Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss
Chapter 1466 - 1438: Preparing to Make an Effort

Chapter 1466: Chapter 1438: Preparing to Make an Effort

When Uncle Liao asked, Kiara hadn’t answered yet, and Mario Yuno was quickly on his feet, handing her a cup of tea.

"Daughter-in-law, before you answer this question, please calm down and drink some water to cool off. Pretend in your mind that the person isn’t your mother but your patient, and you need to step back and look at the issue rationally instead of emotionally," he suggested.

As the saying goes, ’a husband knows his wife best.’ Kiara was indeed very angry at the moment. People tend to become irrational when they’re angry, which is why psychologists often find it so hard to treat their own relatives.

Taking a deep breath, Kiara calmed herself down.

"Uncle Liao, you’re saying there’s no information available on the manufacturer of the health product my mom bought, right?" she asked.

"Yes," he replied.

"Then this should be easy to deal with. It’s a ’three no’ product (no brand, no manufacturer, no production license). In this case, it’s much simpler than if it were a legitimate product with formal procedures."

"Why do you say that?" Mario Yuno asked.

"’Three no’ products can be reported to the industry and commerce authorities. They’re easy to crack down on. If it had formal procedures, it would be very difficult for us to take action. Even if it were a legitimate health product with proper licenses, and they sold something worth $100 for $10,000, we’d still struggle to claim our rights because the regulation in this area is very lax," Kiara explained.

Hearing Kiara say this, Mario Yuno took out his cell phone, ready to make a call.

"I remember I have a classmate who works in the industrial and commercial bureau. I’ll get them to come over and shut down this scam immediately," he said.

Kiara stopped him, "No, that won’t do."

Both Uncle Liao and Mario Yuno looked at her, not understanding why Kiara was intervening.

"Right now, my mom has been completely brainwashed and won’t listen to reason. Shutting down one counterfeit and shoddy product is only a temporary solution. What if another so-called legitimate health product comes along and brainwashes her every day? It can’t kill her, but it can’t cure her either. Throwing money into this bottomless pit will never end. Unless she realizes this herself, shutting down thousands of them will make no difference. Let me handle my mom first; then you can take them down," she insisted.

His words made sense, and Father sighed deeply.

"I really don’t understand. Your mom is usually so thrifty. She’ll queue up at 4:30 in the morning to buy discounted cabbages, so why is she spending money like water on this thing? Every time I bring it up, she snaps at me, accusing me of being stingy, and the more I talk, the more it damages our relationship," he lamented.

Spending money is one thing, but the problem is these products are promoted like miracle cures. Since Kiara’s mother got brainwashed, she stopped taking her prescribed medication for hypertension and became obsessed with these health products. I’m truly afraid it could harm her. And whenever we raise concerns, she just brings up money and gets angry with anyone who challenges her.

"This isn’t my mom’s fault. It’s those people who have brainwashed her. Brainwashing is a very scary behavior. They’ve coached her on exactly what to say in advance, anticipating our reactions. They deliberately guide her to connect every problem to money," Kiara explained.

"That’s despicable," Camden felt an impulse to make a mistake—he really wanted to go over there and beat them up, even without a reward from his wife.

This is just the beginning. In a few years, these kinds of scams targeting the elderly will proliferate. The sellers of these health products know all too well how to exploit people’s psychological weaknesses—it’s all psychological warfare."

Who could understand psychology better than psychologists?

This includes, but is not limited to, insurance salespeople, product recommenders, telephone scammers, and so on. In short, anyone who wants to transfer money from your pocket to theirs is well-versed in human weaknesses. While you can’t simply condemn all these products—there indeed are some that are beneficial—it’s the sales tactics that invariably involve psychological manipulation.

"I just don’t get it. Mom doesn’t get any better from taking those products, so why does she still believe in them?" Mario Yuno found the nature of this brainwashing incomprehensible.

