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After hearing about Su Wen's fiancé's powerful background, Su Tong laughed, completely understanding why her mother was so angry. She followed her mother into the house, sat down beside her, and shook her arm, saying, "Mom, why are you angry? What's so good about marrying someone who's always thinking about power and status? Like me, I'm with Mom and Dad every day, I can do whatever I want, life is so comfortable! Mom, please don't be angry~"

Kongkong was sleeping in the kennel when it heard Su Tong's voice and ran over excitedly. Su Tong was being affectionate with her mother, and Kongkong was wagging its tail at Su Tong's feet, its big, watery eyes looking at Su Tong as if it wanted to be petted and cuddled.

Dogs grow up so fast! Kongkong has been eating and drinking well lately, and with Su's dad and Su Tong playing with him every day, he's grown a lot since the last time Su Tong weighed him. Recently, Su Tong hasn't been holding him much. Last night, Deng Yue came over and kept hogging Su Tong, making Kongkong, who's used to his owner's soft and fragrant embrace, feel particularly threatened.

Seeing Kongkong's pitiful little face, Su Tong, who was sitting anyway, picked it up and put it on her lap. She pointed at its little nose and said, "Kongkong, I'm so tired today that my legs are weak. You're so heavy, so be good and don't move around."

When Kongkong heard Su Tong's words, its eyes widened as if it were worried about Su Tong, and its ears perked up. Then, as if it understood, it stood up and licked Su Tong's cheek. Then, it very considerately slid down Su Tong's legs and lay down next to Su Tong, resting its head on Su Tong's lap.

After hearing Su Tong's words, Su's mother's emotions calmed down a little, but she still looked very angry. "Wang Jia has always been like this, always trying to compete with me and finding ways to make me unhappy! Su Wen is just like her mother, always smiling on the surface, but she's always competing with you in her heart!"

Su's mother's words were a bit biased. Actually, Su Tong thought Su Wen was a pretty good person, and quite beautiful, just a little arrogant, and couldn't stand anyone being better than her. However, given that Su's mother was currently in a bad mood, Su Tong felt she should try to appease her. Holding up her empty paw, the two of them acted cute towards Su's mother: "Come here, Kongkong, tell Mommy not to be angry. Getting angry will make you age faster, you know. Our generous and beautiful Su's Mommy wouldn't punish herself by getting angry over other people's problems!"

Su's mother has a strong personality. Although Su Tong seems to be like her father on the surface, with a gentle and easy-going nature, she is actually quite similar to her mother in her heart. After becoming an adult, she rarely acts coquettishly with her mother like this. Su's mother couldn't help but laugh, but then felt that it would be a loss of face to calm down like this, so she picked up the remote control next to her, maintained her angry expression, and turned on the TV to watch.

It was fine if I didn't turn on the TV, but as soon as I did, I saw Su Wen dressed in ancient costume and with an ancient woman's hairstyle, standing in an elegantly decorated ancient room. — It was the currently popular palace drama "The Legend of the Phoenix".

Su Wen, dressed in a simple and elegant palace maid's outfit, looked gentle and beautiful. She smiled faintly at the female protagonist sitting on the couch next to her and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on regaining the Emperor's favor."

The female lead, dressed in a qipao and with her hair styled in a traditional Manchu hairstyle, turned around and was about to speak when Su Ma angrily turned off the TV again.

"Mom!" Su Tong called out as she hugged Kong Kong.

Su's mother paused for a moment, but continued walking upstairs without stopping.

"Sigh!" Su's father sighed and said to Su Tong, "Don't worry about her. She doesn't get along with Wang Jia, and she's unhappy when she sees Su Wen doing well. Women are like that sometimes."

"Hmm." Su Tong touched her empty head and responded.

Although Su's mother and Wang Jia had a bad relationship, Su Tong felt that she and Su Wen were still quite good friends. The two were about the same age and were both young girls. Among their cousins, they had a lot in common. However, their second uncle's family lived in W City, which was some distance away, so the time they could spend together was short and they couldn't be said to have a deep relationship. Their relationship faded as they grew up.

Among relatives, children of the same age are always compared. Su Tong and Su Wen are both girls with good grades, so the comparisons are even more intense. Su Tong's father has always doted on his daughter and basically adopted a laissez-faire approach to raising her, while Su Wen, under her mother's tutelage, has been learning piano, violin, and ballet since childhood and has always been known as a little prodigy. Naturally, in the eyes of outsiders, she is much more outstanding than Su Tong.

As a result, Su Tong later studied classical dance, and this unique talent quickly attracted everyone's attention. She went to Yunnan and was accepted as a disciple by the dance master Li Liping. When she won the runner-up in the Youth Dance Competition during the summer vacation of her first year of high school, Su Wen cried in anger and actually made up her mind to enter the entertainment industry. Despite her mother Wang Jia's objection, she went to the Beijing Film Academy on her own.

Although Su Tong's second uncle had some power in the local area, he could only ensure Su Wen's financial security and couldn't offer her much help. For years, Su Wen had been struggling alone in Beijing. While she hadn't achieved great fame, Su Tong could see that Su Wen was becoming increasingly incomprehensible. Wang Jia repeatedly advised Su Wen not to pursue a dead-end career in the entertainment industry, but Su Wen was determined to make a name for herself, no matter how difficult it was.

