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Having been with him for so many years, Elizabeth could easily tell if he was truly angry or was faking it.She calmed down after realizing something was amiss and only pouted as she rose to her feet in anger.

"Mom!"

Damian rushed over to help her and looked at his father.

"Dad, I know it’s all my fault, and this is my responsibility.However, someone has set me up on purpose.I don’t believe there’s a problem with the perfumes.Someone must have done something to cause me trouble."

He suspected that Arianna sabotaged him, but after some careful thought, he believed that only his own people could have tampered with the manufacturing of perfumes.

Even if Naomi Schiffer had no bad intentions, someone could still mess with the perfumes during their delivery to the lab.

However, he was stuck there and could not do anything except make wild guesses.

Joseph snorted.

"You're still not admitting that there’s a problem with the perfumes? To ensure everything was considered, I’ve had all perfumes sent to the lab.Not only the returned scents but also the ones your sister bought for her mother, not to mention the factory's remaining stock.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмAll of them have the same problem!"

"Even if there is a problem with their perfumes, does it prove that the perfume Damian developed is problematic? They could have done something to them."

Elizabeth was unconvinced.

"Can you stop treating them as your enemies?"

Joseph gave her a disapproving glare and remarked, "Even if they wanted to do something, would they know what to add to the perfumes? Do you think it’s as easy as lacing wine with drugs?"

Pursing his lips, Damian thought for a moment.

"Dad, mom still has a bottle here.Why don’t we take it to the lab for testing?"

"There’s no need."

Having lost all hope, Joseph gave him a dismissive wave.

"It won’t make a difference.They all belong to the same batch.How could there be an exception?"

"We can’t say for sure.We'll only know when we get it tested!"

Damian had not given up.

"I only managed to hire that famous perfumer from overseas through many connections.If you don’t believe me, Dad, look him up on the Internet.He’s won many awards and is a top perfumer.There’s no way that he’d make a rookie mistake like this.When you see him, you'll know!"

If there were a problem with the ingredients of the perfumes, then this would be the perfumer’s fault.However, he had complete faith in the perfumer, as the person was a friend he could trust.

"Do you think I haven’t tried to look for him?"

Joseph got angry and roared, "Do you think he could still be found?"

Stunned by his yelling, Damian asked, "Still be found? What do you mean?"

"What the f*ck do you think I mean? I knew immediately that the perfumer was the source of the issue, and even if he's innocent, we still need to ensure he stays put.However, I have no information regarding his whereabouts!"

In this case, no news was bad news.

‘If the perfumer is as talented and renowned as he claims and is innocent, why did he vanish? Something’s not right.Someone must be behind all this!’

From how Damian saw it, the whole incident had been a carefully planned trap.

"Dad, someone set me up.I’m telling the truth!"

It was only then that he became truly worried.The hope he had clung to before this was crumbling, and he was falling into despair.

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Damian felt as if he were falling into a bottomless abyss with nothing to hold on to, and even if he managed to grasp something, it was nothing but a poisonous snake.

"Enough! What good would saying that do? We have to come up with a solution!"

Joseph also felt something was amiss but could not tell what it was.

"I'll come up with something, but first, I've got to visit your uncle.He must know the current difficulties the Tanner Corporation is experiencing."

Joseph knew he had to seize the opportunity to tell Derrick about Benedict’s death.

If he could take over the Tanner Corporation, he wouldn't need to bother about the old-timers on the board, and perhaps he could turn things around.

More importantly, he could save his son.

With that in mind, he knew he had to leave immediately.

"I've got to get going."

"Dad, let me come with you!"

He was getting restless at home and did not want to stay there.

"Please!"

"What for? You can’t be seen in public!"

He scolded.

"I can put on makeup and go in disguise! If I stay here any longer, I'll go insane.Besides, I’ve been with the Tanner family for so long, but I’ve yet to be properly introduced to Uncle Derrick.I should go visit him at least."

Joseph regarded him.

Damian had lost weight in just a few days and looked pitifully pallid.

"All right, but cover your face so no one will recognize you.Let’s go."

"But..."

Elizabeth wanted to say something, but Joseph stopped her with a wave of his hand.

"Stay here.You know how Derrick’s wife is."

Upset, Elizabeth pursed her lips.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмShe wanted to go as well.

Having stayed in the house for too long and unable to go shopping, she was bored to death.

However, having met Derrick’s wife many years ago, she knew full well that she did not like her.

