/**
	author:  shobonvip
	created: 2024.10.18 21:21:22
**/

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

//* ATCODER
#include<atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
typedef modint998244353 mint;
//*/

/* BOOST MULTIPRECISION
#include<boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace boost::multiprecision;
//*/

typedef long long ll;

#define rep(i, s, n) for (int i = (int)(s); i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i, s, n) for (int i = (int)(n)-1; i >= (int)(s); i--)

template <typename T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) {
	if (a <= b) return false;
	a = b;
	return true;
}

template <typename T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) {
	if (a >= b) return false;
	a = b;
	return true;
}

template <typename T> T max(vector<T> &a){
	assert(!a.empty());
	T ret = a[0];
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) chmax(ret, a[i]);
	return ret;
}

template <typename T> T min(vector<T> &a){
	assert(!a.empty());
	T ret = a[0];
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) chmin(ret, a[i]);
	return ret;
}

template <typename T> T sum(vector<T> &a){
	T ret = 0;
	for (int i=0; i<(int)a.size(); i++) ret += a[i];
	return ret;
}

int main(){
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(NULL);

	ll m, n; cin >> m >> n;
	vector<ll> x(n);
	rep(i,0,n) cin >> x[i];
	x.push_back(m + 1);

	mint ans = 0;
	ll now = 0;
	const mint inv6 = mint(6).inv();
	rep(i,0,n + 1) {
		ans += mint(x[i] - now) * (x[i] - now - 1) * (2 * (x[i] - now) - 1) * inv6;
		now = x[i];
	}

	cout << ans.val() << '\n';

}