Nie Rong, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Poor Liang Lisheng, whose scalp was burned bald, was staring at the mirror image opposite him and reaching out to fix his hair. When he heard what Nie Zhao said, he almost jumped up and exploded on the spot.
His hair was permed, so it was already hard to comb, and with this excitement, it stood up even straighter.
"Ah Zhao, I know you're different from the kind-hearted Ah Yao. You're a stubborn person, but don't talk nonsense. If I had such thoughts, may I be struck by lightning!" Liang Lisheng was furious. He raised his right hand, clenched his fist the size of a clay pot, slammed it into his palm, and then sucked in a breath of blood from his nose. He didn't forget to glance at Chen Rou, who was standing not far away with her hands behind her back and her legs spread apart.
He was puzzled. How could the little girl who used to always put her hands in front of her body and, unusually, performed the Qing Dynasty etiquette among the younger generation in Hong Kong, have become so fierce today? But to say she was fierce, she wasn't really fierce. When she put her hands behind her back and raised her eyes, for some reason, Liang Lisheng thought of the young madams in the Hong Kong police force who went out on patrol.
"She's really mischievous," Liang Lisheng thought as he looked at Chen Rou again, wondering if this girl was possessed by a ghost.
No, he'll have to find a Taoist priest to perform a ritual for her another day.
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Using gender issues and slut-shaming to attack a woman, even if she is Japanese, is of course wrong.
But Chen Rou had noticed long ago that Mei Baoshan's reaction when mentioning Mei Lu was very abnormal.
As Nie Yao's uncle, his feelings for Nie Yao went beyond that of an uncle, which is why she joked with Mei Baoshan, asking him if Nie Yao was his child. In short, she was implying that Mei Baoshan was in love with her sister.
As for Mei Lu, she didn't want her to suffer physical pain. It wasn't that Chen Rou was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to hit her, but rather that she could tell that Mei Lu wouldn't be afraid or cooperate just because you beat her up.
Chen Rou's plan was to beat Nie Yao in front of Mei Lu, or simply kill Nie Yao.
It may sound cruel, but 99% of women care more about their children than men do.
But Nie Zhao is now using slut-shaming on Mei Lu, trying to cover it up. It's certainly wrong of him to treat a woman this way. However, since Chen Rou can see that something is wrong between Mei Lu and Mei Baoshan, Nie Zhao, as his opponent, can certainly do the same.
He was able to handle Liang Lisheng with just a few words, so he was no ordinary person. Chen Rousui didn't say anything, just waiting to see how he would handle Mei Lu, of course, in a different way than she would.
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Just as Liang Lisheng was swearing an oath, Mei Lu's expression shattered completely.
What she actually wanted to say was that Mei Baoshan betrayed Nie Zhao because, like Liang Lisheng, he did not approve of Nie Zhao as chairman of the board and preferred Nie Yao. He made a mistake for the sake of the Nie family's future.
She should have been mentally prepared for Nie Zhao's and Mei Baoshan's admiration for her, and she shook her head as if to explain something.
But Nie Zhao immediately followed up: "Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, did you think that since you're out of Hong Kong and you're all with your trusted confidants and your own people, no one will be able to photograph you?"
Mei Lu flinched, no longer as weak as before, and instead knelt up straight.
The gentleness and innocence in her eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by ruthlessness and gloom.
In matters of the sexes, one cannot attack others with unfounded accusations; evidence is required. However, it is clear that Nie Zhao not only quietly arranged for people at the head office two years ago, but he also collected evidence of Mei Lu's misconduct.
Nie Rong was practically cuckolded, and what's laughable is that he had once vaguely suspected whether Mei Lu had an inappropriate relationship with the steward, Uncle Ming, but he never suspected Mei Baoshan. They were siblings, after all. How could Mei Lu do that? That would be truly outrageous.
Liang Lisheng was completely speechless. He regretted it deeply, regretting that he had followed Mei Lu into this mess.
Mei Lu had an exceptionally strong heart. She didn't know how many photos Nie Zhao had taken, but to prevent Nie Zhao from bluffing her, she couldn't admit it. With a sneer, she sobbed, "Ah Zhao, I love you just like your cousin does, and Ah Yao is your brother who loves you the most. Don't be like this. Mei Baoshan is dead. Let's make our family happy, okay!"
He shook his head frantically again: "I don't know anything, I really don't know anything."
Then Nie Rong said, "Since A-Zhao dislikes me so much, let me go, sir. Find a nunnery for me to become a nun. I am willing to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures from now on to pray for my cousin's well-being."
Nie Rong was so angry that she clutched her chest and asked Secretary An for medicine.
Mei Lu was still crying and pleading, "Master, please let me become a nun, Master."
Nie Zhao was quite well-mannered, because even Liang Lisheng looked at Mei Lu with a disgusted expression, but he only looked at her calmly and gently, without refuting her.
He remained silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "The medicine you used on my mother was Technetium-99m. It wasn't until after 1940 that it was used in medicine. I found a large quantity of well-preserved Technetium-99m liquid in your mother's former residence. Your mother was studying it. You said you didn't know about it?"
Chen Rou recalled her chemistry knowledge from before the college entrance examination: technetium-99m, also known as 鉝-99m in Chinese, is a radioactive element that will be widely used in medicine in the future.
One of its characteristics is that overdosing can induce tumor-like lesions in the human body. Moreover, it is metabolized relatively quickly, and its radiation will be metabolized by the human body in about a week. Without a special examination, it is difficult to detect the problem.
If it was only after 1940 that it was used in medicine in Japan, and if there are still samples of it in Mei Lu's mother's former residence, it proves that not only Mei Lu's maternal grandfather was conducting human experiments, but her mother should have followed in her father's footsteps and was also doing it.
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