Although she was not in good health, the woman was lucky to marry the head of the family, who never fooled around with other women and was devoted to her.

Since she was married to Derrick, she didn't treat Elizabeth well and thought of her as an outsider, but she got along well with Eloise Neville.

After some thought, Elizabeth gave up the idea of going with them.

Putting on a disguise, Damian had his face covered and wore a turtleneck before leaving with Joseph.

After getting into the car in the underground garage, they headed straight for the hospital, where Derrick was.

The hospital was unusually quiet and was a perfect place for healing.

Damian was initially concerned about reporters here, but he relaxed when he saw how tight the security was.

However, as they moved toward Derrick’s ward, someone stopped them at the stairs, much to Joseph’s surprise.

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"Are you two blind? Don’t you know who I am?!"

Joseph roared, thinking the bodyguards were not showing him respect.

The most important question was, who were they? Joseph had never met them before.

"Sorry, no visitor is allowed to go in."

Remaining severe, the two bodyguards showed no trace of emotions and were indifferent to his yelling.

"Do I need your permission to visit my brother? I’ll report you guys to the police for false imprisonment!"

Joseph tried to barge past them as he spoke.

As the bodyguards held him back, Damian seized an opportunity to slip past, but one of the bodyguards quickly seized him.

"That hurts! Ouch!"

As he whined, Joseph stopped to check on him.

"Damian, are you alright? How dare you hurt my son?!"

"Please leave!"

Barring the way, the bodyguards said unceremoniously.

"Fine, just wait!"

Joseph thundered and held up his phone to make a call.

Joseph knew his brother had already shut off his phone long ago and was only doing it for show.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмYet, he could hear a phone ring, and it was moving closer.

Surprised, he looked toward the sound and saw Derrick’s wife heading over with the ringing phone.

As usual, Stephanie looked void of emotion, showing nothing besides traces of sorrow.She ambled near them.

"Joseph, are you done making a scene here?" иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмJoseph said hurriedly, "We’re not—I just want to visit my brother.Why can’t we go in?"

"Derrick doesn’t wish to see anyone and just wants to rest."

She looked less friendly than usual.

Joseph somehow felt that something was amiss about Stephanie today.

"Did something happen? There have been some incidents in the company, so I’ve come to see him.Oh, yes, and Damian too.Since I brought him back, he’s not met Derrick yet, so it’s good if he gets to visit his uncle."

As he hurried over, intending to wrestle power from his brother, he had not brought anything.

Stephanie saw that they came empty- handed and wondered if that was how they planned to visit a patient.She revealed a cold smile and thought it was at critical moments like these that she could see their true colors.

"There’s no need.Derrick doesn’t want to see anyone," she said coldly.

Joseph lost his temper when she kept turning a deaf ear to his request.

"You’re too much.No matter what, he’s still my brother.Are you stopping me from seeing him because you’re trying to hide something, or do you have some agenda? "If anything happens to my brother and I can’t see him for the last time, I’ll hold you responsible!"

Stephanie looked askance at him.

‘He has started to threaten me.He must have gotten impatient, huh?’

"Why exactly are you here?" She sighed, "Have you come to pay your brother a visit or just want to make sure he would die sooner?"

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As Stephanie had guessed what Joseph was planning to do, he was stunned for a moment before he caught himself quickly.

"How could you accuse me of such things? What was that about me wanting my brother to die sooner? He’s my brother, for f*ck's sake! How could you say something like that?"

"Since he’s your brother, you guys have come repeatedly to harass him, huh? First your daughter, then you and your son?"

As Stephanie glared with her hands trembling in anger, she finally lost her usual calm.

Taken aback, Joseph did not understand what she said about his daughter.

After thinking about it, he asked tentatively, "Ari came?"

"Drop the act! Ari came over just two days ago.We thought she meant well and simply wanted to visit her uncle, but she ended up .."

Shedding her tears, she snarled, "Now that the doctor has saved his life, you two have come to claim it.No matter what, I won’t let you guys see him!"

Speechless, Joseph and Damian shared shocked expressions.

Damian recovered sooner.

"Can you please tell us what my sister did? Wasn't she just visiting? Dad and I are only here to see how Uncle Derrick is doing, and we have no agendas.Besides, my dad isn’t aware that my sister was here."

Stephanie was doubtful.

"Is that the truth?"

Joseph nodded profusely.

"You also know that many things happened at the company recently, and I’ve been busy.I had no idea that Ari had come here.What did she say?"

Stephanie looked into his eyes as if trying to find out if he was telling the truth.

