An Ning: "Alright, what did you come here for today? Let's get down to business."
An Ning scolded Geng Hao, who glared at Lei Ting and sat down again. He then took out some cinnamon and dried spices from his bag and handed them to An Ning. Lei Ting picked them up and looked at them. Geng Hao glared at Lei Ting. Despite Lei Ting's many hints, he still couldn't remember that the Lei Ting in front of him was the boy who had confronted him with licorice root years ago.
Geng Hao: "President An, this is my new batch of goods, cinnamon from Laos. You can rest assured about the origin and quality. We can extend our cooperation a bit more."
Lei Ting picked up the spices and immediately recognized them as Chinese spices, all of which were managed by the Lei family. Geng Hao was trying to take advantage of the situation by signing a contract and then passing off inferior goods as superior ones, but Lei Ting certainly wouldn't give him that chance.
Lei Ting: "No, this is cinnamon from Guangxi, Sichuan peppercorns from Hunan, and white cardamom from Yunnan. And it's all handled by the Lei family. You'll never be able to get such good ingredients again."
Geng Hao was furious. Why was this male escort always going against him? How could he do this after taking so much money from him? And he could even smell the origin of the spices! Geng Hao stood up again, pointing at Lei Ting, and said...
Geng Hao: "Who exactly are you? What are you doing?"
Thunder: "Damn it..."
Lei Ting stopped pretending and threw the spices and seasonings at him, looking extremely angry. Geng Hao instantly remembered Lei Ting, whose eyes were blazing with fire. Lei Ting, Lei Ting, was the same kid who had confronted him in front of the Lei Group building. He'd grown so tall, how could he be here? This wasn't An's bakery, so why were people from Lei's here, and why were they doing PR for An Ning? Geng Hao slowly stood up and pointed at Lei Ting.
Thunder: "Do you remember now?"
Geng Hao: "You are... a member of the Lei family..."
Lei Ting: "Exactly, Geng Hao, it's time to settle the score from over ten years ago..."
Geng Hao: "You...how are you here...who...who are you...?"
Lei Ting: "I'll let you die knowing why. I am Lei Ting, the eldest son of the Lei family, and also An Ning's husband."
Geng Hao sat down. Rumors were circulating that the eldest son of the Lei family had gone mad! How could he be here? Two men from Facebook were staring at him. Geng Hao wanted to run away, but Lei Ting locked the door and, just like back then, clenched his fists and glared at Geng Hao.
Lei Ting: "Tell me, where did you get this batch of shoddy licorice to frame the Lei family?"
Lei Ting's angry appearance frightened everyone, especially Geng Hao, who was used to scheming behind people's backs. Lei Ting's open confrontation made Geng Hao swallow hard. Geng Hao thought about the batch of licorice he had burned back then, so there was no evidence. As long as he didn't admit it, Lei Ting couldn't do anything to him.
Geng Hao: "It's the substandard licorice that your Lei family gave me, it's what your Lei family gave me."
Geng Hao's words were the same as they had been years ago. Lei Ting put away his fist. He was no longer that naive kid. Now he wanted to clear the name of the Lei family from the past.
Lei Ting: "I knew you wouldn't admit it. You thought you burned all that licorice and there was no evidence, but you forgot that I have a small handful in my hand. My family found out back then that you collected that licorice from all over the salt lake. We should thank you for leaving me that small handful. It turned yellow after being soaked in my sweaty hands. We found out that you stored your goods in an abandoned sulfur plant in Dunlun. You also put the licorice you collected in Dunlun and let it get rained on by acid rain. That's why the licorice turned fuzzy. Tell me, isn't that right?"
Hearing this, Geng Hao broke out in a cold sweat, wiping the sweat from his face with a handkerchief. Even the most meticulous plans can have flaws; he hadn't expected to be caught here after more than ten years. However, they still didn't have direct evidence. Geng Hao composed himself, still refusing to admit anything.
Geng Hao: "You...you're slandering me..."
Lei Ting: "You can write the word 'slander' better than I can write it. The licorice went rotten, and you were unwilling to lose money. You bought half a ton of licorice from our Lei family as a foreign importer, and then demanded that it be shipped to Dunlun. You even transported the rotten licorice to the Lei family building to slander us, which almost caused our export business, which had just started, to go bankrupt."
Geng Hao: "You...you're slandering me! I didn't do it, I didn't do it..."
Lei Ting: "I'd almost forgotten about you all these years ago, and you still dare to use my Lei family's traditional Chinese medicine to swindle money from the bakery! You actually dare to maliciously inflate prices and monopolize the market! Look at the suppliers on your phone now, who dares to cooperate with you anymore! You see…"
Geng Hao wiped his sweat with his sleeve, took out his phone and looked at it with trembling hands. Just as Lei Ting had said, several suppliers had sent messages saying they wanted to cancel their cooperation. Because of Lei's supply channels, Geng Hao's escape route was completely cut off. Looking at the messages in the group on his phone about cooperating with Lei's Chinese Medicine, Geng Hao was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Lei Ting: "Do you have anything else to say? We, the Lei family, will sue you for accusing you of using inferior licorice to slander the Lei family. Be prepared to respond to the lawsuit!"
Geng Hao: "You... the three-year statute of limitations has expired, you can't do anything to me. So what if I slander your Lei family? Almost ten years have passed, what can you do to me?"
Lei Ting: "What I want is for you to admit that we don't need your money. Besides, the Lei family has always been honest and upright in its work, and we have never done anything like passing off inferior goods as superior ones. What I want is for you to admit that."
Geng Hao: "What? You're trying to trick me? You dare to trick me?"
Thunder: "What, are you still the same as ten years ago, completely powerless to fight back after being slandered by you? I'm not a child anymore. Haven't you heard that a gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years?"
Geng Hao: "You... what can you do to me, humph..."
Unexpectedly, Lei Ting tricked him into revealing information. Geng Hao hurriedly tried to leave, but Facebook showed its ID and stopped him.
Facebook: "Under investigation."
Geng Hao: "On what grounds? On what grounds? The statute of limitations has expired. On what grounds?"
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