Mo Yan found Xin Er still sleeping when she arrived. Xin Er's upper eyelids were swollen, with dark circles underneath, and her cheeks bore the dried tracks of tears, evidently from crying for a long time the previous night before finally falling asleep.
Sitting by the bed, Mo Yan watched her sister's brow furrowed even in sleep, guessing what could have happened. The girl was not unreasonable or naive, and for her to quarrel with their father and be so distressed was clearly no trivial matter.
It was said that after Zhenzhen came back, she whispered something to her, and she ran back to her room in tears. When she came out again, she was at odds with her father, which suggested that it must have been something her father did that so upset Xin Er, but what could it be?
