Butler Wu quickly explained, "Pharmacist Chen has already left. He said he wouldn't bother Madam any longer."

Ding Huizhu slowly sat down again. The pharmacists in the Xie family all had very eccentric temperaments and had close ties with the Pharmacist Association, so she always respected them very much.

She didn't think much of the other party's refusal to come up; capable people naturally have the right to be willful.

"It's better if they don't come up," Madam Xie said after thinking for a moment, "to avoid..."

He paused, but didn't say the rest.

Butler Wu, being as astute as a shrewd man, immediately discerned the unspoken meaning in her words.

After all, Xie Li had just taken out a bottle of fake medicine and clamored that it was a mid-level pill to compete with the young lady, which was really too low-class.

And someone of Chen Yaoshi's status would not tolerate any wrongdoing.

Although he had already issued a gag order as instructed by Madam Xie, what if Pharmacist Chen overheard even a single word...

If Xie Li offends Pharmacist Chen, then things will get complicated.

Butler Wu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, Pharmacist Chen just ran into Miss Xie Li in the courtyard..."

Ding Huizhu was just picking up her cup to drink tea when she heard this, and her eyes narrowed.

Butler Wu quickly smiled and said, "Nothing unpleasant happened. Pharmacist Chen came here this time because Miss Xie specifically asked him to help treat Miss Xie Li's injuries."

Ding Huizhu visibly relaxed, and then a smile appeared on her face: "Ziyuan is so thoughtful."

Butler Wu said, "Even Pharmacist Chen gives our young lady a lot of face. It seems that our young lady has quite a reputation in the capital."

"She's just a kid, and she only gets ahead because of her family connections," Ding Huizhu said, but her eyes were full of gratified smiles.

It's no wonder she favors Xie Ziyuan. This child was raised by her from a young age, and she poured fifteen years of her heart and soul into raising her. Xie Ziyuan has never disappointed her. She is smart, sensible, well-behaved, generous, and has the best temperament and character. This is what a true socialite should look like.

As for her biological son, if she hadn't done a paternity test, she would have seriously doubted whether Xie Li was actually her biological son.

It is often said that the environment has a crucial influence on a person, and this is certainly true.

"By the way, what did Pharmacist Chen say?" Xie Li was injured, and although he was reluctant to let her waste that intermediate-level muscle-regenerating pill, he couldn't just let her be disfigured like that.

Butler Wu said, "Pharmacist Chen sent someone to say that everything is fine now and there is no need to prepare any more medicine."

Ding Huizhu breathed a sigh of relief, "Then Shiyou must have misread it."

It must have been hard work for Ziyuan to go to all this trouble.

"Assistant Xie is a cautious person, he certainly didn't exaggerate on purpose," Butler Wu said carefully. "He meant well, he might have been fooled by someone else..."

He seemed to realize his slip of the tongue and quickly lowered his head, saying, "Sorry."

Ding Huizhu was skimming the tea leaves off her teacup when she heard this, her expression turned cold: "Alright, what's there to hide in front of me?"

Xie Shiyou had followed her for so many years and was always cautious. It was impossible for him to have deliberately exaggerated Xie Li's injuries, causing Xie Ziyuan to go to so much trouble for Xie Li.

The only possibility is that Xie Li deliberately let him see the wound so that he could use him to convey the message to Ding Huizhu, pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy and extort benefits.

She was just like her adoptive father in character, and he almost got tricked by her.

No wonder she didn't mention seeing a family doctor. It was just a minor injury; if she went to the doctor, it would have given her away.

No wonder she dared to eat fake medicine like candy; since she wasn't sick, she wouldn't experience any problems.

Before he even returned, he had already planned out a whole series of ways to win her favor.