Ding Huizhu put down her cup and stood up: "Housekeeper, I'm going to the capital for a few days, so I'll leave the house to you."

She had originally planned to stay home with Xie Li, but now it seems there's no need for that anymore.

She's so arrogant and ungrateful. What will she do in the future? We need to give her the cold shoulder so she can see her place.

Butler Wu was slightly taken aback, but then smiled and said, "Miss Ziyuan and Young Master Zian must miss Madam too."

Butler Wu immediately arranged for someone to prepare a car to take Madam Xie to the airport. At the door, Ding Huizhu was about to get into the car when she suddenly glanced at the car next door.

"It's a good thing that the old man next door likes Xie Li, but we still need to keep an eye on Xie Li and make sure she doesn't offend the old man."

Butler Wu agreed, and Ding Huizhu then got into the car and left.

——

Xie Yunqiu received the news as soon as Ding Huizhu left.

She slowly straightened her shawl and said to Jiang Baili, "Let's not associate with that family next door anymore."

Jiang Baili was reading at her desk when she heard this. She paused, a hint of annoyance on her face. "Mom, why bring that up?"

If she still harbored the thought of pleasing Old Master Xu when she went downstairs this morning, then afterwards all that remained was disgust.

Grandpa Xu didn't give her any face at all, but she had no masochistic tendencies, so it was best to just ignore him from now on.

"Mentioning that place is just to let you know that those kinds of people are not worth your condescension."

Jiang Baili looked up in surprise, and Xie Yunqiu smiled and said, "I had someone check this morning, and there are no prominent families with the surname Xu in the capital."

"Back in the day, there was a nouveau riche from Linjiang City who moved to the capital. Do you know how he made his fortune? That's right, he became the 'Feed King,' and he started out raising pigs."

Xie Yunqiu casually tossed his phone to Jiang Baili to look at. It was a news report, quite old, and the person in the photo was none other than Old Master Xu in his middle age.

"A pig farmer, no wonder he can talk to someone like Xie Li." Xie Yunqiu's eyes were full of sarcasm.

Jiang Baili hesitated for a moment: "But the decoration and furnishings in the Xu family villa don't look like those of a nouveau riche; you can't do it without some kind of heritage..."

Xie Yunqiu became even more dismissive: "That's not some Xu family villa. That villa belongs to the Luo family in the capital."

Just then, Aunt Qian brought in coffee and asked in surprise, "The villa next door is actually rented?"

Xie Yunqiu looked at her fingernails casually, as if she had just seen Aunt Qian.

"It's perfectly normal for someone to have made some money early in their career and want to rent a villa as a storefront."

Aunt Qian couldn't help but curl her lips: "They can't even afford a villa, yet they dare to casually give away things worth millions. Could it be that the things are all fake?"

Xie Yunqiu remained silent. Jiang Baili pursed her lips. Having personally touched the bag and clothes, she naturally knew that those things couldn't be fake.

However, for now, both mother and daughter have tacitly accepted Qian's statement.

Xie Yunqiu had also made an appointment with several wealthy women to go shopping, and Jiang Baili got up to see her off downstairs.

The housekeeper and servants were busy downstairs.

Xie Yunqiu cautioned, "You can't let your guard down. Some people don't study themselves, and they try to drag others down with them."

Jiang Baili was somewhat surprised, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the direction of the housekeeper and servants.

Zhang Ma returned at this moment and was talking to the housekeeper. She clearly heard their conversation and frowned as she looked over.

Jiang Baili pursed her lips: "Xie Li shouldn't be that kind of person..."

Not that kind of person? Xie Yunqiu smiled faintly. Not that kind of person. He's only been home for a few days and he's already deliberately trying to compete with Xie Ziyuan, holding a bottle of fake medicine and claiming it's a mid-level pill?