Scum Man Cannot Redeem Himself - chapter 140

“Today at about three minutes past six o’clock, a woman appeared in my store, holding First Sight makeup powder, with a bill of the purchase.”

“Pointing to a reddened face, she said it was caused by applying the makeup powder. Originally, we were particularly afraid of such things affecting the reputation of the store. I have been at this store for more than ten years, and have been careful. So I hastily promised her to give her the silver.”

“But the woman said she would not accept the silver and wanted a statement. So she made a big fuss.”

“First Sight had been sold in my store for a few months. I will not hide it from you, it made female customers happy, and had really good sales. I was worried about the materials used when I took the goods, so I also let my wife try it out, to make sure there was no problem, and only then I kept it in the store to sell. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? After that, I temporarily took the product off the counter, and waited for the First Sight proprietor to give a statement before deciding to sell or not.”

Chen Jili asked, “Did you see the woman’s face? Was it a rash or like a ringworm?”

“The doctor didn’t tell her what it was, saying that it could be due to makeup powder or something else, and just prescribed some ointment to apply. But the woman insisted that it was due to makeup powder.”

Chen Jili asked again, “Is the woman a familiar customer?”

Boss Jiang shook his head, “I had been at this store for more than ten years, and saw thousands of female customers. Although I could not recognize them all, I saw them more than a few times. I do have some impressions, this …… was not a very familiar face, she should not have come to the store much.”

“But someone recognized her, said she lived in the west of the city Liujiang Lane.”

When Chen Jili heard that, he got up, “I will send someone over tomorrow to check. I’ll trouble the boss to send someone over to help me identify the person.”

Boss Jiang said, “No problem, Boss Chen, do you think this is unusual?”

Chen Jili nodded, “I’m not sure. If it’s the only case, then it’s good. If there are multiple people with problems, First Sight needs to pay attention to whether there is a problem with the ingredients.”

He pondered for a moment, “There is another possibility. First Sight products sold so well, inevitably there would be jealous competitors.”

Boss Jiang nodded in agreement, and after a moment wondered, “Boss Chen and First Sight can also count as competitors. First Sight took a lot of Yueqi’s customers. The impact on Yueqi is not much, right?! Why are you so concerned about First Sight?”

Chen Jili smiled but did not say anything, and then said goodbye.

Out of the store door, a silver moon hung in the sky. Thinking of his parents, Chen Jili went back to the house. He just stepped into the threshold and Chen Wangxiang’s voice came, “You are not coming home. Do you plan to hide it from me for the rest of your life?” Chen Wangxiang’s voice was as loud as a drum, with a long-suppressed anger.

The house was brightly lit. Chen Jili walked to stand in front of his parents. Knowing that he had made a mistake he did not say anything.

Chen Jili’s mother, Liu, saw this, and quickly pacified, “The child must be tired working all day. How late is it now? I am afraid that he has not had dinner yet. Let the child eat something first, okay?”

Liu’s voice was soft and feminine with a unique tenderness that could calm people.

Chen Wangxiang listened to her. He was really angry but Liu’s words reduced it to nothing.

The three of them sat down and finished their meal in silence.

When the servants cleaned up the dishes, Chen Wangxiang said, “If your mother hadn’t forced Huixian to tell the truth, how long would you have kept it from us?”

Chen Wangxiang was born with a majestic appearance, and his face alone was a bit ominous. He had a tiger’s face, and the subordinates waiting by the side did not dare to breathe.

Chen Jili was silent for a while, “Father, I hid this matter because I didn’t want you and mother to worry. I also have no intention to divorce, so naturally I don’t want to disclose this matter. I have spent most of the year searching for Ning Qing, and only some time ago did I find out where she lives, so I am doing my best to recover our relationship.”

Liu said, “How could you be so confused? How big a deal is a divorce, is it easy to divorce? You are responsible for the disagreement between you and your wife. You shouldn’t have brought Li Shansheng into the house. Under such circumstances, Ning Qing’s impulsive actions could be justified, and you, how could you sign the divorce letter she wrote. Is it a child’s play?”

“What mother said is right,” Chen Jili said.

Chen Wangxiang said, “What did Ning Qing say now? Is she unwilling to come back?”

“Yes.”

Liu asked, “Is she alone now?”

Chen Jili hesitated for a moment, “Yes.”

After a moment of silence, Chen Wangxiang said, “Then tomorrow I will go with your mother to get her back.”

Chen Jili thought of Ning Qing’s attitude toward him. He was afraid that it would be useless for his parents to go to her and there was that matter of Longxin rouge he had to find out. He had no time to go to Qingshui these days.

“Father, mother, let me handle it myself. If there is really no way out, you guys can step in.” Chen Jili thought if the competitors set it all up, Longxin rouge incident would continue to play out in other stores. The tide of returns, the tide of compensation, would come one after another. Ning Qing would be anxious. The matter between them should be kept on hold, he must first deal with the urgent matter.

Of course, he just hoped it was not the case, that he was overly worried.

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