A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 550 You Still Have Me

"Mu-Cheng, Mu-Cheng, don't..." Han Li was still yelling into the phone but there was no response. All she got was the dead tone of the phone.

"This stupid little girl, she will be the death of me! Fine! Get lost then! All of you can go! Daughters really don't side the family anymore after they grow up!" Han Li's face was all red from anger.

She thought that once Qiu Mu-Cheng heard that her mother had been bullied by Ye Fan, she would definitely scold Ye Fan angrily as well.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't believe her and even spoke up for Ye Fan. And now they wanted to move out?

What was this husband and wife up to?

Were they ganging up to rebel against her?

Han Li was so angry that smoke was coming out from her nostrils.

But she could hardly blame anyone else.

She was getting her just desserts.

Han Li was the one who had been yelling at Ye Fan non-stop for three years and Ye Fan had never complained and just went along with everything she said.

Now that Han Li was suddenly saying that Ye Fan wanted to beat her up, there was no way Qiu Mu-Cheng would believe that.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng really wasn't in the mood to bother about this right now.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was now in a safety helmet at one of the worksites belonging to Mufan Real Estate and trying to understand the situation with Su Qian and some others.

"Miss Qiu, it's really impossible for us to continue working. Someone comes every two to three days to make trouble, and today, a few drunkards beat up my workers. Miss Qiu, your company must have offended someone, right? If it's just one time, it's not so bad. But it's happened so many times now! We really don't dare to continue the work. Today we might have been slightly injured, but someone might lose their life tomorrow!" pleaded the contractor as he clutched his freshly bandaged wounds.

"Mr Sun, the project is only halfway through, so how could you just quit? Who would be able to pick up the pieces? The other party is also hurrying us. If the work here is delayed, then it's hard for our company to be accountable to our client. Why don't we increase your budget?" Qiu Mu-Cheng tried her best to persuade the contractor.

Su Qian had called her in the morning to tell her that someone was making trouble at the worksite.

Qiu Mu-Cheng immediately rushed over.

But damage had already been done.

The contractor was already too frightened to keep working with Mufan Real Estate.

Mufan Real Estate didn't have many workers of their own and needed to work with other contractors to complete their projects.

If this contractor left, then there would be several other projects that would be delayed.

"Miss Qiu, I'm really sorry, I really am. But this is not a matter of money. I think you'd better quickly find someone else." The contractor shook his head and left with his workers.

He didn't even want the money for the past few days of work.

It was clear that they had really been badly frightened.

"Mu-Cheng, it's hard to blame them. After all, someone keeps making trouble every other day and they even got hurt today. Many of them are the sole breadwinner of their families, so they'd rather earn less than to take such a risky job," said Su Qian.

Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't reply and just frowned. After a long time, she asked Su

Qian, "Qianqian, have you checked on who were the ones who came to make trouble today?"

Su Qian shook her head. "The police said that it was just a bunch of drunkards who happened to enter our worksite and didn't do this on purpose."

"Tsk," Qiu Mu-Cheng scoffed self-deprecatingly. "So it's yet another coincidence?"

"In less than a month, more than ten similar incidents have occurred. We've lost so many contractors already, and each time, it turns out to be a coincidence? Qianqian, would you believe that?"

Qiu Mu-Cheng's words were cold and her beautiful face was covered with mocking and self-deprecation.

Su Qian fell silent.

She and Qiu Mu-Cheng both knew who was behind this.

But what could they do about it?

The Qiu family was now tied to Shuntian Group, and Qiushui Logistics was still backed by Hongqi Group.

The Qiu family wasn't powerful, but Shuntian Industries and Hongqi Group were.

Hongqi Group's main line of business wasn't in real estate, so they didn't clash head on with Mufan Real Estate.

But Shuntian Industries was in real estate from the very beginning.

On top of that, Qiu Mu-Qi had been making things worse, and there was that conflict over that piece of land not too long ago. Right now, Mufan Real Estate and Shuntian Industries had become bitter enemies. "Shuntian Industries has a powerful backer, and they had already reached an agreement with the authorities from the day they stepped into Yunzhou. As long as they don't go overboard, the authorities aren't going to offend a powerful corporation for the sake of our tiny company. So Mu-Cheng, I don't think it's possible to resolve this through the proper channels."

"Tell you what, I'll go back and talk to my dad and see if he can talk to Shuntian Industries. We can even pay them some money, as long as they let us off and stop attacking Mufan Real Estate," said Su Qian with a sigh.

But it was obvious from her tone of voice that Su Qian wasn't confident that this method would work either.

"No need."

Su Qian was surprised that Qiu Mu-Cheng turned her down.

"Mu-Cheng, what do you intend to do? If we don't resolve our issue with Shuntian Group, we can't even continue doing business," said Su Qian worriedly.

Qiu Mu-Cheng laughed bitterly. "They've been using all these underhanded means so that I would give in and give them that piece of land, right? Fine, I lose. I'm just a weak woman and I can't fight them. They've won and I'm willing to give them that piece of land. Qianqian, give Qiu Mu-Qi a call. Tell them to come with the contract at noontime and I'll let them have the land."

After many days of holding her ground, Qiu Mu-Cheng finally caved in.

Her eyes were red but she continued to smile sadly.

"Mu-Cheng, are you nuts? Are you really going to sell the land at a low price to them? We'll lose $200 million this way. Even though this money was a loan from the bank, we still have to pay the bank back!" Su Qian tried to persuade her otherwise.

Qiu Mu-Cheng continued to smile and her eyes were filled with disappointment and sadness.

"What else can I do? Qianqian, do we still have another option besides giving in? They're a billion dollar corporation with a huge backer. They've already reached an agreement with the authorities and they have people in Yunzhou and even Jianghai to help them with the legal side of things. Our company has just started not too long ago and all our funds are loans from the bank."

"There's no way we can compete with them. We lose in terms of our background, our connections and our finances. What else can we use to compete with them? Our husbands?" Qiu Mu-Cheng laughed sadly and sounded so dejected.

Qiu Mu-Cheng finally realized that life could be so tough and cruel.

"When an ant meets an elephant, there's nothing else it can do but to give in." Her sad laughter echoed.

But the biting wind made the yellow leaves at her feet fly up.

"No, you still have me."

Huuu...

The cold wind swept past as a low voice suddenly rang out.