Chapter 51
The plane landed safely in Mo City. It was already evening and the brilliant sunset filled the sky.
Luo Qingli felt a little dazed when he saw these brilliant colors again. It was only over a month, but it seemed like a much longer time had passed.
She turned on her phone and soon saw many missed calls.
Most of the calls were from Zhao Jingyu.
She didn't scroll down, but directly called Zhao Jingyu.
"Hey, Jingyu, what's going on?"
"Boss Luo, have you arrived in Mo City?"
"Yes, I'm about to take a taxi to the company now."
"Okay, I've ended the live broadcast. The perfume samples have been sent to the testing agency. Although the expedited testing process has been processed, it will still take three to five days."
"Okay, I'll do another live broadcast when I receive notification from the agency to collect the results. Did you go and buy the Night Color Perfume?"
"Yes, I have sent someone to buy it back. We can compare it when you come back."
Zhao Jingyu's efficiency was beyond Luo Qingli's expectations. It seemed that recruiting her under his command was the right choice.
"Jingyu, I initially suspect that there's a traitor inside our company who caused the formula to leak. While I'm at the company, please send someone to check the surveillance footage to see if there's anyone suspicious approaching the aging room."
"OK."
Luo Qingli hung up the phone and took a taxi back to the company in Mocheng.
Mozhu's company is located near the perfume factory, mainly for the convenience of communication with the factory and delivery.
Luo Qingli sat in the car and called Jiang Ran, but Jiang Ran still didn't answer.
Luo Qingli was even more worried. She had never lost contact with Jiang Ran for so long. Jiang Ran always had an optimistic image, but Luo Qingli was afraid that Jiang Ran would do something stupid.
Luo Qingli called Lin Pingyu again. Surprisingly, the phone was connected after ringing several times.
"Qingli." Lin Pingyu's voice sounded a little hoarse and weak.
"Pingyu, how are you?"
"Just fine."
"Where's Ranran? Are you with Ranran? I called her but she didn't answer."
"She," Lin Pingyu paused, glanced back at Jiang Ran, who was curled up in the quilt, and continued, "She's asleep now. Her phone might be turned off, so I can't get through. She's been exhausted these past two days."
Luo Qingli breathed a sigh of relief only after Lin Pingyu confirmed that Jiang Ran was safe.
"What's going on between you two? Does she know about Ye Lan?"
Lin Pingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, but the matter has been initially resolved. I explained it to her clearly. Although she still seems a little unconvinced, she has finally stopped resisting me."
"What about the online scandal? How are you going to resolve it?"
"After a while, I will announce my marriage to Ranran to the public and explain the whole story."
"Wedding news? Are you getting married to Ranran?"
"Yes, I've already lost Ye Lan once. This time, I don't want to lose Ran Ran."
Luo Qingli's voice turned cold, and she asked, "Lin Pingyu, I'll ask you this once, who do you like, Ranran, or Jiang Ran who looks like Ye Lan?"
"Qingli, I don't know. I don't know who my feelings are for, but I know that I can't live without Ranran. I can't lose her!"
"Lin Pingyu, if you let Ranran down, I will never forgive you!"
"Don't worry, I won't. I will give her the best."
After hanging up the phone, Luo Qingli rubbed her brows. These two people were her very important friends. She really didn't want to see such a situation. She just hoped that both of them could be happy.
When they arrived at the company, Luo Qingli got out of the car and entered the company.
Seeing Luo Qingli coming back, the company's employees seemed to have found their backbone and changed their previous depressed mood.
Luo Qingli gathered the staff and said loudly, "Everyone, this is an unprovoked disaster. We at Mozhu did not plagiarize, but were framed. I believe that justice will always prevail. We must have the confidence to overcome this together! Okay, everyone, just do your job as usual."
As the person in charge of Mozhu, she naturally has to boost morale.
After that, she called Zhao Jingyu into the office.
Zhao Jingyu brought two bottles of perfume, one was a new product from Mozhu and the other was a new product from Ye Se.
Luo Qingli looked at the two bottles of perfume with different packaging and asked Zhao Jingyu, "Did you smell them? Do you think these two bottles of perfume are the same?"
Zhao Jingyu nodded and said, "I just tried spraying them. The two bottles of perfume smell very similar. When I first sprayed them, I thought they were the same scent, but after a while, the smell was different."
"What's the difference?"
Zhao Jingyu recalled for a moment and said, "The night perfume has a strong aftertaste of cocktails. It's too rich, even a bit pungent. Our perfume doesn't have that."
After listening to what Zhao Jingyu said, Luo Qingli had already made a judgment in his mind.
She took out a perfume test paper, sprayed the night perfume on it, let it sit for a few seconds, and then sniffed it lightly.
The top note is slightly sour lemon and a light salty taste of sea salt. The middle note has a slight fishy smell of seaweed to simulate the smell of the sea breeze, and the base note is a light wine aroma.
The idea behind perfume making is exactly the same as Mozhu's.
