"What do you mean by that? Are you saying we’re lying?"
"Exactly! We bought it right here at your black market stall. Are you trying to deny it?"
Lu Yuanbin had someone look at the facial soaps in their hands, and the crowd erupted.
So he was trying to get out of it?
What a joke. Making a mistake and then refusing to own up to it—how could that be acceptable?
Lu Yuanbin remained silent, but one of his guys beside him shouted sharply.
"All of you, shut up! Keep running your mouths and see if we don’t throw you out! We’ve been doing business at the black market for more than a year or two, and when have we ever had a problem? We’re just trying to investigate what happened. Getting this worked up... Don’t tell me you have a guilty conscience!"
Hearing this, the women became even more furious.
They had bought their soap from the black market, so they weren’t afraid. The young woman with the allergic reaction held out her own bar of facial soap.
"Look, it’s this one."
A few of the women who had used the authentic soap before stepped forward to take a look, then grew puzzled. "This is different from what we bought. The ones we buy are white, green, and black. We’ve never seen pink or purple."
"Besides, the facial soap we buy has a strong medicinal herb scent. After you use it, a light herbal fragrance lingers on your face. When you smell it for a while, it even clears your head."
"If you don’t believe me, smell this."
Furthermore, the soap that seller sold had identical packaging and prices, differing only in color. This is what misled everyone into thinking all the facial soaps were the same.
Still, based on Lu Yuanbin’s word alone, some people still doubted the truth of the matter.
But Lu Yuanbin had come prepared. He had brought a spare, unopened bar of facial soap from home.
He held up the soap. "I know some of you still don’t believe me. So right now, I’m going to demonstrate on the spot how to tell the two types of soap apart."
"First, everyone, look at this box."
Someone who had bought two bars at once and still had one unopened took out their soap upon hearing this. The outer pattern and paper looked identical at first glance. But upon careful comparison, it became clear that Gu Jiaojiao’s pattern was more exquisite, while the other one’s was cruder.

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