In a strange city, there is a sixteen-year-old boy who lives with an eight-year-old boy.
The two men were not related by blood, but they lived silently in a wasteland for more than a year. They were not wealthy, and the boy had to steal to take care of his younger brother.
The sixteen-year-old brother did not choose to live a decent lifestyle, but in order to give his younger brother a better life, he chose a difficult path. The money he stole was not to satisfy his own extravagant desires, but to buy his brother's favorite food.
This elder brother, despite living on the margins of society, is full of love for his younger brother.
The two children lived a simple and hard life in that wasteland. The elder brother forced the younger brother to drink milk, telling him that in this way he could grow strong and that no one would bully him. This coercion is not out of cruelty, but out of the elder brother's deep love for his younger brother, who wants him to thrive and not be bullied by the outside world.
Sadly, what the younger brother learned from his brother was not the skill of stealing, but the respect and admiration for his brother. He insisted that his brother had never taught him to steal and would not let him steal.
In this way, people can't help but admire the little boy's persistence and his brother's words and deeds.
However, the reality of life is often harsh. The elder brother was eventually imprisoned for stealing.
When the warden asked him if he wanted to see his brother, he was adamantly reluctant. The disciplinarian warned him that he might be forgotten by his younger brother, but the older brother firmly said, "Forget it." What kind of state of mind is this, whether it is helplessness in life or adherence to one's own choices, people are incomprehensible.
Perhaps, the relationship between these two children is not only family affection, but also a kind of mutual dependence in the world. On the edge of life, they build their warmth with simple companionship and deep attachment.
