Trillionaire's Slice of Life

Having settled Amy Belle's matters temporarily after returning from Hong Kong, Chu Mo had established a relationship with her. As for how to deepen this relationship, he needed to devise a long-term plan. Such things couldn't be hurried; showing too much eagerness might cause suspicion and lead to counterproductive results.

Therefore, after getting her contact information, Chu Mo chose not to continue following her but to take a step back.

Chu Mo didn't head back to the metropolis but went home to reunite with his parents!

Chu Mo's hometown was in a third-tier small city in Huizhou. Both his parents were in their forties, free from disease and without any particular difficulties—life there was peaceful and quiet.

Of course, as the only child in his family, Chu Mo's arrival naturally made his parents extremely happy. Previously, under the pretense of receiving royalties from publishing books, he sent his parents 500,000 RMB every month.

Last month, just before the New Year, he even transferred two million RMB to his family at once, totaling more than four million RMB to his parents. But as Chu Mo had anticipated, his parents didn't squander the money at all. They neither went on the travels mentioned by Chu Mo nor did they purchase any significant items for themselves.

This time, Chu Mo's return was to lay his cards on the table with his parents, to encourage them to live more enjoyable lives in their latter years.

More than a dozen sedans were parked downstairs. The entourage of bodyguards included Fang Lihu, Fan Gao, and detective agency head Jiang Tao, among other key members—a total of sixty-six bodyguards came with Chu Mo to this small county town, ensuring that his safety was absolutely guaranteed.

Of course, Chu Mo didn't want to overly worry his parents, so only Fan Gao and Fang Lihu accompanied him into the family home.

The first day he didn't do much; he simply spent the day at home talking with his parents. The next day, Chu Mo took his parents out on the town. The small county town didn't have any high-end luxury goods, but it certainly wasn't lacking in necessities.

Chu Mo bought several sets of brand-new clothes for both of his parents from head to toe, not even skipping socks, with all the expenses not exceeding 500,000 RMB—including a 66,000 RMB tie for his dad.

Afterward, ignoring his parents' objections, Chu Mo dragged them to the automobile town and replaced his dad's old car with the latest Audi R8 model. The car was priced at over 2.7 million RMB, nearly 3 million RMB on the road, which made his mom anxious for a long time. However, when she saw the eager excitement in his dad's eyes, Chu Mo gave up on the idea of buying him a supercar.

Still, that wasn't the end of it. Chu Mo then took his parents to a property sales center and purchased a small villa for 2.8 million RMB. For the standard of living in Huizhou, a three-tier city at best, nearly three million RMB was enough to buy a fairly luxurious mansion.

After all, this wasn't the metropolis. If it was, that amount of money wouldn't even be enough to buy the bathroom of a villa, let alone the entire property.

Even so, his mother kept nagging for a long time, but Chu Mo could feel the happiness deep in his parents' hearts.

Having a capable son, the parents naturally felt joy.

On the third day at home, after the excitement of the first two days had passed, Mother started nagging again. Naturally, what she talked about the most was the issue of finding a girlfriend.

Chu Mo had already celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday and was now twenty-six. At this age in his hometown, most would already be married with children, even possibly several kids—some of them old enough to fetch soy sauce. He didn't need to look far: even within his own relatives, those a few years younger than Chu Mo were mostly married.

Chu Mo, however, still showed no signs of settling down, so it was inevitable that his parents would nag him.

Despite having anticipated this before coming home, Chu Mo still felt a bit helpless under his mother's continuous chatter.

After spending a few days at home and his parents getting back to their busy lives, Chu Mo was left home alone. The dozens of bodyguards stayed at nearby hotels, with about a dozen of them taking turns on duty near the residential area every day. As Chu Mo mostly stayed indoors during this time, naturally, the bodyguards' jobs were not as busy.

After idling at home for a few days, Chu Mo eventually grew restless and decided to go out for a walk. The neighborhood was both familiar and foreign to him. Since attending university, he had lived in the metropolis, and after graduation, he would only come home for a few days a year before hurriedly leaving again. In the past few years, the entire small city had developed rapidly.

The once backward town was steadily becoming bustling, with many familiar streets and sights having changed.

He didn't take a car and walked alone on the streets near the neighborhood. The small city lacked the towering skyscrapers, the expansive roadways, and the dense crowds of the metropolis, but it had its own unique leisurely pace and slow rhythm.

Walking along slowly, he occasionally stopped to savor some familiar scenes when he stumbled across them. Before long, he found himself near his old elementary school.

Chu Mo's home wasn't far from the elementary school. As a child, he used to run to school by himself. He transferred to this school during the second semester of his third-grade year, leaving him with a profound impression of the place.

Standing at the school's gates in a daze for a moment, his mind inevitably conjured up a series of somewhat vague faces. To this day, he had lost almost all contact with his elementary school classmates, and he couldn't remember many of their faces. After more than a decade, even if he suddenly encountered them on the street, he probably wouldn't recognize them.