Nie Yao's mother is Mei Lu, the wife of Hong Kong's richest man, who is commonly referred to as Nie's second wife by the Hong Kong media.

She was beautiful, intelligent, gentle, and well-educated, a model for Hong Kong's wealthy wives. The late Mrs. Nie, Han Yuzhu, was as beautiful and intelligent as Mei Lu, but her personality was not gentle; on the contrary, she was extremely fierce and aggressive.

Nie Rong always praised her, saying that she was not only gentle and virtuous, but also had a good sense of propriety and knew when to advance and retreat.

Nie Rong and she did not register their marriage. Because the custom of taking concubines still existed in Hong Kong, Nie Rong only wrote her a document for taking concubines.

She herself never considered herself a wife, and only said to others that she was sent by her cousin to help her cousin Han Yuzhu take care of the family.

Nie Rong was very satisfied with her personality of not competing or fighting, and always putting men first. He would always praise her for knowing her limits and knowing when to advance and retreat.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the meaning in his tone was crystal clear: compared to Han Yuzhu, Mei Lu was a more competent wife of the richest man.

However, in Chen Rou's view, although Mei Lu is gentle, she only knows how to enjoy the wealth and luxury of the richest family and doesn't know how to make money.

Although Han Yuzhu was strong-willed and aggressive, always the dominant one in life and marriage, Nie Rong was able to become the richest man in Hong Kong entirely because of her skillful management and financial acumen during her lifetime.

In a sense, Mei Lu's ability to become the concubine of Hong Kong's richest man was only 30% due to Nie Rong himself, and 70% due to Han Yuzhu. It can also be said that without Han Yuzhu's hard work, Mei Lu would not be where she is today.

Nie Rong has held the title of the richest man on the wealth list for four consecutive years. Moreover, the Nie family has a deep cooperation with the British colonial government, and the Nie family has contracted all the large-scale military-related reconstruction projects of the colonial government.

Currently, his status in Hong Kong is second only to the white governor sent by the British government.

He is rich, has status, and power; most people would only respect him and would not dare to disobey him.

The original Chen Rou was the same; she was always obedient when she saw Nie Rong, and she would never say a word that would displease him. Moreover, no matter what the matter was, she would always try to figure out what he meant and say things that would make him happy.

But not today. She used the most peaceful tone, yet she almost drove Nie Rong crazy.

He finally revealed his true thoughts: he not only did not believe that Nie Yao would harm his younger brother, but he also did not believe the hypothesis that Mei Lu might be the mastermind.

In his view, the intelligent and tactful Mei Lu would not do such a foolish thing.

But actually, compared to Nie Yao, Chen Rou suspected Ms. Mei Lu more, believing that her stepmother was the real culprit behind Nie Zhao's death, the mastermind behind it all. Of course, she would have evidence, because although she had no bodyguards or capable subordinates, she had Song Yuanchao, who was probably helping her collect evidence right now!