Han Yuzhu had also said back then that the cycle of vendettas would never end, telling Nie Zhao to treat Chen Rou with patience, to wait until she grew up before telling her about Kowloon, and to let him guide her in untangling the bitter enmity between the two Kowloon kingpins.
Nie Zhao felt profound guilt toward Chen Rou because he had not followed his mother's wishes.
When he saw her gravitate toward Mei Lu and use the tricks Mei Lu taught her to please him, he shut her out of his life entirely. He was afraid he would repeat Nie Zhen's tragic mistakes, and afraid he would die before he could exact his revenge.
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