After a while, she let out a sad sigh and said slowly, "Ari came over and said many things were going on in the company.Then she told Derrick that...Benedict..."

She broke down in tears with a saddened look.

After a moment, she got hold of herself and continued, "Derrick almost died then, and the doctor tried to save him.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмEven then, without showing concern for him, Ari asked me at the doorway for his seal, claiming she needed it to run the business on his behalf.Do you swear you’re not here for the same purpose?"

She was right that Joseph had come here for that very same reason, but now that she had said it like that, there was no way he would admit it.

"No, I would never do that!"

He denied it flatly.

"I’m genuinely here to visit Derrick.He’s been unwell for so long, and we’re all worried.Indeed, a lot has happened in the company, but I’ve been working hard to handle them.As for Ari, I had no idea what she did.I never thought she would do anything like that!"

He meant what he said about Arianna, as he was shocked by her actions.

"Okay, I’ve no idea what you and your daughter are up to, but Derrick suffered a huge blow, and the doctor said he needs to rest and not be bothered by anyone.If you truly care about him, don’t return and let him recuperate."

After a pause, she added, "I don’t know much about the business and can’t do anything about it.When Derrick gets better, I'll discuss with him to whom he should hand the company.However, before that, I wish for him to rest!"

Joseph grew worried hearing her words and dared not push her further.

"Yes, you're right.I should have spared more thoughts for him.I'll go back and find out what happened.Please take good care of him then."

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Joseph and Damian remained silent as they left the hospital.

When Damian got into the car, he began, "Dad..."

"Perhaps what you said is right," Joseph said in a grave tone.

He had been thinking about everything that had happened with mixed feelings.

Joseph could not deny that what Stephanie told him had disturbed him greatly.He had never thought Arianna would come here and ask for his brother’s seal.

‘Why would she need the seal? She said she wanted to run the business on Derrick’s behalf.

In other words, she wants to take over the company.She promised to take care of her brother and help him run the business.

‘However, she does things differently.I can’t believe that the daughter I’ve raised, the one I thought had been obedient to me, would do such a thing.What else could she have done?’ Damian was surprised by his father’s response and knew he was disappointed.

"Dad, I was right, wasn’t I? It’s not that I’m prejudiced against her, but it’s the other way around! Look, if she could go and ask for Uncle Derrick’s seal behind your back, she could..."

Seeing his father’s upset face, he could not finish the sentence.

Some words could be understood even if left unsaid.

Joseph remained quiet as he drove with a hauntingly gloomy look and later dropped Damian off at the underground garage.

"Get back home and leave this to me.I’ll let you know when I have a plan, okay?"

"All right, Dad."

At this moment, Damian felt unusually relieved.

Even though the problem was not over yet, he knew his father would not let Arianna off the hook if she were connected to it.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмShe would likely be held responsible, and Joseph could solve the incident without his son getting into trouble.

Furthermore, with Arianna out of Damian’s way, he would have no competitors in the company.

Without Arianna, he would be the only heir of the Tanner Family now that Benedict had died.

Who else could Derrick hand the company to besides him? He felt happy just thinking about this.

He did not expect such a simple trip to the hospital to solve his problems.

Damian hummed a tune and gazed at his father as he drove away, not noticing a shadowy figure watching him in the dark.

As he turned to head into the lift, the figure lunged over.

As a towel with a pungent smell was held tightly over his nose and mouth, Damian struggled desperately for a brief moment and stopped moving.

The person later dragged him into a car, which drove off.

Both angry and shocked, Joseph was enraged that his very own daughter had manipulated him.

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Thinking of what Stephanie said, Joseph became incensed.

‘Oh, Ari, you're so capable, aren’t you?"

His first thought was to head straight home.

Pulling over, he almost leaped out of the car and rushed inside the house.

"Arianna Tanner!"

Shouting her full name, he wanted her to give him an answer right away.

"What's the matter?"

Eloise came out from inside, holding a cup of freshly made lemon tea.

"She’s not home.Why are you so angry?"

"why? It’s all your fault that Ariana has become like this!"

When he did not see Arianna, he lost it and slapped Eloise.

Eloise was caught off guard and had no time to react, so she took the full force of the smack to the face, and the cup she was holding shattered as it fell to the floor.

The slap was heavy, and Eloise’s face became swollen immediately.

Still, she did not cry or throw a tantrum and simply shot him an icy glare.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"I..."

After hitting her, Joseph grew calmer and felt sorry for a brief moment seeing her swollen face.

