It's as if they're deliberately creating conflict to distance themselves from their own side.

I wonder if she will show up at Tang Qianqian's wedding.

Since she had decided to follow her father's wishes, she stopped worrying. A few days later, Tang Xinxin also said she would accompany her father to the event, and so it was settled.

Tang's mother refused to go. She had some unresolved issues and didn't have any good feelings towards her husband's two younger siblings. When she first married into the Tang family, Tang Yuanxu and Tang Yuanxiu were just teenagers, but they showed her, their sister-in-law, no respect whatsoever. Tang's grandmother was also not easy to get along with. Tang's mother lived in fear and trembling for the first two years after she entered the family and suffered a lot as a new daughter-in-law.

Although Tang's father treated her fairly well, he was a rough and unrefined man. He couldn't see his own mother and younger siblings making things difficult for his wife. Even if he did see it, he wouldn't think it was a big deal. Every family goes through ups and downs, and in Tang's father's eyes, without physical harm, it wasn't considered suffering.

It wasn't until Tang Yuanxu and Tang Yuanxiu got married and left home, and Grandma Tang got older and her voice became less confident, that Tang's mother's life truly improved.

So for decades, she has never taken the initiative to visit the other party's home. She did not interfere with Tang Yuanzhou's annual support for his two younger siblings, but she would never agree to go and celebrate with them.

Tang Xiaoxiao and her sister knew about her inner turmoil and didn't force her. Having the two of them by their side was enough for their father.

Tang Xiaoxiao originally didn't want He Zhan and Han Yunqi to attend, since their status outside was not ordinary, and there was no need to give Tang Yuanxu and the Xu family such a big face.

But Han Yunqi persuaded her, saying that if it were the wedding of the daughter of the Yue family's uncle, and neither of the two sons-in-law showed up, people might not think it was a slap in the face to Tang Yuanxu, but rather that the relationship between the Tang sisters, Tang Xinxin and Tang Xiaoxiao, and their husbands was not as good as rumored.

Otherwise, why wouldn't her husband be there with her on such an occasion?

Tang Xiaoxiao thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. Now, their every move is being over-analyzed, just like celebrities in the entertainment industry, with countless people waiting to scrutinize their minor mistakes with a magnifying glass and then publicize them extensively.

Family members know their own affairs; outsiders don't care.

They might end up spreading news like, "The Down sisters attended their cousin's wedding alone, without their husbands by their side, suggesting a possible rift between the wealthy couple."

It's exhausting to think about.

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November 20th was a weekend. Tang's mother stayed home to take care of her grandchildren. Xuanxuan also came back from her holiday, but she didn't want to attend any weddings. She preferred to stay home with her maternal grandmother and spend time with her younger siblings. Tang Xinxin let her have her way. In the end, Tang Xiaoxiao and Han Yunqi, and Tang Xinxin and He Zhan, the two couples, accompanied Tang's father on a grand journey to Yan City.

The Xu family really went all out this time. Not long after entering Yan City, bright red arches appeared on the road with the words "Wishing Mr. Xu Ziye and Ms. Tang Qianqian a happy marriage and a long and happy life together" printed on them. The atmosphere was perfectly orchestrated, and it looked even more lively than when Tang Xinxin and Tang Xiaoxiao got married.

However, Yan City is just a county under City A. These kinds of operations are easier to carry out in small places and the impact is not that big. When Tang Xinxin and her sister got married, it wasn't that they didn't have the ability to do the same thing in City A, but neither of them wanted to be so high-profile.