My younger brothers are so fierce!!! I'm clearly the eldest brother!

With two hours to go before Jiang Yan gets off work and goes home, Jiang Guanqing is a little restless. He poured himself a glass of warm water, sipped it slowly, and prayed that he would only cough for a short while.

Jiang Guanqing felt an itch in his throat, so he drank water to try to suppress the cough, but he almost choked on it, and the cough got worse and worse.

Jiang Guanqing subconsciously reached out and touched his forehead, only breathing a sigh of relief when he felt the temperature was about right.

Jiang Guanqing held the water glass, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing against the glass, his lips, moist from frequent drinking, pressed tightly together.

He could go to the company, pretend something happened there, and come back in the evening. Then he could go straight to his room and Xiaoyan wouldn't notice...

The phone suddenly lit up; the caller ID Jiang Yan had recorded rang in the bedroom. Jiang Guanqing sat up straight instantly. He coughed twice to clear his throat before answering the phone.

"Hey, Xiao Yan."

Jiang Yan had just finished an operation and finally had a moment to check her phone. Jiang Ning had sent a bunch of messages.

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Jiang Xiaoliu: A photo of him and his older brother.jpg

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Jiang Xiaoliu: Today at noon, my older brother took me out to eat, and he ordered all the delicious food. He even specially ordered ice cream for me.

Jiang Ning was blatantly showing off. Since no one in the group chat paid attention to him, he sent private messages to a few of his older brothers, determined to get a reply.

Jiang Yan opened the pictures, scrolled through them one by one, and then her gaze settled on Jiang Guanqing's solo photo. Jiang Guanqing was eating ice cream with a spoon, his eyes lowered, a faint smile on his face, and the ice cream scoop in the glass bowl in his hand was already half gone.

Jiang Yan leaned back in her office chair, her right hand tapping the armrest intermittently.

Jiang Guanqing's voice on the other end of the phone was softer than usual, as if he was deliberately suppressing it.

Jiang Yan didn't keep them in suspense and went straight to the point, "Big brother, is the ice cream delicious?"

Jiang Guanqing tightened his grip on the water glass, his mind blank. How could Xiao Yan know?

Jiang Yan added in a calm tone, "Vanilla ice cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce, and garnished with two cherries."

Xiao Yan knows so much detail. Jiang Guanqing said weakly, "The ice cream is pretty good..."

Jiang Yan's heart softened halfway, "As long as it tastes good."

"Huh?" Jiang Guanqing didn't react.

Jiang Yan smiled slightly. It was rare for her older brother to sneak a taste of something he liked, and this was the first time. She would let him have his way this time.

But the next second, the smile on Jiang Yan's lips quickly faded, and a muffled cough came from the other end of the phone.

The itching sensation in his throat came too suddenly and too intensely to be suppressed. Jiang Guanqing didn't have time to turn off the radio, so he could only hold the phone further away, his shoulders trembling slightly with each violent cough.

Jiang Yan's voice deepened, "Big Brother?"

Jiang Guanqing covered his mouth, trying to muffle his cough in his palm. After the itching in his throat subsided, he put the phone back to his ear, his voice a little hoarse, "I'm fine, I just choked a little."

"When did you start coughing?"

Jiang Yancai didn't believe Jiang Guanqing's nonsense.

Jiang Guanqing paused for a moment, "It started right after I woke up..."

There was no sound from the other end. Afraid that Jiang Yan would be angry, Jiang Guanqing softened his voice, making it sound coaxing, "Xiao Yan, I'm fine. You go to work. What do you want to eat tonight? I'll have the auntie make it."

Jiang Yan sighed and replied in response to Jiang Guanqing's words, "Garlic shrimp, yam and pork rib soup."

"Okay, I understand, brother."

Jiang Yan kept a close eye on the time; he had a pre-operative consultation coming up.

Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Yan rubbed his temples, shook his head helplessly, and softened his voice, "Big brother, drink plenty of warm water at home, don't open the windows, and wear more clothes, okay?"

Hearing Jiang Yan's instructions, Jiang Guanqing breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Xiao Yan wasn't angry anymore. He quickly replied, "Okay, sure!"

A few minutes after hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhuo walked in, approaching Jiang Guanqing step by step amidst Jiang Guanqing's dazed gaze, and then pointed the thermometer at Jiang Guanqing's forehead.

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Jiang Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that he didn't have a fever and plopped down next to Jiang Guanqing. "Big brother, it was second brother who sent me."

Jiang Guanqing: ! (((;ꏿ_ꏿ;)))

Xiao Yan sent Xiao Zhuo to spy on me!

Jiang Yan and Jiang Ning arrived home one after the other.

Seeing that Jiang Ning wasn't even carrying a backpack, and was getting off the bus with his hands in his pockets, Jiang Yan took a few steps forward and grabbed Jiang Ning's ear.

With her ear held in someone else's hand, like a hostage, Jiang Ning instantly froze, "What are you doing?"

"Jiang Xiaoliu! Big Brother isn't feeling well, and you dare to eat ice cream in front of him? You didn't even try to stop him from eating ice cream."

Jiang Ning didn't quite understand and retorted, "It's just a small scoop of ice cream, isn't it? I could finish that in one bite."

Jiang Yan sighed, thinking, "These two are so carefree. Can you even compare my older brother to them?"

Suddenly, a thought struck Jiang Ning, and she asked incredulously, "Is Big Brother sick?"

Jiang Yan slapped Jiang Ning hard on the back of the head. "He's coughing a bit."

"Huh?" Jiang Ning's eyes widened. "It's just a tiny scoop of ice cream, super tiny."

"Alright, go in." Jiang Yan couldn't bear to look.

As soon as Jiang Yan entered the room, Jiang Zhuo came up to greet her and handed her a piece of paper, on which was recorded Jiang Guanqing's temperature every fifteen minutes and the time of each cough.

"My older brother didn't have a fever, and he doesn't cough much anymore."

Jiang Yan nodded and checked Jiang Guanqing over again, only feeling completely relieved after confirming that nothing serious had happened.

Jiang Yan ordered two dishes for dinner, and Jiang Guanqing peeled shrimp for everyone, but Jiang Ning got one less than the others.

It was just Xiao Ning and himself at lunch today. Xiao Ning must have secretly told on him, so Jiang Guanqing decided to "severely punish" Jiang Ning.

Actually, Jiang Ning eats very carelessly and didn't notice at all...

On the contrary, when Jiang Ning learned that Fu Yushu was going to come to apologize later, he was so happy that he ate two extra bowls of rice. After finishing his meal, he ran upstairs to get his camera and came down, determined to record the scene of Fu Yushu apologizing to him later.

When the doorbell rang, Jiang Ning was squatting on the sofa adjusting the camera angle. Upon hearing the call, she rushed over to open the door.

He ran a couple of steps and then ran back, shoving the camera into Jiang Zhuo's hand. "Third Brother, remember to take clear pictures later, they need to be 4K."

Jiang Zhuo, always eager for a good show, gave an OK sign.

Jiang Guanqing sat on a single sofa with a thin blanket draped over his knees and a bag of unpleasant-tasting Chinese medicine in his hand. Hearing the noise, he tried to get up, but Jiang Yan and Gong Bolin pressed him back down.

"Big brother, you drink yours."

"All right."

When the door opened, Fu Chengyan stood at the front, followed by Fu Yushu with his head hanging low, and then an assistant-like person carrying gift boxes of various sizes.

"Jiang, classmate." Fu Chengyan nodded slightly, his gaze passing over Jiang Ning who opened the door and landing directly on Jiang Guanqing.

Jiang Ning leaned against the door, slightly raising her chin. "Come in."