When he was at home, Tan Mo continued to read his books every day. Occasionally, he would read something related to his classes. After all, he was the only special student in the school who didn't have to listen in class and didn't have to do homework after class.

Therefore, he didn't have any homework for winter and summer vacations.

Qiao Lan didn't have such a privilege. Homework still had to be done.

Even though the Affiliated High School only gave the third year students about ten days of winter vacation, the homework wasn't sloppy at all. There were set after set of papers. In addition to the papers, there were also a lot of stupid homework that didn't require the use of one's brain but only the use of one's pen.

Qiao Lan was annoyed and speechless as she did her homework.

After Tan Mo finished studying today's stock market, he went to the back of the room to look for Qiao Lan. Qiao Lan was sitting in front of the table, writing furiously to catch up on her homework.

Qiao Lan was doing math.

She preferred more flexible homework like math, physics, and chemistry, although her English and Chinese scores were better.

Tan Mo reached out and took the pile of papers that Qiao Lan had placed on the table. He opened them and saw that Chinese, English, and Biology were almost all empty. Qiao Lan was probably preparing to do these last.

This was in line with Qiao Lan's personality. Just like Qiao Lan, when she was eating, she always liked to finish the things she liked the most first and leave the things she didn't like for the last.

Qiao Lan saw that Tan Mo had come and put down her pen. She rotated her sore wrist and asked Tan Mo with a smile, "Finished reading?"

Ever since Tan Mo came into contact with the stock market, his interest had gradually increased. He spent more and more time on it every day. Qiao Lan said that she wanted to learn from Tan Mo, but she didn't have the time at all.

"Yeah," Tan Mo nodded and casually explained the stock market trend to Qiao Lan. His gaze fell on Qiao Lan's wrist, which was rotating subconsciously.

He paused and said, "Let me help you."

"Yeah?"

Qiao Lan looked up.

"Your Chinese and English don't need to write these things. If you have extra time, you might as well memorize some words and read some books." Tan Mo took the English and Chinese papers that were placed furthest away from the Qiao Lan. There was a thick stack of papers, but they were clean and didn't even have a name on them.

"Write down what you have in your hand first. I'll help you with these."

Qiao Lan stopped rubbing his wrist. He looked at Tan Mo, and then looked at the paper in Tan Mo's hand. He wanted to give Tan Mo a big hug and sighed sincerely.

"Mo Mo, you really are an angel."

Tan Mo smiled. "I'm not. I want to be paid."

"What kind of payment?" Qiao Lan promised with a smile. "As long as it's what you want, I'll pluck the stars from the sky for you."

"What do I want stars for?" Tan Mo thought to himself. Even the stars in the sky couldn't compare to you. He stretched out his hand. There was still a bracelet on his excessively white wrist. It was a bracelet that he had been wearing for a long time. There was a black bead on the bracelet.

"I want a new one," Tan Mo said.

Qiao Lan looked at the bracelet on Tan Mo's wrist. This was the peace knot she gave Tan Mo two years ago. Tan Mo asked Aunt Chen to modify the peace knot and weave in an obsidian bead. In the end, it was strung together into the present bracelet. Tan Mo had been wearing this bracelet all this time. Looking at it now, it didn't look very new.

He really needed a new one.

But …

Qiao Lan was in a difficult position.

"I don't know how to make one." The girl's beautiful eyebrows were knitted together. When she first learned the peace knot, she had found a tutorial online. It took her a few days to make one that wasn't too ugly. Now, she had completely forgotten how to make one. She couldn't even make a peace knot, let alone a bracelet.

Tan Mo took the bracelet off his hand. "I don't care." He stuffed the bracelet into Qiao Lan's hand. "I want it."

Qiao Lan: "…"

She found it funny and thought that Tan Mo who was deliberately throwing a tantrum was extremely cute.

Anyway, Tan Mo had already helped her with her homework. Now that she had some free time, she could find a video to learn from him. Qiao Lan put away the bracelet. After thinking for a while, she took the opportunity to make another request. "Then can you accompany me to buy some ribbons in the afternoon?"

Of course, Tan Mo thought to himself. He was willing to do it 200%.

The two of them went out together in the afternoon. Things like ribbons could be found in any gift shop. Recently, it was New Year's, so the shopping mall was full of people. Small gift shops like this were even more crowded with girls.

