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"It seems our Duoduo has truly mastered the art of tea from her teacher; she has become an expert in tea ceremony."
Mai Xiaomai looked at Mai Duoduo with eyes full of encouragement and gentleness.
She thought back to the first time she saw Duoduo in detention.
Back then, she was so dark and skinny, pitiful really, but now she had transformed into a completely different person.
She truly hoped that Duoduo's future would be ever brighter, that she could be happy and fulfilled, and that her early sufferings would not have been in vain.
"Sis, I really wish you could come to see my performance," Duoduo said, her face full of hope as she looked at her. "Without you, sister, there wouldn't be a today for me. Everything I have comes from you. Otherwise, I'd still be a homeless street child, hungry and cold, with no place to stay, getting bullied everywhere."
"Silly Duoduo!"
