In order not to damage the Nie family's reputation, all the children knew was that Mei Lu and Yu Zhengrong had colluded and done some illegal things, such as colluding with pirates and assisting in drug trafficking, which were all suppressed.

Nie Yao, being an avoidant personality, naturally didn't want to talk about these things, so he said, "Okay, I'm busy, I have to go."

We agreed to go eat, and he was still carrying the jar. How could he just leave like that?

The staff chased after him, calling out, "Reporter Nie! Reporter Nie!"

Nie Yao said rudely, "Please, don't follow me."

This is the second time; the children's attempts to be helpful were met with indifference.

Of course, in their view, although the family had encountered some bad things, they were all in the past.

They consider Nie Yao a family and are willing to accept him back and start anew.

But they don't understand that Nie Yao used to look down on them from a high position, and his care and love were also from a superior position. But now the person in that high position has become Nie Zhao, and even if the Nie siblings look at each other as equals, Nie Yao doesn't want them.

His ridiculous pride couldn't accept being forgiven or given charity.

So he would act like a madman; the children would come to eat with him, but he would just throw down his bowl and run away.

Miss Cai, who was never even seen by him from beginning to end, found Nie Yao increasingly charming because of his aloofness.

Not to mention the children, Yue Zhongqi asked the team leader for leave yesterday, but he came to ask for leave again today.

However, he did not arrange to meet Secretary Qiao. In fact, knowing Nie Yao's bad temper, he was afraid that Nie Yao would give Chen Rou the cold shoulder again. He wanted to go and take care of him, but he did not have time because his old friend Xue Guangyu said that he had something to talk to him about.

To avoid the children, Nie Yao made an excuse that he was going to interview the special police team. As soon as he arrived, he ran into Yue Zhongqi.

The two of them have always had a good relationship, because Yue Zhongqi gets along well with everyone.

Xue Guangyu, also known as Minister Xue, invited the two of them to eat crawfish at a newly built beer stall because it was hot.

The beer stand just opened today, and there's also the trendiest karaoke, playing all the hottest hits in Hong Kong right now, like "Glorious Years" and "A Laughter in the Vast Sea." One song that young people especially like is "The Lost Alliance," and whenever someone requests it, a lot of young people will nod their heads along.

Xue Guangyu came to talk business because he saw a buy-one-get-one-free offer on draft beer on TV and thought he would do a favor. However, he didn't expect the beer stand to be so noisy, and the conversation became disjointed, so he couldn't get to the point.

Nie Yao seemed to really like it here. He drank two beers and nodded his head along with the others.

Yue Zhongqi assumed Xue Guangyu had nothing important to say and was just treating everyone. He was also concerned that he hadn't had a proper chat with his second uncle about the children from wealthy families. He said he was going to the restroom, found a public phone, and called Chen Rou, asking her to bring the children along so that the wealthy woman could experience the joy of being on the mainland with the common people. He spoke very generously: "Come on over, let's drink together as comrades, and I'll invite you all to drink with us too."

If he had said it was Xue Guangyu, Chen Rou wouldn't have come. But she thought that among Yue Zhongqi's comrades-in-arms was Chen Ke. Children naturally like to be close to their fathers. Hearing rock music playing on the other end of the phone, she wondered if her father also went to drinking parties and if he ever went clubbing. Besides, not many people in mainland China knew her, so she told Secretary An, "Let's go to the beer plaza."

But when she arrived, she didn't want to see Nie Yao, so she just stayed in the car and sent the children to find him.

She watched from afar in the car, thinking that it would be enough to just see Chen Ke from a distance.

But as she scanned the area, she saw someone she would only meet in the future.

However, any mainland Chinese person will definitely recognize him in the future, because that person was originally from the mainland but worked as a professional kidnapper in Hong Kong. In fact, in the life before Chen Rou, he had even glanced at Nie Jiajun.

That person was the infamous Cheung Tze-keung, who would later be arrested by Chen Rou's predecessors.

Logically, he shouldn't have dared to come ashore in the past few years; if he did come, he must have smuggled himself in.

Of course, facial recognition is not yet widespread. With the naked eye, unless you are a special police officer like Chen Rou, or a veteran criminal investigator who graduated from police academy and has worked for many years, no one can recognize him at a glance.

Chen Rou also put on sunglasses, got out of the car from the other side, and walked to the roadside when Zhang Ziqiang turned around sharply. She picked up a coconut and asked in Sichuan dialect, "Boss, how much is a coconut?"

Thinking she was a tourist, the shop owner naturally ripped her off: "3 yuan."

The sign clearly said, "Three for one yuan." Chen Rou watched Zhang Ziqiang walk away, threw down the coconut, and chased after him.

She was also very nervous because she was facing a notorious bandit in history.

Qin Qianqian, the Guo brothers, local thugs in Shenzhen, and the female prosecutor who was targeted and wanted to be eliminated by the local thugs, plus Zhang Ziqiang who dared to show up in mainland China at this time of year—Chen Rou, a veteran special police officer, felt that all of this must be connected.

She also knew that if they could catch a vicious criminal like Zhang Ziqiang, who was newly established in the special police team, Chen Ke and his team would have a significant achievement to show for their hard work.

But she was pregnant, and she knew she couldn't disturb the fetus, so she only followed her and wouldn't touch her.

...

On the other side.

Nie Han and Miss Cai, one on each side, were looking at Nie Yao with the eyes of old aunts.

Nie Yao glared at Yue Zhongqi with the same look he would give an enemy.

Yue Zhongqi urged, "Buy one, get one free! It's a steal! Smell this draft beer, it smells so good, it tastes so good!"

He added, "The children rarely come, so what's wrong with coaxing them a little?"

Nie Yao turned his head and saw that the Nie brothers were standing next to the karaoke machine that was surrounded by many people.

Karaoke by mainlanders is considered obsolete in Hong Kong, but the audience is enthusiastic, and since nobody knows them, they're not afraid of being laughed at. Nie Jiajun and Nie Jiayu spontaneously started dancing, acting as backup dancers for the young singers.

Their excitement stemmed from the fact that Uncle Er didn't need bodyguards in mainland China. He could come and go freely in places like this where everyone was an ordinary person, without fear of being stared at. The same was true for them; no one deliberately stared at them, but everyone was very enthusiastic.

Well, how should I put it? They used to think that the mainland was a place teeming with bandits and pirates.

Once you arrive, you'll realize that it's bigger, cleaner, and has a slower pace of life—a more authentic Greater Hong Kong than Hong Kong itself!

Today, we have a victim, Minister Xue, who originally came to take advantage of the buy-one-get-one-free deal. However, several wealthy men from Hong Kong and some ladies showed up. It wouldn't be right for him not to entertain them, but if he did, it would cost him a lot of money.

Even beer stalls have their tricks: a serving of popcorn costs 5 yuan, and a small fruit platter costs 8 yuan.

Eight dollars? Why doesn't the boss just rob someone?