Chapter 152 Success!

Chapter 152 Success!

Lu Hanchuan was speechless.

Ye Xiaoxiao set down her things to console her boyfriend, "Once I graduate, we can be together every day."

Lu Hanchuan lowered his head, a teasing smile playing on his lips. "So, Xiao Xiao, are you saying we’ll only be together every day four years from now?"

Lu Hanchuan! A man who saw through Ye Xiaoxiao's empty promises.

Ye Xiaoxiao clasped her hands behind her back, trying to sneak downstairs.

"Show me what groceries you bought today."

But before she could take two steps, Lu Hanchuan pulled her back and ruffled her hair vigorously. "I really don’t know what to do with you sometimes."

"Come on, I’ll make braised pork for you today."

Ye Xiaoxiao, hair tousled, followed closely behind. "You're the best, Lu Hanchuan."

She was seemingly cautious but actually perfectly in control.

...

As soon as the advertisement for the Big White Jar Face Cream aired, more people began to purchase the product.

Some merchants, unable to secure the product, started selling counterfeit and inferior face creams, claiming they were exactly the Big White Jar, identical to the one on TV.

Many unsuspecting consumers accidentally bought the wrong product.

At first, many fell for the scam until someone noticed something was off.

Xu Jinxia finally secured the Big White Jar and rushed to the mall to buy two jars.

She wanted to stock up, but her finances didn’t allow it—she was out of extra money.

While sorting through news drafts in the office, Xu Jinxia noticed a few colleagues discussing the whitening cream.

One colleague, Wang, who usually didn’t get along with her, was now the loudest.

"That Big White Jar they advertised on TV, I advise none of you to buy it. I used it just once, and look at my face now—it’s covered in acne."

Wang Ruoyi dramatically pointed at her face, showing off the acne to others.

"It does seem like it, Ruoyi. Your skin used to be so good, now it's completely ruined."

Wang Ruoyi: "I’m furious. I’m going to confront the seller after work today."

As she spoke, she slammed her face cream on the table with a look of disdain.

Another colleague chimed in, "I was going to buy it, but it was sold out. Luckily, I didn’t get it. Who would have thought such an expensive cream would cause acne?"

Xu Jinxia, however, found it a bit strange. Although both jars were white porcelain, there were subtle differences in appearance.

Having used several jars of whitening cream, she felt that the one Wang Ruoyi bought was different from hers.

Xu Jinxia walked over and grabbed the whitening cream on Wang Ruoyi's desk to take a closer look.

"Wang Ruoyi, did you get a knockoff?"

Wang Ruoyi snapped her head around, her voice sharp, "I bought this at the People's Mall, how could it be fake? Yours is probably the fake one."

Xu Jinxia flipped the bottle over, "Then you got the wrong brand. Look, this bottle doesn't have 'Rende Pharmacy' written on it, so it's not the one in the ad."

Other coworkers crowded around to check it out.

"Yep, it doesn't."

"Ruoyi, you got a fake."

"It's a no-brand, no-label, no-quality product, right?"

Wang Ruoyi: "I paid six yuan for this, and the mall actually sold me a fake!"

Moreover, this matter was exposed by her rival Xu Jinxia, totally embarrassing her.

"This looks so similar to the cream in the ad, how can we spot the fake?"

"I really wanna get it, but I'm worried about getting a fake."

Xu Jinxia: "If you're that concerned, you can go to Rende Pharmacy to buy it. They carry it there, and the staff at Rende Pharmacy will tell you how to distinguish the real whitening cream from the fake."

After hearing Xu Jinxia's words, the colleagues decided to go to Rende Pharmacy together to buy the cream.

Wang Ruoyi, still fuming, was determined to confront the seller after work.

Similar scenes were playing out in various corners of the capital.

For a time, those shady sellers who peddled counterfeits for profit got their comeuppance.

"I wanted to buy the whitening cream produced by Rende Pharmacy, what did you give me? My wife had an allergic reaction after using it, went to the hospital several times and still isn't better. You owe me!"

"I also bought a fake whitening cream. A big mall like this sells fakes? Looks like I can't shop here anymore!"

The cashier stumbled over their words, "You chose it yourself, I didn't say this was Rende Pharmacy's cream."

"This is ridiculous, you're deceiving consumers. If you don't compensate, I'll wreck your shop today."

With too many people causing a scene, the mall manager had to intervene.

He didn't expect that selling a substitute for the Big White Jar would cause such a negative impact on the mall.

The manager gave everyone instant refunds and promised to remind customers in the future which one was the Big White Jar Face Cream from the ad.

As for those with allergic reactions, the mall couldn't offer compensation. They could only recommend that these people go to the original manufacturer.

For a time, countless small workshops and factories in the capital went out of business.

Ye Xiaoxiao jumped on this chance and had Manager Ma find a reporter from the Capital Daily to publish the story of the real and fake whitening creams on the front page.

From then on, every time someone went to buy whitening cream, they would specifically add, "We want to buy Rende Pharmacy's cream."

Thanks to the cream incident, Rende Pharmacy got a little boost in popularity.

Manager Ma was full of good news, and his excitement was palpable even over the phone.

The business battle wrapped up quickly, with Rende Pharmacy achieving an overwhelming victory.

While chaos reigned outside, Ye Xiaoxiao was thinking, "Now that we have the whitening cream, it makes sense to add serums, masks, and such."

At Lu Hanchuan's urging, Ye Xiaoxiao stayed at his place for two more days.

She had to head back to school the day before classes began.

This time, Lu Hanchuan stayed quiet and dutifully drove her to school.

Ye Xiaoxiao was lugging a lot of stuff. "I told you not to get so much, there’s no room in the dorm," she said.

Lu Hanchuan replied, "Then let’s stash them in the house outside first, it’s near the school."

"I’ll pack up the clothes I don’t wear and move them there," Ye Xiaoxiao responded.

Lu Hanchuan suddenly asked, "Can you move off-campus in your sophomore year?"

Ye Xiaoxiao turned her head. "Yeah, but it’s easier for me to live on campus."

"You’re tied up with Mr. Song’s stuff, sometimes you have to take leave when it’s late. Are you sure living on campus is the best?" Lu Hanchuan countered.

Hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao really started to think seriously. "You’ve got a point. I’ll think about moving out after this semester."

Lu Hanchuan nodded in satisfaction.

After parking, he walked Ye Xiaoxiao back to her dorm.

Today was the usual move-in day, and campus was packed with people hauling luggage.

When they reached the girls' dorm, Ye Xiaoxiao wanted to go back and put her things away herself, asking Lu Hanchuan to wait downstairs.

The dorm auntie said today was an exception, and guys helping with luggage could go in, but they had to be quick.

So Lu Hanchuan helped Ye Xiaoxiao carry her luggage upstairs.

"I wonder if anyone’s in the dorm."