Ch. 1831..1840
The Ex-Husband’s Revenge chapter 1831
Boom! Boom!
Right at that moment, Ruth, who was completely silent the whole time, finally reacted.
Her body jolted, and the aura around her started to rise at an incredible speed.
After that, with the help of the Advanced Pure Energy Bills and the Cleansing Pills, her strength was raised by two levels, going from the Semi Overlord State right to the intermediate Overlord State!
"How amazing!"
"Ruth is a genius among geniuses from Springfield City!"
"Her potential is horrifying!'
Leon, Iris, and the others were shocked at the sight. Their jaws almost dropped to the ground.
They never would have expected that Ruth would not only easily get to the Overlord State, but also broke through twice in a row!
It was something never seen or heard before in the martial world. It was a complete miracle!
It was obvious how shocked all of them were!
Leon in particular shut himself off for over half a month and used various ways to frantically train himself. Yet, his true skills were only around the level of the advanced Overlord State!
However, Ruth just casually trained for a bit, and her skills easily soared to the intermediate Overlord State. She was just a mere level away from him!
Even he had to feel envious of such a monstrous and horrifying level of talent!
"Alright, this is great! I've finally managed to make a breakthrough! Twice at the same time! The Cleansing Pills are just too amazing!"
After Ruth finished, she could not resist letting out a loud cheer.
During the past period, she was stuck in the Semi Overlord State for a while, and progress was slow.
As someone so deeply into martial arts, she could not help but feel sad and disappointed!
Yet, at that moment, she was finally at the Overlord State, and even at the intermediate Overlord State!
It far exceeded her expectations!
It was obvious how happy she was at that moment!
Of course, she knew very well that the drastic speed of her improvement was all thanks to Leon!
Right after that, she quickly ran over to where the rest here.
"Ruth, congratulations!"
Leon, Iris, and the others smiled at Ruth and congratulated her.
Amongst the younger generation of the Southern Region, other than some of the direct descendants from the major families, most of the other heirs were just at the initial or intermediate Overlord State!
Ruth was so young, and she was a woman at that. Yet, she managed to get to the intermediate Overlord State!
She gained the ability to somewhat protect herself!
Few of them were happy for her!
"Leon, thank you!" Ruth said sincerely.
The next moment, she suddenly stood on her tiptoes and planted a big kiss on Leon's cheek.
Feeling the warmth on his cheek, Leon felt like he was shocked by the electricity. He took a step back and was stunned.
"Ruth, w-what are you doing?" Leon clutched his face and gaped.
It was obvious that he never expected Ruth to kiss him so suddenly. She even did it in front of Iris and Cynthia.
Was that not a death sentence for him?!
Sure enough, before he could even finish the thought, Iris and Cynthia both shot a sharp gaze at him!
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"Leon, that's your reward! Not only did you pass the Mysterious Maiden Method to me, you even worked hard to help me, Snow and all of us improve! I didn’t know how to thank you, so just think of this kiss as a reward!" Ruth said generously, but her face reddened slightly.
Girls loved fairytales.
After such a long period together, Leon's impressive might, as well as him having protected all of them so many times, already left a mark on her!
Earlier, she was excited and happy. She was already so used to relying on Leon that she decided to just kiss him.
"If you want to thank him, there are plenty of other ways! Why did you have to kiss him?!" Cynthia said unhappily. She felt incredibly petty and jealous at that moment.
Of course, it was not just her. Iris was also jealous.
She could accept Cynthia because Cynthia and Leon's relationship was not so simple.
On top of that, she stole Leon from Cynthia's engagement party. She owed Cynthia so much, which was how she forced herself to accept Cynthia and Leon!
However, she did not want there to be anymore!
"Leon, I'm warning you. Ruth is still young. You're not allowed to have any uncouth thoughts about her!" Iris said seriously.
"Iris, you're overthinking it! I’ve always seen her as a little sister. How could I see her in that way?" Leon said in exasperation.
