In the past, Nie Rong would only say "good job" if Nie Yao criticized him.

Nie Zhao is even worse now; if A Yuan punched him twice, he would probably praise him for it.

His protectiveness towards his own was so extreme that even Chen Rou couldn't stand it and often had to give him a stern talking-to.

Nie Jiayu and Nie Jiajun are at the age where they are mischievous and speak without restraint, but they dare not say a bad word about A Yuan.

Nie Yao had just come from the mainland to see the old man off. Seeing that he was dressed in a military uniform and looked very smart, Nie Zhao respected the clothes before the person. He invited him in and asked him to sit down, hoping to have a good chat with him. But instead, he accused A Yuan of hitting someone.

Boss Nie has always been sharp-tongued: "He's my son, I know him best, he never lays a hand on me."

But since Nie Yao said Chen Rou knew, he had to add another sentence as a supplement.

He said, "You are A-Yuan's uncle, so you shouldn't lie about a child. If he hit you instead of others, shouldn't you reflect on yourself and see where you went wrong?"

Nie Yao was shocked, even stunned.

Although Nie Zhao has always had a bad temper, he is not unreasonable and is a reasonable person.

But it's a fact that his son, who is so small, can hit people.

Nie Yao spoke up because of the lessons he learned since childhood: a gentleman uses words, not fists. A Yuan is his nephew, and he hopes that his nephew will grow up to be a gentle and refined gentleman, not a spoiled rich kid.

His intentions were good, and he was only willing to say a few words because he was an uncle.

But Nie Zhao went too far. As an uncle, he teased his nephew and got beaten up, and now he has to reflect on his actions.

However, from this small matter, Nie Yao could see that Nie Zhao doted on his son in a way that even Nie Rong couldn't match, something he himself probably hadn't realized yet.

However, Nie Zhao himself was an abandoned child. He suffered from his father's emotional abuse since childhood and knew the pain of being subjected to it. Although Nie Yao was spoiled and did not suffer as a child, as he grew up, the pampering his father once gave him turned into sharp knives that stabbed him.

He fell from grace, was imprisoned for over a year, and then spent two years on the run in the Philippines. He knows best how painful it is for a child who has always been pampered, rising through the ranks smoothly and without any setbacks, to fall into reality.

Nie Zhao would keep candy in his briefcase for his son and let his son kiss his cheek with his sticky lips.

All signs indicate that his doting on Xiao Ayuan is pathological.

He was even better than Nie Rong.

But since Mei Lu had wronged Han Yuzhu and her children first, Nie Yao could tolerate Nie Zhao's harsh words. He took a deep breath and offered his honest advice, albeit from a very objective perspective.

So he said, "I can see that you love A-Yuan very much, but Dad also loved Big Brother very much."

Yes, before Nie Yao and Nie Zhao arrived, and before Nie Rong cheated on him, he loved Nie Zhen, just as Nie Zhao now dotes on A Yuan, thinking his son is perfect and his son is his pride.

It was for that reason that Nie Zhen had a natural trust in her father that she had developed since childhood.

He was so naive that he believed his father's infidelity was just a momentary lapse of judgment and that his father deeply loved his mother.

Because he trusted his father, he believed Nie Zhao's lies about murder and allowed Nie Rong to exile Nie Zhao to Europe.

Because of that trust, the couple were ultimately crushed into mud by a dump truck.

Nie Zhao remained silent for a long time, only turning his head to stare intently at his son, who was silently leaning against the bathroom door eating candy.

The little guy eats some candy, listens closely, wiggles his little bottom, bounces around, and then eats another bite of candy.

Nie Yao continued, "Ah Zhao, unlike me, you don't have a natural advantage. You'll face many temptations. You might not dare to now, and you might disdain them because you're young. But in the future, when you're older and have a comfortable life, when you take everything you have now for granted, you'll..."

They will become like Nie Rong, no longer cherishing the happiness before them, and going with the flow when faced with temptation.

Any woman who intends to interfere in someone else's marriage has ulterior motives.

Then, just like Nie Rong, he, Nie Zhao, will have a new child, and that child will become a new treasure in his eyes and a source of pride in his heart. A Yuan will become the second Nie Zhen.

Nie Zhao didn't want his son to become like him; he raised his son to compensate for his own childhood.

Similarly, Nie Yao doesn't want A Yuan to become a second Nie Zhen, or a second him, nor does he want Nie Zhao to let Chen Rou down in the future, making her a second Han Yuzhu.

He understood better than anyone else that Mei Lu was wrong, but Nie Rong was equally innocent, and it was because of that that he hated Nie Rong even more.

When facing others, Nie Zhao disdains and is too lazy to prove or boast about himself.

He would get furious if anyone compared him to Nie Rong.

Moreover, comparing A Yuan to Nie Zhen would only make Nie Zhao feel more uncomfortable, given how superstitious he is.

But he didn't get angry at Nie Yao, and surprisingly, he was willing to calmly discuss a problem with Nie Yao.

He said, "Your most beloved person was Mei Baoshan, and you have been deeply influenced by him since childhood. Will you become like him?"

If you say Nie Zhao is like Nie Rong, Nie Zhao will get angry.

To say that Nie Yao is like Mei Baoshan is like poking at his Achilles' heel, and he almost became furious.

But Nie Zhao remained calm and composed. If he were to get agitated, wouldn't he seem petty and narrow-minded?

But Nie Yao was successfully hit where it hurt by Nie Zhao. To cover up his excitement and shame, he deliberately adjusted his posture, crossed his legs, and looked calm and composed: "If I were to learn from others' shortcomings instead of their strengths, would I be stupid?"

Nie Zhao, who had been sitting with his legs crossed, turned his gaze to Nie Yao with a half-smile: "Even you know that people should learn from others' strengths rather than their weaknesses, so how could I not understand?"

Nie Yao knows he shouldn't learn from his useless uncle, so why would Nie Zhao learn from his father?