Having been married for so many years, he never hit her during quarrels.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмHowever, he was in a rage today.

The feeling of regret didn’t last long.He turned and sat down on the sofa.

"Eloise, I’m telling you, if Arianna can’t give me a good explanation for what happened, this shall be the end of our family."

This was a severe threat as he was truly angry.

If Arianna had tried to take over the company from Derrick, it meant that she was trying to wrestle power from him behind his back.He never expected her to do such a thing.

If that was the case, then she could have something to do with the trouble Damian was facing.

Eloise snorted and threw him a mocking look.

"Why? Haven’t you already destroyed our family?"

Taken aback by her sneering tone, Joseph looked at her before averting his gaze.

"Stop talking like that as if I’ve done you wrong.You have indeed worked hard for the family, but I’ve given you a life of luxury.

‘Yes, I cheated on you with Elizabeth, but it’s normal for a successful man to have several women.After so many years, I only have you two, and I've tried my best to be fair! Even though Elizabeth deserves better treatment, I’ve never brought her back home as I cared about how you feel."

Joseph poured his heart.

"I never wanted to hurt you and Arianna, and I’ve been great to her, but she...Do you have any idea what she’s done behind my back? She went to ask for Derrick’s seal to take over the company! She has backstabbed me and made mea target."

He poked his finger at his chest in anguish.

Seeing such a huge quarrel, the maids did not dare to clean up the mess, and one of them passed a cold towel to Eloise.

Eloise took it and flung it away.

"Leave us!"

A maid nervously picked it up and left with the others.

Sitting down across Joseph, Eloise crossed her arms and legs.She stared coldly at him as if he was a stranger.

"Fair?"

She let out a mirthless chuckle, "Joseph Tanner, do you really think you've been fair? Have you truly been great to Ari?"

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"Why? That’s the truth!"

Narrowing his eyes, Joseph did not think anything was wrong with what he said.

At least, that was what he had felt over the years.

Letting out a snort, Eloise looked at him.

"Oh, you’ve been great to her? Even though she had worked so hard, you refused to delegate power to her, and Ari has gotten to her position through her own effort! What have you given her? You only care about your son and plan to leave everything to him.Have you spared a thought for Ari’s future?"

Hearing this for the first time, Joseph took a second to respond.

"She’s going to get married sooner or later! When she gets married, she’ll no longer be a member of the Tanner family.How could she inherit the company?

"I've told you this before, and it’s not my fault that she’s born a woman.Yes, Ari is capable, and if she were a man, I'd definitely hand the company over to her.However, she’s a woman and will get married someday.That’s why I told you we should try to have a son, but you..."

Eloise’s body had been affected after giving birth to Arianna, and she had been unable to conceive since.

Joseph then started an affair with Elizabeth, who later gave birth to Damian.

Eloise tolerated them because she knew she was still the lawful wife and was not powerful enough to go against her husband.

But now...

"So it’s my fault that I couldn’t give birth to a son? Just because of this, you’ve treated Ari this way, thinking that you’ve been fair to her?"

"It’s the same for every family! Who on earth hands over family businesses to the daughters?"

Thinking that he was right, Joseph snarled.

When he saw her disappointed look, he suddenly caught onto something.

"Oh, you ganged up with Ari to set me up just because of this?"

"Set you up?"

Eloise let out a derisive chuckle.

"If you call Ari’s effort a set-up, then I’ve nothing to say.Your precious son has run into trouble, made you lose face, and brought a crisis to the company.Ari has only tried to gain control of the company for his and your sake!"

Joseph was speechless.

"Ari has been trying hard to think of ways to solve the problem, even to the point of pushing her uncle.But you? All you know is to blame everything on her! Fine, just do so.I’ll ask her to stop bothering to help so that we can all be happy!"

While she spoke, she picked up her phone to call Arianna.

Still trying to process what she said, Joseph was stunned to see her picking up the phone and tried to seize it from her.

"What are you doing?"

"This is what you want, isn’t it?"

She tried to hold on to her phone.

Being stronger and faster, Joseph managed to take it from her.

"Can you calm down? Are you trying to say that Ari visited my brother to find solutions for the problem?"

"What else? The company is in bad shape now.Why would she bother to take it over?"

Tears welled up in her eyes.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмJoseph grew regretful.

Seeing her reddish and swollen face, he knew he was too rash and acted too harshly.

"El..."

Joseph tried to caress her face, but Eloise turned it away.

