Horror Camgirl - Ch. 136: Counterattack
After finishing my sentence, I hung up the phone, not wanting to waste any more time with her.
I hadn't expected that trouble would really come knocking.
Since I was in Mountain City, our factory was also set up in the industrial park there. Early the next morning, the factory called to inform me that multiple departments—including business administration, quality inspection, and fire safety—had all come to conduct surprise inspections. The fire department, in particular, claimed that our factory's fire safety equipment was not up to standard and demanded that we halt production immediately for rectification.
Meanwhile, the business administration and quality inspection officers headed straight for the workshop and tried to access the files on our computers for inspection. They also intended to conduct sample checks on our products.
This whole ordeal would likely force us to suspend operations for several days.
Every single day of shutdown would result in significant losses. My expression darkened—was this Director Tian’s doing?
I was quite influential in Shan City; if you managed to bring me down, how was I supposed to keep going here?
I called Tang Mingli directly. His tone also turned serious as he said, "Don’t worry, production will definitely resume by the afternoon."
When Tang Shao takes charge, no difficulty remains unsolved.
Sure enough, by the afternoon, the factory resumed operations right on schedule, and production was back on track. After that, no one came to disturb us again.
But Director Tian wasn't willing to give up. She hired a large number of internet trolls to defame Absolute Beauty's handmade soap on major websites, claiming that the soap only worked for whitening because it contained lead and other heavy metals. Someone even posted a picture of a rotting face, claiming it was caused by using our handmade soap.
I asked Tang Mingli to handle this matter while I locked myself in to focus on alchemy. However, a few days later, I received a court summons—the woman with the damaged face was suing our company.
Not only that, but this woman, named Huang Chunrong, started a blog on Weibo dedicated to updating everyone about the issue. Tian also hired a large number of trolls, spending substantial sums to smear us continuously on Weibo. Gradually, some people started to believe the allegations.
This made Tang Mingli furious. He investigated Director Tian and discovered that behind her stood a powerful family from Chongnan City, Sichuan Province, a family known for its influence throughout the entire Southwest Region, with many high-ranking officials emerging from its ranks.
Director Tian’s real name was Tian Yuhua, and she was the granddaughter of the head of this family. Her cosmetics company was originally established after acquiring someone else’s beauty serum formula at a very low price.
Her specialty was using her power to oppress others, acquiring their companies and formulas at a low cost. If others refused, she would stop at nothing, even causing people to lose everything.
People like her certainly needed to be taught a lesson—why let her get away with it?
A week later, the court hearing was held, and Tang invited numerous media outlets to broadcast the trial live.
I didn’t attend the hearing myself, instead entrusting a lawyer to represent us. This lawyer was quite renowned—brought in from Capital City by Tang Mingli, and reportedly one of the country’s best.
Huang Chunrong, her face wrapped like a mummy, sat at the plaintiff’s table.
I had no idea where Tian found this woman, but she was crying her heart out in court, speaking with such conviction that she moved a lot of the audience to tears. Many spectators even wore indignant expressions.
When Huang Chunrong and her lawyer were gloating, thinking they had the upper hand, the lawyer hired by Tang Mingli, Attorney Li, slowly stood up and asked, "Ms. Huang, is it true that six years ago, you were sentenced to two years in prison in France?"
Huang Chunrong’s expression changed immediately. She had changed her name and identity after returning to China, so she thought no one would know about her past.
She calmly replied, "I don’t know what you’re talking about."
Attorney Li then produced a document showing that six years ago, Huang Chunrong had worked in France and was sentenced to two years in prison for falsely accusing a well-known French cosmetics company.
The revelation sent shockwaves through the courtroom. A person with a criminal record like hers had significantly reduced credibility.
Afterward, Attorney Li presented bank transaction records from Huang Chunrong's husband's account. Though her husband was unemployed, he received a hefty sum of 100,000 yuan just over a week ago.
Huang Chunrong insisted that the money was her husband's gambling winnings. Attorney Li sneered and looked at the shady man beside her, pointing out that winning 100,000 from gambling could lead to imprisonment. The shady man's face darkened.
Attorney Li then called a witness to the stand. The moment the witness entered, Huang Chunrong's face turned pale.