Tan Mo had grown taller recently. He was about to reach the ceiling of 185cm. With his eye-catching height, coupled with his fair skin and exquisite facial features, Tan Mo attracted everyone's attention as soon as he entered the shop.

In this era where young boys were more popular than young girls, boys like Tan Mo were too eye-catching.

However, such a boy was unusually obedient behind a girl. The two of them went to the ribbons area. They couldn't hear what they were saying, but judging from their movements, they were probably choosing colors.

Qiao Lan grabbed Tan Mo's hand and compared the ribbons on Tan Mo's hand. She wanted to see which color was the best, but she found that because Tan Mo's skin was too white, every color looked especially good against his skin.

Qiao Lan raised her head and looked at Tan Mo, then at the ribbons. "They all look good. Mo Mo, which one do you like?"

"I like all of them," Tan Mo answered quickly. His light brown eyes were smiling as he said, "Let's buy all of them."

Then, he added, "You can practice more if you buy more. Besides, we still have a lot of the beads we bought last time."

Qiao Lan was amused. "If we weave a lot of them, we'll give you a bracelet every New Year's."

Tan Mo also smiled. "I think that's a good idea."

A bracelet every year? That's too shabby. Qiao Lan thought to herself. Although I'm poor, I'm not that poor. But in the end, she still bought a lot of different colors.

Since they were already here, they might as well walk around. Qiao Lan liked to shop in small shops like this. It was good to look around.

Tan Mo followed behind Qiao Lan, ignoring the crowd of men and women who were looking at them. As soon as he turned his head, he saw all kinds of hair bands hanging next to the mirror.

Tan Mo suddenly remembered that when they were still in the first year of high school, he had come to school to give Qiao Lan a small apple jade pendant on Christmas. When Qiao Lan ran out of the auditorium, she had a deer antler hair band in her hair. It sparkled, playful, and cute.

Now, there were a lot of hair bands hanging on the wall. Some were studded with rhinestones, some were tied with bows, and some were as shiny as the one Qiao Lan had worn last time. Other than that, there were even cat ears and rabbit ears.

Tan Mo stared at a fluffy pink rabbit ear hair band for a long time. Qiao Lan had already chosen what to buy and was about to pay for it. When she turned around, she saw Tan Mo standing next to the mirror, staring at something on the wall in a daze.

When she walked over to take a look, Qiao Lan was stunned. It was a rare sight. They were all hair bands that could make a girl's heart flutter.

And the one Tan Mo was staring at was definitely the one that had the least girl's heart.

"Mo Mo?"

Qiao Lan tried to call out to Tan Mo. Tan Mo turned his head and stared at Qiao Lan for a long time. Suddenly, he reached out and took down the rabbit ear hair band hanging on the wall.

Qiao Lan didn't have a ponytail because she was on vacation. Her beautiful long hair was draped over Qiao Lan's head like a splash of ink. Tan Mo put the pink rabbit ears on Qiao Lan's hair.

Tan Mo still wasn't satisfied. He reached out and took down Qiao Lan's mask that covered her face. The girl's delicate facial features were instantly exposed. She raised her head and looked at Tan Mo with her black, watery eyes. Together with the fluffy hair band, Qiao Lan's originally exceptionally bright and delicate face was set off very cute.

Tan Mo was satisfied.

"Let's go and pay."

Qiao Lan, who was forced to wear the rabbit ears, was speechless.

Did Tan Mo like this kind of style?

Did Tan Mo like this kind of cute?

Oh right, didn't Tan Mo like Song Yao in the original novel? Song Yao was a proper example of cute.

But she didn't look cute at all.

Qiao Lan felt a little sweet and a little sour in her heart. She followed Tan Mo to the cashier's counter.

Many girls who were looking at Tan Mo just now finally saw Qiao Lan. They were instantly stunned again.

After Qiao Lan and Tan Mo left, the girls at the cashier's counter couldn't help but sigh. This young couple was really too good-looking.

On the way home, Qiao Lan obviously noticed that Tan Mo was in a very good mood.

Qiao Lan touched the hair band on her head. After thinking for a while, she downloaded a few beautiful pictures of popular girls from her phone. There were pictures of mature girls, and there were also pictures of cute and pure girls.

After saving the pictures, she turned around and asked Tan Mo which one he thought looked better.

Tan Mo glanced at the pictures and shook his head. "None of them look good."

Qiao Lan was speechless. "… Do you have to choose one?"