"Yes, that's true," Iris thought about it and was quickly placated.
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"That's right! Leon, are you going to continue making Pure Energy Pills or Energy Nurturing Pills? We can all help you!* Iris asked quickly.
"No, I'm about to go into my weakened state. I can't make any more pills. I'll go back to the room to rest. Let's talk about making more pills tomorrow, " Leon shook his head and said.
After all that happened, he could already feel the spiritual energy and power in his body rapidly slipping away. Even his voice was starting to sound weaker.
It meant that he needed to go back to the room and rest.
Of course, thanks to the Spiritual Pearl, he only needed to rest for a day before he recovered from his weakened state. It was no longer that bad for him.
"Okay, we'll help you inside/ Iris and Cynthia quickly supported Leon.
After that, they went back to their rooms.
In the next few days, Leon started to refine Energy Nurturing Pills after he recovered.
Energy Nurturing Pills were much easier to make than Pure Energy Pills, and Elegante and Cynthion Group both needed people to manage them.
So, Iris, Cynthia, and Ruth were all working in the company, leaving Snow behind to help Leon.
With Snow's help, Leon quickly managed to make tens of thousands of Energy Nurturing Pills, getting ready for the second sales drive!
Other than that, Leon and Cynthia and already taken the Cleansing Pills to train with during the nights.
Their situation was the same as Iris and the others. They managed to use the Cleansing Pills' miraculous effects to make a breakthrough.
At that moment, Leon was already an advanced Supreme Master. However, he did not make any progress in the sage arts.
Meanwhile, Cynthia managed to become a peak Supreme Master!
On the other side, Elegante and Cynthion Group's progress went very rapidly.
They already completely broke into the Southern Region's market, and took up an important part in the business world, becoming well-known brands!
Furthermore, whether it was the Southern Boss or the Hiltons they seemed to have disappeared in the past few days and never showed their face.
Everything seemed to be going very smoothly and peacefully!
However, that was just the calm before the storm!
Leon knew very well that the Southern Boss had his eyes on Cynthion Group, and the Hiltons were the greatest competitors of Elegante!
The quiet those two sides were, the more unsettled he felt!
His intuition told him that a storm was brewing!
Morning, in the villa, Leon was busy refining his pills. He was just about to make some beauty pills and circulation pills to fill up the company's inventory.
Snow was in charge of helping him.
At that moment, Leon's phone suddenly rang. When he looked at it, it was Iris' number.
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"Hello Iris, did you need me for something?" Leon asked without any hesitation after answering the phone.
"Leon, it's really bad. Something happened at Elegante," Iris’s frantic voice could be heard from the other side of the call. She sounded like she was in a panic.
"What happened?' Leon's heart stopped. He had an incredibly uneasy feeling.
"It's like this. For some reason, part of the stock that we sold out had things like isobutyl paraben and acrylamide as well as other restricted chemicals inside. Currently, those products have caused allergies, skin issues, and other side effects to a lot of the customers. There are a few hundred people around the company right now causing a scene. On top of that, even the authorities are here. They're going to close down the company," Iris held back her anxiety as she briefly explained everything.
"What?"
Leon was shocked to hear that. After that, he hurriedly said, "Iris, try to manage the situation for now. I'll go over right away!"
After that, Leon hung up and immediately drove to Elegante with Snow.
At the entrance of Elegante, there were over a hundred high-end cars parked in front of the company, completely blocking it off!
There were hundreds of people in front of those cars. They were all incredibly frantic and wanted an explanation from Elegante!
Elegante was a high-end cosmetics company.
Most of the customers that used the company's products were all in the upper brackets of income. There were also some from upper society!
A lot of them that were there were all rich wives around thirty and forty years of age. They were all not ordinary folk.
There were also a lot of bodyguards in suits around. They even brought many forms of media over!
In total, there were at least three to four hundred people there. It looked like an incredibly shocking scene!
Other than that, there were six men dressed in black suits in front of them.
