"So, was it wrong of me to be too good to you before?" Tang's father retorted irritably.

"It's all your fault." Tang Yuanxu took another sip. "People are never satisfied. I'm just an ordinary person. If you hadn't spoiled me so much before, I wouldn't have resented you for even the slightest thing, or for taking the job Dad left behind. You're the eldest son, and I wasn't even an adult back then. It was only right that the job be given to you, it was only right... I was so foolish, so foolish all these years..."

Tang's father remained silent.

Years ago, after hearing his younger brother's heartfelt words, Tang's father might have scolded him for being ungrateful. But now that Tang's father is retired and enjoying his retirement, the comfortable life he has lived in these past few years has broadened his mind considerably. Now, hearing Tang Yuanxu's self-analysis, which is both infuriating and poignant, Tang's father is surprisingly calm.

The younger generation silently watched the drama unfold, none of them uttering a word.

As Tang Xiaoxiao listened, she silently complained in her heart. This second uncle was really something. Even when he admitted his mistake, he would first come up with a bunch of reasons, saying that others influenced him to make the mistake, rather than that it was his own fault.

Tang Yuanxu had drunk quite a bit and was clearly a little drunk.

"My...my sister hasn't contacted you all these years, has she?" Tang Yuanxu suddenly mentioned Tang Yuanxiu, whom they hadn't seen for many years, and Tang Xiaoxiao and Tang Xinxin couldn't help but prick up their ears.

"She's even more ungrateful than me!"

Tang Xiaoxiao...

That's really ruthless; he even criticizes himself.

After uttering that curse, Tang Yuanxu continued without waiting for anyone to ask, "Back then, Mom talked to her privately, saying that you, my older brother, married a woman and then had a daughter, so there wasn't much money left in the family. And with me approaching adulthood, finding a job and getting married would be a problem. So Mom asked her if she could find a better match and leave the dowry money to me, her younger brother..."

Even Tang's father was somewhat surprised when he heard this, as he was unaware of it.

Tang Yuanxu continued, "I heard everything from under the wall... but my second sister didn't understand the family's difficulties at all. She hadn't even been set up with anyone yet, and she got furious as soon as she heard Mom's suggestion, haha! In the end, she deliberately went against Mom's wishes and found a family so poor they couldn't even afford to eat. She didn't ask for a single penny of dowry, preferring to work as a maid for free rather than help her own family. She's really shameless!"

"I don't even know what I did wrong to my second sister. How could she be so selfish? Doesn't she realize that she's a young woman? If Mom and my eldest brother had really wanted to use her to get a dowry, would they have let her find someone to marry into their family so easily? But she just harbored resentment towards us and hasn't shown us a shred of family affection all these years..."

This is a shocking revelation.

Tang Xiaoxiao and Tang Xinxin exchanged a glance, both having the same thought in their minds.

It turns out that the reason why Aunt Tang Yuanxiu had never visited her grandmother or her two brothers for so many years was because of this.

Even when her grandmother passed away, she deliberately said those words that ruined Tang's mother's reputation.

How vengeful must someone be!

The problem is that her hatred seems rather inexplicable...

Tang Yuanxu was drunk at the time, and his words were full of attacks on Tang Yuanxiu. It was clear that his account did not embellish Tang Yuanxiu in the slightest.

Even so, this matter doesn't sound that shocking or outrageous, nor does it reach the point where a daughter wouldn't step into her parents' home for decades.