C168 (1/2)

”What is it?”

”Boss, something bad happened!”

Su Zhi packed up her things and opened the door to the cubicle. She saw Qiu Hong standing outside with a worried look on her face.

”I just came back from outside. I saw some rouge shops were selling our store's items, and the prices were half the price!”

”There's such a thing?”

She thought back to the last time she went to the capital and saw a mirror case on a small shop along the street. It looked like it had been bought by someone else. However, things like lipstick and perfume could not be made by ordinary imitation. They needed the aid of the apparatus.

”If you look carefully, are they really the same as the items in our shop?”

Qiu Hong nodded urgently. ”It won't be any different. I picked one up and looked at it. It looks exactly the same as the one in the shop.”

That was strange. Could it be that other than her, there was someone else who could create all these?

”How about this, you go to those stores and buy a few items. I'll take a look.”

Qiu Hong turned and left.

Su Zhi was not in a hurry. It was a plain fact that there were lipsticks in her mouth and fragrant ointments in ancient times.

However, perfume and the things she had developed herself could not be produced in this era.

After a while, Qiu Hong came back with a sample from another store.

”Boss, look, I just bought these. Are they the same as our family's items, even the packaging and fragrance are the same.”

Su Zhi took the thing in her hand and examined it for a while. Then, she brought it close to her nose and sniffed it. She could not help but frown.

She took out a bit and said with certainty, ”This is our shop. This camellias hand cream and almond oil face cream were made by me not long ago. They even have the same number at the bottom.”

It might have been pirated, but who would have thought of pirating this string of Arabic numerals and alphabets?

As it turned out, the items sold outside all left her shop.

”But how can that be? We sell our goods directly to our customers, and we don't distribute them to other stores. Even so, it can't be that much cheaper than the stores. ”

Su Zhi thought for a moment and asked, ”Last time, when I was in trouble, I didn't come to the shop for a few days. You said that the items were sold very quickly, and there were many orders that needed to be made. Was it made by a customer?”

Qiu shook his head to express negation. ”How could that be possible? There are several brothels' girls who placed orders in bulk, but they don't use them alone. Many people split them among themselves.”

”It could also have been a collection of lists.”

However, she could not think of anyone who would be so bored as to do something so expensive and unflattering.

Buying and selling at a high price without any profit.

If he had to find a reason, it couldn't be because he wanted to rub away all the traffic in the restaurant. However, in the long run, there was no other way. After all, the flow of customers had decreased and the items had been sold as usual.

”I don't know who would do such a stupid thing. They can't do it because they want Flowery Restaurant to have fewer customers, but the items are still available for sale.” Pay attention to the people who are going to the shop to purchase items. I suspect that someone is intentionally playing tricks on us, and is trying to use such a stupid and strenuous method. ”

”Alright, I'll pay more attention.”

Su Zhi was not too worried. Recently, things had happened wave after wave, and she had learned how to stay calm.

Once the business was done big, some people would get jealous and cause trouble. If they met with something else, anything could happen.

She went back to her cubicle and continued to work on the new product. When the afternoon was almost over, she took the finished product to the makeup section of the boutique. After explaining the situation to Qiu Hong, they returned to Spring Leaf Lane.

She had come home early today, and her mother was still waiting for her outside.

Before Su Zhi even entered, she heard the sounds of children's jubilation coming from the courtyard. It was accompanied by the low, melodious laughter of a man and the barking of a puppy.

”Mom Ding, I'm back.”

She called out, and the door swung open.

The one who opened the door was not Mother Ding, but the smiling Xiao Qian.