. These all cost money too," said Qiu Mu-Cheng bitterly with her head bowed as she seemed to feel a little guilty inside. "You..." Chu Wen-Fei was going to faint from his anger.

Everyone was watching but this couple continued to squabble.

Many people in the shop were watching all of this unfold and some of them were business partners with the Chu family as well as acquaintances of Zhang Li. Now they were all pointing fingers and looking at Qiu Mu-Ying and the rest like they were a joke.

After feeling those judgmental stares for a while, Zhang Li couldn't stand it anymore. She looked at her son and Qiu Mu-Ying and shouted, "Enough is enough!"

"You two idiots! Aren't you embarrassed enough?"

"Mum, I..." Chu Wen-Fei's face paled and he looked terribly guilty and ashamed.

"Don't call me Mum! Look at this supposed daughter-in-law you've found! She's just an idiot! What is this even?! Chu Wen-Fei, as long as your father and I are alive, you can forget about marrying this woman!" snapped Zhang Li as she hurled angry words at Chu Wen-Fei and didn't care about Qiu Mu-Ying's feelings at all.

It was clear that Zhang Li was furious with Qiu Mu-Ying.

She thought that even if Qiu Mu-Ying was nothing special, at least she didn't have any major faults.

But now she could see clearly that this Qiu Mu-Ying was just a downright idiot!

She had no sense of judgment but still insisted that she knew what she was talking about. She just tried to talk big and acted all high and mighty, insisting on pretending to be knowledgeable. These vases were all antiques but she insisted on claiming they were fakes.

Zhang Li had broken one vase and it was something that could have been easily solved in a few minutes with $600,000. But Qiu Mu-Ying tried to show off her wealth and deliberately broke the other two. And now something that could have been resolved with just $600,000 had turned into a big problem that cost $8 million thanks to that stupid Qiu Mu-Ying!

On top of that, Zhang Li ended up embarrassing herself with these two goons!

She had lived for so long and had never been so disgraced before.

"Aren't you very rich? Weren't you trying to show off your wealth? You can have your dream come true today! You're the one being an idiot and you're hoping someone else would pick up the tab?" Zhang Li scoffed coldly as she walked up to Shen Meng and said very seriously to him, "Mr Shen, as you saw earlier, out of the three vases, I only broke one."

"I'll use $1 million to pay for the one I broke. Is that alright with you?"

Of course it was alright with Shen Meng.

The one who turned this into a big mess wasn't Zhang Li, so Shen Meng wouldn't make her pay for that part.

Besides, Zhang Li was a regular customer of the shop, so Shen Meng was willing to compromise too.

Zhang Li paid her share and then stormed out without even looking back.

"Mum! Mum!!"

"Mother-in-law! Mum! You can't just abandon us here!"

Chu Wen-Fei continued to call after her and Qiu Mu-Ying also tried to call her back pitifully as her heart was filled with regret.

Qiu Mu-Ying's insides were churning as she looked at the floor covered with ceramic shards.

She wanted to take this chance to prove herself in front of her mother-in-law and also insult Qiu Mu-Cheng and Ye Fan. She wanted to slap those two hard in the face.

But in the end, she made a mess out of everything. Now she faced a $8 million debt, and Zhang Li's impression of her was ruined forever.

She really regretted it now. If she had known these antiques were real, she wouldn't have smashed them to show off!

As for Chu Wen-Fei, he was so angry that he was ready to kick Qiu Mu-Ying to death right now.

"You've ruined it! You've ruined everything! You've screwed up everything now! Now you've lost all your money and my mum is so angry that she's stormed out! Are you happy now? Was this what you wanted? Fuck! How did I end up with a stupid bitch like you?!"

Chu Wen-Fei was going to die from how angry he was soon.