Before the age of ten, Xu Shutong was a left-behind child. Her mother died of illness when she was five years old. Her father was forced to go to Beijing to work to make ends meet, and the only person to take care of her was an old and sick grandmother.
After she was ten years old, Zhao Zhiyan took her back to the Zhao family, and she suddenly became the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Zhao Zhiyan gave him everything she could to make up for the loss of her father because of him.
Treating Xu Shutong well for the rest of his life was Zhao Zhiyan's way of atonement.