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.

to talk to you!" Nicole growled through the crack of the door. After a

forth in the living room, just like

went to the kitchen door, she saw a bowl of rice on the chopping

appetite these days, he must be still hungry now.

rice and dishes on a plate, took them to

won't say anything right

still no

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

put the food outside the door. I will go to bed first.

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

the sofa in the living room and

hour later, the

He hesitated for a while as if he was lost in thought for a while before he took the food into the room and

She wanted to educate her

that he didn't have a good meal outside. It would be bad for his

didn't come back to her room that

down on the sofa with her arms around her knees and soon fell asleep.

sound. Nicole didn't sleep well and woke up suddenly.

brother sneaking out

you going?"

long while, he turned his head slowly and looked at Nicole who was sitting on the

going?" Nicole stood up and

his feet

her mother's bedroom, opened the door and went out

the teleportation light was

since you didn't go to school?" Nicole raised her voice outside the

word, and Nicole waited.

ten minutes of stalemate,

I don't want to go

words made Nicole almost black out.

at your school bullied you? Or is there something