They were from the regulatory authorities and were in charge of managing the operations of things like cosmetics.
Elegante's cosmetics caused too many negative reactions.
After preliminary inspections from the authorities, they determined that Elegante added restricted materials like isobutyl paraben and acrylamide into their cosmetics’
It was a gross violation of the rules!
On top of that, the victims were mostly among the rich and powerful, so there was a huge problem!
The evidence was solid as well, so they already decided to punish Elegante by shutting down operations for the group!
Iris, Roanne, and some of the executives were trying to talk to the authorities to settle the matter!
Otherwise, if Elegante ended up being shut down, its reputation would be destroyed. They would not be able to come back from it.
Those in charge of the company might even end up being punished by the law, being sent to prison!
"Miss Young, please hand over the relevant business documents of your company. We will be reckoning your company's commercial license and shutting you down! After three days, we will announce the punishments! Then, you will have to accommodate our investigations. If your company has shown to have violated any serious laws, we will be pursuing this by the law!" The leader, Leslie, said sternly.
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"Mister Leslie, I've already explained it to you so many times. Elegante has never added any restricted materials to our products! Please give us a few days. We will look into these things in detail," Iris pleaded sincerely.
She listened to Leon and was trying to drag things as long as possible. She was stalling until Leon could arrive.
"Impossible! The consumers' rights department has tested many of the cosmetics provided by the victims, and we found that there are large amounts of isobutyl paraben and acrylamide in them! These are the figures!" As he said that, Leslie waved the report in front of Iris.
"We have the evidence! I need Elegante to immediately go along with our investigation! If you keep on trying to drag things and obstruct us from carrying out our duties, then don't fault us for what will happen next!” Leslie said unhappily, clearly already losing his patience.
After that, he waved and planned on forcing themselves into the company.
"That-"
Iris' heart sank at the sight.
With all the evidence they had, Iris had no way of fighting back!
Furthermore, the consumers' rights department represented the country. On top of that, there were so much media present. If she tried to obstruct them, it would only make matters worse.
It would only be bad for Leon and Elegante!
With that in mind, she started to feel a bit hopeless. She did not know what to do.
At that moment, the screeching of a car’s brakes could be heard.
A black car quickly drove over and stopped behind the crowd.
Right after that, the door opened. Leon and Snow both walked out and squeezed past the crowd, quickly heading toward Iris and the others.
"Iris, Leon is here! This is great!" Roanne was happy when she saw Leon.
It was not just her, but Iris as well. She seemed to have regained her confidence as she smiled and let out a sigh of relief.
After that, she, Roanne, and the others hurried over.
"Iris, what happened?" Leon hurriedly asked when he got there.
"It's like this, the consumers' rights department is asking for our commercial license and is planning on stopping operations," Iris briefly explained the situation.
"It's that bad?!" Leon frowned, realizing that the situation was much worse than he thought.
After that, he walked over to Leslie and the others and introduced himself, "Mister Leslie, right? Hello, I'm the chairman of Elegante Group, Leon Wolf."
"Mister Wolf, you came at the perfect time! Your company has added large amounts of isobutyl paraben and acrylamide to your cosmetics. You've violated the law very badly! This is a report on the numbers! Elegante Group is to hand over all company documents. The consumers' rights department will be sealing the company off and stopping your operations!" Leslie waved the report in front of Leon, voicing out the punishment again.
As for pursuing Leon's responsibility in accordance with the law, their department would have to look into it more before handing the matter to the police!
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"Mister Leslie, it's just a report. It doesn't mean anything! After Elegante's cosmetics are distributed, it goes through distributors, cosmetics stores, and other hands! Even if there are some problems with our cosmetics, you can't prove that it's our doing!" Leon said calmly.
He knew very well that Elegante always did things lawfully. Furthermore, he developed cosmetics products. There was no way any restricted materials were inside!
However, with what was happening, there was no way he could tell where the problem was from!
