Jiang Li's attitude towards Ying Xi was purely compensatory, usually accompanied by a sense of guilt, which made it even harder to involve emotions.
Especially since between Jiang Li and Ying Heng there was a divide of life and death, the affection severed by death was fragile, yet, if said to be resilient, it was incomparably so.
Indeed, because of Ying Heng, Jiang Li's attitude towards Ying Xi was purely compensatory, so much so that he would fulfill any request without a hint of displeasure. Ying Xi didn't know about the relationship between Ying Heng and Jiang Li, nor the true cause of Ying Heng's death, which the Jiang Family had covered up well with money.
When they first met, Ying Xi actually didn't have much fondness for someone as overtly familiar as Jiang Li, and even found him somewhat annoying.