Chapter 96: Lure the snake out of its hole

Life after marriage was almost the same as before, because Chu Zhen treated me the same as always. It's just that when others meet me, they call me "sister-in-law," which sounds old, but it makes me very happy.

Chu Zhen and I would go back to our suburban villa every weekend, and we would also take two days each month to visit the children in the mountains. He remembered every promise I made and went to fulfill it with me.

"Lin Dang, do you still remember Chu Jun?" Yan Yan suddenly sent me a message while I was at work. Chu Jun? The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had heard of or seen him before.

Who is it?

"Chu Zhen's distant cousin, the sales manager of Fenghua Foods."

Li Guoqiang is very shrewd, almost impossible to find any breakthroughs, and he does everything flawlessly. Chu Zhen said, "You must believe in justice, and one day it will defeat evil." I believe Chu Zhen's words, so we are all waiting for the right opportunity. Huang Yanyan suddenly mentioned this to me, so there must be some clue.

"What's wrong? Let's talk. I'll wait for you at our usual spot." I was curious, so I asked her to come out.

Our old shared apartment became our secret hideout; it's our old haunt, a place where we can open up and talk freely.

"He wanted to get more products into the supermarket, so I asked Lao Li, the supermarket manager, to talk to him and agree that all of Fenghua Food's products could be sold there, but the product inspection would be more stringent."

"Are there counterfeit products?"

"No, at first their supply was quite regular, but now the Chu army has started contacting Lao Li privately, sending red envelopes and shopping cards. Lao Li is a good person, and I also informed him beforehand, so now they are trying to supply us with mixed results."

"Li Guoqiang should know that supermarket belongs to the Huang Group, right?"

"He probably never imagined I would pay attention to a supermarket, let alone that we were luring him out. Li Guoqiang isn't a respectable businessman; he profits from counterfeit goods. Providing genuine goods to the market long-term wouldn't be very profitable for him. From a business perspective, he needs to make money," Huang Yanyan analyzed from a businessman's point of view.

"So what are you planning to do?"

"I will definitely agree to let him send those goods, but I will hold back that batch of goods. I don't mind losing a little money. I can't let my supermarket get caught up in the storm. When the time is right and Li Guoqiang is completely off guard, I will take it down in one fell swoop."

"Okay~" I agree with Huang Yanyan's approach.

"How's your cousin Chu Junjun doing?" I asked curiously during our evening walk, since Chu Zhen's brothers all seemed to be similar to him, like Chen Weiqi.

"We're not close, why are you suddenly asking him?"

"He's from Fenghua, you know that?"

"Feng Hua?" Chu Zhen was clearly unaware of this. "How did you know?"

“He was there the day I went to City B. He left his business card with Yan Yan. Today, Yan Yan contacted me. He is interested in putting some of Feng Hua’s products into supermarkets.”

"Tell Huang Yanyan to be careful. Li Guoqiang knows which supermarkets the Huang Group owns. I've investigated, and all the supermarkets they supply must be approved by Li Guoqiang. I believe Li Guoqiang won't expose his illegal activities so easily."

I quickly sent a message to Yan Yan. Women's thoughts are never as comprehensive as men's. After Chu Zhen said that, I also felt that it might be a scheme by Li Guoqiang.

Chu Zhen was looking for a breakthrough from Li Guoqiang, while I kept an eye on Amy. Chu Yilin's departure was too much of a burden for me, and Amy was the person I suspected. It's unimaginable what a woman can do when love turns to hate, let alone murder her rival's child.

Since I couldn't easily enter or leave the newspaper office, Ling Yiyi became an important channel for me to understand Amy. After chatting with Ling Yiyi several times, I believed that she was a simple girl with a strong sense of justice, and I didn't hide my doubts from her.

"Sister Lin Dang, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her. This woman is too vicious!" I only voiced my concerns, and Ling Yiyi was already indignant.

"You also need to be careful, after all, she knows that we used to work together."

"Don't worry, I, Ling Yiyi, am no pushover. Bullying my sister or the child of God Chu is going against me, Ling Yiyi."

"Yiyi, when you don't fully understand someone, never act rashly. You must protect yourself." Seeing Yiyi's appearance, I actually regretted getting her involved. After all, she had only graduated not long ago and was inexperienced in the ways of the world. There was no one to guide her at the newspaper. When she was covering the news, she always rushed forward regardless of whether it was dangerous or not, just like I was back then.

"I know what I'm doing. Trust me, I'm a professional journalist, and it's an honor to fight alongside you." Ling Yiyi's confident demeanor reminded me of my past self.

Chu Jun gave Lao Li a lot of kickbacks, and Feng Hua's products entered Huang's supermarket in large quantities. However, Huang Yanyan would have someone inspect the goods every time they entered the warehouse, and all the problematic ones were stored elsewhere. Li Guoqiang's counterfeit business was really extensive, including not only fake beef and gutter oil, but also milk powder and even cosmetics. He was involved in almost anything that could be counterfeited.

"How can a food company manufacture cosmetics?" Song Huai asked, puzzled.

"You don't understand, do you? All the packaging for these cosmetics is traceable; it's all genuine packaging. They must have bought the outer packaging and filled the rest with inferior products." Song Ji-hyo opened a bottle of toner, poured some into her hand, and patted it. "This is outrageous! It's clearly tap water!"

“Li Guoqiang may not know that these products are now available at Huang’s Supermarket,” Chu Zhen suddenly said. “Chu Jun focuses on performance, and the performance calculation for genuine and counterfeit goods is definitely different. So he tries every means to put all the products into the market. If Li Guoqiang knew that it was a direct supply to Huang’s, he definitely wouldn’t have agreed to let the cosmetics and milk powder enter the market.”

“These cosmetics seem to be all American brands,” Yan Yan said, glancing at them. “Most of the products in China nowadays are Japanese and Korean, and American ones aren’t really suitable for Asian skin types.”

“Amy must have connections in the US, right? Are these outer packagings that Amy brought back from the US and then reprocessed in China?” Song Ji-hyo said, and what she said was exactly what I had in mind.

"Father and daughter working together to earn money, aren't they supposed to have a bad relationship?" Huang Yanyan asked, puzzled.

"Who cares about relationships if you can make money? Look at Amy, her travel gear is just as good as yours."

"I don't care. I only like what suits me, hmph~"

Song Ji-hyo and Hwang Yeon-yeon's daily bickering has begun again.