Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 206: Regret Not From the Beginning, Super Identity! [2 More Updates]

Chapter 206: Regret Not From the Beginning, Super Identity! [2 More Updates]

[Announcement—All Saint Leys outlets in Shenzhou have completed their withdrawal, great news!]

[Has Saint Leys from AOL also withdrawn? If I remember correctly, AOL isn’t a company from Shenzhou...]

[Indeed, AOL isn’t a company from Shenzhou, it’s from Global Center. It’s really strange, could it be that the taxes MN Group pays to Global Center each year are not enough?]

[I just love watching these copycats get slapped down. The director in the video was way too arrogant; withdrawal isn’t enough—they must publicly apologize, globally synchronized. We won’t accept an apology that’s only for special release in Shenzhou.]

Indeed, MN Group is one of the world’s largest luxury empires, but they also need a strong platform.

After Everlight City, Zhaoyun Plaza, and AOL all withdrew the Saint Leys brand, the profits of Saint Leys in Shenzhou were thoroughly decimated.

The news reached the headquarters of MN Group in Starman Federal Empire once again, and this time, all the senior executives could not sit still, including the chairman and shareholders who were shocked.

Saint Leys is just a light luxury brand and doesn’t rank highly within the MN Group.

The brand that brings in the highest profits for MN Group is Seres, one of the top three ultra-luxury brands in the world.

This incident may seem like just the expulsion of Saint Leys from the Shenzhou market, but in reality, it serves as a warning to MN Group that if other brands make similar mistakes, they too must withdraw from Shenzhou.

This cold firmness forced the habitual arrogance and pride of MN Group to make concessions.

The senior executives held an emergency shareholder meeting overnight to seek a remedy.

What could have been settled with an apology, became a fully ignited incident because of the loose lips of the director.

"Even AOL has withdrawn; are you satisfied now, huh?" Unable to contain himself any longer, the general manager, grabbing a folder, threw it at the director’s head, "Now that Saint Leys has indeed withdrawn from the Shenzhou market, are you satisfied?"

The director’s forehead was cut by the folder, but he ignored the pain, panic filling his mind, "Boss, I..."

A few years ago, Seres had committed a much larger error than this, which hadn’t caused such a significant backlash.

He had thought people of Shenzhou were all timid, but he didn’t expect to have kicked an iron board this time.

The People of Shenzhou are not the sick man of East Asia; from their hearts to their fists, every bit of them is tough.

"Still calling me boss, why aren’t you hurrying out to make the apology video?" the general manager flung another folder, "Once this incident is over, you don’t need to keep your position either. If you stay, I think you’ll drag down the entire company."

The director, with a pale face, knew well that nothing he said at this moment would help; he stumbled out of the general manager’s office.

But MN Group knew that this storm was not something that a few simple apologies could smooth over.

How to earn the forgiveness of Shenzhou and its people was of urgent concern.

**

The late summer breeze was blowing, and Yan Tingfeng sat beneath a tree, watching petals fall one after another.

Time seemed to stand still on him, the sunlight casting a golden glow upon him.

"Young Master, it’s within reason for Everlight City and Zhaoyun Plaza to withdraw, but why would AOL withdraw?" Bing He couldn’t figure it out, "AOL doesn’t seem to have any connection with us."

Tingfeng’s demeanor was calm, and upon hearing this, he simply blinked and smiled lightly, "How do you know there’s no connection?"

"Huh?" Bing He scratched his head, "Could it be Miss Ye knows someone from AOL? I heard that AOL is under the protection of the Extreme Path Organization; no one dares to rob their stores."

Indeed, Global Center is one of the most developed places in the world, the center of culture, economy, politics, and geography.

But the more developed a place is, the more chaotic the order may be.

Incidents of vandalism and theft are not rare, with luxurious store windows often smashed and the goods inside plundered.

But such things have never happened within AOL shopping centers.

The words "Extreme Path" alone are enough to deter petty thieves.

Yan Tingfeng took a slow sip of tea, "Saying Miss Ye knows them isn’t much different."

What’s his is hers; it’s all the same.

Bing He: "???"

Why can’t he, a Hidden Guard, understand what the Young Master is saying?

Is he about to lose his job?

Bing He felt a bit sad and wanted to crouch down and draw a circle.

At this very moment, at the AOL headquarters in Global Center.

The same question was posed to the CEO of AOL by his subordinates.

The CEO, advanced in years at nearly seventy, was about to retire that year, to be succeeded by someone new.

He sighed, speaking slowly, "You all know about the Extreme Path, don’t you?"

"The Extreme Path?!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the high-level executives of AOL changed their expressions.

The Extreme Path is a large and mysterious force in Global Center, elusive yet powerful. Even the International Strategic Studies Institute has borrowed personnel from them.

