Trillionaire's Slice of Life

In the four major families of the magic city, the Zhou family's situation is the most complicated. Of the two brothers from the second generation, the eldest Zhou Weimin is the heir to the family. However, Zhou Weimin has only one daughter, Zhou Ruyi, who is present here.

In the second generation, the second son Zhou Weijun has two sons, one of whom is Zhou Tianqi, known as one of the Four Young Masters of the magic city, and the other is the good-for-nothing Zhou Tianfang.

For a top-tier family with hundreds of years of heritage like the four major families, strict family rules naturally apply. It's unthinkable for the family's hundred-billion assets to fall into the hands of someone outside the family name. With the current Family Head, Zhou Weimin, not having a son, one could say that this is the root of all troubles.

Had Zhou Weimin a son, even if he were young now, Zhou Weijun would not have harbored thoughts of usurpation, and the Zhou family would not have come to such a position.

In summary, the chaos in the Zhou family simply stems from the fact that the Zhou Ruyi in front of us is not a boy. If she were a boy, she would have the ability to inherit the family business, and the issue of the two brothers fighting for power would not have arisen.

Of course, this matter can't be blamed on the young girl Zhou Ruyi. If the second son, Zhou Weijun, could endure the loneliness and wait for Zhou Weimin's death, the family's assets would still fall into the hands of his son, Zhou Tianqi. It's due to his fear of unforeseen changes, or rather his own coveting of the position of the Family Head, that he pressured Zhou Weimin to abdicate.

Four months ago, Chu Mo had personally approached the then-disadvantaged Zhou Weijun and revealed many important pieces of information to him. Unfortunately, the latter did not seize the opportunity and almost got expelled from the family. It was Chu Mo who finally stepped in to stabilize his position.

Chu Mo had invested roughly twenty billion in Zhou Weijun, which allowed him to quickly rally many of the Zhou family's key old subordinates and also helped him consolidate his footing.

The current Family Head Zhou Weimin has the support of the eight major families. In order to penetrate the magic city, the eight major families' support for Zhou Weimin is also substantial, investing hundreds of billions one after another.

It is known that the total assets of the Zhou family amount to only a hundred billion, most of which are immovable properties. For example, Tianhua Entertainment Company, ranked third in the entertainment industry, has a market value of forty to fifty billion. Other than selling the company, the actual liquid funds that the Zhou family can mobilize are at best less than ten billion. However, the funds mobilized by Chu Mo and the eight major families together are nearly four hundred billion, which is almost half of the entire Zhou family's assets.

Therefore, as the two brothers' struggle has reached this point, they suddenly realize a terrifying fact: regardless of whether it's the Family Head Zhou Weimin or his younger brother Zhou Weijun, both have become puppets of Chu Mo and the eight major families. Even if one of them wins, the Zhou family in the magic city will no longer bear the Zhou name, but will become a plaything in the hands of Chu Mo or the eight major families!

They will no longer possess the glory and pride of being one of the four major families of the magic city.

It is precisely because she has realized this that Miss Zhou Ruyi of the Zhou family has personally come to Chu Mo's house to plea for mercy.

As far as Chu Mo is concerned, if the other party came to him, begging desperately for him to spare the Zhou family, he would without a second thought have her thrown out of the house.

Or if the other party promised various benefits, even sacrificing herself to save the family, that wouldn't be surprising, but Chu Mo wouldn't agree either, because a mere Zhou Ruyi is not worth the twenty billion in funds, nor the danger of the eight major families intervening in the magic city.

In short, in Chu Mo's plan, no matter what means she uses, appealing to his emotions, or reasoning with him, he will not compromise.

What Chu Mo did not expect was that the girl named Zhou Ruyi was indeed very special. As soon as she entered, she did not immediately make promises or plead for mercy, nor did she throw a tantrum; instead, she used a minor trick that made Chu Mo break his own rule.

The reason Chu Mo eventually kept her there was not to chat about his "Chu Mo Short Story Collection", although he liked the book very much, he did not flatter himself into believing that the Zhou Ruyi in front of him would like it.

The reason she knew about the book was only that she had researched him beforehand and was simply catering to his tastes.

The study on the third floor of the villa is not very large, about forty to fifty square meters in size. On each side of the wall, there are bookshelves filled with various books.

Some of these books are ones that Chu Mo personally picked from bookstores, but many more are randomly placed there as decorative items.

Near the entrance, there is a sofa chair, and opposite the chair is Chu Mo's desk!

Chu Mo usually writes here, so his desk is luxurious and massive, with a huge floor-to-ceiling window behind it. Through the window, one can see most of the courtyard.

But because it was already drizzling outside, the windows were not opened.

At this moment, Chu Mo sat on the soft chair. With a slight lift of his head, he could see Zhou Ruyi in red on the opposite side. As a descendant of a family with hundreds of years of heritage, the Zhou family's genes were also optimized over generations. Not to mention other qualities, just by looking at the fine genetics of the two brothers, Zhou Tianqi and Zhou Tianfang, one could guess how high the Miss of the Zhou family's beauty was.

Willow brows, a delicate nose, tiny ears clear as jade, and that delicate, porcelain-like skin. But what drew the most attention were the Miss Zhou's lips, small and crystal-like in their redness.