Chapter 213: Chapter 213

"I’ve been using Aura’s skincare products for so long without any problems. Where did the rumor about bad skin come from? It’s simply nonsense."

"Calling people unscrupulous merchants, your hearts aren’t pure either. Coming here on purpose to extort others, the moral decay is astonishing."

"Exactly, stop slandering Aura’s products here. Aura’s products are great, we’re all loyal fans and customers, so we have more of a say than you do."

The crowd’s chatter left the middle-aged woman and her family speechless.

When the police arrived, Aura cooperated fully with the investigation, but it was the family whose conflicting statements were full of doubts, and in the end, they were the ones taken to the station for causing a disturbance.

The middle-aged woman and her family got scared and just ran away from the police.

Even a blind person could see they felt guilty. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍

Bystanders, seeing there was no more drama, also dispersed.

The Aura store suddenly felt a bit deserted.

A few police officers took a walk around the Aura physical store.

Aura’s products had previously been quite popular and sought after, but they were also hard to buy.

One police officer remembered his wife frequently mentioning how hard it was to buy Aura’s products, and now that Aura was being slandered, she still defended Aura, saying the products were truly good.

Now that he was here on business, why not bring a bottle back for his wife?

Since his wife said they were good, they must be good.

So the officer asked the store clerk, "Do you still have the ’no makeup needed’ lotion in stock?"

The clerk smiled and asked, "Are you referring to the beauty lotion? It’s our newly launched product with outstanding effects. Officer, you have a good eye."

"Wrap it up for me then."

Although he didn’t really believe any beauty lotion could be that miraculous, since his wife liked it, buying it to make her happy wouldn’t hurt.

The police had just scared away the troublemakers, so the store clerk felt very grateful and quickly wrapped up the product, even including some free samples.

When he got home and gave the items to his wife, she was thrilled, especially after discovering the free samples, hugging and kissing him repeatedly, "Honey, you’re amazing!"

She continued, "You have no idea, the internet is full of criticism against Aura. I don’t even dare speak online anymore. Those people are slandering Aura’s products without ever using them. After hearing you say someone caused trouble at Aura, I feel like God Sterling is just too outstanding and attracts jealousy, so someone is deliberately sabotaging him?"

The officer thought to himself, he realized early on so had no issue with Aura, which was why he bought the products for his wife today.

However, these are business matters, and the police really can’t intervene.

Helen Hale’s company’s surge over Aura only maintained for less than a month before the situation flipped dramatically.

Because the internet influencers’ frenzy over recommending Helen Hale’s company products resulted in many buyers, with sales once being several times higher than Aura’s.

However, issues arose quickly, with users consecutively reporting that not only were the products ineffective, but many also experienced allergic reactions, and some even ended up hospitalized with severe skin issues.

Some couldn’t help but recall Paige Sterling’s previous post, taking Helen Hale’s products for testing, and astonishingly found that the results matched Paige’s claims, with certain harmful substances significantly exceeding limits, potentially causing cancer over time.

The entire internet was shocked.

The products from Helen Hale’s company were initially immensely popular but were now harshly criticized.

"Oh my God, I just bought it but haven’t had the chance to use it yet. Can I still get a refund?"

"They claimed the effects were the same as Aura’s products. I’ve been using Aura, and Aura never caused these issues."

"Ha, those who were hyping it up now have egg on their faces, don’t they?"

"Obviously plagiarizing Aura and still refusing to admit it, what now?"

Because the situation escalated too quickly, Helen Hale’s company soon drew the attention of relevant authorities.

After tests, it was clear that Helen Hale’s skincare products had major issues, resulting in the entire company being shut down.

In this scenario, Helen remained silent, as if the company had nothing to do with her, and she wasn’t among those taken for investigation.

Helen Hale had secretly prepared such a substantial gift for Paige Sterling, sacrificing the shares of the skincare company left to her by her mother, just to sabotage Aura.

However, Aura remained untouched, and she suffered a considerable loss, furiously smashing things at home despite no one being able to calm her down.

Henry Hale, however, remained calm, "I told you, you shouldn’t do such things."

A person like Paige, unless you’re absolutely sure, you better not act. Otherwise, you might end up inflamed yourself.

He knew from the moment Helen started acting that she would fail.

And Paige’s post on social media proved to Henry that this skincare company could not be saved.

But Helen didn’t listen, so he let her be.

Only after experiencing multiple setbacks due to Paige would she understand the vast gap between them. Just telling her, she wouldn’t believe.

Helen furiously looked at Henry, "Brother! Why won’t you help me? Are you interested in that Paige too?"

Henry’s expression turned cold upon hearing Helen speak without restraint.

"If I hadn’t helped you, you’d be the one in detention now."

Helen was also a direct company executive, and this decision was made by her.

While Aura didn’t mind the imitation, the excessive harmful ingredients in skincare products weren’t a minor issue legally, not to mention the numerous victims making it tough to settle.

In cleaning up the mess for his sister, Henry hadn’t slept for countless nights.

With Helen questioning him , he felt somewhat frustrated.

"From now on, behave yourself and stop doing this kind of thing, or I won’t be able to protect you either."

Behave? That was impossible.

Whenever given the chance, Helen would definitely pounce and take a bite out of Paige.

But for now, having lost to Paige again, she had to behave, as she really didn’t have any leverage left.

However, given what happened with the skincare company, Helen decided not to keep it.

She directly instructed the detained executive to drag Aura down with them.

So the executive, upon media inquiry, publicly admitted that their products were developed by researching Aura’s products.

However, if their products had issues, then surely Aura’s must have problems as well.

This was clearly an attempt to bring Aura down with them after falling.

Naturally, such comments stirred heated discussions among netizens.

Aura also faced a wave of doubts.

But Aura then confidently released their test results, welcoming private tests, their products could withstand scrutiny.