Ding Huizhu was so angry she was about to have a heart attack.

Aunt Wan stepped forward to support her: "Madam, please don't be angry. Perhaps it really is some wealthy friend that the Second Miss met in Meicheng?"

"Rich friends?" Ding Huizhu found the description very offensive.

Moreover, the implication in Wan's words was very strong, so strong that Ding Huizhu couldn't help but think in a slightly skewed direction.

She thought for a moment, then beckoned to Butler Wu, "Go and call Xie Li's driver over here. I have something to ask him."

The driver was also a little embarrassed. Ding Huizhu had specifically called him over to ask him questions, but he couldn't hide it from her.

Xie Li is still a minor, and it is perfectly normal for Madam, as her biological mother, to inquire about Miss Xie Li's affairs.

However, not wanting to cause any trouble for Xie Li, he answered Ding Huizhu's questions very cautiously.

"Was it a man or a woman who saw Xie off at his car?"

"It's a man, but it seems like Miss Xie Li helped him..."

How old is the other person?

"They're an elder, I don't know the specifics, but..."

Did Xie Li get into a fight after school today?

"No, I'm not really sure..."

"Alright," Ding Huizhu interrupted the driver again, "You can go now."

The driver was completely confused, and he felt that Ding Huizhu's expression had become even more unpleasant after he answered all the questions.

He recalled what the boy named Li Chen had said—something about the Xie family's future son-in-law. Could it be that Madam had found out? He wanted to explain, but he was afraid that he would only make things worse.

In the end, he could only leave in a daze.

As soon as the driver left, Ding Huizhu raised her hand and smashed the cup on the table onto the ground.

When these events are pieced together, how can we not uncover the truth of the whole affair?

There are many shady dealings in wealthy families. Xie Li was having an affair with a middle-aged man, who even gave her a car worth millions. It's clear that one of them was greedy for money and the other was after her lust!

"Why would a perfectly good heiress give up going out and causing trouble? Has she gone mad?"

Aunt Wan: "Madam, please calm down. Perhaps there's some misunderstanding. Besides, the second young lady has become so beautiful; maybe someone outside seduced her..."

Ding Huizhu felt even more uncomfortable when she thought of Xie Li's excessively beautiful face.

She used to think that Xie Li looked a bit like her, but for some reason, Xie Li has changed a lot recently and is becoming more and more like Old Madam Xie.

The Ding family is a scholarly family, and they have high requirements for their children's character and do not like their children to have overly aggressive beauty.

Ding Huizhu has a rather gentle appearance. Although Xie Ziyuan is not her biological daughter, she is very similar to her in terms of eyebrows, eyes and temperament. She is well-educated, reasonable and gentle.

That's what a daughter of a prominent family should truly be like.

What's the point of being so beautiful? Excessive beauty in a woman is never a good thing.

Ding Huizhu was completely unable to calm down. "Is she blaming me for being too strict with her, and is she showing off to me that she's amazing because she can make money with her beauty?"

Don't you even think about how long you can rely on a man?

If this gets out, public opinion will be overwhelming, and how will she, as the birth mother, ever be able to hold her head high in public again?

Butler Wu took the bird's nest soup brought by the cook and gently advised, "Madam, there might be more to this than meets the eye, you..."

Ding Huizhu waved her hand, not wanting to hear any more.

“The car must be returned,” Ding Huizhu said with a stern face. “Madam Pei has been repeatedly asking to see Xie Li recently, and I don’t want any mishaps at this juncture.”

She came back tonight to talk to Xie Li about this.