The witness, a doctor, testified that when Huang Chunrong visited him, he discovered that the burns on her face were caused by a corrosive chemical agent. However, Huang had paid him a large sum of money to falsely claim that it was caused by cosmetics.
The doctor also presented the original examination report, which detailed the specific chemical agent responsible for the damage. Attorney Li also produced the test results of our handmade soap, which showed no trace of such chemicals.
Moreover, this chemical agent had a strong, unpleasant odor. If it had been included in the soap, customers would have noticed the smell immediately.
With the truth revealed, our company countersued Huang Chunrong for false accusations and extortion. The live broadcast of the trial also ended up providing excellent publicity for Absolute Beauty, greatly boosting our reputation.
The very next day, Absolute Beauty’s first sales counter officially opened in Shan City.
Knowing Tang Mingli, he wouldn’t let Tian Yuhua off easily.
Sure enough, soon afterward, media outlets began exposing various unethical practices carried out by Tian Yuhua’s company, Yuhua Cosmetics. Government inspections also found that, aside from high levels of heavy metals, Yuhua’s products contained a toxic substance that could lead to cancer with prolonged use.
As soon as the news broke, Yuhua Cosmetics Company was immediately thrown into the spotlight.
Another week or so passed, and I finally mastered the second move of the "Hero Sword Manual": Silver Saddle White Horse, swift as a falling star.
I mastered this move while practicing in the courtyard of my neighborhood. The landscaping here is beautiful, the environment very pleasant. It was morning, and there weren’t many people around. I was practicing with my sword beneath a ginkgo tree.
Even though I wasn’t using any Spiritual Energy, when I executed the move successfully, the ginkgo leaves on the ground were swept up by the airflow emanating from me, swirling through the air.
When I finished the move, those dancing leaves all paused in mid-air before falling cleanly and decisively to the ground.
I was thrilled and, holding my wooden sword, was about to head home to take a shower when I suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps. I frowned.
Turning around, I saw a few men who looked like hired thugs approaching me.
These men didn’t look like common gangsters; they seemed more like trained bodyguards. Their eyes held a hostile glint, and they carried electric stun guns.
Although these men seemed capable, they were all just regular people. Most likely, they were sent by that woman surnamed Tian.
The leader waved his hand, and all of them rushed at me. I smirked. Perfect—I could use them to test my newly mastered sword technique.
“Zhao rides with fluttering cap, Wugou Bright Frostsnow!”
With a twist of my wrist, the Peachwood Sword spun in a flourish, and I leapt forward, the sword dancing like a whirlwind.
I used just a tiny bit of Spiritual Energy—an almost imperceptible amount—but it carried a force like a thunderclap. Wherever the Peachwood Sword went, nothing could withstand it.
I stopped and sheathed my sword.
I turned back and looked at the fallen thugs scattered across the ground. Each of them had at least one broken bone and was writhing on the ground in pain, unable to stand.
I walked over to the leader, grabbed him by the hair, and lifted his head. His face had taken a blow, with half of his teeth knocked out and his face swollen.
“Who sent you?” I asked.
He sneered, refusing to answer. I shrugged. “You won't say? That’s fine. I have others who can ask you.”
With that, I made a phone call. It wasn’t long before Ye Xianluo arrived with her team. She gave the thugs a cold glance, as if she were looking at a bunch of corpses.
“Take them all away.”
Soon after, Ye Xianluo informed me that they had confessed. It was Tian Yuhua who had ordered them to kidnap me, intending to torture me to extract the formula.
The Special Department moved swiftly. Tian Yuhua had been holding a press conference, trying to handle the crisis. She had invited many media outlets.
As she was earnestly explaining to the media about her company's good reputation and her own upstanding character, emphasizing her frequent charitable work, and dismissing all the rumors as baseless, a few police officers walked in. They held arrest warrants, and right in front of all the reporters, they held them up and said, “Tian Yuhua, you are suspected of kidnapping, framing, and intentional harm. Please come with us to assist in the investigation.”
Tian Yuhua’s face turned ashen. She shouted angrily, “Are you all crazy? I’m friends with your chief!”
The officers remained stern, their voices cold. “Please cooperate.”
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