Trillionaire's Slice of Life

At the same time, Liu Manli, the sole descendant of her family, was also entrusted with great expectations by her father. In high school, Liu Manli ended the routine life of a normal student going to and from school. Her father hired the best private tutors for her, and she began delving into complex subjects such as finance, management, society, and etiquette. Her performance was no longer measured by school test scores; she was being trained as the heir to the family.

It was then that Liu Manli gradually lost the time to watch him practice martial arts. Two people who had once been inseparable slowly became strangers, distant and aloof.

Liu Manli gradually became known as the young Miss of the Liu family to others.

And that boy gradually became known as a martial arts genius and successfully entered the threshold of the Grandmaster Realm.

At twenty-one, on the day he became a half-step Grandmaster, Liu Manli went to see him again, filled with joy. She remembered that it was a snowy day with goose feather-like snow falling all night, so the ground was covered with thick snow the next day. Liu Manli thought that after reaching the half-step Grandmaster level, he would have achieved his desire and no longer need to train as desperately as before. He could stay by her side like old times and protect her forever.

But when the sun rose high, and Liu Manli saw him, he was still practicing his martial arts; his eyes held nothing but martial arts, and he didn't even have the time to spare her an extra glance!

The smile on her face completely disappeared, and that day Liu Manli truly understood that some things, once passed, are truly gone, and even if she exerted all her effort, she could never find them again.

Fifteen long years.

He was stuck at the half-step Grandmaster stage for fifteen years until he went to Shaolin and became a disciple of Shaolin Abbot Master Lianshang, and then at the underground boxing championship, they met again, and she decisively interrupted his match with her words.

And when she heard about him again, he had achieved his goal and become a true Great Grandmaster of martial arts.

However, when Liu Manli saw that man again at this time, she just nodded to him calmly, her heart no longer fluttering as it did twenty years ago when she first met him.

When did she give up hope?

Liu Manli pondered earnestly; she wasn't very sure. Maybe it was when they parted in junior high, she tried everything to see him, but he remained silent, lost in his own world.

Maybe it was on that snowy morning when he became a half-step Grandmaster, she congratulated him brimming with joy, but he was indifferent and ignored her.

Or maybe it was during the years when she single-handedly upheld the entire family, exhausting all schemes and becoming emotionally drained yet had to remain strong alone, turning her heart as cold and hard as iron.

In any case, what's missed is missed; even though he was the first boy who made her heart flutter and even though he is a powerful Great Grandmaster revered by many.

Before her father passed away, he pointed out a direction for the family. If the Liu family wanted to survive under the pressure of the eight great families, they must do three things.

The first was that the Liu family must have a strong martial force for protection, to deter the eight great families from rashly acting against them. Naturally, Lei Ting was the person for this role.

The second thing was that the Liu family had to cooperate with Mr. Chu from Modu, because across the whole Hua Country, Mr. Chu was the only one who could compete with the eight great families without falling into disadvantage.

As for the third thing, to gain Mr. Chu's sincere protection, Liu Manli, as the Family Head, had to sacrifice some personal interests.

Liu Manli took only a moment to think before agreeing.

She was already thirty-six this year, no longer the sixteen-year-old girl in the bloom of youth. As for bravely pursuing love, Liu Manli had completely let go when she took over the family business at thirty.

Likewise, Liu Manli clearly knew that there were only two types of men who showed interest in her: the wealthy heirs who wanted to plunder her family's fortune and the social climbers who wished to hitch their wagon to her star. Neither type could offer her true love.

So, to live out her life alone was the choice Liu Manli made for herself.

However, it was absolutely impossible for the nearly three hundred billion worth of the Liu family assets to be squandered in her hands, so cultivating a future heir was also something Liu Manli had to face.

This heir must be her own child, and as for the child's father, he just needed to provide her with excellent genes.

The candidate could not possibly be just anyone; they must possess exceptionally outstanding genes, at least ones that are not disagreeable to oneself, and if they could bring assistance to one's own family, then all the better.

Originally, the candidate should have been Great Grandmaster Lei Ting, as he was the object of unrequited first love and possessed formidable strength. Choosing him would mean at least having protection in terms of martial power from the Great Grandmaster.

However, everything changed after Mr. Chu Mo from Hua Country's capital appeared.

First, this Mr. Chu Mo was powerful enough to stand against the eight major families on his own.

Second, Mr. Chu Mo was very young, handsome, tall, well-spoken, and most importantly, he was still single to this day, with no moral issues accompanying a relationship with him.

What's more, Mr. Chu Mo already had many spokespersons, and each of them possessed assets no less significant than her own. Mr. Chu Mo had transcended the desire for money. By choosing him, he would not covet her hundred billion assets, entangling her incessantly, nor would he exhaust himself scheming for her family's fortune.

In the same way, he wouldn't entangle himself with her emotionally either.

Even if she had his offspring, he would offer her substantial assistance in her career, something beyond what even the Great Grandmaster Lei Ting could accomplish.

Therefore, looking at the whole world, Mr. Chu Mo was unequivocally the best partner for her.

Liu Manli was not averse to the three choices her father had presented as he lay on his deathbed, which was one of the reasons why she took the initiative to meet Mr. Chu Mo in the capital.

...

At the end of May, the spring breeze in Hua Country's capital was just right. Emperor Hall of the Ninety-Nine Floor of Tianxiang Garden, this place acted solely as a premier venue for entertaining billionaires, ensuring all facilities were of the utmost quality.

At the exclusive small bar of Emperor Hall, Liu Manli was currently clinking glasses and drinking heartily with the young man before her.

In their glasses was top-tier vintage wine worth three million a bottle, a rarity of which only ten bottles remained in the world, a true gem among wines, their scarcity increasing with each bottle consumed.

Only in a seven-star super hotel like Tianxiang Garden, with Chu Mo—the significant behind-the-scenes player—personally making arrangements, would such a cherished bottle be brought out to entertain the guests.

Liu Manli gently swirled the red wine in her tall glass. As the wealthiest woman in Hua Country, with a net worth of two hundred and seventy billion, she had seen all kinds of treasures, and while her father was alive, their family's status was second only to the eight great families, securing half a share in many such collections. Naturally, Liu Manli, as the sole daughter, truly lacked nothing.

However, at that moment, Liu Manli's cheeks were tinged with a slight red, owing partly to the red wine in her hand and more so to the overwhelming excitement she felt at the thought of what was to come.

Even though she was thirty-six years old, in the world of emotions, she truly was a blank slate.

"Chu, if, I mean if, if you were to marry, what would your requirements be for your other half?"

Liu Manli's eyes were filled with a spring-like warmth. She was an exceptionally decisive person; once she made up her mind, she would never back down or compromise.

Chu Mo, who was half-leaning against the bar beside her, gently adjusted the glasses on his nose. He had also drunk quite a bit today, and for Chu Mo, who was not particularly good with alcohol, was already six-tenths drunk at that moment.

He cleared his mind, and instead of the extremely attractive female attendants by his side or any of his spokespersons, what emerged in his mind was her—the girl from his teenage years who shared a desk with him.

"My other half? I hope she has long hair, big eyes, fair skin, and then... just a sweet smile when she laughs!"

Liu Manli suddenly curved her lips upward, revealing her most radiant smile, while raising an eyebrow, she said:

"Look at me, how about it?"