The Queen They Buried

[How unethical I used to think GrabCheap was a reliable platform that prioritized user experience and had affordable prices. I often bought small things there. Never again“]

Was this some kind of employee screw–up? They’re not even trying to hide it anymore?]

I was wondering why I’ve been getting so many scam calls and messages lately. Turns out this was the reason? This is no different from running around naked)

Greedy capitalists! Go to hell]

[Last time, they could still use the hacker excuse, but this time? No one attacked them, right? Their tech is crap, and their people are worse!]

[Boycott GrabCheap! Take the app off the shelves‘]

As soon as the news broke, the internet was flooded with calls to boycott GrabCheap and Bree Technology. Occasionally, a few voices urged rationality and suggested waiting for an official explanation, but a sea of angry netizens and internet trolls instantly drowned them out.

After Aubree’s kidnapping. Bree Technology’s already plummeting stock price took another huge hit. The sharp drop made even those initially sympathetic and reassured about Aubree’s condition panic.

“Ms. Cherniavsky, you said Ms. Miller is okay, but can we at least get a sign from her? We’ve been calling, but her phone’s off. And now this whole Grab Cheap scandal

“We keep calling, but her phone’s always off. And now with this whole GrabCheap fiasco…” another person chimed in, frustration clear in their

Toice.

Some more hot–tempered investors even began spinning conspiracy theories. “Birgitte, is it possible that Aubree knew something like this would happen, so she faked her kidnapping to escape the fallout?”

Some investors, confident in their foresight, immediately pulled out, and many of Bree Technology’s business projects were temporarily halted by partners who didn’t want to commit unless Aubree could resolve the issue. Otherwise, they would demand compensation for breach of contract.

Despite the growing pressure, Birgitte remained calm. “If you trust me, and you trust Ms. Miller, then you should put your hearts at ease.”

Of course, there were still a few partners more concerned about whether Bree Technology needed help, like Manchotech Group and Windward Group

She reported the situation to Aubree. Despite rumors of hiding or even being dead, Aubree was very much alive and sitting on her couch, watching the news about the massive data leak from GrabCheap, Bree Technology’s e–commerce platform.

a crisis, those who can’t stick with you are just opportunists. Once you stand high enough, people like them are a dime a dozen. And this is just part of our plan. If something real had happened, their actions

business is laughable. Let them

“Did we catch

narrowed it down. Just need one

nodded. “Good Handle

someone inside had been planted by the Wilson family. But with too many people involved and the mole hiding well, she had no way to

Wilson family would make a move,

the leaked info was actual

came to rebuild the servers for her, did they really

the internal defenses. Then she hired unrelated tech specialists to add another

looked fine. But once attacked, the dual–layer protection would show its

data. But they were just a bunch of fake

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systems

other words, even if Alvin and Bowen joined forces, they might

once said, “Be wary of everyone. Never let anyone hold a deadly weakness

about Alvin. She took that

she had just gotten away with

half a day before tech experts

think this so–called leaked data looks

the verified

verified account had just posted a blog breaking down the

Someone clearly set this up to target Bree Technology, but didn’t

what was supposedly GrabCheap’s “hole–ridden and vulnerable server

up, the first characters of each name spell out, I,

public collectively fell silent. It seemed like it