The 1084th painting of the beloved woman

Anna was reminded of Xaviar's origin, previously having heard only that he was Jeremy Thompson's illegitimate child without further exploring his story—she had never imagined that he had never met his mother.

"You don't have to paint your mom," Anna gently stroked his soft hair, smiling, "you can paint whoever you like, teacher won't set the topic anymore, just paint the person you like."

"Thank you, teacher." Xaviar immediately cheered up, then he pulled a painting from underneath his own and handed it to Anna, "Teacher, this is the woman I like, do you think I painted well?"

A woman he liked? Anna felt it was a bit odd for such a young child to say those words, but she instinctively took his painting and then —

The drawing depicted a woman with shoulder-length hair, standing under a street lamp, looking panic-stricken.