In the long-running palace drama "The Legend of the Phoenix" which aired at the beginning of this year, Su Wen landed the role of Lan Zhi, the head palace maid who accompanied the female lead from the moment she entered the palace. Although she didn't have many romantic scenes, her role was extremely large and important; she was almost always present wherever the female lead was. Her image in the drama was also quite beautiful and elegant, which quickly earned her widespread recognition. People would call her "Aunt Lan Zhi" when they saw her on the street, and she had made a name for herself.

Now that she has happily married a "son of a prominent family," she is naturally riding high.

All of this was achieved through Su Wen's own hard work. As the saying goes, only the person drinking the water knows whether it's hot or cold. Su Tong didn't care much, but Su's mother would change the channel every time she saw this drama. If she met an acquaintance on the street and they said, "Isn't that Deng Yadan, your niece, who played Lan Zhi in 'The Legend of the Phoenix'? I thought your Su Tong was so pretty, but her cousin is even prettier, and she's a star!" she would feel even more upset.

Although Su's mother didn't say it, she had recently been regretting not letting Su Tong become a professional dancer. Su Tong had regretted it back then, but now she was more open-minded. She knew she didn't have much cunning; being a human resources manager at a company was enough to exhaust her, let alone navigating the seemingly glamorous but actually complex world of dance and entertainment.

Just as I was about to go upstairs to try and persuade Su's mother, the phone rang.

Since returning home, Su Tong hasn't used her work number. Now, her SIM card only has some relatives and close friends on it. Su Tong has also set call restrictions so that numbers outside her contacts can't call. Since she's been living with her parents since returning home, she rarely receives calls anymore, and she's really not used to it.

Kongkong was startled by the ringtone, stood up, and stared wide-eyed at Su Tong. Su Tong stroked Kongkong's soft, long fur with one hand, and took out her phone with the other. A name was flashing on the screen.

"Who is it?" Su's father asked.

"Sister Su Wen."

Su Tong answered the phone.

Su Wen, dressed in a well-tailored long dress that accentuated her graceful figure, stood before the floor-to-ceiling window of her villa. Looking out at the lawn dotted with scattered yellow flowers, then at the magnificent wedding dress laid out on the bed, she held the phone in her hand. A smile graced her exquisitely made-up face as she spoke into the phone: "Tongtong, have you had lunch? This is your sister Su Wen. I heard from Fourth Uncle that you're not in Shanghai anymore, you've come home. How are you? Enjoying your leisurely life?"

Su Tong was a little unaccustomed to her intimate tone, but she still went along with it and said, "Oh, Sister Su Wen, we're almost ready to eat. After being busy for several years, it's nice to have some free time now, but I don't know if I'll be able to adapt when I go back to work."

"Hehe, it's alright. It's just that the people at that company have no vision. Tongtong, you're a top student who graduated from Fudan University, and you're so outstanding. You'll definitely find a better job in the future."

Su Wen's voice sounded cheerful on the phone, but it made it sound as if Su Tong had been fired and was stuck at home because she couldn't find a job.

"Yes, thank you for your kind words, sister." Su Tong paused for a moment, then continued, "Sister Su Wen, you're getting married! I heard your husband is a promising young man! Congratulations! I wish you and your husband a long and happy marriage, and a sweet and loving life together forever."

Su Wen stroked her wedding dress, then thought of her perfect fiancé, and covered her mouth with a laugh, "What? Tongtong, you heard all this from my mom, right? He looks respectable, but he's not that great at all. He's very controlling, and he said he doesn't want to see me playing lovers with other men in dramas, and he won't let me continue acting!"

"Sister Su Wen, are you retiring from the entertainment industry?"

"Mmm," Su Wen's voice sounded incredibly sweet, overflowing with happiness, "There was no other way, their family is a large clan with very strict rules, I had to back out for his sake. Tongtong, you are my sister, we grew up together, and now I've found my own happiness, I really want to share it with you, can you grant me a request?"

Looking into Kongkong's innocent eyes, Su Tong couldn't resist mischievously covering them. Kongkong shook its head up, down, left, and right but couldn't open its eyes, letting out a pitiful "woof woof woof." Su Tong then chuckled and removed her hand, ignoring Kongkong's resentful gaze, and said to Su Wen on the phone, "What is it? Just tell me, Sister Su Wen."

When Su Wen was struggling in the entertainment industry but hadn't made a name for herself, everyone said she was overly narcissistic and arrogant. Even her mother, Wang Jia, who was at odds with Su Wen's mother, Deng Yadan, advised her to live a down-to-earth life like Su Tong. Now that she had finally achieved success and married into the Xie family, how could she not have her good sister Su Tong as a witness? Her smile deepened, and she earnestly pleaded, "Tongtong, I must share my happiest moment with you. Will you be my bridesmaid? I'll throw the bridal bouquet to you, and you'll definitely find happiness too, Tongtong, okay?"