Despite hearing the insults, Wu Shanshan did not leave but went straight into the house.

Zhang Min was sweeping the floor, which was covered in vomit, clearly caused by Wu Jianguo's excessive drinking.

Wu Shanshan asked Zhang Min, "Where's Dad?"

"He's drunk, in the bedroom! Mom's trying to get him to sleep, but she's making a scene!"

Wu Shanshan approached Wu Jianguo's bedroom and knocked twice on the door. Before she could speak, Wu Jianguo's voice came from inside, saying, "What are you knocking for? Didn't you say anything? Get out!"

Wu Shanshan spoke up again, saying, "Dad, I have something to tell you!"

"Get out of here! I won't listen to you anyway. Just consider yourself as dead, gone, and no longer here, like Liu Jian!"

"Dad, I'm your own flesh and blood, your flesh and blood, even if our bones are broken!"

With a sob in his voice, Wu Jianguo said, "How could I have given birth to such an ungrateful wretch like you? What have the Zhuang family ever done to wrong you? You treat them like this. When they have a good after-school care business, you open a kindergarten. When they open a newsstand, you open a bookstore. Is this how you treat your neighbors? You bully people everywhere, and you even target your whole family!"

"The reason I'm like this is all because of you!"

"What...what did I do to you? Did I teach you to be an ungrateful wretch since you were little?"

“I’ve always dreamed of going to university with Tu Nan and living together, but you changed my college application, making me miss out on my love, feel inferior, and lose the chance to be with Tu Nan. Isn’t that your fault? I could have been like Lin Dongzhe and Sister Xiaoting!”

"Isn't that because you have younger siblings to take care of? You're the eldest in the family, so you should make some sacrifices, is that not allowed?"

"I didn't say it was impossible, we've come this far, haven't we?"

"You've been an ingrate all this time. I won't accept someone like you as my daughter. Get out!"

"Dad, I'm having my wedding banquet tomorrow, and I hope to receive your blessing. Okay, that's all for now. See you at Deyuelou tomorrow!"

"See you? I'm not going! Don't worry, I'd be a dog if I went!"

"Fine! I don't care anymore. Anyway, I've notified you. Whether you go or not is up to you!"

After saying that, Wu Shanshan turned and left the house.

Then, Xiang Pengfei went out and came to the alley entrance, where he first greeted Tu Nan.

Zhuang Tunan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you back again?"

Xiang Pengfei quickly said, "When we discussed it with Yuxiang, we ran into a problem. We'll hold the wedding banquet a day earlier, which is tomorrow!"

"Oh, whatever you want, I'm not going. I don't care which day it is!"

Xiang Pengfei probably guessed that Zhuang Tunan wouldn't have anything nice to say, so he went to Song Ying's breakfast shop and said to Song Ying, "Auntie, my wedding banquet has been changed to tomorrow. I hope you can go to Deyuelou for the banquet!"

"What? The time has changed? What are you doing? I just opened today, and I have to close tomorrow to attend your banquet. Can I arrive a little later?"

"It's alright, as long as you arrive before 11 o'clock, it'll be fine. I'll ask the kitchen to serve the food a little later, just wait for you!"

"Thank you so much, Pengfei! Otherwise, I would have had to close down after just one day, which would have been a bad influence!"

"I understand, I understand. Then you can go later tomorrow!"

"OK!"

Xiang Pengfei then turned and entered the alley. As he turned the corner, he ran into Wu Shanshan. The two simply nodded awkwardly and passed each other without exchanging a single word.

Xiang Pengfei arrived at Wu Jian's house and called out to the door, "Uncle Wu! Aunt Wu!"

Wu Jianguo's voice came from inside the house, asking, "Who is it?"

"I am Pengfei!"

"What's up, Pengfei?"

"Uncle, my wedding banquet has been moved up to tomorrow. I hope you can attend!"

"Okay, I'll definitely go. Where is it?"

"Deyuelou!"

"Ah! What, Deyuelou?"

"Yes, I'm leaving, Uncle!"

Xiang Pengfei turned around and left Wu Jianguo's country.

Meanwhile, in the bedroom, Wu Jianguo said to Zhang Amei, "Did you hear that? Go to Deyue Tower!"

