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

Bai Xin looked at Jiang Ning with a puzzled expression. Why did she manage to make herself sound so beautiful as she talked?

Jiang Ning's laughter was so infectious that Jiang Zhuo couldn't help but burst out laughing, slapping Jiang Ning on the back of the head. "What are you so smug about?"

Jiang Ning covered her head, "If you hit my head again, I'm not done with you."

Jiang Zhuo raised an eyebrow. "Who's afraid of who?"

Anyway, things started to develop inexplicably. The sad and upset atmosphere suddenly dissipated, but everyone's face was covered in tears and their eyes were red.

"Alright."

Jiang Yan spoke calmly, and the two who were arguing immediately stopped.

Jiang Ting was originally squatting by the bed and shedding tears, but she was infected by Jiang Ning's laughter and couldn't help but blow a snot bubble out of her nose.

Jiang Yan pulled out a tissue from the bedside table and handed it to Jiang Ting, but her gaze fell on Jiang Guanqing's face. "Big brother, it's because of what happened to us that we suspect something strange is affecting us. After investigation, we've focused our attention on Nan Yun'er."

"Xiao Zhuo had the most contact with Nan Yun'er. After that incident on set, Xiao Zhuo regained some of his senses and planned to go home before returning to work on set. However, after meeting Nan Yun'er, he forgot everything again, even the fact that you saved him, Big Brother..."

Jiang Yan was speaking, and Jiang Zhuo was nodding vigorously to the side.

Yes, yes, that's it.

"And then there was this car accident. The cause of the accident on Xiyuan Road was that both cars had tires blowout at the same time. The tire pressure was abnormally low and there was wear, but their tires were newly replaced."

Zhou De's truck had been waiting near the Jingjiang Bridge for a while, and followed your car as soon as he saw it. But you decided to change your route at the last minute, how could he have predicted the accident and staked it out? And the sudden appearance of one million in Zhou De's account... something's definitely not right..."

Jiang Yan then mentioned a few more things to support her point, and finally concluded, "...So Nan Yun'er definitely has a problem."

Jiang Ting raised her hand to add, "I've been reading a lot of novels lately. Nan Yun'er's situation means she definitely has a system, or she's a time traveler."

Jiang Guanqing's mind went blank. After a long while, she slowly looked up at the people in the ward. "You... all know about this?"

Jiang Guanqing's head was buzzing when he saw Bai Xin and Gong Bolin both nod.

How did they find out so much behind his back? Isn't the story supposed to start four years later? Could it be because he was reborn, which caused them to awaken? Did they even realize they had been reborn?

Jiang Guanqing felt somewhat uneasy.

"Big brother, did you already know that Nam Yoon-ah had a problem, so you replaced her from the crew?" Jiang Zhuo's eyes sparkled with anticipation. His big brother was so good, and he was going to be a leading actor anyway.

Jiang Guanqing opened his mouth, but his throat felt blocked. He looked into Jiang Zhuo's incredibly bright eyes, then slowly swept his gaze over the others who were also looking on with the same anticipation and curiosity. His fingertips unconsciously tightened around the corner of the blanket.

"I do know some of it."

Jiang Zhuo stared intently at Jiang Guanqing, waiting for him to continue. He knew that his older brother was definitely the main character.

Jiang Guanqing took a deep breath, his voice so soft it sounded like a sigh, "I had a dream a few months ago, in which I saw the truth of this world."

"What's the truth?"

"Could our world be a book?"

Jiang Ning and Jiang Ting spoke at the same time.

Jiang Guanqing looked at Jiang Ting and nodded under Jiang Ting's incredulous gaze. "The world we live in is a book."

Jiang Ting: ………

The ward was completely silent.

Jiang Ting's lips twitched slightly. He had just remembered the novel he had read last night and made up a random thought. How did it come true?

"In my dream, I went to a white, misty place and saw a book."

Jiang Guanqing paused for a moment, then slowly read out the book title, "The book is called 'The Rich Young Master of Beijing Loves Me Madly'."

Jiang Zhuo's lips twitched. Why did this name sound so similar to Jiang Xiaoliu's five books for ten yuan?

"The female protagonist of this book is Nam Yoon-ah, who comes from a poor family. The story mainly tells about Nam Yoon-ah's entry into the entertainment industry with her outstanding beauty and her subsequent love with the male protagonist, leading to a happy life together."

Silence fell over the ward once again.

Jiang Zhuo's lips twitched. "Then who is the male lead?"

"The male lead is Fu Yushu, the eldest grandson of the Fu family."

Jiang Ning picked at his ear in disbelief. What? What did he just hear? Fu Yushu is the male lead?

Why? Why is he the male lead? He's not as handsome as me, and he's not as smart as me. Why?

Growing angrier the more she thought about it, Jiang Ning slammed her hand on the blanket. "Why is Fu Yushu the male lead?!"

Jiang Zhuo: ...

The rest of the people:………

"You want to be the male lead? But the male lead has to end up with the female lead."

The female lead is Nam Yoon-ah.

Upon hearing Jiang Zhuo's words, Jiang Ning shuddered. "No, Fu Yushu is perfect to be the male lead. The two of them are such a perfect match, a match made in heaven. They are the only ones who can play the male and female leads."

Jiang Guanqing lowered his eyes, concealing the hatred and pain within them.

Jiang Yan and the others sensed something was wrong and fell silent again.

"Big brother, what about us? What roles do we play in the book?" Jiang Yan asked, getting straight to the point.

What role?

Jiang Guanqing pondered for a moment and concluded that they were probably cannon fodder characters. In order to make Nan Yun'er seem universally loved, the younger brothers became stepping stones for Nan Yun'er and Fu Yushu's careers and relationships.

Should we reveal the ending for the younger brothers? If we do, they'll definitely pay more attention to Nam Yoon-ah and distance themselves from her and Fu Yu-shu.

But their endings were so tragic and painful. If his younger brothers asked about his own ending, what should he say?

Jiang Guanqing lowered his eyes, his fingertips rubbing the corner of the blanket repeatedly, as if trying to knead that bit of fabric into his very bones.

"Big brother?" Jiang Yan's voice pulled Jiang Guanqing back to reality.

Jiang Guanqing looked up and met Jiang Yan's concerned eyes. Suddenly, she felt as if there was a wad of water-soaked cotton stuck in her throat, making her feel suffocated and painful.

"In the book... we are all background characters, appearing occasionally to highlight the heroine's kindness and resilience. Our purpose is to make her path smoother."

"And then what happened? We can't just be background figures forever, can we?" Jiang Ning was a little unconvinced. Wasn't that just Fu Yushu's stepping stone? He didn't want that.

Jiang Guanqing twitched the corner of his mouth. "Later, the female lead achieved great success, and the male lead won the heart of the beauty. The story ends."

Jiang Ning scratched her head. "What about us?"

Jiang Guanqing pinched Jiang Ning's cheek. "As background characters, of course we're leaving the stage."

Jiang Guanqing spoke of it casually, as if it were just an ordinary ending.

But Jiang Yan knew that no, Jiang Guanqing was lying; he knew his older brother best.