In the evening, at the villa on the mountainside.
Jiang Mengxin and Lu Ming were having lunch. Both had been relatively relaxed recently, while Su Wanran was much busier.
Su Wanran had been tirelessly working, her heart filled with worry over Suwu.
She had provided the Wu family with a large amount of high-quality fruits and vegetables, hoping to make a big splash and spread the fame of Suwu far and wide.
Finally, Suwu had its grand opening.
Today, Su Wanran and Wu Lingxuan attended the opening ceremony together. Furthermore, all the food was sold at a 50% discount on the first day, and the business was exceptionally booming.
Jiang Mengxin turned on the television, eating her meal while watching the live broadcast.
The television was showing the bustling scene of Suwu, as if the entire Mist City was preparing to queue up for a meal.
The high-quality fruits and vegetables from the Su family, combined with the Wu family's hundred years of experience in business, quickly established a good reputation.
The Mist City officials also attached great importance to this event. Personnel from the Health Department and Propaganda Department arrived at the scene to 'support' Suwu and give it a shout-out.
This was because the Mist City government also hoped to build a new brand and wished for Suwu to become a calling card for Mist City!
While they were eating.
Jiang Mengxin said, "The Su family is truly flourishing now. Not only have they escaped the entanglement of the Fan family, but they have also formed a strategic partnership with the Wu family. I wonder how far Wanran will soar in the future. It seems the day we leave Mist City is not far off. I probably don't need to help her with anything anymore."
Is that so?
Lu Ming took a bite of stir-fried pork and shook his head slightly.
Jiang Mengxin asked, "What's wrong? You don't seem to agree with what I said?"
Lu Ming replied, "I disagree a little. Before the Fan family existed, there was a tripartite confrontation among the Su, Wu, and Fan families, which was relatively stable. Now that the Fan family is gone, only the Su and Wu families remain, which makes things difficult. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. When there is only one opponent left in the open, people will not be content with the status quo. They will try to eliminate their opponent, devour them, and become the sole dominant force!"
Uh...
Jiang Mengxin frowned. "But Wanran isn't that kind of person, is she?"
After so much contact, Jiang Mengxin absolutely believed in Su Wanran's character. She was not the type of person who always thought about eliminating opponents and becoming a sole power.
But!
Lu Ming chuckled and said, "Wanran may not be, but that doesn't mean Wu Lingxuan isn't."
Jiang Mengxin was even more surprised. "But Wu Lingxuan has the title of Living Bodhisattva. She is very upright and has excellent character. She doesn't seem like someone with great ambition. Lu Ming, have you been listening to Su Ru too much and been brainwashed by her?"
Lu Ming smiled and said nothing.
He would not be easily brainwashed by others, nor would he believe everything they said. Lu Ming had always acted according to his own principles and made his own judgments.
In Lu Ming's opinion, Wu Lingxuan was definitely not as simple as she appeared on the surface.
Moreover.
Many of Su Ru's conjectures were well-founded and not malicious slander.
Wu Lingxuan was definitely not simple!
As the two were eating, something unexpected happened. The live broadcast on television was going smoothly, but suddenly, people in the restaurant started complaining of stomachaches. At first, it was just one or two, but then the number gradually increased.
Following that, a large number of customers began to suffer from stomachaches. Some were so severe that they directly collapsed on the ground, unconscious!
What's going on?
Jiang Mengxin's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, her eyes fixed on the television. Watching the customers writhing in pain, a word popped into her mind: food poisoning!
"This is not good."
If it were food poisoning, then Suwu would be responsible and could not escape it.
Such an incident on the first day of opening could completely ruin the Suwu brand, killing it before it even had a chance to grow!
"How could such a thing happen?" Jiang Mengxin quickly got up and said, "Lu Ming, we need to go to the company."
Lu Ming glanced back at the television, observing the pained expressions of the customers on screen. He narrowed his eyes slightly, already calculating in his mind.
"Alright, let's go."
A conspiracy against the Su family had officially begun its grand opening!
...
They arrived at the company building.
Jiang Mengxin and Lu Ming walked into the conference room. Su Ru was currently gathering the company's senior management for a meeting. It was not hard to guess that they were discussing matters related to Suwu.
As soon as Jiang Mengxin entered, she asked, "What's the situation?"
Su Ru sighed and said, "There's a problem. Just as you saw, there's something wrong with Suwu's food. Customers who ate it suffered from food poisoning. Currently, 53 customers have been sent to the hospital, and some severe cases have been sent to the ICU for emergency treatment."
What was supposed to be a grand opening ceremony, intended to build fame with great fanfare, had turned into a terrible incident of food poisoning!
Heh, fame had indeed been achieved. Now the entire Mist City knew about Suwu.
Jiang Mengxin asked, "Have the cause been identified? Why the food poisoning?"
Su Ru shook her head. "Not yet, we're investigating. Right now, both Wanran and Wu Lingxuan have been taken away for questioning. The truth should come out soon."
Everyone in the conference room was dejected.
If this matter was mishandled, it would be a major blow to the Su family.
The early investment would be wasted, and that was the least of it. The most serious consequence would be a drastic drop in the Su family's reputation!
For a business, reputation and prestige were extremely important.
Su Ru slammed the table and roared, "Damn it! I said Wu Lingxuan was unreliable! She must have done something secretly to harm us!"
Jiang Mengxin shook her head. "No way? Suwu isn't solely borne by our Su family. The Wu family is also involved. The Su and Wu families each invested 50% of the capital, and they are using the Wu family's century-old brand reputation to operate. Such a major incident would also be a fatal blow to the Wu family. Wu Lingxuan has no reason to do this. Isn't this a mutually destructive, all-out fight? Wu Lingxuan has no enmity with us, why would she want to perish together?"
What she said made sense.
This was precisely what Su Ru couldn't figure out.
The problem was, besides Su Ru, who else would do such a morally reprehensible thing?
Jiang Mengxin speculated, "Could it be just an accident?"
An accident?
Heh!
Su Ru considered it impossible. On such an important occasion, food safety was strictly regulated. If no one had tampered with it, there absolutely wouldn't be a problem.
It must have been man-made!
Jiang Mengxin asked, "Then, who has enmity with the Su family? Or with the Wu family?"
Su Ru sighed. "That's too broad a scope, it's hard to say. In short, this must be a man-made conspiracy!"
At this moment.
Lu Ming, who had been silent all along, slowly spoke, "Perhaps, this disastrous incident was indeed done by Wu Lingxuan."