Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Leave Room for Maneuver Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Leave Room for Maneuver Ding Yuehua’s thoughts stirred, and she immediately knew it was not an option.

If the relationship with Qin Jingchen were that easy to establish, she wouldn’t have waited until today.

In Beijing, just knowing Qin Jingchen was already quite an accomplishment. If anyone harbored any other intentions, they would be best to dismiss such thoughts, as it wasn’t something just anyone could aspire to.

With that said, mother and daughter both instinctively abandoned the idea right there.

It would be better to go back and make more contact with Jiang Yaowang, moving relationships under the Jiang Family’s name which was more justified and appropriate.

Jiang Zhe received the items brought by Xia Enci and asked, “What’s this?”

“It’s a gift from Auntie,” Xia Enci said. As she opened her own box, she was dazzled by the contents and questioned, “Is this… very valuable?”

“Quite valuable indeed,” Jiang Zhe replied.

It wasn’t hard to imagine Ding Yuehua giving such expensive gifts.

With a little consideration of Jiang Cheng’s identity and Ding Yuehua’s status in Beijing, Jiang Zhe could understand.

It was clear to him that Ding Yuehua still hoped the two girls would speak well of her in front of Jiang Yaowang.

Jiang Zhe naturally had no interest in dealing with these matters and said, “It’s too valuable; I cannot accept it.”

Xia Enci also thought the gift was too extravagant. Hearing Jiang Zhe’s response, she immediately added, “I can’t accept it either. I’ll give her a call right now and ask her to take it back.”

Jiang Zhe nodded. Xia Enci was naive, and it wasn’t good for her to be caught up in these matters.

He would rather she be naive and offend someone than to get involved and end up offending someone anyway.

Ding Yuehua was surprised by the call.

These two girls were actually refusing her gifts?

Xia Enci, being straightforward, insisted on getting Ding Yuehua’s hotel address over the phone.

Left with no choice, Ding Yuehua gave it to her.

Soon after, Xia Enci ordered a courier service and sent the items back.

Ding Xuexue, upon receiving the returned items, said, “Mom, I told you these two couldn’t be presented in public. You insisted on sending them gifts. Look, the gifts were too valuable, and they didn’t dare to accept them.”

Ding Yuehua could only speculate that was why the two girls didn’t want her gifts.

“Small households, always sweating the small stuff,” Ding Yuehua shook her head, “You give them to your friends.”

“Where can I find such friends? They’re too precious to give away. It might be better… to give them to Jiang Fanyue. Leave some leeway, so it’s easier to meet in the future,” Ding Xuexue said, deeming the two pieces of jewelry not valuable enough.

Ding Yuehua thought about it and agreed; having bought them, it would be good to give them away as long as they held value.

So, she had someone send the items to Jiang Fanyue.

When Jiang Fanyue received the items, many thoughts ran through her mind. She sent a WeChat message to Ding Yuehua to express her thanks.

It was the same WeChat account she had added when they met that day.

Seeing her sincere thanks and the smart way she handled the situation, Ding Yuehua was very pleased: “How can two children raised in the same family be so different?”

With the gifts from Ding Yuehua, Liang Jinlan treated Jiang Fanyue even more properly, without a hint of impatience.

Now, Jiang Fanyue truly seemed like a genuine young lady of wealth. The entire Jiang Family allowed her to act as she pleased, with no need to consider anyone else’s feelings.

With these relationships in place, the end-of-term exams arrived in the blink of an eye. Jiang Fanyue scored exceptionally well, ranking third in the whole school.

It was a leap beyond her previous academic performance.

Xiao Meng also had good exam results, maintaining her usual performance.

Xia Enci, Si Qing, Song Xingyu, and Four-Eyes all saw varying degrees of improvement in their grades.

Only Jiang Zhe, whose score was pretty much the same as usual, didn’t improve at all.

Jiang Fanyue could finally hold her head high and beam with joy.

Even Meng Yirou, who was at another school, maintained her usual high standard and achieved high scores on her exams.

Hearing that Jiang Zhe’s score had not improved at all, Meng Yirou’s smile broadened significantly.

After all, in an era where academic performance is recognized, with Jiang Zhe’s poor results, it’s really hard to say what his future prospects could be.

After the results were out, the first and second year students began their winter vacation.

The third-year students had ten more days of supplementary lessons before the day arrived for them to head home.

Xiao Meng returned to Aunt Kang’s place, feeling it would be inappropriate to disturb the Jiang Family during the New Year period.

Xia Enci tried to retain her but relented in the end.

Jiang Zhe returned to the ancestral house with Xiao Meng and heard Jiang Cheng and Ding Yuehua conversing.

This time, Ding Xuexue scored five hundred and sixty points in her final exams. Although this score wouldn’t rank highly in her school, given that she is in Beijing where the entry requirements are lower, this score is considered excellent.

Ding Yuehua was reporting this result to Jiang Yaowang.

“Xuexue has always been sensible and well-behaved; she hasn’t caused us any concerns”, Ding Yuehua said with a smile.

Jiang Yaowang was also very pleased and nodded, “Keep up the good work.”

“I will, Grandpa”, Ding Xuexue quickly promised.

Jiang Yaowang, having never cared for Ding Xuexue in her younger years, felt an additional guilt towards her. Seeing her sensible and understanding nature, he couldn’t help but show her affection.

Ding Xuexue took this opportunity to say, “Grandpa, this year Mom and Dad would like to invite you to Beijing for New Year’s. What do you think? We’ve always been thinking of you and looking forward to it. Now that we’re finally together again, we want to have more family time. We’ve made all the arrangements in Beijing, so why don’t you all come along?”

Jiang Yaowang, already feeling the need to make up to her and Jiang Cheng, looked at Jiang Xiruo after hearing her suggestion.

Jiang Xiruo smiled and said, “Dad, you decide for yourself. I’m fine with going anywhere.”

“Grandpa, please, let’s go”, urged Ding Xuexue, swinging Jiang Yaowang’s arm.

Feeling the rare bond of grandparent and grandchild, he nodded, “Then we’ll go.”

“Alright, but there’s no need for my brother and sister-in-law to prepare a house. I have a place there, we can just stay there when we go”, Jiang Xiruo suggested.

Ding Yuehua, surprised that Jiang Xiruo had a place in Beijing, said with a laugh, “This time we have a lot of people going, I’m not sure if it will be big enough. If not, let Xiaozhe and Enci stay with us.”

“It’s big enough”, Jiang Xiruo said.

Hearing this, Ding Yuehua couldn’t help but be quietly astonished. It seemed that the Jiang Family’s assets were indeed staggering.

As Jiang Zhe and Xia Enci entered, they saw Ding Yuehua and her family sitting on the couch discussing packing.

Xia Enci immediately asked, “Mom, where are we going?”

“Enci, I’ve invited your grandfather and the whole family to spend New Year’s in Beijing. You’re on vacation now, so take this trip as a chance to travel and relax. Let’s all go together”, explained Ding Yuehua.

Hearing about the trip to Beijing, Xia Enci was very interested, “Great, I’d like to go.”

After saying this, she quickly turned to look at Jiang Zhe, “Xiaozhe, do you want to go?”