<b>Chapter </b><b>376 </b>
<b>Quantavius </b>and Ronald had everything nned out, but Aubree just refused to <b>y </b>by the book.
Not only did she show zero <b>signs </b><b>of </b>panic, but reporters <b>also </b>caught her out shopping for Christmas goods with Bowen.
It was not that Bowen didn’t want to <b>help </b>her–<b>he </b>just didn’t <b>step </b>in because Aubree never brought it up.
Aubree hired some paid posters and low–follower marketing ounts <b>to </b>stir up discussion, having thern analyze the GrabCheap incident from a bystander’s point of view. They pointed out that the whole thing came out of nowhere. It was almost like someone had been plotting it for <b>ages</b>.
In just a short time, the buzz stayed hot, and <b>even </b><b>the </b><b>evidence </b>they put together looked airtight.
A personmented online: [Doesn’t <b>it </b>seem like someone’s jealous and trying to take down GrabCheap?]
Another person wrote: [I’ve been shopping <b>there </b>all the time. I bought food, <b>daily </b><b>stuff</b><b>, </b>and never had any problems.]
A third person wrote: [Honestly<b>, </b><b>is </b>this really all the tform’s fault? With <b>so </b>many sellers, a few bad ones slipping through isn’t all on them, right?]
Someone else said: [All those shops just closed up out of nowhere. That makes them look super suspicious.]
These voices started to surface, but in the <b>face </b><b>of </b>the relentless onught from the <b>masses </b>and paid posters, they seemed barely noticeable.
Quantavius didn’t take these voices seriously either<b>. </b>In his <b>eyes</b>, they <b>were </b>just clutching <b>at </b><b>straws</b>.
Bree Technology’sck of action <b>these </b><b>days </b>had made him drop his guard. Just like Ronald said, Bowen was just waiting for Aubree to mess up and had no intention <b>of </b>stepping in. Aubree <b>was </b>out of options and could only watch things fall apart.
All of GrabCheap’s financing and partnership deals <b>were </b>dead in the water<b>, </b><b>user </b>downloads nosedived, uninstalls multiplied exponentially, and its valuation kept sinking.
Quantavius sneered, “So that’s all they’ve <b>got</b>?”
He had barely lifted a finger, and GrabCheap <b>was </b>already teetering on the <b>edge </b>of copse.
Watching the stock prices swing, he was grinning from ear <b>to </b><b>ear</b><b>. </b>The crisis at GrabCheap <b>was </b>even dragging down Bree Technology’s stock price. It <b>was </b>a nice little bonus he hadn’t <b>expected</b>.
“Let’s turn up the heat,” Quantavius said, his <b>eyes </b>dark and cold. This <b>still </b><b>wasn’t </b>enough.
Aubree had dragged the Yurchenko family through hell<b>, </b>and now his <b>sister </b>was too afraid to even step outside. He wanted Aubree to end up like a rat in the street, with everyone out to get her.
“Pull some strings and get someone higher up to look into Bree Technology. Apany that big is bound to have shady business,” he said.
He refused to believe that after this, Bree Technology could possibly survive.
Honestly, Quantavius was out of options. He could only fabricate rumors and weaponize public opinion against Aubree. If those people actually had the guts, they would’ve <b>already </b>taken them to court and demandedpensation.
They were not the ones actually selling the stuff, so no matter how big things <b>got</b>, if the authorities came knocking, all they could really check <b>was </b>their <b>taxes</b>.
Quantavius had assumed that with <b>a </bpany <b>as </b><b>massive </b><b>as </b><b>Bree </b>Technology<b>, </b>there had to be some dirt to dig up. But to his surprise, this move <b>actually </b>ended up restoring quite a bit of <b>Bree </b>Technology’s reputation.
When the results of the investigation were <b>made </b>public, it actually made some people waver and start to have second thoughts.
A personmented online<b>: </b>[Is apany like this some heartless business that would do anything for money, even if it means hurting people?]
Another person wrote: [I don’t care what anyone else says. Every time I had a problem with something I bought, GrabCheap
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<b>always </b>gave me a refund, no questions asked.]
Someone else said: [Same here. I <b>was </b>arguing with a seller, and customer service just jumped in and refunded me on the spot, no hassle at all.]
This made Quantavius so mad he could practically spit blood. Ronald kept pushing him, “Come on, push harder–make sure Bree Technology goes down before Christmas.
“It’s almost Christmas. Our family deserves to be together again.”
Quantavius threw all caution to the wind. <b>“</b><b>Get </b>those patients to block the entrance of <b>Bree </b>Technology. Aren’t some of them in critical condition, about to die? <b>Pay </b>their families to bring the bodies <b>over </b>and stage a protest.”
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He just couldn’t believe that with <b>chaos </b>like this, Aubree would still be able to clean up the mess.
Aubree had been waiting for Quantavius <b>to </b>finally snap and make his move.
As soon as she found out that Quantavius had sent his assistant to contact those troublemaking patients again, she immediately headed to Südlichen Strand.