Afterwards, the girl in the chiffon dress and her family formally apologized to Li Yao.

This girl's name is Tan Xinxin. She is a true descendant of the Red Army. Her father is a commander of a military region, her mother is a military doctor, and her grandfather is a general.

She also has two twin brothers who are six years older than her. When Li Yao heard her describe her family, she felt that this was exactly the kind of setup a heroine in a sweet romance novel would have.

Of course, she also has a fiancé who broke off their engagement—a childhood betrothal, that is, Gao Mo.

The grandfather of Gao Mo's family was a subordinate of his grandfather, and they were considered well-known figures among the older generation, but they were not as wealthy as the Tan family.

If Tan Xinxin marries into that family, it will be considered a step down. The Tan family also thinks that since they all live in the same compound and know each other well, they won't let their daughter suffer any grievances.

Unexpectedly, Gao Mo was so shameless that he cheated on Tan Xinxin with her friend during college, which disgusted the Tan family so much that they broke off the engagement without giving the Gao family any face.

Tan Xinxin is the only girl in three generations of the Tan family, so the Tan family really cherishes her dearly.

Not long afterward, the Gao family was found to have suspended their posts, demoted them, and transferred them out of the capital, which shows how efficient the Tan family was.

This time, after learning about the deaths of Li Yao's parents, Tan Xinxin's parents initially felt sorry for her and thought that sending her a small gift as compensation would suffice.

However, after discovering that Li Yao's mother was Cui Molan and her maternal grandparents were Professor Zhou and Professor Cui from Peking University, they decided to visit them in person to see if this girl named Li Yao was the person they were looking for.

Because Tan's mother and Cui Molan were classmates and friends, after graduation, Tan's mother went to the military hospital at home, and because her husband was transferred to another region for several years due to job changes, she never saw Cui Molan again.

However, Li Yao's maternal grandfather, Old Zhou, knew both Old Master Tan and Li Yao's maternal grandfather.

The Zhou family was once a large and scholarly family. Due to the war, only Old Master Zhou survived. After he married and had children, he reunited with his childhood friend, Old Master Tan, in Kyoto. The two families have never lost contact.

Li Yao's maternal grandparents passed away too quickly. The Tan family was in another province at the time. By the time Old Master Tan contacted people to come over, Li Yao's maternal grandparents and parents had already been buried. Li Yao was seriously ill at the time. The Tan family sent someone to contact Li Yao's second uncle's family, instructing them to take good care of Li Yao, and then hurriedly returned to the other province.

Later, the Tan family was transferred back to the capital in 1974. The situation was tense, and Old Master Tan sent people to look for Li Yao. The news they received was that Li Yao had gone south to find her relatives, but they could not find them. So they could only secretly protect the house of Li Yao's maternal grandparents and some paintings and calligraphy.

In recent years, as Mr. Tan has grown older, he has gradually come to cherish Mr. Zhou's memory. Unexpectedly, Li Yao and Tan Xinxin met again in this way at the same school.

So Tan Xinxin's family personally visited Li Yao with gifts, wanting to confirm whether the child was Cui Molan's daughter.

When Li Yao received the news that the Tan family had come to visit, she assumed that the family simply valued their family reputation and didn't want Tan Xinxin to have any bad reputation.

But after meeting Mr. and Mrs. Tan and being bombarded with questions about her family and her mother, she felt something was amiss.

Li Yao subtly probed and guided her with her mental power. After learning the general outline of the matter from Tan's mother, she relaxed and inquired about her mother's relatives. However, Tan's mother knew nothing about them and suggested that Li Yao visit Tan's grandfather when she had time, as he might know something.

When Li Yao heard Tan's mother mention that she had sent someone to contact her second uncle's family, she understood why little Li Yao was able to have food and medicine when her second uncle's family first came to the area. It was probably because the Tan family had played a role. Otherwise, how could such a greedy family have refrained from taking Li Yao's parents' gold and money at the beginning?