Zhang Ma remained silent, letting her imagination run wild, since what happened last night was too frustrating.

They had originally hoped that the madam's return would help the young lady seek justice, but judging from the madam's appearance, she clearly intended to settle the matter peacefully.

Sigh, why isn't it for the young lady? If only I hadn't made a mistake!

——

Ding Huizhu didn't stay at the Xie family's house for long before leaving.

Butler Wu then quietly came to the door and said, "Miss Belle, someone from next door just came over and said that the old master would like to invite you to dinner tonight."

Jiang Baili was taken aback; she hadn't expected the old man to care about her so much.

"It was my rudeness; I should have been the one to go and thank you earlier."

Despite saying that, she calmly finished her coffee before instructing her servant, "Sister Qian, please send over the gifts I prepared earlier."

"Just tell them I'm preparing for the entrance exam for Linjiang No.1 Middle School, so I won't come over during the day, but I'll come and bother you at night."

After that, she picked up the math materials on the table, got up, and went to knock on Xie Li's door.

Xie Li quickly opened the door, and Jiang Baili, without any hesitation, walked in naturally: "What's wrong? Playing games?"

His gaze fell indifferently on the screen of Xie Li's phone, which was lying on the bed. The screen was lit up with text message notifications, and there were quite a few.

The door was not closed, and several servants were busy tidying up and cleaning in the hallway.

Xie Li shook her head; she had been resting and hadn't checked her phone at all. "What's wrong?"

Jiang Baili placed the workbook on her desk. "These are my study notes from when I was in the third year of junior high school. Your foundation isn't strong, so you need to hurry up and start studying."

The entrance exam for Linjiang No.1 Middle School is scheduled for one week later.

"Oh, thank you." Xie Li yawned, rubbed his eyes, still sleepy.

Jiang Baili said, "Remember to ask me if you don't understand anything." She paused, seemingly a little worried, and then added, "How about this, I'll tutor you for an hour first."

"Go and get another chair." There was only one chair in the room.

Jiang Baili sat down at her desk, opened her study notes, and began to mark and circle key points, appearing completely absorbed in preparing her lesson.

Xie Li stood there blankly for a moment, then turned around and went downstairs. He picked up a chair with one hand and went upstairs very quickly.

She moved so quickly that neither the servants nor Jiang Baili could react before she calmly placed a chair next to Jiang Baili and sat down.

"Let's begin."

Jiang Baili: "..."

Jiang Baili looked up at the chair. It was a solid wood chair in the restaurant, and it was very heavy. She usually needed servants to help her pull it out before she ate, let alone carry it upstairs.

"Oh, why did you bring the restaurant chairs up here?"

"...Sorry, I forgot to mention, I have a special swivel chair in my room, with wheels. Just push it over..."

His gaze fell on Xie Li, paused slightly, and his brows furrowed. Xie Li didn't seem to be blushing or out of breath, and he didn't even break a sweat.

"By the way, are you thirsty...?"

Before she could finish speaking, Xie Li pushed something towards her—a cup of piping hot water, clearly just poured.

Jiang Baili smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I don't drink plain water..."

She always drinks the finest handcrafted coffee; plain water is tasteless and bland, what's so great about it?

Xie Li said "Oh," and consciously took the cup back. "Then I'll drink it."

Jiang Baili waited for a while, but Xie Li didn't offer to make her a cup of coffee. Her gaze darkened slightly.

Xie Li, however, remained completely oblivious, asking, "Aren't you going to start?"