Rebellious Bell

My cousin on my aunt’s side got into a prestigious university.

At the banquet, my mother’s eyes turned red.

When we got home, she stared intently at me and my younger brother.

After a long while, she still said nothing.

The next day, she took my brother out.

When they came back, there was a strangely shaped string of bells around his neck,

and my brother seemed like a completely different person, suddenly so obedient…