After all, the close kinship between their two families is unbreakable.

Her scheming for the Xu family was not because she loved Xu Ziye so much.

It was because she had invested a lot of time and energy in him, even giving up what is most precious to a woman, and she was unwilling to let it all go to waste.

She didn't want to give up either her status as the daughter-in-law of the Xu family or the Xu family's vast wealth.

Tang Qianqian has always been a very opinionated person, and Cui Hua's upbringing of her from a young age has played a significant role in this.

She has a clear goal and is willing to do everything she can to achieve it.

Her family of origin didn't give her a privileged background or substantial capital, and she didn't have the ability to start from scratch like her second cousin. If she wanted a comfortable life, she had to rely on marriage.

Her goal is to marry a rich man who treats her well.

Xu Ziye might not love her that much, but this man is easy to control and is the best-qualified man she has met over the years, so she must hold on to him.

What's wrong with being a little calculating for her own happiness? She hasn't hurt anyone, has she?

She saw her uncle's family when they appeared; they stood out so brightly in the crowd that she felt both envious and jealous.

If only my parents hadn't been such a burden, had been kinder to my grandmother, and hadn't fallen out with my uncle's family.

As her closest cousin, who was the eldest and second eldest sister, how could they not help her out when they were doing well?

She used to be very proud and disdainful of taking advantage of others, but that was because she disdained small favors. For example, her uncle's family had always been better off than hers. During holidays, the fruits and pastries her uncle sent were things that her family couldn't afford to buy on a normal basis, but she never took them seriously or felt grateful.

Because those things, besides giving her a treat, didn't offer her any real help.

She thought the same way when her parents privately mocked her uncle's family for being country bumpkins. So what if they were a little richer than them? Hide away in such a small place, their vision and perspective will be narrowed, and they'll never amount to anything.

My eldest cousin didn't even finish high school, and my second cousin only got into an ordinary second-tier university. They didn't continue their studies after graduating with their bachelor's degrees, which she considered a complete lack of ambition. She believed that a girl without a privileged family background who didn't strive to improve herself and increase her value was destined for mediocrity.

But who would have thought that these two older sisters would be so lucky? One remarried and snagged a rich husband, while the other made a name for herself in farming and transformed into the renowned President Tang.

Outsiders never call Tang Xiaoxiao Mrs. Han, but rather President Tang, Miss Tang, or Ms. Tang.

This is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation for a woman; she is not anyone's appendage, she is Tang Xiaoxiao.

She became the woman every woman aspires to be.

Tang Qianqian didn't admire her eldest sister, Tang Xinxin; she was just lucky to have met a very rich and kind man who loved her dearly. But she couldn't help but admire her second sister; if the roles were reversed, she couldn't be as outstanding.

She didn't envision herself as a career woman...

That's it. She has her own life to live, she has her own choices, and she will never be content to submit to fate.

With a mix of complex thoughts, Tang Qianqian smiled at Tang Xiaoxiao and her group as she passed by before stepping into the hotel.