Chapter 3494 Dumplings
The little boy hurriedly began to explain himself.

"I didn't cry."

The little boy opened his eyes wide.

He did cry yesterday.

Can't control...

But today, just now, he really didn't cry.

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"Oh."

The woman smiled and nodded.

The woman easily believed what the little boy said.

This made the little boy a little uncertain.

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"you……"

The little boy pursed his lips.

"Do you really believe me?"

Are you just trying to please him?

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"You said you didn't cry."

The woman's eyebrows were slightly curved.

It was quite natural. "Why don't I believe you?"

"and……"

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and?

The little boy blinked.

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The smile in the woman's eyes spread out like ripples on the surface of a lake.

"I see you're not crying."

Even if she didn't believe the little boy, she believed her own eyes.

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Hey?
The little boy was stunned.

"Then why are you asking me if I cried?"

The little boy was puzzled.

Didn’t you all see that he didn’t cry?

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There was a sly gleam in the woman's eyes.

"I was just trying to find a reason to talk to you, wasn't I?"

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what……

The little boy was a little embarrassed.

And a little happy.

Is that so?
The elder sister likes him.

When he thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

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"so……"

The woman's voice became softer.

"If you're not crying, why are you looking down like you were crying yesterday?"

"Aren't you happy?"

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The slight smile on the boy's face faded.

He lowered his head.

Feet scratching the ground.

A moment... a moment...

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"……big sister……"

There was a faint hint of crying in the little boy's voice.

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"Ah."

The woman imitated the little boy and scratched the ground with her feet.

She tilted her head and looked at the little boy.

Be patient and gentle.

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"..."

The little boy opened his mouth.

But no sound came out.

He reached out and touched his neck.

It looked like he was swallowing something with difficulty.

half an hour...

"dad……"

The little boy finally made a sound, "Mom..."

"them……"

Even though he hadn't said anything yet, the boy's crying became more and more obvious.

"them……"

"I hate them..."

The little boy said the word "hate" lightly.

With obvious anger and... sadness.

"them……"

The little boy stared blankly at the dust rising under his feet.

The scenes from last night to this morning reappeared in his mind.

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The little boy was so afraid that his parents would know that he had failed the exam.

I even didn’t dare go home.

With the encouragement and comfort of my elder sister, and seeing that it was getting dark -
He never came home after dark.

He immediately ran back home.

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Open the door of your home -
Ever since he once fell asleep at the door while waiting for his parents to come home, caught a cold, and went to the hospital to get several bottles of saline drips...

After being scolded by his grandparents, his parents gave him a key to the house.

I don't know if it's his imagination...

It seems that after he got the key to the house...

Mom and Dad are coming home later and later.

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He seldom came home to bright lights and steaming meals.

This time too.

Looking at the dark house, the little boy suddenly felt very wronged.

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"Click~" the lights in the room lit up.

The deserted atmosphere became more and more intense.

The little boy suddenly realized a fact...

His previous entanglement was completely unnecessary.

How could he forget...
He may not be able to see his parents when he goes home.

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The little boy sniffed hard.

He rubbed his eyes again.

He didn't even put down his schoolbag, and just curled up on the sofa in the living room, lost in thought.

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The little boy's stomach has growled several times.

He raised his eyes slowly.

The big clock on the wall showed that it was already quite late.

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The little boy finally moved.

But because he had been sitting for so long, the little boy's legs felt a little weak when he stood up.

He hurriedly held onto the coffee table in front of him.

But the knee hit it.

The coffee table made a harsh sound as it rubbed against the ground.

He frowned fiercely.

Because of the sharp sound made by the coffee table moving.

Also because of the severe pain from where my knee hit the coffee table.

The corners of his eyes turned red instantly.

Tears welled up from the corners of my eyes.

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After a while, the pain in my knee gradually subsided.

The little boy's tears began to fall.

drop by drop...

It fell on the coffee table, splashing small water.

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After crying for a while, the little boy reached out and wiped his eyes.

hiss~
The little boy didn’t know if it was because he cried too much, but he felt some pain in his eyes.

He took a few steps.

Then turn back.

He threw his schoolbag onto the sofa.

This time, without looking back, he walked quickly to the kitchen.

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He covered his face with a towel soaked in hot water.

The slightly scalding temperature soothed his eyes.

He stood there for a while with the towel covering his face.

He didn't remove the towel until it was no longer warm.

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Mom and Dad still haven't come back.

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The little boy took a deep breath.

He hung up the towel.

He opened the refrigerator with familiarity and took out a bag of dumplings from the freezer.

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Soon, a bowl of dumplings came out of the pot.

The little boy carefully brought the bowl of dumplings to the dining table.

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The dumplings tasted average.

The little boy always fails to grasp the right timing for taking the dumplings out of the pot.

As a result, the dumplings he cooked either had skin that was not soft yet and tasted like flour, or the skin and filling were stuck together into a lump.

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The little boy packed up everything and returned to the living room.

He turned on the TV.

He finished all his homework at school.

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It's too late now, the cartoon has ended.

He changed all the channels several times from beginning to end.

Didn't find any shows that interested me.

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The little boy returned to his room.

He realized it was almost time to go to bed.

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He took out his failed test paper from his schoolbag.

After thinking for a while, he put the test paper on the bedside table in his parents' room.

A note was also left behind.

It explains that the teacher requires parents to sign the test paper.

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When he woke up the next day, the little boy pricked up his ears subconsciously.

When he realized that he didn't hear any sound, his confused brain suddenly felt like it was poured with a basin of cold water.

He stood up hastily.

He ran out without even having time to put on his slippers.

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The room was cold and deserted.

It seemed that from last night to the next morning, no one came back except him.

The little boy was stunned.

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The little boy's eyes turned red again.

As if he thought of something, he started running again.

He ran to the kitchen.

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nobody.

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The little boy took a deep breath.

Shoulders slumped.

Looking dejected.

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He cooked himself another bowl of dumplings.

The taste still hasn't improved.

(End of this chapter)