On the surface, the Nie family did not appear to be extravagant or wasteful people who loved to spend money.

But for families like theirs, maintaining a comfortable life requires an alarmingly high basic cost.

Just like a yacht, it's probably only used once or twice a year at most. And the original one was also new. Although it was smashed to pieces at sea and riddled with bullet holes, it could still be used as long as it was properly repaired. However, its impact resistance and acceleration performance were obviously not good. So Nie Zhao ordered a new one before A Yuan was born, and it was more luxurious than the previous one. The interior was all walnut wood with genuine leather upholstery, and various parts were reinforced with impact-resistant edging, all to protect the child.

He was kidnapped while eating at sea, and he has psychological trauma from it.

Therefore, all his bodyguards will be there. Liang Lisheng and Wade are both in Hong Kong, and they will bring Nie's security personnel. They will also travel around the area on the two old yachts that Nie has at home.

Besides that, since the yacht club will be passing through Kowloon, Nie Zhao also contacted the mainland police and asked them to call the police and patrol the area to surround the yacht like an iron barrel, so that even birds couldn't fly in.

Normally, Nie Zhao would leave all the details of banquets and receptions to Mrs. Dai and would not interfere.

This time, however, he even checked the food and drinks on the yacht. Upon seeing the list, he crossed out all the alcoholic beverages, including chocolate liqueurs, and told Secretary An, "Replace them all with non-alcoholic soft drinks."

Secretary An frowned upon seeing this and reminded the boss, "This is a pre-wedding party, so everyone should be drinking."

Nie Zhao frowned: "There will be many children on the yacht, and besides, alcohol is bad for their health. Let's remove them all."

Secretary An choked for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Actually, my wife also likes to drink a little beer occasionally."

A large group of people went out for a gathering, but there wasn't even any alcohol, and it was his family who were hosting.

Secretary An will also be there. He doesn't want to complain about his boss to his wife, but he's also afraid that she'll be disappointed and scold him. Besides, it's rare for his wife to invite people to social events, and if the guests are unhappy, it won't be good for his wife's reputation.

But Nie Zhao doesn't think that way, nor would he.

There's a saying that goes, "Once the wound heals, the pain is forgotten," and this saying is often most applicable to postpartum women.

Childbirth is a particularly painful and agonizing experience for women. However, it is said that most women forget the pain of childbirth after giving birth. This is a genetic trait that helps them have more children and facilitates the propagation of offspring.

When Chen Rou gave birth to her first child, she didn't experience any pain because she had a C-section under spinal anesthesia. She also has a very high pain tolerance and received excellent postpartum care, so the pain didn't have a significant impact on her life. Of course, her consistent stance is that she will never have another child.

Nie Zhao thought the same way before his wife gave birth; he only wanted one baby, one was enough.

He only let Chen Rou experience the dangers of childbirth once.

That idea hasn't changed. If you ask him to have a child, he won't. He's been taking strict precautions and using contraception all along, but it's like waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump—people tend to have a sense of wishful thinking.

Ever since the abbess of Lianhua Temple said that A Yuan changed his own destiny by altering the feng shui layout of the Nie family, Nie Zhao developed a wishful thinking, believing that he should have another daughter.

A person who is naturally meticulous will naturally leave no room for error in their work.

His position allows him to avoid all drinking parties, and the same goes for smoking. He doesn't smoke unless he feels obligated to, and he avoids secondhand smoke whenever possible, prioritizing his own health so that he can seize any opportunity that comes his way.

He dared not mention Chen Rou openly, but secretly he was doing his best to avoid any potential problems.

Alcohol, in particular, is bad for the body, and even worse for the baby. If possible, Nie Zhao would not let her drink it.

He put down his pen and said to Secretary An, "Don't say any more, just do it."

He pressed the call button again: "Nov, how's the situation on your end?"

Nov, whose real name is Ivanov and nicknamed "Brother Mao," is currently with Yue Zhongqi in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.

He said, "Boss, sorry, we've tried our best, but we still can't find it."

Yau Ma Tei was the place where Cheung Tze-keung's father settled after coming from the mainland. It was also the place where Cheung started doing small business when he was 8 years old. At the age of 14, he stabbed a gangster who was collecting protection money to death. From then on, he gathered his men and began his decades-long career of committing crimes.

He bought a house in Yau Ma Tei. Besides the door, the house had an underground exit, but apart from himself and one or two trusted confidants, no one knew where the exit was. Even Master Er and Master Dong didn't know.

Because he and the gangsters had always been doing separate things, the underworld bosses hadn't bothered to look for them. As for that exit, the police had raided and searched it a few days ago.

But ultimately, it was unsuccessful; no results were found.

Of course, that was Zhang Ziqiang's escape route, which he would not easily reveal. And just recently, he was definitely going to come out of that route again to pull off another big heist. Nie Zhao believed that money could make the devil turn the millstone, so he sent Maozi and Yue Zhongqi with checks to go door to door in the neighborhood to ask the old neighbors where the exit of that route was.

Find it, then find a few more to guard it. When it comes out, won't it be caught?

In Kowloon's underground, there are all sorts of sewage pipes, abandoned wells, and intersecting basements. Because Brother Mao had money, many people took them down to walk through all sorts of stinking underground sewers.

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