Trillionaire's Slice of Life

Zhou Tianfang was stubborn, but he was definitely not a fool.
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In the entirety of Modu, apart from the "Four Young Masters of Modu," he sat at the very pinnacle of the second tier of young elites. With the backing of the Zhou family and his generous spending, he had also gained the support of many second- and third-generation peers.

The reason he had previously taken action against Xu Jing, the general manager of Tianxiangyuan Grand Hotel, was precisely because he knew very well that Tianxiangyuan, as Modu's, and even the entire Hua Country's top seven-star hotel, held its customers as gods. Even if he resorted to violence, Tianxiangyuan would only apologize and seek to quell the incident.

It was this certainty that had allowed him to be so unbridled within Tianxiang Garden.

Even if today Chu Mo, the hotel's behind-the-scenes major shareholder, hadn't coincidentally been there, and he hadn't just happened to provoke both Chu Mo and Princess Mina, his usual antics would not have resulted in the slightest punishment. On the contrary, in order to protect its reputation, Tianxiangyuan might even have apologized to him.

This is the approach that the top luxury hotel in Modu took in handling various incidents.

However, unfortunately, today the young master of the Zhou family was out of luck as he ran into Chu Mo.

When dozens of black-clothed bodyguards started to close in on all sides, especially when Fang Lihu led a dozen men over two meters tall, the massive pressure was overwhelming.

At this moment, with the movement of Chu Mo's bodyguards, the personal bodyguards of Princess Mina also sprang into action.

Over a dozen robust Caucasian bodyguards also stood up from the corners, and just like that, these top European bodyguards all gathered behind Princess Mina, ready to brave any danger at the drop of a hat from their royal charge!

This terrifying scene turned the little girl in stockings and a short skirt utterly pale. As the spark that ignited all these events, if she hadn't insisted on Princess Mina's wristwatch, none of this would have occurred.

Thus, at this moment, the delicate little girl quivered with fear, looking as though she was about to burst into tears.

At this juncture, Zhou Tianfang, the young master of the Zhou family, was in no position to help himself, let alone spare any attention for a mere outsider girl.

As Fan Gao, acting on orders, strode towards the opposing young master of the Zhou family, Zhou Tianfang no longer displayed any of his wild and unruly arrogance. He stared straight at the towering man approaching step by step and, after a long moment, spoke in a low voice:

"Uncle Fan, it's me, Tianfang, Zhou Weijun's son. Last Lunar New Year, I even visited to extend New Year's greetings to you, Uncle Fan...!"

Fan Gao, the second-in-command of the Fan family, was poker-faced.

As the fifth leading family in Modu, the Fan family also possessed assets nearly amounting to a hundred billion, yet due to the lack of an extensive history and profound background like the four major families of Modu, they weren't as well-known in Modu.

However, ever since the old patriarch Zhou Shixing passed away and Chu Mo acquired the financial tower of the Zhou family for twenty-seven billion, coupled with the infighting between the two brothers of the Zhou family, the decline of the entire Zhou family was visibly accelerating.

The Fan family, on the other hand, differed; the two brothers were unified, with the Family Head Fan Zhijian at the core, leading to vigorous development.

It could be said, now, in terms of influence in Modu, Zhou family, without the support of the old patriarch Zhou Shixing, no longer wielded as much influence as the Fan family.

It was foreseeable that, with Chu Mo's rise, not only would he disrupt the existing order in Modu, but he would also spur a reshuffle that could see the Zhou family, one of the four major families, potentially replaced by the Fan family in the future.

As the second-in-command of the Fan family and the younger brother of Fan Zhijian, Fan Gao's status in Modu was second only to the patriarchs of the four major families—a figure who simply was not in the league of a minor third-generation descendent of the Zhou family.

At gatherings of the Zhou and Fan families, Fan Gao sat in a position equivalent to the Family Heads of both families, while Zhou Tianfang, and even Zhou Tianqi, one of the "Four Young Masters of Modu," could only greet the several big shots with the respect due to their elders!

Fan Gao naturally recognized this unlearned third-generation scion of the Zhou family. Under normal circumstances, he might have acknowledged the other party with a nod as a senior, but now their positions were completely different.

He no longer represented the second-in-command of the Fan family, but Mr. Chu's personal bodyguard in the magic capital!

As the most personal of bodyguards, he had to possess the self-awareness expected of one.

Fan Gao, his expression void of emotion, strode up to the junior Zhou Tianfang. He already possessed a fierce tiger-like aura similar to Jiang Tao's, so even without deliberately unleashing his terrifying presence, just one look was enough to send shivers down the spine of the young master of the Zhou family.

Without any hesitation, Fan Gao fiercely raised his large, cauldron-sized palm!

"Uncle Fan, my great-uncle Zhou Weimin is the best friend of Uncle Fan Zhijian, you know. When my grandfather Zhou Shixing was alive, you often visited our house as a guest, and my grandfather gave your Fan family quite a few pointers. If it weren't for my grandfather, your Fan family wouldn't be where it is today... Ah..."

Before the words of the young master of the Zhou family could finish, Fan Gao's raised palm came crashing down. He had only used forty percent of his strength, but for the pampered and delicate Zhou Tianfang, this slap containing four-tenths of Fan Gao's power still left him with a bloodied mouth.

"Loquacious tongue!"

After Fan Gao's slap landed, he didn't stay his hand; he lifted his palm again and sent the other reeling to the ground with a backhand strike.

Zhou family's young master Zhou Tianfang no longer had the strength to speak, his mouth flowing with fresh blood.

However, Fan Gao still showed restraint. Although Zhou Tianfang lay on the ground with a mouth full of blood, he wasn't truly harmed anywhere; it looked terrible, yet he hadn't sustained any real injury.

According to Chu Mo's orders, he should have delivered twenty slaps. His second slap, delivered with a clever force, knocked the opponent over, thus fulfilling his duty to both parties.

With an unchanging expression, Fan Gao gave him a cold glance and said in an icy tone,

"Your grandfather Zhou Shixing was a man of his generation, but it's a pity he produced a useless grandson like you. It's precisely because I remember the kindness of your grandfather that I'm giving you the discipline he should have taught you today.

Listen carefully, boy. Your grandfather Zhou Shixing is no longer with us. Today's magic capital is no longer the place where you could act recklessly. If you don't learn to restrain yourself, the day you bring disaster upon the Zhou family, no one will be able to save you!"

After slapping the Zhou scion to the ground with two slaps, Fan Gao, with his status and position, naturally would not continue to stoop to argue with a junior!

As he turned to leave, heading towards the central dining table in the hall, Zhou Tianfang, his mouth bloody and eyes full of bloodshot veins, suddenly screamed hysterically,

"All ungrateful wolves, goddamn all of them, a bunch of ingrates, mongrel dogs that won't be fed! When my grandfather was alive, they all fawned over our house, seeking my grandfather's protection. Now that my grandfather has just passed away, and his body is not yet cold, they immediately turn their backs, not recognizing us. Are they now thinking of replacing our Zhou family?

Bullshit, all bullshit!"

Fan Gao, the second-in-command of the Fan family, paused in his steps.

His face, usually as impassive as a dead man's, now twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth.

A glint of cold light flashed in his eyes.

A terrifying aura, akin to a fierce tiger, suddenly burst forth from him!