After the second class, Lin Yutian took Han Miao out to buy snacks. Han Miao went, and as usual, he only bought a bottle of water. Lin Yutian bought a box of cookies and a box of yogurt. Seeing that Han Miao only had a bottle of water, she said, "Are you really going to give up snacks to lose weight?"

Han Miao nodded, "Yeah."

She has persisted for a month and cannot give up halfway.

Lin Yutian believed that Han Miao was truly determined to lose weight this time. She thought for a moment and silently threw the biscuits and yogurt into the trash can. "Then I won't eat snacks anymore, so you don't get tempted by the aroma."

Han Miao hugged Lin Yutian and said, "Tianbao, I know you love me the most!"

Lin Yutian let Han Miao hold her, and the two of them walked towards the classroom like conjoined twins. When they were almost at the Grade 12 teaching building, Han Miao asked hesitantly, "Tianbao, did you confess your feelings to Zhou Heng yesterday?"

The smile on Tianbao's face suddenly disappeared.

Han Miao let go of Tian Bao and stared at Tian Bao's painful face. She said, "He rejected you?"

Tianbao gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Han Miao's eyes darkened slightly, and he took Tianbao's hand and said, "Don't be sad, there will be better things waiting for you in the future!"

Tianbao forced a smile.

Han Miao thought Tianbao would give up after being rejected by Zhou Heng, but she underestimated the persistence of a young girl who was just beginning to fall in love.

The weather is getting colder and Christmas is coming soon.

All the young children like to celebrate Christmas, but Li Ao is the only one in the class who really celebrates Christmas as New Year. On Christmas Eve, Su Beibei flew back from the United States to spend Christmas with Li Ao.

Su Beibei grew up in New York, as did Li Ao. The mother and son have come to regard Christmas as the biggest holiday of the year.

When Su Beibei came to Wangdong City, she brought Li Ao a set of dolls that she had longed for. She was very happy to receive the dolls and even decided to forgive Li Ao for reporting her and Zhu Feng's premature love affair last time.

Su Beibei also prepared gifts for Han Ju and Han Zheng.

On Christmas Day, Li Ao didn't go to school and spent the holiday with his parents in the old house of the coffee shop. This was the first time that Li Li and Su Beibei had spent Christmas together in more than ten years.

More than ten years have passed since the divorce. Li Li had another operation and was much calmer than before. The couple sat in the same room to eat, and the atmosphere was surprisingly harmonious.

They tacitly agreed not to discuss the past or the future, but only talked about their children and friends they knew in common. Li Ao watched his father and mother chatting happily, and he thought this was not a bad idea.

After Christmas, Su Beibei returned to New York. Before leaving, she visited Li Ao's study room. Li Ao hadn't finished his homework yet, so he was working on it in his study. After getting his permission, Su Beibei entered his studio.

Li Ao's studio was filled with his works, including oil paintings, sketches, and several Chinese landscape paintings. Although the studio was messy, Su Beibei would not touch them casually.

Li Ao is a little paranoid and has some eccentricities. The studio is his private territory, and he will not allow anyone to interfere in his private territory.

Su Beibei respects Li Ao's privacy.

There are two easels in the studio, one of which has an unfinished oil painting on it. Judging from the colors of the painting, Li Ao should be painting the sea with thunder and lightning at night.

The surging waves were black, like a devil with its unfathomable mouth open, ready to swallow the ship.

Li Ao's paintings are as dark as ever.

Su Beibei walked towards another easel.

The easel was facing away from the studio door and leaning against the window. The window was open, and the winter afternoon sun streamed in, falling onto the pure white drawing paper.

Su Beibei thought she was going to see another strange and dark painting, but unexpectedly, there were no skulls, no demons, and nothing that would make people feel uncomfortable.

The painting shows a young girl. She is supporting the blackboard with one hand and putting the other hand in her trouser pocket. Her long hair is casually tied into a bun at the back of her head.

The girl was smiling, and the sunlight fell on her cheeks, making her look full of vitality.

Su Beibei recognized the girl on the drawing paper; it was Han Miao.

She was surprised and delighted.

My son has been painting for ten years, but he rarely draws people. The few times he does, his style is very strange: the people he draws are either skeletons or have no facial features.

This was the first time he actually drew a person on his drawing paper.

Su Beibei thought this was a good omen!

Letting Li Ao return to China to study may be the right decision!

Su Beibei didn't ask Li Ao about the painting, but instead relayed the information to Li Ao's psychiatrist, who agreed with Su Beibei that Li Ao's condition was gradually improving.

Maybe it won't be long before Li Ao is willing to speak.

Su Beibei left on the 27th. When she left, Li Ao and Li Li went to see her off. After Su Beibei left, both father and son were silent for a while.

Both of them were reluctant to let the woman leave.

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In the blink of an eye, it is New Year's Day.

Under Han Miao's leadership, Class 22 prepared a dance piece, which was performed by both boys and girls. They performed a piece by Michael Jackson. Han Miao was the choreography director, but she was not part of the performance because she had a solo piano piece that evening.

The New Year’s Day party was held in the evening. Six thousand teachers and students from the school sat on the big playground, and the scene was quite spectacular.

Han Miao went out to put on makeup in the afternoon before her performance that evening. She was the last performer on stage, so by the time she finished her makeup and costume and returned to school, it was already 8:30.

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