180: Chapter 181 Protecting One's Own
Yes, everyone knows. Rest assured, they will definitely exhaust all resources to support me. This is why I dared to take the clothing project from the family. As long as you give me a chance, if we join forces, there is no need to worry about Mingyue Pavilion not having a bright future.
Li Guan had no idea of the severity of his faux pas, and An Xin noted down the information about his family.
He returned the fifty thousand yuan to Li Guan.
An Xin dialed Liang Anfeng's number and left the matter of Li Guan for Liang Anfeng to handle.
An Xin would never have business dealings with someone with such questionable character.
An Xin's decisiveness and cold-bloodedness made him feel terrified.
Realizing he had caused trouble, Li Guan panicked and blocked An Xin, who was about to leave.
CEO An, I was wrong. It was my eyes that failed to recognize Mount Tai. I shouldn't have used those dirty tactics; these were all my own rotten ideas. Please, don't target my family...
An Xin's cold gaze landed on the man.
I never target innocent people.
An Xin's eyes darkened as he continued, I have always been protective of my own. You spread rumors that my employees are involved in the sex trade; of course, I have to make you pay a price. If I don't vent my employees' frustration on you, how can they work hard for me?
Because Li Guan was jealous of Li Siyu, he spread rumors about Li Siyu online.
Since both shared the surname Li, many people actually believed the stories Li Guan fabricated.
For a time, Li Siyu's reputation was ruined because of Li Guan.
Fortunately, Li Siyu was career-oriented and did not focus on love.
It was not the first time the young girl had faced such foul language.
Since she started paying off her father's debts, she had lived every day amidst public controversy.
She had already learned not to care about outside opinions.
She had given up on her own reputation, but she didn't expect An Xin to defend it.
She had only signed an employment contract with this man and became his employee.
Li Siyu was touched by An Xin's actions.
I didn't! Everything I said is the truth. If Li Siyu didn't sell herself, how could she have paid off such huge debts? She's just a woman, a college graduate who just left school—what resources or capabilities could she possibly have? If she didn't use her body to trade for money, what else could she have used?
Even now, Li Guan still didn't think he was wrong.
He became increasingly convinced that An Xin and Li Siyu were having an affair.
If those two had no relationship, why would An Xin be so concerned about Li Siyu's affairs?
He couldn't fight An Xin, but he could bully Li Siyu.
As long as Li Siyu was afraid of him, he could use Li Siyu to control An Xin.
Li Guan was dreaming, but An Xin was no fool.
Li Siyu was no fool either.
From the bottom of their hearts, both of them despised Li Guan.
An Xin directly called security and had them take him away.
Without the eyesore, the surrounding air became refreshing.
Li Guan was thrown out of Mingyue Pavilion.
Li Guan was furious and wanted to cause trouble, but a van stopped in front of him and dragged him inside.
The driver was the Li family butler, and the van took Li Guan out of the city to an abandoned factory.
Li Guan was roughly thrown onto the ground.
Old Master Li picked up his cane and started hitting him, causing Li Guan to convulse on the ground.
Grandpa, it hurts, stop hitting me.
You little brat, you still know pain? Do you know what kind of place Mingyue Pavilion is?
Isn't it just a clothing store? Our Li family also does clothing business and has made plenty of money in the business circle over the years. It's just a clothing store; I didn't get approved, so what? What can you even do?
The owner of Mingyue Pavilion is a direct descendant of the Conglong Family, an existence we cannot afford to offend. Offending An Xin is equivalent to humiliating the strongest Hidden Families. Our Li family is finished, completely finished.
The old master angrily swung his cane and whipped him, beating the man until he was dazed.
Do you know how much money our Li family lost today because you were caught cheating on your exam? Thirty million, a house in Magic City.
Under Old Master Li's stick discipline, Li Guan softened up.
He had been beaten half-crippled by Old Master Li, and the butler pushed Li Guan, who was in a wheelchair, to Mingyue Pavilion to apologize to An Xin, but they didn't find him.
Li Guan wanted to leave; he was covered in injuries, and appearing at the entrance of Mingyue Pavilion was too embarrassing.
The butler didn't give Li Guan a chance to retreat and pushed him directly into Mingyue Pavilion.
The intern store manager and Chu Xinxin were stunned for a moment when they saw Li Guan's pathetic state, not recognizing him at first.
Hello, what service do you need?
We are here to apologize to your company.
As he spoke, the butler pinched Li Guan's arm hard.
Li Guan began to apologize to the women he had humiliated.
The polite and civilized Li Guan stunned Chu Xinxin.
Li Siyu looked at the bowing Li Guan, somewhat disbelieving his apology.
Li Guan, what kind of tricks are you trying to pull again?
Most of the rumors about Li Siyu were fabricated by Li Guan.
Over the years, Li Siyu's life had never been free from the disturbance of rumors.
I am really here to apologize. Li Siyu, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have fabricated those fake stories to hurt you.
Li Siyu's examining gaze fell on Li Guan's bruised body.
Did you really get beaten by Old Master Li?
Li Guan had done plenty of bad things, bullying men and women and acting as an accomplice to evil.
Old Master Li had always liked to spoil the children. Over the years, Li Guan had caused plenty of trouble.
Even when Old Master Li was angered to death, he had never laid a hand on him.
An Xin's appearance broke this rule.
Li Guan had been beaten, and a very miserable beating at that.
These injuries of yours, you didn't hire a makeup artist to paint them, did you?
Li Siyu's examining gaze made Li Guan want to vomit blood.
This damn girl, it's different now that she has someone backing her up; her aura is even stronger than before.
Li Siyu's sense of oppression was too strong; Li Guan cowered and stopped causing trouble.
It's not makeup; these injuries are real. I really was beaten by the old master.
Li Guan held out his arm for Li Siyu to observe. Li Siyu looked closely and saw it really was an injury from being beaten.
No one sympathized with Li Guan.
Li Siyu did not accept Li Guan's apology.
This made Li Guan feel very discouraged.
He only wanted to live off his family, not become the first generation of the poor.
An Xin didn't give Li Guan any special treatment at all; everything was handled officially.
Li Guan's life was completely ruined. In a collective that prioritized family interests, Li Guan was destined to become an individual abandoned by the collective.
On An Xin's side, he had just finished his work. On the other side, in Sakura Country, Yamamoto Kazuo had already started recruiting workers who could make traditional han chinese clothing.
He tried making a batch of high-imitation clothes from Mingyue Pavilion and put them on the market. The response was very good; one hundred pirated clothes sold out in less than a day.
Greed took hold. In order to make money and fill the capital deficit of Sakura Group, Yamamoto Kazuo had the small workshop increase production.
Producing as many pirated traditional han chinese clothing as possible.
Low prices, various patterns, and sufficient inventory made many overseas customers mistake the pirated clothes from Mingyue Pavilion for the authentic clothes from Mingyue Pavilion.
They placed orders frantically to support them.
Looking at the rising reports, Yamamoto Kazuo revealed a relaxed smile.
His job was saved, and he didn't have to worry about being fired by his boss.
The small wave of profit from Mingyue Pavilion made Yamamoto Kazuo float with arrogance.
He started selling pirated clothes abroad.