Tan Mo could only take Qiao Lan's phone and look through the pictures again. In the end, he pointed at one of the pictures and showed it to Qiao Lan. "This one."

Because her eyes were a little similar to Qiao Lan's.

Qiao Lan stared at the female star on the phone. Her eyes were extremely flirtatious, and her black hair and snow-white skin were extremely beautiful.

She didn't look cute or pure at all.

Qiao Lan was speechless.

This wasn't right.

Qiao Lan closed the picture and couldn't figure out anything for a long time. In the end, she simply opened the video and looked for a tutorial on making bracelets.

When she got home, Tan Mo obediently helped Qiao Lan with her Chinese and English homework. Qiao Lan took a bunch of colored strings and a small box of obsidian beads and started to learn how to make bracelets seriously.

However, she didn't get it right. Suddenly, she remembered that Tan Mo's bracelet was changed by Aunt Chen. She immediately jumped out of bed and ran to Aunt Chen's room to look for Aunt Chen.

When she pushed the door open and entered, she saw Aunt Chen sitting by the bed. She was wearing reading glasses and looking at something.

When Aunt Chen saw Qiao Lan come in, she waved her hand and asked her to come over. Qiao Lan put down the colored strings and obsidian beads in her hand. When she got closer, she saw that Aunt Chen was looking at a photo album.

Qiao Lan could tell at a glance that this was what Tan Mo looked like when he was young.

This photo album recorded the entire process of Tan Mo's childhood, from when he was just born to when Tan Mo was 15 years old, which was the year Tan Mo's mother passed away.

"These photos were put in by our madam herself," Aunt Chen said as she carefully touched the photo album.

She flipped to the first page of the photo album. On the fifth page, other than Tan Mo, there were two other people.

Qiao Lan had seen Father Tan a few times, so she could recognize that this was what Father Tan looked like when he was young. Beside him was a beautiful woman with delicate facial features and a gentle temperament.

"This is Mo Mo's mother, right?" Qiao Lan said. "Mo Mo really looks like Auntie."

Tan Mo's facial features were very delicate. Now that she looked at the photo, she could tell who he looked like. Other than his nose that was more like Father Tan's, his eyebrows and eyes looked like they were carved from the same mold as Tan Mo's mother.

Aunt Chen looked at Tan Mo's mother in the photo and couldn't hide the kindness in her eyes. "Yes, at this time, Yanning had just graduated from university a year ago."

Tan Mo's mother, who had just graduated from university, was only 22 years old. She was beautiful, had a high education, and had a good family background. She was undoubtedly the favorite of many outstanding men. There were many who were on the same level as her, but Tan Mo's mother fell in love with the poor Father Tan.

It was said that Father Tan was Tan Mo's senior in the same school. He was handsome, but his family background was poor, but he was very outstanding.

Aunt Chen said that Tan Mo's mother liked him very much since university. She was a bold girl, so she went after him when she liked him. However, Father Tan never agreed. In the end, for some unknown reason, the two of them quickly got married.

They got married very quickly and gave birth to Tan Mo very quickly. Everyone thought that they were a perfect match and were very loving. Even Aunt Chen thought so.

Because of Tan Mo's grandfather, Father Tan successfully entered the Procuratorate. Young and promising, he was proud of his success. Just when everyone thought that everything was going in a good direction, Father Tan and the little secretary beside him got together.

If you asked Father Tan whether he really liked the little secretary, Father Tan himself didn't know. Now that he thought of Tan Mo's mother who had passed away, Father Tan felt that he missed her much more than his wife.

Sometimes, he also thought about why he had cheated. He actually loved his wife, but he still cheated.

What he didn't expect the most was that a gentle woman like Tan Mo's mother didn't give him a chance to repent. Cheating was tantamount to a death sentence. She quickly divorced and took Tan Mo, who was only three years old, to the distant United States.

Therefore, after he was three years old, Tan Mo's father's figure was no longer in his photos.

After that, Tan Mo's photos were sporadically taken with Tan Mo's mother. In the end, when Tan Mo was 15 years old, there were no more photos. Only a blank photo album was left.

However, Aunt Chen took the photo album and flipped two pages. Qiao Lan looked down and her heart suddenly shrank.

After two blank pages, another photo appeared in the photo album. There was only one person in the photo.

It wasn't Tan Mo's mother or Tan Mo.

It was taken at an unknown time. Qiao Lan.