I pulled the corner of my mouth in a bitter smile. “Yeah… I can’t change.”
Slap!
Before I finished speaking, my sister raised her hand and gave me a hard slap. Her eyes were full of anger and disappointment.
“Why did I even have a brother like you?!” she shouted.
I stayed silent for a moment. Then I covered my face and laughed coldly. “I don’t understand why I have a sister like you too.”
“You—!” Her hand was shaking as she pointed at me. She was too angry to talk.
Before she could hit me again, I dropped to my knees and bowed before her. “Thank you for dropping out of school to take care of me. From now on… you won't have me as your brother.”
Then I stood up, pulled out Dad’s old things from under the bed and decided walked out of the house. Suddenly, she grabbed the photo and the ring from my hand with a cold expression.
“These belonged to Dad. You have no right to take them!”
Fine. I nodded in resignment and got ready to continue walking away.
Behind me, she shouted in a low, trembling voice, “You’re a criminal! Without me, what can you even do? Starve on the streets?”
I didn’t stop walking. “No need to worry about me.”