"I know, I heard you, so what?"

"Oh my god! I just told Shanshan that if I go to Deyuelou tomorrow, I'll be a dog! Oh my god!"

"Then what should we do?"

"What else can I do? I already promised Pengfei, so I can't go back on my word. I can only stay home and bark like a dog!"

When Xiang Pengfei entered Huang Ling's house, he saw his uncle and aunt talking.

As soon as Zhuang Chaoying saw Xiang Pengfei, she asked, "Weren't you arranging the wedding banquet? Why are you back?"

"Alas, there was a last-minute change of events. When Yuxiang informed her brother, Zhou Chengzhi actually said that he wanted to hold the wedding banquet with us."

"What? Holding a wedding banquet together? It sounds like a good thing, but Shanshan's husband has been dead for a few days, how can she be getting married already?"

"Don't worry about her. I'm worried that it will be awkward if we all have the same banquet at the same time, since Wu Shanshan has been targeting our family. So I'd like to move the banquet forward to tomorrow. I'm just letting you know again!"

Huang Ling said with a smile, "Great! Pengfei is so thoughtful. Everyone is happy without feeling awkward. It's really good. We'll go to Deyuelou tomorrow to celebrate for you!"

"Hey, I'll call a few more cars tomorrow and invite all the neighbors so we can all go and have some fun."

"Okay, then you'd better get on with your work! Don't delay important matters!"

"Okay, I'll go to Deyuelou to make the arrangements, to save you the trouble!"

"Um!"

Xiang Pengfei arrived at Deyuelou without stopping. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw Zhou Chengzhi getting into the car with a smile.

Xiang Pengfei reached out to greet the other party, but Zhou Chengzhi had already driven away.

Xiang Pengfei watched Zhou Chengzhi walk away and had no choice but to enter Deyuelou.

Arriving at the front desk of Deyuelou, I asked, "Where is your boss?"

The receptionist said, "He was just talking to a customer! He probably went to his office!"

Xiang Pengfei could only go to Deyuelou's office and meet the manager of Deyuelou, Big Fat Head.

As soon as he entered the office, he said, "Fatty, I need to discuss something with you!"

"Brother, just tell me! As long as you say it, I'll do it for you. I'm so grateful for your support of my business all these years!"

"Let's skip the formalities. I'm having my wedding banquet here tomorrow. How about it? Are there any seats available?"

Big Fatty patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, it's just two wedding banquets. I guarantee I'll arrange everything perfectly for you, and I won't let you down!"

"Two, two matches? Who else?"

"Who else could it be? Your brother-in-law!"

"Oh! He's also at your Deyuelou restaurant?"

"Yes, that's right, I just reached an agreement with him!"

"Right! Our schedules are different; his is the day after tomorrow, mine is tomorrow!"

"Isn't that right, bro? He told me that your wedding is the day after tomorrow, and his is tomorrow. He's your brother-in-law, so he should have his wedding banquet before yours, which means his is tomorrow!"

Xiang Pengfei slapped his thigh and said, "Oh no, we've got another one!"

"What's wrong, brother? It's perfectly normal for siblings to have their wedding banquets together! We've even had father-son and mother-son wedding banquets together! It's nothing unusual, it's all quite normal, and nobody goesssips!"

"Fatty! You don't know the situation. Zhou Chengzhi is going to marry Wu Shanshan, my aunt's neighbor!"

"What? Wu Shanshan? She's the wife of Liu Jian, the deputy factory director's son?"

"Yes! Didn't Liu Jian just die in a car accident? I didn't expect Wu Shanshan to get together with Zhou Chengzhi. You know Wu Shanshan, she always gets along with my aunt. I was worried that my aunt would be embarrassed, so I wanted to avoid them and go a day earlier. But I didn't expect that they would still go together."

Big Fatty sighed and said, "Oh dear, brother, this is a problem! You told me that the wedding banquet is to bring good luck to Auntie. If the two of you have a wedding banquet together, it will only add to Auntie's troubles!"

"Yeah! I didn't expect them to come early too, it's really worrying me!"

"Then what do you suggest we do, bro?"

Xiang Pengfei covered his forehead, looking troubled, and said, "How am I supposed to know what to do! Sigh!"