CHAPTER 680: CHAPTER 682: WEREN’T YOU NOT ALLOWED TO TELL THE LITTLE SISTER?

Xu Nianji originally intended to confront Li Jianbin about whether he had taken someone else’s money, but due to Li Jianbin’s words, he had to return without accomplishing anything.

Unable to do anything about it, Xu Nianji could only continue pacifying those returning the products, promising repeatedly for a full refund.

Initially, the demand had outweighed the supply. Now, looking at the scattered piles of chili sauce, both opened and unopened, all separated, the heap of chili sauce looking like a small mountain was a striking sight and indirectly showed how well their chili sauce had sold.

This was only a small portion of the returns; most people thought their chili sauce tasted exceptionally good and did not return it.

But, even so, the factory received a very large number of returns. These were all products everyone had worked hard to create. The unopened ones were fine; they could still be eaten and sold, but the opened chili sauce was a real pity.

"Sigh."

Ji Ying felt distressed seeing these opened bottles of chili sauce.

"Mom, don’t worry. Once this passes, everyone will definitely love our chili sauce," Xu Nianji comforted.

...

South City.

Xu Nianhua and the other two had been on a train for a day and a night, finally arriving at the South City train station. Without minding the discomfort of the journey, they headed straight to the biggest department store in South City.

"I think if this situation really was orchestrated by someone else, South City will definitely also be chaotic," Xu Nianhua analyzed logically. Although she had been on the train yesterday, she felt especially secure sleeping on the upper bunk, protected by Nian’an and Pei Yicheng. The clattering sound by her ear, she had thought of several countermeasures, and going to see the situation at the department store was the most crucial step.

The department store, just as Xu Nianhua had anticipated, had a lot of returned chili sauce piled up like small hills. However, there were no disturbances; the staff handling the returns was very polite. They segregated the opened and unopened bottles, processing each at different prices, all orderly.

Xu Nianhua breathed a sigh of relief. Mom and big brother had handled it very well.

"Shuyuan?" Xu Nian’an, with sharp eyes, saw Ji Shuyuan also helping with the returns.

"Nian’an, you’re back?" Ji Shuyuan, who was repacking unopened bottles into boxes and carefully arranging them, heard the familiar voice, looked up, and saw Xu Nian’an and Xu Nianhua beside him.

Ji Shuyuan greeted them with a smile and then pulled Xu Nian’an aside to whisper, "Didn’t big brother say not to tell the little sister?"

Because of this matter, Ji Shuyuan had been reminded several times by Xu Nianji, fearing that Nianhua would find out.

"Coincidentally, I didn’t want to say it either," Xu Nian’an felt somewhat guilty. Over the phone, he had promised confidently that he would not tell the little sister, that he would keep it from her so she would not worry.

But now, not only had he failed to keep it from his sister, but he had also brought her back. If big brother found out...

Xu Nian’an felt a chill down his spine.

"Let’s not talk about that right now. Wasn’t there trouble in the county? Why are people returning goods here in South City too?" Xu Nian’an deflected the conversation to ask.

"Sigh."

Ji Shuyuan sighed deeply, quickly shared the rumors circulating in the city, and said, "Everyone has lost faith in the Chili Sauce Factory."

"Are you hungry?" Pei Yicheng, seeing Xu Nianhua holding a cup of instant noodles and sipping the water, thought she was hungry and said, "There’s a breakfast place nearby. I’ll cook you a bowl of noodles."

"Yicheng, it’s not necessary. I’ll just eat this," Xu Nianhua said without speaking, walking with her prepared noodles towards Ji Shuyuan.