"Save it! I don’t want your sympathy."

Embarrassed, he chuckled.

"I’m sorry, I was being reckless.It’s my fault that I lost my temper without knowing the truth.How about you hit me back?"

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While he said it, he took her hand to slap his face.

Eloise yanked her hand off with a frown.

"Do you think we’re still kids? Joseph Tanner, let me be frank with you.I’m indeed upset about your mistress and son because no woman on earth is willing to share their husband with someone else.Being someone who’s been around, I’m able to see the big picture and know what should take precedence.Do you think I'd do anything that could damage the company's interest out of jealousy?"

Thoroughly convinced, Joseph started to massage her shoulder as he said, "Yes, my dear wife, you’ re right.I’m an idiot and an * sshole for suspecting you and Ari.

"However, Derrick and Stephanie are upset and refuse to give us what we need.What should we do? We can't just force them, right? I tried to see Derrick, but Stephanie stopped me.I wonder if she’s trying to take control of the company."

"Are you stupid?"

Eloise looked at him.

"After so many years, don’t you know what kind of a person she is? Is she up to the task even if she intends to do so? She’s not CEO material! If she’s holding back, she must be hoping to strike a bargain with us.To me, she’s easy to deal with."

She analyzed the situation from her own self-interest.She knew about Arianna having gone to meet Derrick, but she had not expected that Stephanie, who was usually so gentle, would refuse to give Arianna the seal and even drive her away.

Even Joseph suffered a similar fate today.

Eloise started to ponder, ‘ With her husband seriously ill and her son likely dead, the woman must know there's no use holding on to the company's control.

Nobody would take her seriously even if she knew how to run a company.

Stephanie must be holding on to the company as a bargaining chip to ensure she’d be taken care of for the rest of her life"

"I think you’re right!"

Nodding profusely, Joseph admitted that his wife was better than him at managing interpersonal relationships and understanding how people think.

In these matters, Eloise was indeed better than Elizabeth.

"If so, would it be better if you go talk to her?" иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмJoseph asked tentatively.

"If we can get the seal, the passcode to the company’s safe, and the keys, then the Tanner Corporation will truly be ours!"

"Ours?"

Throwing him a sidelong glance, Eloise chuckled.

"Will it be ours or your precious son’s?"

"There you go again!"

Since she had said what was on his mind, Joseph let out a dry laugh in embarrassment.

"Don’t worry.No matter what, I won’t mistreat you and Ari."

In other words, he still planned to hand the company over to his precious son.

Having been with him for so many years, Eloise knew how he was, and there was no way to change his deeply rooted prejudice.

"Save it until we gain control of the company, and don’t get ahead of yourself!"

"Yes, yes, my dear wife is right!"

He smiled ingratiatingly, no longer upset as before.

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Unwilling to give up, Joseph took Elizabeth’s perfume for another lab test, and as expected, the results showed a problem with the perfume.

At the same time, they still could not find the perfumer and later discovered he was just an imposter, not a real top perfumer.He was not even an imposter.

The top perfumer Damian wanted to invite to work on the perfume was Charlie Mckenzie, but the person who worked on the perfume was Charlie Mckenzee.

There was just a slight difference in the spellings of their names, but that made all the difference.

Such low-level deception was common in the country and was exposed many times.

However, it was the first time someone pretended to be an internationally renowned top perfumer by making a fake name.

It was a simple deception that one could quickly notice if one paid closer attention.

However, Damian told his friend to get in touch with Charlie’s team, which was only possible with the considerable sum of money Damian had spent.

Hence, when the man came, Damian thought he got the right person.

When Damian returned home, he searched on the Internet and found that Charlie had won many awards and that he was a rare talent in the industry.

There was not a single photo of him on the web, but Damian was not doubtful at all and accepted him into his team just like that.

The imposter only had a basic knowledge of fragrances, so it was reasonable to trust that his products would not cause harm to anyone.

However, no one understood why he added an illegal substance to his product this time around, which caused chaos to erupt.

Recently, Tanner Corporation’s branch, which focused on the development of fragrances, had its license confiscated by the relevant authority.

This was not just an internal affair of the company, so it was difficult for Joseph to protect Damian as this matter had blown up.

"Ari, think of a solution! Your brother can’t go to jail!"

Derrick was anxious.

Initially, he thought he would settle this problem as long as the company suppressed the development of the matter and compensated their consumers.He did not expect this matter to blow up even further.

"If he can’t go to jail, what about you take his place, Dad? Someone has to take the blame," иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм Arianna said as she casually looked at the documents before her.

