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

Five days before the college entrance examination, Jiang Guanqing got up very early. Just as dawn was breaking, he quietly went downstairs and went to the cemetery alone.

The cemetery was quiet; only the sound of his own footsteps could be heard. Jiang Guanqing walked to the familiar tombstone, squatted down, and gently wiped the dew from the surface with his sleeve.

"Mom and Dad, I've come to see you."

Jiang Guanqing sat down in front of the tombstone and placed the flowers he had picked from the greenhouse that morning in front of it.

"I brought you some delicious food again. I bought mung bean cake, osmanthus cake, flower cake, and some new products that the boss mentioned. I don't know if they'll be good or not."

As Jiang Guanqing spoke, he unpacked all the pastries.

"…Xiao Ning's college entrance exam is in five days," Jiang Guanqing unconsciously clutched the hem of his clothes, "Don't worry, Xiao Ning is very capable, and she's not nervous at all. She'll definitely get a good score…"

As Jiang Guanqing spoke, her eyes reddened, and she leaned against the cold tombstone, curling up like she did when she was a child.

Jiang Guanqing talked about many things, saying that Jiang Yan was very capable, had recently been promoted, and had been specially invited to speak at a prestigious medical academic conference. He mentioned that Jiang Zhuo had recently taken on a high-quality script and was very busy. He said that Jiang Huai had led his team to win the annual finals championship, securing a ticket to the World Championship Cup. He also mentioned that Jiang Ting's second jewelry exhibition in China was about to begin…

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Jiang Guanqing shrank his neck and moved even closer to the tombstone.

Smelling the sweet aroma of the pastries, Jiang Guanqing pouted, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, and took a bite. "Anyway... anyway, no matter what delicious food you bought before, you always fed me first. Now that I'm buying it myself, let's just say you bought it, okay?"

Jiang Guanqing tasted a piece of each pastry, nitpicking and complaining as if a pair of people were sitting opposite him, laughing and listening to his complaints. "This mung bean cake tastes just as good as before, but today's osmanthus cake is a bit too sweet. The new product is a bit dry and not good. I won't buy it next time."

The cold wind chilled her cheeks, but Jiang Guanqing didn't want to leave. She hugged her knees tighter, rested her chin in her arms, and said in a muffled voice, "...I'll sit with you for a little while longer, just a little bit."

It wasn't until it was really late that Jiang Guanqing stood up to leave. Perhaps because he had been sitting for too long, his vision suddenly went black for a moment when he stood up, and his legs went numb, like the static on an old television. It took Jiang Guanqing a while to recover.

"I'm leaving now, bye-bye," Jiang Guanqing waved, just like when he was a child going to school. "I'll come see you again in a couple of days... after Xiao Ning finishes her exams."

Jiang Guan returned to the villa quietly, without letting anyone notice.

The afternoon before the college entrance examination, Jiang Guanqing insisted on taking Jiang Ning to see the examination venue.

Jiang Ning frowned, casually stuffed her exam admission ticket into her pocket, and refused, "Big brother, I can go by myself. The sun is so strong outside, you stay home and rest."

"I've been resting for over a month," Jiang Guanqing said with a smile, taking the exam admission ticket out of Jiang Ning's pocket, smoothing out the creases on the paper, and stuffing it into a transparent stationery bag.

"I want to go too." Jiang Ting changed her clothes and hurriedly ran downstairs.

Jiang Ning pulled her hair back. It was just checking the exam venue. Instead of helping to persuade her older brother, Fifth Brother had to come and make a fuss.

"OK."

Jiang Ning wasn't taking the exam at her own school, but at the Seventh Middle School in Beijing. The school gate was crowded with people and cars. Perhaps it was because of the hot weather, or perhaps it was because the college entrance exam was tomorrow, but the air was filled with an atmosphere of anxiety.

Jiang Guanqing held Jiang Ning's hand and walked into the campus. The sun was so bright that it felt like it was going to melt people, but Jiang Guanqing's hand was cool.

"Big brother, your hands are so cold." Jiang Ning frowned. There was sweat on his forehead, so why were his hands so cold?

Jiang Guanqing skillfully suppressed the inexplicable panic that had been rising within him lately. "It's nothing, it's always like this."

Jiang Ning nodded thoughtfully. If he has insufficient qi and blood, she should ask her aunt to cook some pig liver for her older brother when they get back.

The three of them went to find the examination rooms for Chinese, Mathematics, and English. Jiang Guanqing went in before Jiang Ning.

Jiang Guanqing stood at the back of the classroom, looked around, and then fixed his gaze on the window seat where Jiang Ning was taking the exam.

Jiang Ting plopped down in her seat and looked out the window. "Xiao Liu, this is a good spot. If you get tired of writing, you can enjoy the view."

Jiang Ning was speechless. What kind of talk was this? Was he the kind of person who would slack off during an exam?

Jiang Guanqing walked over and gently patted Jiang Ting's head, speaking softly, "Ting, get up. Let Ning see if there's anything that's bothering you."

Jiang Ning sat down as instructed, leaning back. "It's quite nice; the tables and chairs don't wobble." The view was indeed quite good.

Jiang Guanqing stood there, feeling the constant cold wind blowing on his head, his brows furrowed slightly. "This air conditioner is blowing a bit directly on me. I'll bring a light jacket tomorrow."

"Sure." Jiang Ning didn't refuse. Bringing it was one thing, but whether she would actually wear it was another matter.

After checking out the exam room, Jiang Guanqing and his two companions went upstairs to check out the exam rooms and seats for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

When Jiang Guanqing came out of the examination room, his face looked extremely pale.

Jiang Ning held onto Jiang Guanqing's arm, her voice strained, "Big brother, are you feeling unwell?"

Meeting the worried gazes of Jiang Ning and Jiang Ting,

Jiang Guanqing smiled, her eyes crinkling, "I'm just a little nervous thinking about your college entrance exam tomorrow."

"Big brother, your little brother got first place in the grade in the mock exam."

Sensing the undisguised pride in Jiang Ning's words, Jiang Guanqing smiled and patted Jiang Ning's shoulder, "Yes, yes, our little Ning is the best."

Jiang Ning wasn't nervous at all. After checking the exam venue, she even dragged Jiang Huai, who was at the club, to play games.

Jiang Huai was worried that Jiang Ning would lose the game and it would affect her mood, so he invited everyone on his team to play the game with Jiang Ning.

After more than a dozen games without a single loss, Jiang Ning once again won without any trouble. Somewhat bored, he took off his gaming headset and said, "I'm not playing anymore. Winning all the time isn't fun at all."

Before going to bed that night, Jiang Ning played several rounds of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) on her phone. The game notification sounds such as "Call the landlord," "Rob the landlord," and "Super double" kept ringing until midnight.

After playing for a while, Jiang Ning pressed a button on her phone and fell asleep immediately, so carefree that she didn't even set an alarm.

Unlike Jiang Ning, Jiang Guanqing was so anxious that she couldn't sleep. She set her phone alarm to ring every ten minutes starting at six in the morning, and then every five minutes after six-thirty.

Afraid that the alarm sound Jiang Yan had set for him wouldn't wake him up, Jiang Guanqing secretly changed his phone's alarm back to the one he used before and turned the alarm up to the maximum volume.