Ever since the Qin family's crisis, the Ding family went from distancing themselves and refusing to see Old Mrs. Qin, fearing entanglement and refusing to help, to later coming over to apologize only to be rejected by Old Mrs. Qin, and now, they are acting as if nothing has happened and have sent an invitation to a banquet. If you asked Qin Liuxi, she would say the Ding family must have faces made of city walls, right?
But this is also understandable, as "face" cannot be eaten like food, and it is not comparable to interests, especially when one is in the realm of officialdom, which values social connections even more. Seeing more and more people who have benefited from Qin Liuxi's favor, and all of them are nobles out of the Ding family's reach, how could the Ding family remain seated? They have come sniffing around, wanting to form an association.
