961 Perplexed and Smitten 21 (1/2)
She headed downstairs to discover that Jin Qingyan was no longer around.
An Xiaoning dialed Fan Shixin's number and hung up quickly. Soon after, Fan Shixin entered.
”Young Madam.”
”What did he ask you?”
”He asked me if you knew about his relapse and I said that you didn't. He then asked me a few other questions, all of which I answered according to the way you told me to.”
”Alright, good job. Investigate on this girl called Hu Xin and give me all the information you can find about her. She used to work in the Black Genie bar.”
”Okay.”
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Bu Xianxian had already sensed that something was amiss with her night lotion when she was applying it last night. This morning, she discovered something unusual with her moisturizing lotion.
Staring at the lotion on her palm, she found that there seemed to be some discoloration. The lotion used to be milky white in color, but now it seemed a little grayish.
Bu Xianxian removed the lid of the lotion bottle and took a sniff of the content, only to find that it had a strong odor, though she was unsure if there was just a higher concentration of the key ingredients.
On top of that, she had also discovered a similar odor in the other bottles of cosmetic products.
Her instincts told her that there was something off about her cosmetic products.
Bu Xianxian had no idea just what went wrong with them and could not seem to find the problem despite checking through them carefully. She had no choice but to bring them to the cosmetics store to seek help from the store assistants.
After comparing her products to the ones on display, the store assistant said, ”You seemed to have added something into your bottles.”
”No, I didn't.”
”It's obvious that something has been added.”
Bent on finding out the reason for the strange odor, Bu Xianxian brought the products to a lab where she paid for a lab test to be run on the products to find out what went wrong.
To her astonishment, the results showed that there were concentrations of a highly-poisonous pesticide found in the products.
She was ill at ease and filled with anxiety on her way home.
No wonder they'd smelled different than before. She sensed something fishy and decided to ask Shi Shaochuan to show her the surveillance camera footages.
Hence, they discovered the cause of the problem.
Bu Xianxian was overwhelmed with exasperation, and she wished she could just beat Shi Bao'er to death.
The matter had also came across as a shock to Shi Shaochuan, who did not expect that his daughter would commit such an outrageous act. He coaxed Bu Xianxian and tried to placate her by giving her a generous amount of 100 thousand dollars, which she could use to buy a new set of cosmetic products. She finally felt less upset.
The 100 thousand dollars were soon squandered away by Bu Xianxian after a single shopping trip.
However, Shi Bao'er's actions had become a thorn in her flesh that never fails to get her riled up. She absolutely detested Shi Bao'er.
Fortunately, my face is alright. Otherwise, I'd definitely disfigure that damned lass!
She returned to the Shi family mansion with several shopping bags, enjoying the life of a wealthy man's wife.
Shi Shaochuan had been idling about every day and was living on his family's assets. He and Bu Xianxian would do nothing except eat and play all day. Although Bu Xianxian was not planning to live or be in a long-term relationship with him, she still thought that it would be better for him to find a job or have something to do. To be exact, she wanted to do something with her time.
”Shaochuan, shall we open a café?”
”I'm not interested in that.”
”But I am. Will you open one for me?”
”Do you know how much it costs to buy a storefront for a café in our city? I'm willing to give you some financial support if you're okay with renting a space instead of buying it.”
Bu Xianxian gave him a peck on his cheek and said, ”How much can buying a storefront cost? Since we're going to spend the money, we might as well put it to good use by investing it in something.”
”But I'm not interested and I won't be giving you the money to open one,” said Shi Shaochuan, who turned her down straightforwardly.