44: Chapter 44 Pick the hardest persimmon to squeeze

"President Zhou, you... your phone dropped."

Shen Wen picked up the phone and carefully handed it to Zhou Xiaodie.

Slap!

Without a doubt, he was met with another fierce slap.

"Useless trash, it's all because of you, you damned trash."

"Tell me, besides causing trouble for me, what are you good for?"

Zhou Xiaodie was on the verge of a breakdown.

She never imagined that by simply bumping into someone, she had actually bumped into a big shot.

With just a casual remark, he made the Liu Group completely abandon their cooperation with her.

Someone like that, let alone her, Zhou Xiaodie, even the entire Zhou Family couldn't afford to offend.

Just then, Shen Wen leaned in, and filled with rage, she immediately vented all her anger on him.

After slapping Shen Wen, Zhou Xiaodie still couldn't bring herself to feel happy.

A single small mistake had ruined the Zhou Family's most important business cooperation.

If this cooperation were successful, the Zhou Family would have at least 100 million in profit, and the Zhou Family's crisis could be safely overcome.

But now, with that one bump, Shen Wen had directly bumped away her 100 million.

Being slapped one after another, Shen Wen felt extremely aggrieved and had the urge to explode.

However, the person hitting him was his beloved wife, Zhou Xiaodie.

Seeing Zhou Xiaodie's helpless appearance, his heart softened again.

Touching his reddened cheeks, he slowly walked toward Zhou Xiaodie and gritted his teeth, saying: "President Zhou, don't be too sad. It's just a cooperation, I..."

Slap!

Another slap was delivered. Zhou Xiaodie could no longer suppress her inner rage and cursed loudly.

"It's just a cooperation? You damned trash, do you know what this cooperation means to my Zhou Family? That's 100 million in profit!"

"If I, Zhou Xiaodie, raised a dog, it would at least wag its tail and beg for pity. What can you do? Every day, all you do is eat and cause trouble."

Zhou Xiaodie didn't want to say anything more; she had completely given up on Shen Wen.

At this point, let alone scolding him, even killing Shen Wen would be of no use.

In the car, Chu Yuan was still pondering what had just happened.

Encountering a matrilocal son-in-law Protagonist was a pleasant surprise.

Shen Wen was also the third Protagonist Zuo Shishi had encountered.

The grass on Lin Tianyang's grave was probably already a meter high.

Although that kid Zhang Yang possessed a system, it hadn't been activated yet, and he himself was powerless and weak—a total loser.

On the other hand, this Shen Wen, while his own strength wasn't much and he was just a sycophant, the power behind him could not be underestimated.

According to the plot hints, while the Shen Family was not the top existence in the entire capital, their strength was deep-rooted, and their financial resources were not to be underestimated.

The Shen Family also had many experts, and there were even Transcendent experts present.

Even though the Chu Family was the local powerhouse in Shanghai, if they rashly went to the capital to deal with the Shen Family, even if they could wipe out the Shen Family, they would likely be targeted by other forces in the capital.

Pick the softest persimmon to squeeze.

Unfortunately, he, Chu Yuan, was not interested in the weak; he only liked to bully the strong.

Knowing oneself and the enemy is the key to victory; it was time to keep an eye on the Shen Family.

As for how to deal with Shen Wen and the Shen Family, he would wait until he understood everything clearly before making a move.

"Young Master, we have arrived."

Before he could think any further, the car had already arrived at the residential complex where Nie Yuqing lived.

Meanwhile, at the Shanghai Zhou Family, a volcano was erupting.

Obviously, this was not directed at the two sisters, Zhou Xiaodie and Zhou Cong, but entirely at the Zhou Family's matrilocal son-in-law, Shen Wen.

After some inquiries, they finally found out who they had bumped into today.

The young master of the Shanghai Chu Family, Chairman of the Tianlong Group, Chu Yuan.

Given the Zhou Family's strength, they didn't know much about the Shanghai Chu Family, but the Tianlong Group alone was an insurmountable mountain.

Especially with the explosive news that came this afternoon: the Tianlong Group and the Liu Group were about to merge.

This meant that if their Zhou Family wanted to proceed with the pharmaceutical raw material cooperation with the Liu Group, they had to go through the Tianlong Group—through Chu Yuan.

"You provoked Young Master Chu and ruined my Zhou Family's big project."

"My Zhou Family has supported you and raised you for three years, only to raise such a piece of trash."

"If I had known, I would have been better off raising a dog back then; a dog is more useful than you."

Zhou Xiaodie's father, the Head of the Zhou Family, Zhou Qing, unleashed a torrent of abuse at Shen Wen.

The Zhou Family started with traditional Chinese medicinal raw materials. This time, due to various reasons, they had a huge stockpile of medicinal materials, and coupled with the fact that many payments couldn't be recovered, the Zhou Family's funds had bottomed out.

If there was no more capital injection, their Zhou Family would have to declare bankruptcy.

And in all of Shanghai, the only one capable of swallowing this batch of medicinal materials and cooperating with them was the Liu Group.

Now that this project had been ruined, Zhou Qing felt like he could skin Shen Wen alive.

"It was that rich kid Chu Yuan who tried to molest Xiaodie. I had no choice but to take action."

Shen Wen gritted his teeth, refusing to admit his "mistake."

"Young Master Chu was in the wrong first, and you were trying to save my daughter? According to you, should I thank you?"

Zhou Qing revealed a cruel smile, his eyes filled with hatred.

Shen Wen still wanted to argue, but Zhou Qing continued his lecture.

"Who is Young Master Chu? Even if he really bullied Xiaodie, what does that have to do with you? Do you need to meddle in this?"

"You kid caused my Zhou Family to lose a big project, and you still dare to argue."

"Kneel down for me!"

Shen Wen wanted to retort, but the torture and enslavement of the past three years had completely shaken his resolve, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

Zhou Qing grabbed a wooden stick and struck Shen Wen's back six or seven times in succession.

If it were an ordinary person, they would be seriously injured, if not dead.

Fortunately, Shen Wen had been practicing martial arts since childhood, and with his "cockroach-like" constitution, aside from the throbbing pain in his spine, he had no fatal injuries.

Beating Shen Wen could only vent his anger for a moment; the most important thing was how to appease Chu Yuan's rage.

The Zhou Family members could not sleep all night.

The next morning.

Zhou Xiaodie and her brother Zhou Cong brought Shen Wen and waited early at the entrance of the Tianlong Group.

The reason they brought the useless Shen Wen along was simply because this whole matter was caused by him.

If throwing Shen Wen out could appease Chu Yuan's anger, then the brother and sister would be very happy.

"Weren't you all wanting to deal with this Young Master? Why are you here to plead guilty now? Isn't that a bit funny?"

Chu Yuan looked at the three of them, Shen Wen included, with a smile. Especially Shen Wen—who was, after all, a Protagonist—being forced by Zhou Xiaodie to apologize to him; who knows how aggrieved he felt inside.

Shen Wen was indeed feeling aggrieved; in front of Zhou Xiaodie, he didn't even dare to feel angry.

Chu Yuan reached out directly and unscrupulously stroked Zhou Xiaodie's face back and forth.

"Look at this, such a fair little face. It looks like you haven't skimped on skincare products in your daily life."

Being stroked on the cheek like this by a man, being treated so frivolously, Zhou Xiaodie's little face turned as red as a ripe apple from shyness.

In such a situation, only a person like Chu Yuan, who could twist black and white, would think this face was snow-white.