However. After how Joel tried to forcibly take over Elegante, coupled with the fact that the Hiltons Group was the largest competitor for Elegente, he guessed that Joel was very possibly related to this!
In the end, even though Iris was very skilled in business, she was still quite inexperienced when it came to dealing with people.
With how the authorities seemed to have ’iron-clad’ evidence, Iris started to panic!
However, Leon was different. When he was dealing with the Southern King and the Fields, he saw so many petty schemes and tricks!
Even though the authorities had such evidence, he would never admit to it!
"That-"
Leslie was stunned, finding that he was not able to answer.
He could not believe that Leon was still denying things even with all the evidence!
It greatly exceeded his expectations and caught him completely off guard!
"What a load of nonsense!’
"Brat, we bought and used Elegante's products!"
"Now, those products have caused so many negative effects on us. Who else would take responsibility for it but you?!"
The customers were furious when they heard all of that.
Thankfully, most of them were all part of upper society. They knew their place, and would not start cursing like old ladies at the marketplace.
Otherwise, they would have immediately cursed at Leon for pushing the responsibility away!
"Everyone, please listen to me! I can understand how you feel! However, just think about it. Elegante has recently been selling hundreds of thousands of products! If our cosmetics have any restricted materials in them, it would not only be noticed now!" Leon said calmly. His tone was clear, and he added some true energy to his voice to spread it louder.
"That-"
Everyone suddenly found themselves speechless, finding that Leon made sense.
Since Elegante's products were so popular, many of their close friends bought and used Elegante's products.
However, other than them experiencing the side effects, everyone else seemed to be fine. They even praised Elegante's products for being much better than many international brands!
They wondered why it was the case, but after hearing what Leon said, they quickly understood that it could be just a problem with a certain batch of Elegante's products!
On top of that, Elegante's products went through several hands before it was sold. The blame might not lie solely on the company!
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"Of course, Elegante is still the manufacturer! Since there is a sudden addition of restricted materials added to one of the batches of products, we are definitely responsible in some manner! How about this? I will promise everyone that Elegante Group will compensate for everyone's losses with ten times the price!"
When he said that, Leon paused for a moment.
"As for the problems with the cosmetics, I'm suspecting that someone is sabotaging Elegante and trying to harm our company! Basically, please give us a few days to look into this. Well investigate the matter! After that, well give a satisfactory answer to everyone!" Leon took the chance to say in a sincere tone.
"Oh, this Mister Wolf seems like a decent man!"
' He's got some sense of responsibility!"
The customers all looked at each other, and quite a few of them started to sway.
Quite a few of them were only in the middle-income bracket. The fact that Leon was willing to compensate their losses at ten times the value was no small sum!
Of course, there were quite a few of the rich there as well. Those did not care about Leon's compensation at all!
However, Leon was acting very sincerely and did not continue pushing the responsibility away. Instead, he offered compensation and a very reasonable solution!
Suddenly, they felt their anger greatly reducing.
"Not good!”
Seeing that, the faces of a few of those that were presently darkened. They started to panic.
The fact that Elegante's products suddenly had problems was a scheme Joel instructed Gordon to carry out!
To ensure that everything went without a hitch, Joel deliberately planted a few people within the crowd to make sure everything went according to plan!
It was going quite smoothly, and the authorities decided to seal Elegante up.
Yet, Leon managed to placate the crowd with just a few words. It caused a problem in their plans.
There was no way they would be willing to let that happen!
"Everyone, don't listen to him trying to weasel his way out of it!"
"Elegante added restricted materials into their products for the sake of profits. This is something we all know!"
"It's possible that others did not have any negative reaction just because their skin and constitution are different. Maybe they just haven't caught it yet!"
"In the end, I have so much swelling on my skin and face after using Elegante's products, it almost disfigured me!
Elegante has to make it up to me!"
A long-faced man loudly shouted.
As he said that, he pointed at his face and showed everyone.