Arianna was well -aware of the things that had happened over the past few days, but she was lazy to get serious with him.She knew about Joseph throwing a tantrum before slapping Eloise, yet he was still begging for her mercy.

"Ari, what are you saying? How could I go to jail?"

Joseph stared at her in bewilderment.

"If Damian can’t go to jail and you’re unwilling to replace him, what about I go? Should I take one for the team?"

Arianna looked up, asking in a half-joking manner.

However, Joseph hesitated for a moment.

Although he said nothing, his hesitation was enough of an answer.

When she suggested that Damian or Joseph go to jail, Joseph instantly rejected her suggestion, telling her they could not afford jail time.

However, he hesitated regarding Arianna, which meant this was a plausible choice.

Arianna had known his answer long ago, but she still smiled self- mockingly.

What was she expecting anyway? "Dad, it’s easy for us to explain things to the media now.We should apologize publicly, offer enough compensation to the consumers, and show them our sincerity in settling this matter.The toughest part lies with the court.If we don’t settle this well, it’s game over for Tanner Corporation!"

Her analysis had always been logical, and Joseph replied, "Yeah, I know that too.What should we do then?"

"There’s a way to go about this."

Arianna smiled.

"It’s not necessary for anyone in the Tanner family to take the blame for this matter!"

"What do you mean?"

"we can’t find the perfumer anymore, right?" Arianna asked lightly.

"Since that’s the case, no one would ever know the truth.

Where did the perfumer come from? Did he receive instructions from someone to cause damage on our side? Is he here to bring our company down? We can work along this line, and perhaps, we might turn into the victims in this case!"

Joseph understood her words, and his eyes lit up gradually, thinking she made perfect sense.

"You're right! We're the victims in this case too, but who would order the perfumer to do that to us?"

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"Our family owns a substantial company, so it’s only natural for us to have several enemies and competitors.Since we’re launching a perfume this time, it should be a company involved in the same industry that tried to crush us!"

"A company in the same industry..."

"Dad! They’re our biggest competition!"

Since the Tanner Corporation was recently involved in significant trouble by adding illegal substances to perfumes, the Perfumers’ Society had begun investigating them.

Hence, they neglected Lily's matter for the time being.

Initially, Lily had thought that her issue would pass this way as it was nonsensical.

A perfume certificate was not a professional qualification that one required worldwide.

However, the Perfumers ’ Society created such a thing, and it was ridiculous how someone could not become a perfumer just because they lacked the certificate.

Successful perfumers relied not only on their hard work and dedication, but they needed talent too.

However, talent was something unexplainable.

In other words, few people had the talent to become a perfumer.

Finally, their country had someone who excelled in this field, but she would get banned from the industry for stupid reasons.

That was simply unreasonable.

Due to that, Lily did not want to take the test to obtain the certificate.

The test would consist of much theoretical knowledge, but most of them were rubbish that Lily could not use in a practical setting.

All of that was just a form of formality.

Still, Lily did not expect someone to be so serious about something nonsensical and lacked substance.

Noah led a group of over 30 perfumers and pointed her faults out, requesting that she be banned from the industry and not allowed to be a perfumer forever.

When she saw that post, she was stunned.She was not afraid—instead, she found it ridiculous.

Most of the perfumers' names who pointed out her faults were foreign to her, and she had never met those people.

Most were part of the Perfumers’ Society and were considered well-known in the industry.

Now, they were joining hands to ban and stop Lily from continuing her career as a performer.

Who did they think they were? The post was not very popular, but it became the number one trending topic in a short while, surpassing the news surrounding the Tanner Corporation adding illegal substances to their perfumes.

It was apparent that someone paid for Lily’s matter to be on top of the list.

‘What kind of grudge does the Perfumers’ Society have toward me? They are putting in so much effort in this"

Lily sat in the garden, clicking her phone away and sipping tea leisurely.

"Lily, they want to ban you."

Olivia saw the post and also found it hilarious.

"Who do they think they are? How would they be able to ban you and our lab? How would they disallow you from becoming a perfumer ever again?"

"They might have made deals with other companies and told them Not to buy and sell my products in the future," Lily answered after some thought.

"What a joke.Did the Perfumers’ Society forget who your support is? It’s the entire La Beauté Group, the biggest cosmetics company in the country.With their support, what harm would it do us if the smaller companies stopped buying and selling our products?"

Olivia felt that the Perfumers’ Society members were too naive.