But the perfume formula of Night Color is different from that of Mozhu. The proportion of lemon in its top note is too small, making the lemon flavor in the scent too light. Too much seaweed extract in the middle note makes the fishy smell too strong. There is also too much wine aroma and rum base in the base note, which makes the wine aroma too heavy and weakens the original refreshing feeling of sea salt lemon.
Luo Qingli had already judged that this was an imitation work of a certain perfumer, and he most likely made the mixture based on Luo Qingli's perfume.
The other party should be an experienced perfumer, but he does not have the accurate formula ratio. In addition, with Luo Qingli's perfume-making skills, although the final product of Ye Se smells similar to Mozhu's, it is ultimately not as good as Mozhu.
What's more, one can tell from the smell of the night perfume that it has not been aged long enough.
The aroma has obvious layers, insufficient fusion, and too strong an alcohol taste; these are all obvious problems.
For professionals like Luo Qingli, the difference between the two is very obvious, but for ordinary people whose sense of smell is not so sensitive, the two are already very similar.
That's why Yese was so confident in accusing Mozhu of plagiarism.
"Mr. Luo, how is it?" Zhao Jingyu asked anxiously from the side.
Luo Qingli told Zhao Jingyu his conclusion.
Zhao Jingyu's eyes lit up, "So that's how it is, they really are framing us!"
"We can clarify this aspect, but my testimony alone is useless. We need to find a few more authoritative perfumers and perfume reviewers to testify." Luo Qingli said thoughtfully.
"Mr. Luo, if you trust me, please leave this matter to me! I will ask professional personnel to come and testify for our Mozhu!" Zhao Jingyu volunteered.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. After this is over, I will give you a long vacation."
"Okay! I'm going to issue a statement on this matter now to stabilize public opinion."
Zhao Jingyu went out in a hurry.
Luo Qingli breathed a sigh of relief. She sat down on the office chair and looked out the window. She found that the sun had already set, leaving only a faint afterglow.
Luo Qingli stood up. The problem had been solved. Then she felt tired and wanted to go back to see Xiaobao.
Borrowing the company's car, Luo Qingli drove all the way back to Yuyi Village.
I parked the car in front of the yard and pushed open the gate. The lights in the familiar house were on, and I seemed to be able to see the figures inside through the lighted windows.
Luo Qingli walked to the door and could vaguely hear Xiaobao's childish voice coming from inside.
Luo Qingli knocked on the door. She only brought back a cell phone and the house key was left in Beicheng.
The door opened and Aunt Lin stuck her head out. Seeing it was Luo Qingli, she immediately showed a look of surprise.
"Qingli, you're back! Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
"I was busy, so I didn't have time to tell you."
Luo Qingli walked in and found Xiaobao sitting on the floor in the living room playing, while Jiang Ran, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was sitting next to Xiaobao. She was playing with Xiaobao like a child, making Xiaobao laugh.
Hearing the noise, Jiang Ran looked over and saw Luo Qingli standing by the door.
"Qingli, why are you back?" Jiang Ran was a little surprised that Luo Qingli came back suddenly.
Xiaobao quickly stood up, clattered to Luo Qingli's side, hugged Luo Qingli's thighs and said, "Sister, you're back! Xiaobao missed you so much!"
Luo Qingli squatted down, touched Xiaobao's head and said, "Sister misses you too. Have you been good at home?"
"Yes, Xiaobao is very well behaved and plays with auntie!"
Luo Qingli looked at Jiang Ran and saw that Jiang Ran seemed even thinner than when he was in Beicheng.
Jiang Ran came over, her originally bright face becoming a little fragile. She gave Luo Qingli a forced smile and said, "Qingli, please don't ask, okay? I will take care of these things."
Luo Qingli felt a little distressed. She nodded and said, "Well, I won't ask, but I hope you can be happy."
"Yes, I will. Who am I? I am Jiang Ran." Jiang Ran forced a smile.
"Qingli, have you eaten? If not, shall I make you a bowl of noodles?" Aunt Lin asked.
Luo Qingli shook her head. She was not hungry at all.
Luo Qingli sat on the sofa, watching Xiaobao and Jiang Ran playing, and finally smiled for the first time today.
She was so tired that it wasn't until she sat in the familiar comfort of her home that she could truly unload those burdens and truly relax.
She was lost in thought for a while, and suddenly heard Aunt Lin calling her.
"Qingli, there's a man outside. He said he's here to see you. Why don't you go out and take a look?"
Coming to see her? Luo Qingli subconsciously wondered if it was Jiang Yao. After all, Jiang Ran was here with her, so it was normal for Jiang Yao to come over.
Luo Qingli stood up, opened the door, walked across the courtyard and came to the gate.
Under the dim street light, stood a tall figure.
He just stood there quietly, the light shining down from above his head, casting shadows covering his eyes, making it impossible to see his expression at the moment.
"Luo Qingli, you abandoned me again, didn't you?"
He said softly.
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