Ding Huizhu was furious. Was Xie Li questioning her?

As the eldest daughter of the Ding family, she has top-notch resources in the education sector of Linjiang City, yet Xie Li still dares to look down on her?

"Hurry up, stop dawdling!"

——

The two arrived at a brand-new-looking office building by car.

In the lobby lounge on the first floor, a wealthy woman was waiting. She was adorned with jewels and held her head high, glancing sideways at Xie Li: "Is this your daughter?"

The lady sized Xie Li up for a few seconds, then turned to Ding Huizhu with a smile and said, "Madam Xie, no offense, but your daughter can't do this. You can't wear makeup when meeting a master..."

Xie Li: "???"

She noticed a young girl following behind the wealthy woman. The girl appeared to be older than her, dressed simply, with her head bowed and her presence barely noticeable.

Xie Li glanced at her and then looked away: "I'm not wearing makeup."

The wealthy woman's incessant chatter abruptly ceased, and she immediately glared at Xie Li with displeasure. "What are you doing, child, interrupting when adults are speaking? Don't you have any manners?"

The wealthy woman wanted to say something more to Ding Huizhu, but Ding Huizhu said indifferently, "Xie Li, you should focus on your studies with Sister Jiang."

Xie Li looked at Ding Huizhu with some surprise upon hearing this, "We're going to take classes together?"

"This Miss Jiang is already 22 years old, right?" Xie Li pondered. "She's either currently in university or has already graduated. I'm just a high school student; I don't have any classes that I need to attend with her, do I?"

Xie Li felt that his premonition had come true; Ding Huizhu was indeed unreliable.

The lady was taken aback for a moment: "How did you know she was 22 years old?" No one outside knew about this.

Xie Li casually replied, "Oh, it depends on bone structure." He then looked at Ding Huizhu, waiting for her answer.

Before Ding Huizhu could speak, Aunt Wan couldn't hold back any longer and said with a stern face, "Miss Xie Li, Madam is sending you to the training course for your own good!"

Xie Li glanced at Ding Huizhu's slightly somber expression, then at the noblewoman beside him—who looked on with amusement.

OK, she still had to give Ding Huizhu face in public. If it wasn't appropriate, she could just leave later.

Xie Li then fell silent.

Ding Huizhu nodded slightly to the noblewoman, Madam Li, and said, "Madam Li, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Mrs. Li didn't mind her cold attitude, since Ding Huizhu was always quite aloof in high society circles anyway.

Indeed, it's because her husband's family, the Xie family, is one of the four most powerful families in Linjiang City. Although the Xie family has declined, her maternal family, the Ding family, has risen again.

After Ding Huizhu left with Wan Sao, Madam Li gave Xie Li a forced smile.

He didn't say anything nice right away: "I heard you're disobedient and have been fooling around outside?"

Xie Li silently turned her head and glanced at Ding Huizhu's retreating figure as she disappeared through the gate... She had given Ding Huizhu face, but it seemed that Ding Huizhu had no intention of giving her any face at all.

Madam Li's eyes gleamed with schadenfreude: "You should listen carefully to the master's lectures, so that Madam Xie's sending you here won't have been in vain..."

Xie Li interrupted her directly, "Aren't we about to start class?"

Madam Li's smile froze, clearly displeased. She turned and glared at the Jiang family sister, saying, "Take good care of the Xie family sister."

After she left, Xie Li turned to look at the woman from the Jiang family and said, "Hello."

The other person slightly raised their head; they were very thin, and their face was slightly pale. "Let's go up."

She led the way, took the elevator, and went all the way to the nineteenth floor.