A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 571 Birthday Time!

Qiu Mu-Cheng thought it would be similar to their class gathering and would just be a simple get together. She didn't expect Fan Zhong-Xian to make it such a grand affair and even invite bands to perform. Since she was completely unrelated to Fan Zhong-Xian, she couldn't accept this.

There were two things in this world that we should avoid, just like Su Qian said. The first one was someone else's wife, and the second were favors.

Fan Zhong-Xian struck both taboos by organizing this birthday party.

So the moment they arrived at the hall entrance, Qiu Mu-Cheng wanted to chicken out and leave.

Qiu Mu-Cheng wanted to avoid any misunderstanding.

She initially attended the event to annoy Ye Fan, but she didn't want Fan Zhong-Xian to misunderstand either.

"Mu-Cheng, we're already here, so why are you leaving? Moreover, Fan Zhong-Xian organized the party just for you. What's going to happen to him if you leave?" persuaded Su Qian.

"All the more I should not attend this party. I'm already married," said Qiu Mu-Cheng resolutely and was determined to leave.

Situ Feng and Yuan Yuan had already noticed Qiu Mu-Cheng, so they came over to help convince Qiu Mu-Cheng to stay.

"Mu-Cheng, ignore Qianqian. We are just gathering together to watch some performances together and taking the opportunity to celebrate your birthday. There's no need to feel stressed about it. Also, you're not the only one who's celebrating your birthday tonight. Coincidentally, it happens to be someone else's birthday too," said Yuan Yuan as she smiled at Qiu Mu-Cheng.

"Really?" asked Qiu Mu-Cheng as she looked at Su Qian.

Su Qian was stunned for a moment before she quickly nodded and said, "Okay, Mu-

Cheng. I admit that I lied. Fan Zhong-Xian didn't organize this birthday party solely for you. It was organized because it happened to be both your birthdays, but I put it like that because I wanted you and Fan Zhong-Xian to get together. It's my fault so you can hit me or scold me, but please don't leave. You left the class gathering early in such a hurry, and a lot of our classmates didn't get to catch up with you, so you must definitely stay this time."

Su Qian pretended to look like she was very guilty.

She went all out to make sure Qiu Mu-Cheng would stay.

Qiu Mu-Cheng clearly started to waver and believe her.

"Enough, Mu-Cheng. Stop being narcissistic."

"Fan Zhong-Xian is so rich and powerful that girls run after him in droves. Why would he have the time to fawn over you?" "Or else, why didn't he come out to bring you in personally?"

Before Qiu Mu-Cheng managed to respond, Yuan Yuan and the others had already pushed Qiu Mu-Cheng into the hall.

The hall was enormous. Although Fan Zhong-Xian had booked the whole place, he allowed outsiders to come in and watch so that it seemed like a grander affair.

Thus, the hall was almost fully packed.

There was a huge uproar, and it was exceptionally lively.

But the best seats in the front row were reserved for Qiu Mu-Cheng and her old classmates.

Some of them came with their children and family members, so they added up to almost a hundred people.

It was quite an impressive affair.

Many of her classmates looked at Qiu Mu-Cheng in envy when they saw her walking over.

"She sure is the class goddess."

"Mu-Cheng still looks as incomparably stunning after all these years."

Many of her friends were exclaiming compliments.

Qiu Mu-Cheng just smiled back awkwardly.

After they chatted for a while, the entire hall turned dark.

"It's about to begin! Keep your eyes on the stage. The performance is starting," said Situ Feng. He kept reminding everyone nonstop since he was Fan Zhong-Xian's number one lackey. The lights on stage suddenly came on.

Then a man in a suit appeared on stage.

"Mu-Cheng, this is Yunzhou's famous magician. Xian spent a pretty penny inviting him here. A 30-minute performance costs about $50,000."

"This is the Good Big Brother Band. They are very popular in Yunzhou and Fenghaisan of late. They charge almost $200,000 for one performance."

"The Red Lily Girl Group dances really well. I heard they almost managed to perform at the New Year's Gala this year. It costs at least a few hundred thousand to get them to perform." All kinds of song and dance were performed on stage one after another.

There were waves of applause.

Su Qian and the others were engrossed in the performances while Situ Feng continued to provide Qiu Mu-Cheng with more information on each performance.

He kept yapping on about how incredible the magician was, how popular the singers were, or how much the host cost.

Qiu Mu-Cheng frowned nonstop. Why was Situ Feng telling her about all this?

Was he bragging about Fan Zhong-Xian's wealth?

But this had nothing to do with her.

It wasn't like he was her husband.

Fan Zhong-Xian had gotten changed backstage. He straightened his hair and made final preparations while Qiu Mu-Cheng and the others watched the performance outside.

"How do I look? Do I look amazing? It's my turn soon. Are the fresh flowers ready? Hand me the script, I want to look through it again. Also, tell the pianist and the lighting guy to be on standby. It got ruined by that useless bum the last time, so nothing must go wrong this time! You hear me? My future happiness is in your hands, so please don't let anything go wrong again!"

Fan Zhong-Xian was clearly starting to feel nervous as time drew near.

After all, he put in all this effort, money, and manpower into the event to ensure it was a real spectacle for the sake of these few minutes.

So it was natural for Fan Zhong-Xian to be nervous.

He wasn't even this nervous when he went for his national college entrance exam!

The staff finally came running over.

"Young Master Fan, get ready. You're on."

"Okay!" said Fan Zhong-Xian. Then he inhaled deeply and waited for the staff to cue him.

Outside...

A voice sang loudly while the vividly colored stage lights spun.

An extraordinarily handsome gentleman was standing on stage and singing.

His melodious voice sounded divine and absolutely refreshing.

The atmosphere was infectious as the elegant man glowed gently.

"Mu-Cheng, do you think my prince charming will be as dazzling? Will he shine as brightly as the sun? It must be very blissful to marry someone as incredible as him."

Su Qian was lost in thought from the music and the infectious atmosphere. Her eyes were filled with romantic notions and hopes she bore for her future.

Qiu Mu-Cheng couldn't help feeling sad and sour in her heart.

Every woman wanted to become a princess and marry a prince.

Qiu Mu-Cheng used to be like Su Qian when she was in school. Qiu Mu-Cheng harbored romantic hopes about love and fantasized about her blissful future. She imagined that a prince would come for her and descend from the skies on a colorful cloud just like the legendary Zhi Zunbao. She also dreamt that her man would stand on stage, sing romantic ballads to her, and give her unrivaled glory.

But destiny pushed her further and further away from her childhood dreams.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was keenly aware from the moment she married Ye Fan, all the illusions and anticipation she had when she was young became nothing but extravagant hopes. And these hopes would just flutter into the wind-