Chapter 209: Warm Home

Li Minglu stood in his studio, his eyes unfocused.

In front of him was his desk, with his digital drawing tablet placed on it at an angle.

The lights in the room were off, and the tablet's screen cast a dim glow, illuminating only a small part of Li Minglu's face.

The subject of the work before him seemed to be an abandoned rural factory wasteland. The protagonist, a boyish figure with his head raised, stood in the center, surrounded by scattered deep blue tarpaulins, rusty zinc boxes, and murky puddles.

In the farthest distance was the indistinct outline of a small house, blurred and seemingly ready to vanish into the darkness at any moment.

The composition of the painting was exceptionally precise, almost reaching the level of "standard"; the overall color was dominated by dark tones such as brown and gray-black, with only a hint of brightness in the sky the boy was gazing at.