Chapter 315 The True Secret of Cloud Love
Minister Qiu reviewed the surveillance footage twice but couldn't find any flaws. He's been racking his brains these past two days, but he still can't figure out why, with the same materials and the same formula, there's a problem.
He didn't even give Han Xi any preparation for the surprise attack, but Yun Zhi Lian was made from the original liquid he prepared.
Even if it meant his death, he wanted to find out the true secret of the Cloud Love.
"You want to know the secret of the Cloud Love."
"Just let me die in peace. I've been in this industry for over twenty years. I've seen all kinds of fragrance bases. I thought I could make the same thing as long as I had the formula. But why can't Yunzhilian do it?"
Han Xi laughed and said, "I didn't tell you these things when I trusted you back then, so how could I possibly tell you now?"
Minister Qiu was somewhat surprised and said excitedly, "So you really did hold back and didn't tell me the whole secret recipe."
Han Xi smiled but remained silent, letting his silence tell him the answer.
Minister Qiu pondered for a moment and then shook his head: "No, you can't possibly carry something with you all the time. What could it be?"
He scrutinized Han Xi, trying to find the reason within her.
He only regretted that he had been too careless at the time and hadn't searched her on the way, unaware that she had secretly informed Shen Jiheng.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he looked at Han Xi with great surprise.
"I understand now, I finally figure out what this secret is."
Han Xi smiled and said, "Tell me about it."
"The problem lies with you and your daughter. I've always been curious why the final step in the Cloud Love process must be completed by you."
Minister Qiu looked like he had discovered a new continent, never expecting that he would only understand the mystery today.
He continued, "I used to secretly observe your mother, and I remember she came out of the lab covered in sweat. You were sweating the same way you were making it that day."
Han Xi smiled and said, "Go on."
"The problem lies in sweat. I remember when I was studying perfume abroad, I heard that some people put emulsified liquid on the human body, so that the material would pick up that scent."
Minister Qiu only regretted that he hadn't figured this out sooner.
He himself couldn't reach that level, but he never expected that Gu Shu's skills had already reached this point.
Now that things have come to this, he has figured it out. Han Xi nodded.
"That's good, but there's still one question you haven't figured out."
Minister Qiu has truly learned a lesson today. He thought he knew everything, but now he looks like an ignorant fool in front of Han Xi.
"Tell me quickly, what is it?"
"You should know where the color sky blue comes from, right?"
Minister Qiu looked at her with a puzzled expression, and Han Xi revealed the real answer.
"The ingredients for this Cloud Love do need to be mixed with fragrant sweat, but that's only the first step. The most important thing is the season. For example, only in misty, rainy weather can you make a pure sky blue color."
"No wonder you can't mass-produce it. I never would have guessed there were all these intricacies involved."
Minister Qiu spoke and laughed, laughing so hard that tears streamed down his face.
He thought he was proficient in high-end technologies both at home and abroad, but he didn't expect that he didn't even know these things.
Han Xi nodded: "A person's body will smell different due to changes in weather and season. My mother and I both have a unique fragrance that can only be released during certain seasons."
Minister Qiu can finally die in peace; the answer he's been searching for all this time is finally here.
Even if he tries ten or a hundred more times, he will never be able to figure it out in his lifetime.
"So you gave me the recipe just so I would give myself away."
"Yes, if I don't put out some bait, how will you take the bait? I just didn't expect you to actually betray me. What is the reason that made you give up the group you built from scratch?"
Han Xi had always regarded him as a respected elder. If this matter hadn't been exposed, she wouldn't have believed what would have happened next.
Minister Qiu was no longer as agitated as before; he closed his eyes and let out a long breath.
Knock knock...
The door opened, and Han Xi turned around to see Shen Jiheng walking in with a serious expression.
Han Xi looked puzzled as to why he was here, and then heard him say, "I heard from Leng Yu that you came to interrogate me, so I came to see what was going on."
He'd been having Qin Chuan interrogate this person for the past two days, but to no avail. He was also curious to see what Han Xi could find out.
When Minister Qiu opened his eyes and looked at Shen Jiheng, his face was filled with undisguised anger.
He has fallen to his current state entirely because of this person.
Shen Jiheng met his gaze and sneered, "You still dare to stare at me like that? Believe me or not, I can make you blind."
It wasn't that he wanted to maintain a gentlemanly image because Han Xi was present; Minister Qiu would inevitably get another beating.
"You want to kill me to cover up your evil deeds, Han Xi, you need to be careful of this person."
His sudden remark left both of them stunned.
"You'd better explain what you mean by that."
Shen Jiheng didn't want anyone else to try and sow discord between the two of them.
Minister Qiu said angrily, "How long are you going to keep lying to Han Xi? Isn't it you who bribed the top beauty product developers this time, trying to monopolize this market?"
Shen Jiheng was furious and stepped forward, but Han Xi stopped him.
"Let him finish speaking."
Minister Qiu said righteously, "You let Zhou Yiming, that incompetent brother-in-law, come out and coordinate with us, pointing all the blame at them. That way, even if we find out, it won't have anything to do with you."
Han Xi asked, puzzled, "Why are you so sure that the person behind it is him and not someone else?"
Shen Jiheng never expected that he would become the mastermind behind the scenes just because he came to listen to the reasons.
Minister Qiu looked cautious. "If I tell you about the internal situation, will you silence me?"
"If you don't talk, I can shut you up forever right now."
Shen Jiheng was eager to hear the inside story of what he had done.
Minister Qiu said cautiously, "Four years ago, you found four well-known groups in Chongqing, gathered all of us R&D engineers together, and asked us to work for you, so that we have followed Zhou Yiming's arrangements all these years."
Shen Jiheng looked at him incredulously. He heard him speak so confidently that it didn't seem like he was slandering him, but the key point was that he knew nothing about these things.
He pointed at himself: "You saw me with your own eyes?"
"Even if you were reduced to ashes, I would still recognize you. If it weren't for your power and status suppressing us, do you think everyone would listen to you? They are all forced to do so out of desperation."
Minister Qiu's bloodshot eyes didn't seem like something he could fake.
Han Xi cast a curious glance at her, wondering what had happened after she left Chongqing four years ago.
Could it be that Shen Jiheng really did all this, and now that the incident has come to light, the blame is being placed on Zhou Yiming and his wife?
"Han Xi, don't listen to his nonsense. I assure you that none of this happened."
"You want to monopolize the entire beauty market so that Han Xi won't be able to escape your grasp after returning to China. What you're doing is just a self-directed scheme to prevent her from finding out the truth."
Things were getting more and more outrageous, and Shen Jiheng was almost drawn into it by his emotions.
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