Facing Little Taotie's shock-filled eyes, Hua Jinyan slowly asked, "You didn't forget to do your homework, did you?"
Little Taotie's memory slowly began to recover.
She remembered that the teacher had assigned homework, and she thought she had finished it all on Friday.
But...
On Friday evening, after she had finished her other homework and even had it checked by her older brother, there was one weekly journal that she hadn't written!
When her older brother asked her why she hadn't written it, she boldly replied, "The week isn't over yet!"
At the time, her older brother looked at her with a smile and said nothing.
Looking back now, her older brother's smile... was very meaningful!
...
In the deep of the night, the moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, and the stars were sparse and sporadic.
Little Taotie was sprawled on the desk, looking at her scribbled homework book, growing sleepier by the minute. Eventually, she closed the book, climbed into bed, and soon fell asleep.
