Conducting Appraisal

"Nothing," Jiang Yutong replied. "She just thinks everything today was arranged by me. She sneered and mocked me, convinced my plan couldn't possibly succeed."

"Also, she warned me to stay away from Xuan."

Lei Hui clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"This Lin Qingwan is quite confident now, still hasn't seen the situation her company is facing clearly."

But that was fine. The more confident Lin Qingwan was, the harder the slap to her face would be later.

"Miss Jiang, why did Lin Qingwan warn you to stay away from the boss?" Lei Hui asked curiously.

Jiang Yutong said, "Probably can't stand the idea of her younger brother being taken by someone else."

Lei Hui almost cursed out loud.

"Is Lin Qingwan out of her mind? She doesn't treat the boss well herself, yet she won't allow others to treat him well?"

His boss was so outstanding, he deserved everyone around him to be good to him.

It's just that the Lin family's kind of "goodness" was something the boss didn't need, lest he get himself into trouble.

Jiang Shuqin watched Lin Xuan from a distance.

She instructed uneasily, "Li, you keep watching Lin Xuan closely. Don't let him come into contact with Old Zhong."

To prevent Lin Xuan from asking Old Zhong to help fake the results.

Anything that should be avoided must be avoided.

"Mom, I will," Lin Li nodded.

It only took about seven or eight minutes.

Old Zhong arrived at the hotel.

Lin Qingwan went up to greet him, extending her hand. "Old Zhong, hello. I am Lin Qingwan, the owner of DR Cosmetics. I am honored you could come to my company's celebration banquet."

"Hmm."

Old Zhong merely glanced at Lin Qingwan's hand, showing no intention of shaking it at all.

A flash of embarrassment crossed Lin Qingwan's eyes.

Ever since the Supreme Series skincare line took off, no one had dared to disrespect her like this for a long time.

But she still needed a favor from Old Zhong, so she had to be extra nice to him.

"Old Zhong, please help me check if there are any issues with my company's skincare products."

"Wait," Zhong Yan said expressionlessly. "My assistant has gone to get the tools. We can start the inspection as soon as they arrive."

"Alright," Lin Qingwan nodded.

Another five minutes passed.

The instruments were brought to the celebration banquet.

Before the inspection began,

Lin Qingwan specifically walked over to the reporters and instructed, "I hope all of you journalists will properly livestream and record the entire inspection process, to help clear my name and my company's reputation."

"President Lin, don't worry, we will definitely record everything carefully," a reporter nodded.

"Thank you for the trouble."

Lin Qingwan gave a slight nod, then walked over to Jiang Shuqin's side.

"Wan'er," Jiang Shuqin said worriedly, "Mom still feels very uneasy inside."

Lin Qingwan said confidently, "Mom, just relax. Nothing will go wrong."

"I hope so," Jiang Shuqin's tightly furrowed brows refused to relax.

Lin Chang also frowned deeply.

Why did everything happening at today's banquet give him a sense of déjà vu...

The reporters discussed in hushed tones.

"Do you think DR Cosmetics' skincare products are really fine?"

Actually, they were hoping there were problems.

Problems would definitely cause a huge sensation and make for explosive news.

"Probably. Lin Qingwan seems so confident, it doesn't seem like the Supreme Series has ingredient issues. If there really were problems, she wouldn't have requested an inspection, and she certainly wouldn't have invited Old Zhong, the impartial head of the inspection agency."

"Logically, there shouldn't be issues, but why do I feel something's off? I have a feeling things won't go too smoothly."

"Forget it, our discussion here is useless. Let's just wait for the results."

One reporter looked thoughtfully at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan brought Jiang Yutong, Lin Qingwan's rival, here.

He felt it wasn't just to attend the celebration banquet.

If coming to the celebration banquet wasn't to congratulate Lin Qingwan, then it meant Lin Xuan knew in advance what would happen here.

So Lin Xuan probably had a hand in this. Given his methods, this matter likely wouldn't be resolved so easily.

In that case, there was a good show to watch.

He instructed the photographer with him, "Remember to record everything properly later. Don't miss any details, understand?"

The photographer nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Zhong Yan sat in a chair.

The inspection began.

Jiang Shuqin waited for the results nervously.

Lin Qingwan, however, looked relaxed and confident.

She even took a moment to glance in Jiang Yutong's direction, her brows tightly knit.

"Something's wrong," Lin Qingwan murmured.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingyan beside her asked curiously.

Lin Qingwan replied, "The trending topic earlier and Mrs. Chen were both arranged by Jiang Yutong. Her goal was probably to damage the reputation of the Supreme Series skincare."

"I invited Old Zhong. Seeing her scheme fail, she should be very nervous. But she looks completely relaxed, like a bystander watching a good show, and even a bit sure of herself..."

This made Lin Qingwan somewhat less confident.

Was Jiang Yutong setting some trap for her to fall into?

A strong sense of unease welled up inside Lin Qingwan.

"She's probably pretending,"

Lin Qingyan said. "She is nervous, she's just putting on a calm front."

"Is that so?"

Lin Qingwan murmured.

She still felt uneasy. She made a phone call to the production workshop supervisor.

She was afraid Jiang Yutong might have sent someone to secretly tamper with their skincare products in the production workshop.

"Old Li," Lin Qingwan asked, "Have any suspicious people approached the production workshop recently?"

"None that I know of," the supervisor shook his head.

"Everyone working in the production workshop is a trusted veteran employee. The security guards are also vigilant. Absolutely no unrelated person could get in. President Lin, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking this?" the supervisor inquired curiously.

Lin Qingwan answered, "Nothing much. I'm just worried our products might have been tampered with during production."

"President Lin, you can rest assured about that."

The supervisor patted his chest in assurance. "We've done random sampling on these products. There won't be any problems."

"Hmm."

Lin Qingwan's anxious heart settled.

It seemed the products really had no issues.

This Jiang Yutong was probably just pretending to be calm, as Qingyan said.

"Mr. Lin, this is for you."

While cracking sunflower seeds, Jiang Yutong handed Lin Xuan a glass of red wine.

"Thank you."

Lin Xuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

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