Fu Yaning felt uneasy, but she understood Meng Hongrong. He wasn't angry that she had used his name, but that she hadn't done things well enough and had been caught red-handed.
Fu Yaning lowered her head, her voice soft and weak, "Hongrong, I have no choice. Those people got sick themselves, but they insisted that it was caused by the whitening cream. Not only did they cause trouble at the hospital, but they also wanted to expose the whitening cream on TV. You have to understand, I worked so hard to build Yaning Beauty into a big company. If CCTV really exposes it, all my hard work over the years will be in vain."
Fu Yaning is not young, but her voice is still soft and delicate, with that coquettish tone. Meng Hongrong still likes the way she raises her eyebrows and blinks when she looks at people.
His anger subsided somewhat. "Old Zhang came to me today and told me about this. He told me to keep an eye on you and get that whitening cream removed! He said if it happens again, it won't be something he can handle!"
"Remove it? How is that possible? Ya Ning's whitening cream is Ya Ning's most popular product. We can earn millions more a year with whitening cream. Hong Rong, do you know what this means? You need money to pull strings and give gifts, your parents and sisters-in-law back home need money, and I need money to socialize with my wives. Without money, we can't move an inch. I may have made mistakes, but my intentions were good. I was doing it for our family and for you to climb to a higher position."
Meng Hongrong glanced at her, his face cold:
"You think I can help you turn things around just by saying that? Do you know that your whitening cream contains 20,000 times the permitted level of mercury? Even a tiny amount of mercury in a household thermometer can cause poisoning, let alone 20,000 times the permitted level! Applying it to your face every day can cause anything from vomiting and diarrhea to uremia or even death! If someone reports you for selling this kind of stuff, and it gets on TV, and it ends up back at me, forget about climbing the ladder; I'll be lucky if I don't get brought down by you!"
Fu Yaning's eyelids twitched. "20,000 times? That's not that much. Our whitening cream works very well. It's not as serious as you're saying. What you're describing are only for unlucky people or those with poor health. Maybe it's not the whitening cream that's causing it, but rather their own problems that they're trying to blame on us."
Meng Hongrong is no good person. Even if the skin whitening cream kills people, he can turn a blind eye as long as it doesn't involve him.
But now that the whitening cream has caused trouble, it would be foolish for Fu Yaning to try to get away with it.
"How come you have no political sense at all? Is my political future more important than your whitening cream? If you cause trouble, not even the Emperor himself can save you! If you still want to do business and make money, then withdraw the whitening cream."
Fu Yaning was unwilling, but dared not disobey Meng Hongrong.
She owes her current success to Meng Hongrong's power; if this man falls, she's finished.
But she was truly unwilling to accept it.
"Or I could remove the whitening cream and sell it secretly later, selling it to customers when they ask about it. That way, everyone can benefit."
Meng Hongrong didn't want to give up this easy money either. If Fu Yaning's whitening cream made money, it would benefit him as well. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Just don't give anyone any leverage over you. Also, who exactly did you offend that's so determined to get you?"
Fu Yaning didn't hide it from her; she told Meng Hongrong about Liu Mingchuan using Mandarin to deal with her.
When Meng Hongrong heard that Liu Mingchuan was also involved, he became furious.
"He's got some nerve! He actually dared to challenge me. Looks like I haven't taught him a lesson enough!"
Fu Yaning and Meng Hongrong were in the same boat, so she grabbed his arm and said:
"Isn't that right? I was afraid he would bite us and bring up the past again, so I resorted to this tactic! Actually, Liu Mingchuan doesn't have that much guts. I checked, he got cancer last year but didn't have money for treatment and was on the verge of death. It's all because Dai's son's girlfriend was too nosy and paid his medical bills and hired the best doctors to treat him, pulling Liu Mingchuan back from the brink of death."
Meng Hongrong's expression changed. "Is this really happening? Did the Dai family get involved? Do they know about our feud with Liu Mingchuan?"
"From what I've observed, the Dai family probably didn't know. It was Dai's son's girlfriend who made the decision on her own."
“This young woman doesn’t understand the importance of things. If the Dai family finds out, they definitely won’t allow her to get involved. After all, going against us won’t do the Dai family any good!”
"That's what I think too."
The news of Song Jinjin's mercury poisoning from skin whitening cream did not generate much of a reaction.
Firstly, it was summer vacation, and even though Chu Chu had the school notify everyone door-to-door, there were always some people who weren't notified. If people didn't gather together, they wouldn't have the strength to make a big fuss. Secondly, even if they went to the hospital for tests and it was confirmed that they had mercury poisoning, there was no way to prove that it was caused by the whitening cream.
In addition, the people from Ya Ning Beauty Industry are quite assertive, saying that their whitening cream was not purchased from the counter and there is no evidence to prove that it was sold by Ya Ning.
Parents of children whose conditions are not serious are unwilling to argue with various departments and, after much consideration, prefer to settle the matter peacefully.
This put Song Jinjin's mother in a difficult position. She had to fight this all by herself, taking her child to see a doctor while also collecting evidence to get everyone to stand up and demand an explanation from Ya Ning Beauty Industry.
Song Jinjin's mother was exhausted. She felt extremely sorry for her daughter and did not want the matter of her daughter being harmed by the whitening cream to be suppressed like this.
But she had no choice. Song Jinjin needed money for treatment, and after taking care of her daughter, she had to go home to serve her troublesome in-laws.
Her in-laws were always dissatisfied with her and Song Jinjin because she had given birth to a daughter. They heard that she had used all her savings to treat her daughter's illness, and her mother-in-law threatened to kill herself to force her to take Song Jinjin home from the hospital.
Song Jinjin's mother didn't want to give up on her daughter; her daughter was her life. Her in-laws and husband didn't care, but she did.
She was determined to save her daughter.
When her mother-in-law saw that she wouldn't listen, she started threatening suicide, saying that if she didn't go back, she would hang herself!
When Chu Yu saw her, she looked exhausted, her hair was disheveled, and she had a faint body odor, as if she hadn't had time to groom herself for several days.
"Mother Song?" Chu Yu was somewhat surprised.
Song Jinjin's mother smiled at her, her face pale. "Sister Chuchu, can I ask you for a favor?"
"Please speak."
Song's mother took out a bag filled with Song Jinjin's medical reports and hospital admission certificate, which clearly stated the reason for Song Jinjin's hospitalization and the fact that the whitening cream contained excessive mercury.
Chu Yu looked at the large receipt in the bag with some confusion.
Mrs. Song sighed, somewhat helplessly, "My husband and mother-in-law are such a worry. They don't want me to stay in the hospital any longer. I'm afraid they've been blinded by greed and, having taken the money from the vendors, they won't care about Jinjin's life and will try to settle things quietly. If that's the case, they'll definitely destroy these reports and receipts. I'd like to ask you to help me keep them, as a way to give Jinjin a way out."
Song Jinjin's mercury poisoning is too severe, and it's uncertain whether it can be cured. If it can't be cured, the child is doomed.
Song's mother didn't want the whitening cream to get away with it.
We must seek justice for Song Jinjin.
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