"As long as you understand," said Gu Jinli, adding, "Remember, don't let trouble find me. I hate trouble. If you can't handle those aristocrats, our cooperation will end, and I'll directly give the recipe to the Zheng Family and the Shangguan Family to work with them."
Her cooperation with Young Master Dou was because she didn't want to invest all her capital into the Zheng Family and the Shangguan Family. Having already partnered with them on the soy sauce business, it wouldn't be appropriate to also collaborate on the liquor trade.
But if Young Master Dou couldn't deal with the Capital's aristocrats, she would only avoid trouble by working again with the Zheng and Shangguan families.
Young Master Dou felt quite frustrated, like an inn servant being lectured by the boss on how to work. But Gu Jinli's advice was useful, leaving him with no grounds to argue.
