I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 496: I’m just playing you for fun

Chapter 496: Chapter 496: I’m just playing you for fun

The workshop where the ice creams were made didn’t smell as good as Suizi had imagined.

The air was filled with an overly sweet artificial scent which was a bit irritating.

The hygiene conditions were decent. Probably because of an inspection from superiors, all the workers were wearing white boots, sitting at their stations making ice cream.

Their meticulous manner was reminiscent of students’ performances during a public class.

As Suizi toured with the inspection group, she just needed to observe a few workers’ hands to get a grasp of the situation.

Liangyin’s approach to hiring people was ruthless. She did have some strength when it came to management. The hands of her workers were all bandaged due to the abrasions from long-term mechanical operation of placing ice cream sticks.

Suizi marveled that Liangyin indeed had the nature to be a capitalist. It was just a pity that she was too young and love-stricken.

If she had solidly built her business without competing unfairly with Yu Jingting, with her personal capabilities and family background, it would have been very difficult for Yu Jingting, who was just starting out, to win.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Jingting, noticing Suizi was lost in her thoughts.

"I’m reflecting on myself by observing others."

Although Suizi felt it was a pity that Liangyin was love-stricken, she honestly wondered - if she was in the same situation as Liangyin and faced a man as charming as Yu Jingting, could she have done better than Liangyin?

The answer was far from straightforward.

In her retrospection, Suizi could only sigh and appreciate that the Heavens had been kind to her, giving her a second chance, allowing her to have a more mature heart and a better selection. However, most people never get a chance to correct their mistakes and have to pay for their youthful impulsiveness throughout their lives.

"I feel somewhat regretful," Suizi commented, as she saw Liangyin’s workers bring over newly made ice cream to distribute among the inspection group.

She and Jingting had put a lot of thought into this chess game.

The goal was right now.

The answer was about to be revealed, and the victory or defeat was soon to be known. However, Suizi didn’t feel excited but regretful for Liangyin, who was a woman with potential.

If she didn’t take any shortcuts and steadily built her enterprise, she would surely succeed.

How many people have been ruined by taking shortcuts?

Unscrupulous methods in business, love affairs behind the scenes, attempts to ruin someone’s family - all these shortcuts might yield benefits in the short term, but in the long run, not many who chose to take such unfair "shortcuts" ended well.

The ice cream for Suizi and Jingting was personally delivered by Liangyin herself.

A triumphant smile was on her face.

"Factory Director Yu, this is our second new product. It is the first batch produced today, please give us your valuable opinion."

Jingting didn’t take it, he only looked at Liangyin with an unreadable expression.

Suizi didn’t find his expression unfamiliar though, it was the one he wore when watching a monkey act.

Suizi took the ice cream from Liangyin. Instantly, Jingting’s gaze intensified on Suizi as he swiftly snatched it from her.

He was just too worried about Suizi getting sick from it, Suizi was just curious what it tasted like.

Su Zhe’s words were, it was unimaginably disgusting.

Suizi just wanted to know how disgusting it was.

Fearing Suizi would taste it, Jingting took a bite, and then, the world went quiet.

"Yuck!"

Gags and derisive remarks echoed around them.

"Factory Director Shen, what in the world did you guys make? Stinky tofu flavored ice cream?!"

"It feels like I’m eating rotten dead fish!"

"Get me some water!"

Just a moment ago, Liangyin was excited to see Jingting panic because this was his original recipe.

The very next moment, it all went awry.

She looked at the inspection team in disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"You taste one yourself! Are you trying to poison us?"

The inspection team members were stunned by this unimaginably disgusting delicacy.

Liangyin grabbed one, put it in her mouth, and immediately spat it out.

It truly was disgusting.

She was taken aback, she looked at Jingting incredulously as if to ask, how could this happen?

"Factory Director Shen, don’t you need tasters for your new products? You brought them to us without tasting them yourselves?" Jingting’s mouth still tasted of that nauseating flavor.

The taste was inexpressible, like rotten eggs.

At this moment, Liangyin felt cold all over and everything in front of her seemed blurred.

She realized she had made a spectacle of herself.

The expressions on everyone’s faces seemed to be in slow motion to her.

She saw people’s mouths moving but couldn’t make out what they were saying.

All she could think of was how could this happen?

Under normal circumstances, a new product needs to be tasted before launch. But she was too eager to show off and prove herself, and because this moment perfectly coincided with her agenda, she didn’t manage to have a taste test beforehand.

The stolen formula from the beer factory had made the first batch of ice cream quite successful.

The reward tasted sweet and she felt the thrill of "taking shortcuts". Her inflated ambition clouded her judgment.

Liangyin felt her world shattering into thousands of shards, each representing her past efforts.

Being the sole daughter of her family, she strived to prove she was not inferior to boys. She put in more efforts than others - reading and running a business.

All these past endeavors were torn to shreds at this moment, mocked by her former aspirations.

Liangyin felt dizzy. Suddenly she seemed to understand something, she pointed at Jingting and accused:

"It was you, you planned all of this, didn’t you?!"

"I’m not sure what you’re talking about."

Liangyin felt tears welling up in her eyes, her teeth gritted. She glared at Suizi and Jingting, wishing she could chop this wicked couple into pieces!

"You’ve been planning this trap for a long time, haven’t you? You intended to scheme against me from the very beginning?"

Seeing Liangyin spill out the truth in her rage, Chang Ling hurriedly tried to hush her, indicating she couldn’t say more.

Interested whispers began to echo, they wanted to know what was going on.

Stealing someone else’s formula was a disgraceful act. Being a failed stolen formula made it a laughingstock.

All they could do now was swallow their pride.

"Director Shen, it’s all part of life to face setback. Your half-year development of the new product doesn’t seem very successful, but you should just keep trying. As for our factory, we also recently developed some new flavors of ice cream. Would you all like to give it a try?"

Jingting was in full control and he sent out an invitation to the inspection group.

Liangyin closed her eyes, realizing the reversibility of her situation.

Chang Ling was even more frustrated. Everything was over.

The hard work of three generations of the Shen family, the grand inauguration of Liangyin’s career had now turned into a scandalous scene, leaving Jingting the winner who enjoyed the fruits of others’ labor.

"Director Yu, your factory should stick to making beer. Can these ice creams you toyed with work out? Won’t they be like dead fish and rotten shrimp flavored ice creams too?"

"Our factory doesn’t have deep pockets like Director Shen to spend half a year developing a new product. These are just something my wife and her friend whipped up. You can know if it’s good or not by tasting it."

Jingting barely missed saying that he was just messing with them.

Cutting one’s heart out couldn’t be more cruel than this.

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