Old Master Wang, fearing that Feng Qingqing might misunderstand the situation and knowing that he himself bore some responsibility for it, sought her out to explain the entire sequence of events.
It turned out that the young girl Elder Huang wanted Feng Qingqing to treat was the daughter of one of his most capable subordinates. That subordinate had tragically died in the line of duty years ago, and his wife, frail in health, had passed away not long after hearing the devastating news, leaving behind this sole surviving child.
At the time, the military had wanted to take the girl in and have her adopted by childless military families. However, the girl's paternal grandparents had adamantly refused, insisting that their own flesh and blood must not be sent away. Although the military had been uneasy—knowing full well that the grandmother favored boys over girls—they could not forcibly intervene against a child's own kin. From then on, the military's survivor benefits and the monthly child-rearing allowance, due until the girl turned eighteen, were deposited into the grandmother’s account on schedule.
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