A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 556 Oh, Is That So?

"Qianqian, how is it? Did Shuntian Group seriously pack up and leave?"

Su Qian took a phone call outside and came back in after a few minutes. Qiu Mu-Cheng was still doubtful and quickly asked Su Qian about this. Su Qian excitedly replied, "Mu-Cheng, I called to check and it's true!"

"This morning, all the employees at Shuntian Group's office were terminated. Many of their computers, tables and chairs were all sold off at a low price. The entire office building is empty and they've called off all their projects. The other offices nearby all said that Shuntian Group seemed to be in a terrible hurry to leave and they were so frantic, they looked like they were running for their lives," said Su Qian happily. Su Qian thought that Mufan Real Estate would really have to sign this humiliating transfer agreement with Shuntian Group.

But all the tables suddenly turned at the last minute.

Shuntian Group actually completely withdrew from Yunzhou.

They had just flung everything down and ran like crazy.

Once Qiu Mu-Cheng had confirmed that Shuntian Group had seriously left, her tense body finally relaxed.

But this was a really strange thing to happen.

"Qianqian, what do you think happened? Shuntian Group had just arrived in Yunzhou and Wang Sheng-Tian had been doing very well here over the past month. Today, we even admitted defeat and agreed to let them have this piece of land. So why did they suddenly leave in such a hurry? This withdrawal and the early termination of all those projects they had on hand would cost them more than $100 million in total," said Qiu Mu-Cheng doubtfully.

"Who knows? Maybe something bad happened at their headquarters. This Wang Sheng-Tian is only the boss over a branch office and he's already so arrogant and unreasonable, stooping to all sorts of unethical means to get business. The HQ side is probably even worse. Once you offend too many people, then you're just waiting for the day someone would finally do you in. This Wang Sheng-Tian left in such a hurry probably because he has to help HQ out," Su Qian made a wild guess.

But Qiu Mu-Cheng still looked suspicious. "Is that really what happened?

For some reason, Qiu Mu-Cheng felt that there was a large hand controlling all that happened today.

Could Ye Fan be the one helping her?

Qiu Mu-Cheng quickly shook her head at this thought.

To Qiu Mu-Cheng, the best thing that Ye Fan could do was to fight.

Fighting was quite useful at times.

But it definitely wasn't enough to force a huge corporation to back down.

"I suppose something bad happened within Shuntian Group after all," thought Qiu Mu-Cheng.

Then she heard the sound of Su Qian's gleeful laughter.

"Haha! Young Master Qiu, looks like we'll have to disappoint you again. This time, we got the last laugh. If you want to fight, you'd better make sure you're solid enough to take it. The Qiu family is like mud that can't stick onto the wall, so even though you had the backing of a powerful company like Shuntian Group, in the end, you've ended up with nothing once they left."

After all, the future was never easy to predict.

Qiu Mu-Qi was so smug just moments ago, but now he was like a dog whose owners had died and he looked a mess.

Su Qian's eyes were smiling as she

mocked him.

"Humph! Su Qian, Qiu Mu-Cheng, don't be too smug now! I'm not relying solely on Shuntian Group, you know? Qiu Mu-Cheng, I remember Mufan Real Estate signed an agreement to borrow a total of $200 million from Hongqi Bank, right? Hongqi Bank approved the first loan of $50 million, and the second loan is going to be released soon. Tell me, if you don't get the second loan in time, would the cashflow of Mufan Real Estate still be able to hold up?" Qiu Mu-Qi laughed coldly with an icy look in his eyes.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's expression changed slightly when she heard this.

"Mu-Cheng, don't listen to his nonsense, these are just empty threats. We have no feud with Hongqi Bank, so why would they purposely pick on a small company like us? Don't tell me Qiu Mu-Qi is the person controlling Hongqi Bank and can decide on whether the bank works with Mufan Real Estate or not?" mocked Su Qian. She didn't care about what Qiu Mu-Qi id.

She just thought that Qiu Mu-Qi was desperately grasping at straws and spouting nonsense.

Hongqi Bank was backed by Hongqi Group and they were even more powerful than Shuntian Industries.

This corporation was closely tied to a very wealthy family in Yanjing. The previous CEO of Hongqi Group was the one of the richest people in Yunzhou, Xu Lei. After she left Yunzhou, she moved to Yanjing. Why would such a corporation work in cahoots with a small fry like Qiu Mu-Qi?

"Oh, is that so? Su Qian, you think you're very clever, but you're actually very stupid. I'm sure Mu-Cheng knows that the Qiu family works closely with Liu Bin, a manager at Hongqi Group. Back when Mu-Ying took the deal away from you, she relied on this person to get the deal. And now, Liu Bin is in charge of Hongqi Bank's operations, and he's the one in charge of the loan to Mufan Real Estate. Mu-Cheng, I'm sure you know very well whether I'm giving an empty threat or not by now, right?" laughed Qiu Mu-Qi coldly.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's face had completely paled.

Her heart had already started trembling when she heard him mention Liu Bin.

Qiu Mu-Cheng had lost her status in the Qiu family and was kicked out by Qiu Mu-Ying mostly because of this Liu Bin!

Back when Xu Lei left Yunzhou, Liu Bin was the one who rose to power.

Liu Bin was a good friend of Chu Wen-Fei's father, and was on good terms with Chu Wen-Fei as well.

And because of this connection, Qiu Mu-Ying joined hands with Liu Bin to kick Qiu Mu-Cheng off Qiushui Logistics'joint project with Hongqi Group.

This matter had a great impact on Qiu Mu-Cheng since this deal was one that she and Ye Fan had clinched together. But in the end, they had worked so hard only for Qiu Mu-Ying to benefit.

"So you're saying that Hongqi Bank offered Mufan Real Estate a loan in the first place because you and that Liu Bin planned it?" Qiu Mu-Cheng thought about many things that happened before this and realized that she had walked into Qiu Mu-Qi's evil plans a long time ago.

"Haha! Mu-Cheng, you're quite smart. But you're realizing it too late. If my predictions are correct, this piece of land used up almost all the cash that Mufan Real Estate has on hand right now. If your company wants to continue operating, you have to rely entirely on this second loan from Hongqi Bank. But now, I'm going to cut your source of money off. I'll see what else you can do!" laughed Qiu Mu-Qi smugly.

Qiu Mu-Cheng's expression had darkened and she clenched her fists so tightly that her nails were about to dig into her flesh.

She never thought that Qiu Mu-Qi would be so scheming.

Everything was linked together and he had planned a series of traps for her.

He wasn't going to stop until Mufan Real Estate collapsed.

"Qiu Mu-Cheng, at the end of the day, you're just an ordinary woman after all. You want to start a business and be your own boss? Dream on! All I need is a few moves and Mufan Real Estate will be on the verge of collapse! HAHA!" Qiu Mu-Qi laughed arrogantly.

"Oh, is that so?" Just then, a cold snort came from outside the office door.