Some spots were bruised, while other spots were red and swollen. It was quite a shocking sight!
"This guy is right! There's a serious problem with Elegante's products. We may be just affected right now because we're a bit more sensitive. The situation might get worse in the future!"
"An evil company like this needs to be exposed. They need to receive the appropriate punishment so no one else is harmed!"
The others looked at each other and supported that statement, fueling everyone's anger.
"Yes, that's right!"
"It doesn't matter if it's just a certain batch of cosmetics or where the problem came from, their company is still responsible!"
"Us victims have to hold them accountable. We can't just listen to whatever they say and go along with their evil ways! M
The other customers started to shout with renewed vigor.
After that, everyone started to shout at Leon and Elegante, hoping that the company would be punished by the law!
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"Interesting!"
Leon narrowed his eyes as he looked at the man who stepped forward to stir up the crowd initially. He had a sharp gluten in his eyes.
Elegante had various products under their name. It was not just female cosmetics, but there were some skin products for men as well.
He did not suspect anything when he saw the man having all those symptoms on his face!
However, he just calmed everyone down when the man immediately tried to stir up the crowd again, causing all his efforts to go to waste!
There was no way he would not think that something was suspicious about the man.
He would be an idiot not to be!
However, the crowd was already stirred up, and he did not have any evidence to do anything to the man!
So, he decided against acting rashly.
"Mister Leslie, the evidence is clear! Please help us victims and carry out the law. Seal up Elegante Group!" The man took the chance to say to the authorities.
"Yes!"
"Seal up Elegante for the sake of us victims!"
Everyone shouted in agreement.
On top of that, the various media outlets were aiming their cameras at Leslie and the others, putting a lot of pressure on them!"
"Mister Wolf, the evidence is clear! I'll emphasize it again, please immediately hand over all company documents! If you keep trying to stop us, then don't blame us for what happens next!" Leslie warned coldly.
"Mister Leslie, where's the evidence? I already told you just now, we're being sabotaged! The report in your hand might be real, but it's just from the products that you received. You never tested any products from within our company! If you just try to seal off our company with one single report, would that not be too reckless?!" Leon said calmly.
"That-" Leslie was rendered speechless by Leon.
He knew that Leon was right. All of their products came from the victims, and not from the company itself.
From the point Elegante's products left the company until they reached the customers, they would pass several hands!
It would not be hard for anyone to do something to the products in the process if they wanted to go against Elegante!
In the end, the report in his hand was not entirely accurate. So, it was not very appropriate for him to seal the company just because of that!
"Mister Wolf, since you keep saying your company is the victim, then I'll give you one chance! Bring us inside right now. Let us test your products on the spot! If we can't find any restricted materials inside, we will absolve you of any blame! On the other hand, if any restricted materials are found, we will pursue legal action!" Leslie said seriously.
"Yes, that's fine," Leon quickly answered after thinking about it.
He had nothing to feel guilty about. There was naturally no reason to fear being checked on!
Since Leslie was giving him a chance, it suited him perfectly!
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"Alright, did everyone hear that?! Mister Wolf has already agreed to let us test their cosmetics on the spot! Everyone can watch it as well. That way, the truth will be revealed!" Leslie loudly told everyone.
"Yes, that's a good idea!”
"If there is a problem with Elegante's cosmetics, then a test would immediately reveal everything!"
Everyone agreed with Leslie's suggestions when they heard that.
"No! That will not be allowed!" Iris was shocked to hearthat. She immediately objected to it.
No? Why not?" Leslie looked at Iris in confusion.
It was not just him, even Leon and all the customers looked at her in confusion as well.
"Mister Leslie, our company's production of cosmetics is a business secret! If you bring so many people inside, it might expose our secrets and cause huge losses to the company! You and the rest from the consumers' rights department can enter, but the media and the others can't!" Iris said seriously.
They were already in danger thanks to the restricted products in cosmetics.
