Sweet Sorrow

Jim was devouring the rice. When he saw his sister was flipping through her schoolbag, he got flustered.

There weren't many books in his bloated schoolbag, which contained his dirty clothes and a pair of worn sneakers that he had taken off in the construction site.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

Thrown the bowl away, Jim rushed to grab his schoolbag, but he was one step behind, the broken sneakers rolling out and pinched in Nicole's hands.

"What's this?" Nicole asked with a sullen face.

"They got dirty when I was playing basketball. I ... I'll wash it later. " Jim avoided eye contact with her, daring not look straight into her eyes.

Nicole also took out the dirty clothes and pushed it towards Jim's chest. "What about these? Were they also dirtied by playing basketball?"

Jim scratched his head and stammered, "this... I I accidentally stained it. Is there anything wrong... "

Nicole was so angry that the blue veins stood out on her forehead.

"Don't you tell me the truth? How long do you want to deceive me that you haven't gone to school? The head teacher has come to our house. "

Jim glanced at Nicole quickly and then lowered his head when he saw there was disappointment in Nicole's eyes.

"Tell me, where have you been since you didn't go to school these days?"

Actually, looking at the dirty clothes and shoes in her brother's schoolbag, Nicole had a guess. But she couldn't guess it alone. She had to hear it from Jim.

Jim lowered his head, without saying a word.

"Say something!" Nicole gave him a hard push.

"Sis, I'm not a child anymore. I know what I'm doing. Just leave me alone!" Grabbing his schoolbag from Nicole's hand, Jim got into his room and closed the door.

Nicole rushed over and stopped when her hand was about to touch the door.

If she and Jim quarreled at this time, their mother in the next room would be awakened. If their mother woke up, they couldn't sleep well tonight.

growled through the crack of the door. After a while, there was no movement in

back and forth in the living room, just

went to the kitchen door, she saw a bowl of rice on the chopping board. Her brother had only a little.

days, he must be still hungry

put the rice and dishes on a

anything

was still no

grab her brother's collar and asked him what he was thinking about, but now she couldn't even see him.

I will go to bed first. You take

younger brother prevailed. Nicole put the plate on the ground, went back to the living room

room and stared at the door of her brother's bedroom in the darkness.

later, the

hesitated for a while as if he was lost in thought for a while

educate her brother, but she didn't want him to starve.

she realized that he didn't have a good meal outside. It would be bad for his stomach if he was starving.

back to her

on the sofa with her arms around her knees

she heard a slight sound. Nicole didn't sleep well and woke up

brother sneaking out of the room, carrying his schoolbag

going?" Nicole

turned his head slowly and looked at

Where are you going?" Nicole stood up and walked

at his feet without saying a

mother's bedroom, opened the door and went out

they entered the corridor, the teleportation light was

you didn't go to school?" Nicole raised her voice outside the door, which sounded

word,

of stalemate, Jim

want to go back to

words made Nicole almost black

at your school bullied you? Or is there something bad