Actually, Nie Zhao's worries were unfounded.

Li Xia is very busy with work, and she will be leaving as soon as the engagement ceremony is over.

Moreover, she and Chen Ke were the kind of people who truly disliked abusing their privileges, so she firmly refused Nie Zhao's offer to send her a car.

Speaking of maternal grandmother, she is probably A Yuan's favorite person besides Xiao Minmin.

Seeing Li Xia carrying a travel bag, he ran into the living room, grabbed a few toys, and came out holding a toy gun.

He raised his head, pursed his lips, and used his best trick—his eyes—to be charming; he wanted to go with his grandmother.

Speaking of which, there was one thing Li Xia was particularly grateful to Nie Zhao for. She bent down, picked up A Yuan, tapped his nose, and said, "Your Majesty's current home is too small, and it's even inconvenient to take a bath. So Your Majesty won't take you with her anymore. But we're going to build a new house soon, a big building with an elevator. Once the house is finished, I'll take you to my house to play."

Looking at Nie Zhao again, she said sincerely, "Thank you, Boss Nie, for going to the factory back then and preventing it from being privatized. The city has continued to support us over the years, and next year, our factory's sales will be number one in the Pearl River Delta."

Nie Zhao said, "I didn't mean it. It's you who are working hard... and they earn too little."

He reached out to coax his son, "Don't bother me anymore, Daddy will take you to a fun place."

Although A-Yuan was unhappy, he still let go of Li Xia and went back to his father's arms.

After leaving the Nie family mansion, Li Xia walked a short distance to the tram stop. At the tram terminus, she transferred to a bus, which led to the train station. Outside the train station, she bought several fashion magazines available only in Hong Kong before crossing the border to go home.

Nie Zhao still felt that Chen Ke and his wife were strange. He watched Li Xia leave with regret. He said, "If she had taken the initiative to talk to me about a joint venture after joining the wool mill, it would have cost at most seven or eight million. She could have taken over the entire wool mill and used the factory area as collateral to get a loan of ten million to expand the production line. Within two years, she could have made a profit."

Chen Rou said, "But didn't you say a long time ago that she was too honest to do business?"

Nie Zhao smiled helplessly: "She hasn't changed at all in four years of schooling."

She added, "She could have had the driver take her, but she insisted on taking the bus herself. She's never changed."

Thinking about it, Chen Rou felt inexplicably proud. She said, "Li Xia will never become rich, but to the workers of the wool mill, she is a good factory director. It would be even better if she could become the party secretary someday."

She wouldn't even take advantage of the richest man's family, let alone the factory workers.

She and Qin Qianqian were born on the same land and had equally tragic childhoods, but their personalities were completely opposite.

Comparing the two, Chen Rou felt a little regretful; she should have slapped Qin Qianqian a few more times.

Yes, Nie Zhao is not a loving father. He is very strict with his son, not allowing him to watch too much TV or eat too much candy. At present, his son is still in the stage of recognizing characters and numbers, but he is also looking into early English education, striving for his son to develop in all aspects.

Even under strict constraints, he can still get A Yuan to obey. His trick is to not make promises lightly, but once he does, he will definitely keep them.

He also had a rare day off today. He had an engagement banquet at noon, and since he had promised A Yuan that he would go to a fun place in the afternoon, he would go. And the place was indeed fun, because it was the Sha Tin Racecourse, which Nie Zhao had never been to since it opened.

Today happens to be horse racing day, and the recent race is an international Group 2 race. Inspector Gu placed a bet on a horse nicknamed "Superstar King" that made it to the final round. Nie Zhao happened to know this through the news report.

Just now, Inspector Gu asked Nie Zhao to meet him.

Nie Zhao had no interest in horse racing, but he was very interested in what Inspector Gu wanted to talk to him about.

Since his son has never seen a horse race and doesn't own a horse yet, Nie Zhao wants him to experience the horse racing culture first. When he turns three, Nie Zhao will personally help him choose a foal to raise so he can ride it from a young age.

It's like using someone else's flowers to present to Buddha; it's also a chance to entertain Inspector Gu and chat about business with him.

Chen Rou hadn't been to the horse farm in a long time, so of course she went with Nie Zhao.

Although the racecourse boasts the most upscale restaurants in Hong Kong, where you can order whatever you want, and if you go early today because it's the finals and there's a star-studded concert, Nie Zhao still waits for his son to take a nap and have afternoon tea before going.

Nie Zhao and his wife rarely go out together, especially when they go out for fun.

Ah Yuan is even less frequently photographed; the most he's ever been seen doing is visiting his grandfather in the hospital, where his bodyguards would shield him with umbrellas.

Of course, if the paparazzi see him today, they will inevitably take pictures of him.

However, Nie Zhao had his secretary, An, make advance arrangements to select the best viewing spot at the racecourse, a VIP room that would be difficult for reporters to photograph, and where exposure lights could be turned on during the night session, effectively preventing paparazzi from taking pictures.

On the way to the horse farm, Secretary An wanted to share something fun with Chen Rou.

He laughed and said, "Madam, a few paparazzi just called me and said they've photographed a female bodyguard from mainland China."

Chen Rou said, "Was it because the paparazzi who were filming Ah Han checked the accounts in Causeway Bay and discovered the female bodyguard at the engagement ceremony?"

Secretary An found it increasingly ridiculous, turned to look at Nie Zhao, and said, "They say you are a model first wife."

As luck would have it, Li Xia happened to be there, and Chen Rou was wearing her clothes.

When the paparazzi returned to the newspaper office to check the accounts, they discovered that the female bodyguard had actually been at the engagement ceremony.

There are many male reporters in the media, and Hong Kong is relatively feudal. When a group of men saw Chen Rou, they wanted to make her a model first wife.

But Sir James, that veteran agent, is probably in for a headache.

Because he insisted that Chen Rou was a female agent, he was right, but he couldn't convince Colonel Rango.

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