"However, the Xie family did not treat them unfairly. In this cooperative project, the Xie family invested more than a billion yuan, which can be regarded as compensation for canceling the marriage alliance."

Ye Lanzhi spoke casually, but Xie Li was completely distraught.

No wonder they're city people; they just throw away billions of dollars like that. Do they really think money just floats on the water?

Even if money is easy to earn in the city, there's no need to waste it like this!

Moreover, this marriage was proposed by the Pei family, and she didn't see any sincerity from them at all, at least not from Pei Si.

So why should the Xie family pay the Pei family over a billion yuan? Isn't this blatant robbery?

"Grandpa, wait, I won't break off this engagement." Xie Li regretted it. If he was going to break it off, he needed to make sure Pei Si agreed as well, so that both families could peacefully dissolve the engagement together.

Grandpa Xie didn't seem to care: "It's alright, if you don't like it, you don't have to force yourself. No amount of money is as important as you."

Old Master Xie also had his own ulterior motives.

They had previously agreed to the marriage alliance with the Pei family because they thought Xie Li had been spoiled and that an uneducated village girl was marrying the young master of the Pei family, which was indeed a case of Xie Li marrying above her station. They wanted to use the Xie family's wealth to support the Pei family as a form of compensation.

But now the situation has reversed.

Xie Li displayed amazing talent and intelligence. How could a small family like the Pei family, with a young master like Pei Si, be worthy of Xie Li?

Putting everything else aside, Xie Li's unparalleled beauty is something that Pei family boy is not worthy of!

It's better to spend some money now and get rid of them early, so that the Pei family won't keep pestering Xie Li in the future.

With Grandpa Xie's final decision, the matter was settled.

Xie Li: "..."

She thought it was unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable! The Pei family had put in some effort to find someone, so they should be given appropriate compensation. There was no need to let the Pei family benefit for nothing, even with billions of dollars!

Pei Si clearly doesn't even like her, yet the Pei family still takes the initiative to arrange a marriage and seek benefits. Isn't that a bit too cunning?

However, Xie Li couldn't persuade Old Master Xie at the moment, so he had no choice but to give up.

She could only think of going back to school to find Pei Si. He had better tell his family that the engagement was called off, otherwise she couldn't guarantee what she might do.

Old Master Xie had been ill for a long time, and today, with his emotions running high, he soon fell asleep due to exhaustion.

Xie Li then left the Xishan Sanatorium and rushed to the Xie family home.

Besides Ye Lanzhi, Pharmacist Chen also took her home.

However, Ye Lanzhi, being sensible, sat in the passenger seat and even raised the rear seat lift panel to create a relatively private space.

After discussing the treatment plan for Old Master Xie with Xie Li, Pharmacist Chen closed the prescription in his hand.

Before getting out of the car, Pharmacist Chen said, "Miss, the old man means that the Xie family has been having some trouble lately. To protect your safety, the fact that you have such amazing medical skills needs to be kept secret for the time being and cannot be mentioned to anyone."

Xie Li nodded. Old Master Xie always thought of her best interests, and this was no big deal, so of course she would cooperate.

Actually, she was very easy to talk to, but for some reason, Ding Huizhu found her difficult to talk to and even thought she was deliberately disobeying her.

This is probably because she and Ding Huizhu are incompatible according to their birth charts.

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Inside the Xie family villa, a low-pressure atmosphere was hanging over the place.

Ding Huizhu's anger had reached a critical point and was on the verge of exploding.

She truly hadn't expected Xie Li to have become so disobedient.

She didn't answer any of the many calls she received, and when she finally did, she deliberately dragged her feet and refused to come back.