“Why even ask?” Mo Xuan shrugged. “You drove Grandma away back then, and now you blame her? Isn’t that a bit much?”
Grandpa Mo glared at Mo Xuan, as if hoping to catch a glimpse of guilt in his eyes, but Mo Xuan seemed indifferent.
“Grandpa, you know very well why Grandma insisted on leaving back then. They do too,” Mo Xuan pointed at Mo Changshan and Qin Ni. “At your age, acting indecent and getting a girl pregnant outside—only for the child not to be yours. Mo Chairman, what a pity, you almost had a younger brother.”
“How dare you!”
Grandpa Mo grabbed a teacup from the coffee table and hurled it at Mo Xuan. Mo Xuan dodged effortlessly, and the cup shattered on the floor without even grazing him.
“I told you, I was drunk back then! How long is Grandma going to harp on this trivial matter?” Grandpa Mo’s fingers trembled as he pointed at Mo Xuan, shouting in anger. “And is this something a junior like you can bring up casually?”
“You don’t have the decency, so you blame me for speaking up?” Mo Xuan’s eyes turned cold. “Grandpa, you know it’s more than just a trivial matter, so let’s not pretend it’s meaningless…”
“Mo Xuan!” Qin Ni stood up, her tone displeased as she interrupted him. “Grandpa’s right—he can say what he wants about Grandma, but you can’t. Apologize to Grandpa right now!”
“Sorry, I don’t feel like apologizing.” Mo Xuan clenched the bag in his hand tightly. “If you don’t fork over the money, I’ll sell the shares elsewhere. I knew your family had no shame, but… you never disappoint me, do you?”
“You’re still part of the Mo family!” Mo Changshan said through gritted teeth. “Do you really think a piece of paper severing ties can completely cut you off from us? This isn’t a negotiation—hand over the shares, and the family is still willing to take you back! I heard from Jinpeng that you’re involved in Rongxing’s new product. If you return the shares, I can arrange for you to work at a company that suits your expertise…”
After a pause, Mo Changshan added with hidden meaning, “No matter what, your family is tied to you by blood. It’s better than being a temporary fling with outsiders, isn’t it?”
Mo Xuan understood what he meant. It seemed the Mo family now believed he was being kept by a wealthy older woman.
In reality, though, they weren’t entirely wrong. Except it wasn’t just one wealthy woman—it was two, and they’d even had kids…
“Blood ties can be pretty fragile,” Mo Xuan sighed, shaking his head. “Let’s skip the emotional appeal, shall we? Just now, when I walked in, wasn’t it you who told me to get out as soon as I showed the authorization?”
“I’ll stick to my stance: either you pay up, or I sell the shares to someone else. Anything else is off the table.”
Mo Xuan knew all too well what this family was capable of. Their promises had never been kept, not once. Besides, in his heart, his real family was Grandma, Luo Shiya, and Luo Muqi, along with his two precious daughters.
This so-called “original family” disgusted him.
“Brother, why make things so ugly?”
Mo Qingqing suddenly spoke up, her usual cold expression replaced by a smile—though her eyes remained devoid of warmth.
“The family can’t come up with that much money right now. Let’s meet halfway—you give up the shares, and Father will offer 300 million. That’ll settle this.” Mo Qingqing leaned back slowly into the sofa. “I have a large apartment in the city center of Capital. I can transfer it to your name as compensation.”
Mo Xuan couldn’t help but sneer inwardly. Would the viper Mo Qingqing really be so kind? Compared to Mo Jinpeng, Mo Qingqing was not only more capable but also far more cunning.
Luo Shiya and Luo Muqi had once sent someone to investigate the Mo family, and it was then that Mo Xuan learned just how deep Mo Qingqing’s ambitions ran. She wanted the entire Mo Corporation, and even Qin’s Jewelry.
Currently, Mo Qingqing was the CEO of Mo Corporation, but that position would eventually be taken by Mo Changshan and given to Mo Jinpeng. Mo Qingqing, meanwhile, let her parents and Mo Jinpeng believe she could be easily replaced, all while secretly plotting, transferring assets, and cultivating her own loyalists.
She allowed Mo Jinpeng to bully Mo Xuan because, compared to the most accomplished of the Mo siblings, Mo Jinpeng was far easier to manipulate. Looking back, all those years of pampering and indulging Mo Jinpeng were likely just a calculated strategy to set him up for failure.
Mo Jinpeng had some abilities, but his arrogance and recklessness were why Mo Changshan had yet to force Mo Qingqing out of her position.
If not for the in-depth investigation by the Luo family, Mo Xuan wouldn’t have known just how deeply cunning his elder sister truly was.
“I didn’t bring the authorization, and Grandma didn’t intend to ask for that much,” Mo Xuan said, his gaze lingering on Mo Qingqing. “Since Big Sister has spoken, I’m willing to compromise.”
“Dad, shall we settle this then?” Mo Qingqing turned to Mo Changshan. “If this drags on and the shares end up outside the family, it won’t be good for the company. How about this, Mo Xuan? I’ll buy you a car, and I’ll personally add another 10 million as compensation. Deal?”
Before Mo Xuan could respond, Mo Jinpeng’s face was already twitching with anger. Mo Qingqing’s apartment in the city center was in a prime location, and he had asked for it twice, only to be turned down.
Now, not only was she giving it to Mo Xuan, but she was also spending her own money and even offering to buy him a car? Why should he get anything?
Everything in the Mo family should be his, and Mo Xuan shouldn’t get a single cent! But recalling the threat he’d faced in the company parking garage and how the surveillance footage had mysteriously disappeared, Mo Jinpeng could only glare venomously at Mo Xuan, too afraid to speak.
He wasn’t that stupid. It was clear that Mo Xuan’s “sugar mamas” were behind this. Whoever they were, they were powerful enough to make the Mo family tremble. Moreover, they held secrets Mo Jinpeng didn’t want exposed.
He kept silent, terrified that Mo Xuan might have something on him too.
“Wait until you’re willing to cough up the 300 million, then we’ll talk,” Mo Xuan said, relaxing his grip on his bag. It seemed he wouldn’t need it today. With that, he turned and walked away, not wanting to waste another second with the Mo family.
“Hmph, your Grandma always prided herself on being an intellectual, but now she’s threatening me for money?” Grandpa Mo sneered. “What’s the point of pretending to be noble? I should’ve never given her those shares in the first place!”
Mo Xuan stopped in his tracks, turning back to look at Grandpa Mo with cold disdain. “Grandma said you never understood her, and it seems she was right. Grandpa, the one thing I’m most grateful for is that you sent me to live with Grandma. Otherwise…”
He glanced at Mo Jinpeng with clear contempt. “I wouldn’t want to end up like him—a complete idiot.”
Mo Jinpeng exploded with rage, standing up and roaring, “Who are you calling an idiot?”
“Whoever responds,” Mo Xuan said dismissively, then turned and left without another word.
Mo Qingqing stood up and said to her grandfather and parents, “I’ll see him out and try to persuade him.”
“Why bother with him?” Mo Changshan glared at his eldest daughter. “And why did you agree to his demands? And even offer your own money?”
“There’s no other way, Dad. The company will eventually be Jinpeng’s, and as his older sister, I’ve pampered him for so long. It’s only right that I make these sacrifices to pave the way for him.”
Mo Qingqing left, and Mo Jinpeng, feeling smug, thought his older sister truly cared for him.
What he didn’t see was the look of disgust and coldness in Mo Qingqing’s eyes as she turned away…
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