To prove their innocence, even if she was not very willing, she was forced to let the consumers' rights department
inside to test their products!
Of course, the department represented the country, so they had a certain degree of trustworthiness. She was not worried that they would expose Elegante's business secrets would be leaked by them!
However, the others, especially the media, would end up exposing their company secrets to the public if they were allowed to join in as spectators!
The results would be disastrous!
"That-" Leslie was shocked, finally realizing that his suggestion was not the best.
"Everyone, since this concerns the business secrets of Elegante, then let us go in alone! Everyone, you can wait outside! Once we have the results, I'll immediately show the report to everyone!" Leslie said after some thought.
"No! The media has a right to observe for the sake of the public! Going against evil deeds and reporting them is the duty of the media! We have to follow you inside to reveal the truth to the public!" At that moment, a male reporter with a ponytail jumped up to shout.
"What? Are you trying to accuse us of releasing false results? " Leslie's expression darkened as he said unhappily.
This matter was related to the company secrets of Elegante. Elegante already allowed the consumers' rights department to enter and perform their tests but did not want to bring in anyone else.
That was a reasonable request!
Yet, that male reporter was trying to force his way into Elegante in the name of the public!
It did not just threaten Elegante's business, it was also throwing suspicion to the trustworthiness of the consumers' rights department. He was hinting that they might fabricate the results!
There was no way Leslie would be happy about that!
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"Mister Leslie, I'm not trying to cast doubt on your department! I'm just worried that you will be too short- handed to completely look into the place! Then, if Elegante deliberately tries to falsify anything, it will be very easy for them to trick you! Well only be able to stop Elegante from falsifying everything if we all enter together and witness everything with you!" That reporter said.
"Yes, that's right! If Elegante wants to prove their innocence, then let us all enter to observe! If they're not willing to let us in, they must be feeling guilty about something!" The long- face man agreed.
"That's right! We're the victims. We have the right to know the situation. We have to enter to find out the truth!"
Everyone started to agree with the two of them.
"All of you."
Leslie's expression darkened.
He knew that the media and customers were making a very unreasonable request.
However, the media had the responsibility to observe the public interest, and the customers were all victims. It was normal forthem to want to witness everything!
In the end, the media and customers were already on the high ground.
He was helpless against all the pressure.
"Mister Wolf, since everyone is requesting to enter, could you allow it? Don't worry, well only allow the media to record and broadcast everything while we're doing our testing! However, well prohibit them from recording anything to do with company secrets!" Leslie asked Leon.
"Alright then," Leon thought about it and agreed in the end.
"What? Leon, how could you?!"
Iris was shocked to hear Leon agree.
She was about to say more when Leon stopped her.
"Iris, it's fine. I know what I'm doing!" Leon said with a consoling smile.
He was the one who personally developed the cosmetics in Elegatne. He knew better than anyone else that the core of the cosmetics was spirit dew!
Spirit dew was something special he made from gathering spiritual energy!
Other than him, no one else knew about the core secret of the cosmetics, and there was no way they would be able to get spirit dew!
Even if he agreed to let everyone enter, there was no way they would be able to discover or leak Elegante's most important secret!
He had nothing to worry about!
Furthermore, Elegante was in a very dangerous situation at that moment!
On top of that, the various media that were broadcasting at that moment carried quite a lot of influence.
If he did not deal with the matter properly and proved the innocence of Elegante, it was very possible that Elegante would face complete failure and be destroyed!
In the end, he had no other choice!
"Mason, you can back down. Let them all in!" Leon waved and motioned for Mason and the guards to give way.
After that, Leslie and the others from his department entered the company first.
The media and customers followed them closely.
Taking the chance, Leon walked over to Mason and the others.
"Mason, make sure you keep an eye on the long-faced man. Keep an eye on the reporter with a ponytail as well! Wait for my signal later!" Leon ordered in a low voice, already seeing that there was something wrong with those two.
"Yes," Mason and the others agreed.
After that, they followed Leon into the company.