"Those people brainwash you before selling their products, telling you the miraculous nature of these medicines is that they will cause some adverse reactions like pimples, diarrhea, worsening of the illness, and they tell you all of this is detoxifying your body. So, when these side effects occur, not only do you not get angry, but you also feel it’s effective. I’m not denying that some detox reactions are indeed like that, but more often, it’s just to hoodwink you. People have a special psychology, the more you invest, the more you believe. After taking it for a while and not feeling better, she won’t stop but instead, because she invested so much, she doesn’t want to quit halfway and continues taking it. Those people will continuously come up with reasons to hoodwink her, and step by step, it becomes uncontrollable."

That’s the power of brainwashing.

"You can’t hit them, and they won’t let you seize their operation now, so what do we do?" Mario Yuno said, getting angry.

"If they play mind games and brainwash my mom, then I’ll reverse brainwash them. Just watch. I’ll wash those bastards right out!" Kiara’s eyes sparkled with determination — these people had messed with the wrong person.

Upon hearing her say this, Robert Johnson ’Father’ felt relieved, and Kiara spoke to him.

"Uncle Liao Walker, you’ve worked hard. My Mom’s just had too hard a life in her earlier years and lacks a sense of security in her later ones. It’s not that she means to target you, but a person who’s been brainwashed always acts against their will and ends up hurting those around them. If she gives you a hard time, come to me, and I’ll handle it. Don’t let it affect the peace between you two elders."

Robert Johnson ’Father’ nodded. "I understand. I don’t blame your mother. I’m just worried about her."

Kiara was relieved. Her mom had muddled through life, but the best thing she ever did was finding such a good man as Robert Johnson ’Father’.

"Don’t mention today’s incident to my mom. Our plans must be kept from her. I’m preparing to infiltrate this damn place in the next few days and bring down those unscrupulous bastards. Just don’t let my mom know, her mind isn’t on the same page as ours right now."

"Sure, I understand—Kiara, you want to infiltrate that health product company? Wouldn’t that be unsafe? Isn’t a young girl going in there like walking into a wolf’s den? I heard they only let older people attend their lectures; they don’t let young people in."

Kiara smiled confidently, "Of course, they prefer not letting in young people who are harder to fool. I’m not going for the lectures; I’m going to apply for a job selling the medicine."

There was such a tactic!

Robert Johnson ’Father’ glanced at Mario Yuno, who understood what he meant. Kiara’s brainwashing skills were unmatched, but as the saying goes, ’no matter how high your kung fu is, you still fear the kitchen knife.’ Kiara was unbeatable in psychological IQ games, but what if the other side resorted to violence?

"I’ll send Arlong to be your helper; you two go together, and he can look after you if anything happens."

"Arlong? Doesn’t he have to work?" Kiara asked.

Mario Yuno shook his head, "He’s not been himself recently, and I was thinking of giving him a few days off, so this is a good opportunity for him to help you."

And so it was settled. On the way back, Kiara asked Mario Yuno.

"What’s been wrong with Arlong lately?"

"Just a hunch of mine. His work performance has plummeted, and even though he claims it’s because of a cold affecting his standards, I think the issue is with his girlfriend, the one who—er, went straight."

"What makes you think so?"

"I looked into Arlong’s call history at his workplace. He hasn’t called that girlfriend of his in two weeks, and there’s been no mail either. Instead, Flora Jim’s sister, Yena Jim, has sent Arlong a box of pastries she made—didn’t you receive it too? That young girl knows how to show gratitude, constantly sending us things without any reason."

Flora Jim was cunning, but her sister, Yena Jim, knew how to be grateful—she always remembered that Kiara had saved her life, and every so often, she would mail things to both Arlong and Kiara. Sometimes it was food she made herself, other times it was local specialties from her area. Although she tried hard to hide that she was the sender, using her sister’s name, the handwriting gave her away. Kiara and Mario Yuno had a good impression of the young girl.