"Oh, right, and the Ding family too. That statement from the Ding family was a real slap in the face, a slap in the face to everyone in the Ding family! They acted like they looked down on that country bumpkin, only recognizing Xie Ziyuan, this carefully educated young lady. Haha, but it turns out that country bumpkin got into the youth genius program, just two years ago, when she was only fifteen!"

Mrs. Hang became more and more cheerful as she spoke, as if she had finally released all the pent-up frustration in her heart.

Although she came from a humble background and had little education, she at least knew how to protect her own children; no matter how bad her son was, she would always side with him.

But what about Ding Huizhu and her family? They claim to be cultured and aloof, but deep down they are cold-hearted and driven by profit.

This time, they've truly become a laughing stock in the entire elite circle of Linjiang City!

Ding Huizhu fled in a panic.

She locked herself in her room, her mind a jumbled mess, seemingly thinking about many things, yet also seemingly thinking about nothing at all.

She checked the situation online, but the relevant topics seemed to have been cleared. She glanced at Ding's Weibo, and it didn't seem like anything was wrong; the comments were all normal.

However, just as this thought crossed her mind, Ding Huizhu noticed that the number of comments and reposts was somewhat abnormal.

The number of reposts has reached over 200,000, but there are only a dozen or so comments.

I clicked on the reposts, and sure enough, they were all mocking me.

"As expected of the prestigious Ding family, they're quite adept at deleting and disabling comments!"

"Xie Li is the real biological son, isn't he? The Ding family is kicking me when I'm down, they should get lost!"

"Hahaha, just ask the Ding family if it hurts to be slapped in the face!"

"They even call themselves a scholarly and noble family, but all I see in this move is the shamelessness and selfishness of the Ding family."

So what if they delete comments and ban people from speaking? It's just a whitewash. This time, the Ding family has really suffered a huge setback and lost face nationwide.

Ding Huizhu also felt a little bad. She even saw people cursing her and demanding that she come out and explain herself. She hurriedly closed her Weibo account and decided to avoid seeing it altogether.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up her phone again and tried to call Xie Li.

She had many questions she wanted to ask Xie Li, such as why he kept so many things from her, his mother.

However, she couldn't say it so directly. She wanted to check on Xie Li's burns first. They were supposedly from fighting a forest fire, and she wondered how he was doing now.

Xie Ziyuan gave the intermediate-level muscle-regenerating pill to Old Madam He as an apology. She knew all too well how Xie Li had been cured without taking the pill.

Ding Huizhu had prepared a lot of words, but she didn't expect that the phone would be hung up after only a few rings.

She refused to believe it and called again, this time the call ended instantly.

Ding Huizhu's face immediately darkened.

Oh, so Xie Li is giving her the cold shoulder!

She felt a lump in her throat, and just then she saw Ding Ruoxu calling. She quickly answered, "Big Brother..."

Ding Ruoxu's first words were a question: "Why didn't you tell me that Xie Li had already joined the Young Genius Program?"

His voice was somewhat exasperated, losing its usual gentle and refined quality.

Ding Huizhu was completely baffled: "Brother, I don't know! Xie Li didn't say anything, how am I supposed to know?"

Ding Ruoxu thought about it and agreed, but he was still very annoyed. "You're her biological mother, why don't you coax her into revealing all the details first?"

After these words were spoken, there was a moment of silence on both sides of the phone.

Ding Ruoxu suddenly remembered that when Xie Li returned to the Xie family, he made it clear that he did not recognize Xie Li and even advised Ding Huizhu not to get close to Xie Li.

Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so there's no point in dwelling on it now.