There are rumors that, years ago, AOL’s CEO had saved the leader of the Extreme Path Organization, and thus for many years, the Extreme Path had secretly protected the AOL malls.

Since the establishment of the Extreme Path Organization, AOL malls have never experienced a single case of theft.

A high-level executive tentatively asked, "Could it be that people from the Extreme Path have some sort of relationship with Shenzhou?"

Otherwise, why would they suddenly get involved in the luxury brand industry?

It’s completely unrelated to the industries managed by the Extreme Path Organization.

"I’m not sure," the old man shook his head, "I didn’t ask further. In any case, removing the Saint Leys counters won’t affect us at all."

The executives all nodded in agreement.

Indeed, if it could also establish a good relationship with the Extreme Path, why not?

In the Global Center, although money is valuable, fists are the real passport.

Even the major families didn’t want to provoke the Extreme Path Organization.

After all, there was once a family that maliciously insulted the common people and was wiped out overnight by the Extreme Path Organization.

"A small matter, I would certainly help if I could," the old man waved his hand, "Additionally, MN Group’s actions this time were not very decent, and I couldn’t just stand by and watch."

**

Elsewhere, at Pulling the Sky Company.

"Sister Lan! AOL, of all companies!" Fang Qingli was also surprised, "AOL has come out to help us, and this matter is being hotly discussed online. Could it be your online friend...?"

"AOL?" Ye Wanlan pondered for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "I indeed have no connections with anyone from AOL, and because the issue was resolved so quickly, I haven’t even contacted the netizen."

Wanguo Group, as the largest corporation globally, had the capability to do this.

But it was definitely not done by Wanguo Group.

The phone suddenly ’beeped’ with a message, it was a group chat.

[Ghostbuster Bro]: Brothers and sisters, come out and grab some popcorn, do you know why AOL suddenly followed suit and removed the last Saint Leys store in the Shenzhou District as well?

[Cultural Person]: Why?

[World’s Richest]: Don’t drop hints, I’ve already found out too, it was the Extreme Path Organization that made them do it.

[Ghostbuster Bro]: Exactly! Don’t you guys want to know what kind of relationship there is between the Extreme Path Organization and AOL?

Ye Wanlan looked at this message, pondered for a short while, and then replied.

[YN]: What relationship?

[Ghostbuster Bro]: Rumor has it that it’s an in-law relationship! The Extreme Path Organization intends to marry into AOL. Haven’t you seen the young mistress of AOL? Of course, it’s Rich Sister who has always been my ultimate crush.

[World’s Richest]: Scram.

[World’s Richest]: [Red envelope exclusively for YN] x100

[Ghostbuster Bro]: ???

Ye Wanlan accepted these red packets and replied leisurely.

[YN]: Thanks, Ghostbuster, let’s keep our friendship growing stronger.

[Ghostbuster Bro]: ...

Leaving the group chat, Ye Wanlan was deep in thought.

She had certainly heard of the Extreme Path Organization before; the small group often discussed what the ultimate goal of the Extreme Path was.

But no one ever knew.

This time, why would they suddenly intervene in this matter?

Considering the previous modus operandi of the Extreme Path Organization, she seemed to sense a familiar feeling.

Ye Wanlan gently shook her head, returning to the present, "Qingli, call Jiang Xulin, has Yixiang also finished his summer course? Let’s all go out for a meal together."

"Okay, Sister Lan," Fang Qingli replied energetically, "I’ll go right away."

**

At this time, somewhere else.

It was a very minimalist room with a long table inside.

The table was surrounded by people. The person sitting at the end was shrouded in a white robe, and their face was not visible.

"Didn’t the news say that Jiang Xulin had suffered a major accident with his hand, such that he couldn’t even touch a needle?" The figure spoke indifferently, "How come now, not only has he joined a company, but he’s also recruiting people to learn Su embroidery?"

...

The underlings all fell silent, looking at each other, not knowing how to answer the question.

"Master, perhaps someone has healed his hand," one subordinate cautiously began, "Moreover, Jiang Xulin is like a hunting dog, he’s been tracking us closely. There have been several times when he almost uncovered the truth about his parents’ car accident."

"We should have settled his entire family of four from the beginning," the figure said coldly, "Now it’s turned out that he’s allowed to continue the legacy of Su embroidery."

The subordinates all felt ashamed and said nothing.

"Give you three days to enter Shenzhou—" the figure’s voice sharpened, "get rid of Jiang Xulin and his sister, as well as those artisans he’s taught the intangible cultural heritage skills to."

He would never allow Su embroidery to rise again.

Such endangered intangible cultural heritage should rightfully be eradicated.