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

The weather forecast said it would rain tonight, and as soon as it got dark, the wind picked up. The rain didn't fall, but the wind grew stronger and stronger, sounding like someone was crying in the distance, which made people uneasy.

I don't know how much time passed, but then large raindrops began to fall, splashing against the glass window.

Jiang Guanqing woke up at this moment. In the dim light, he blinked slowly, his pupils gradually focusing.

The wind howled outside, and several dark shadows "bared their fangs and claws" on the curtains.

Jiang Guanqing's breath hitched suddenly, and his vision was suddenly filled with ruins.

Broken concrete slabs were piled up, stained with patches of dark red, and twisted steel bars were exposed, with torn pieces of cloth hanging from them. Many people were crying, crying their hearts out.

Beneath the ruins, a couple tightly embraced their children. Their faces gradually became clear—it was... a father and a mother.

"don't want……"

Jiang Guanqing sobbed, her voice broken.

"It's all fake, fake, I was just having a nightmare..."

Jiang Guanqing pulled the thin blanket over himself and curled up to cover his entire body.

Jiang Guanqing's movements were too forceful, and the IV needle, which was still infusion, was forcibly pulled out of the thin, bluish vein, splattering bright red blood onto the clean white bedding.

"Beep beep beep beep—"

The monitor suddenly emitted a piercing alarm. Almost instantly, Jiang Yan and the others in the ward rushed to the bedside, and the room lights were turned on.

"Big brother!"

The blanket was rolled into a ball, and a few suppressed sobs could be heard.

Jiang Yan reached out to pull the blanket, but couldn't pull it open.

Feeling the pull, Jiang Guanqing became even more frightened, gripping the corner of the blanket tightly with both hands and murmuring "Dad, Mom."

Jiang Yan knelt on the edge of the bed, gently patting him through the blanket and soothingly saying in a soft voice, "Big brother, it's me, Xiao Yan. It's alright, big brother, it's alright..."

Seeing Jiang Guanqing like this, Jiang Huai rushed out of the room to call the doctor. Just as he ran out the door, he bumped into Jiang Zhuo, who had just returned with a hand warmer.

Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Jiang Huai ran outside. Jiang Zhuo suddenly realized what was happening, and without even caring about the hand warmer that had fallen to the ground, he hurried into the house.

"Blood!"

Jiang Ting saw the few glaring bright red drops on the sheet, and the tears that had just stopped fell from her eyes again. "Big brother is injured."

Jiang Ning knelt on the other side of the hospital bed, looking at the trembling blanket, feeling as if her heart was about to be crushed by an invisible hand.

"Big brother, it's me, Ningbao. I'm here... We're all with you."

"Big brother, it's me, Xiao Zhuo, I'm here too..."

"Waaaaah, big brother... I... I'm Xiaoting..."

Xiao Yan, Ning Bao, Xiao Zhuo...

Jiang Guanqing repeated these titles, loosening his grip on the blanket a little, and Jiang Yan took the opportunity to pull a corner of the blanket open.

Jiang Guanqing's face was revealed. His hair was damp with sweat, his face was pale, his eyelashes were frayed by tears, and his lips were bitten until they bled.

Jiang Yan carefully reached out and stroked Jiang Guanqing's cheek. "Big brother, look at me. I'm Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yan… Jiang Guanqing’s eyelashes trembled, and his gaze slowly focused on Jiang Yan’s face.

It was Xiao Yan, sob sob sob, he knew it must be a dream.

Jiang Guanqing suddenly stood up and rushed towards Jiang Yan, hugging her tightly in his arms, his voice trembling, "Little Yan, don't be afraid."

Caught off guard by the sudden embrace, Jiang Yan froze for a moment, tears welling up in her eyes.

My older brother is so thin, really so thin. His shoulders are so thin they feel like they're poking you. Even though I was trembling, I was still thinking of protecting him under my body.

Jiang Yan wrapped her arms around Jiang Guanqing's waist, gently stroking his back with her hands. "With your older brother here, Xiao Yan isn't afraid."

"Big brother..." The voice called out in his ear. Jiang Guanqing turned his head and saw Jiang Ning and Jiang Zhuo with tears streaming down their faces.

Jiang Guanqing sobbed, a smile playing on his lips. He reached out and pulled the two closer to him. "Why are you crying? Were you bullied? Tell your big brother, and he'll stand up for you."

"Big brother!" Jiang Ning hugged Jiang Guanqing's waist.

On the other side, Jiang Ting was sobbing uncontrollably, her eyes red and swollen as she clutched Jiang Guanqing's clothes.

When Jiang Huai rushed into the ward with the on-duty doctor and nurses, he saw Jiang Guanqing surrounded by people, muttering to himself as he coaxed his younger brother beside him.

"The IV catheter has come out and needs to be reinserted." The nurse quickly stepped forward, looked at Jiang Yan, and spoke very softly.

Jiang Ning got up from Jiang Guanqing's arms and held Jiang Guanqing's blood-covered hand with heartache. "Big brother, you're injured. You need an injection."

Jiang Guanqing looked blankly at the back of his hand. There was so much blood. Was he injured? But why?

The winding bloodstains on the back of my hand expanded in my vision, slowly changing color, turning into large patches of dark brown dried on the reinforced concrete.

Jiang Guanqing's hands suddenly trembled violently. He knelt on the bed, his ten fingers spasming and clawing in the air.

"There are still people... there are still people! Please... dig a little longer... my mom, dad, and brothers are still down there..."

Jiang Yan hugged Jiang Guanqing's waist, choking back tears as she said, "Big brother, don't be afraid, your brothers are all here, we're all here."

Jiang Zhuo and the others spoke up, but Jiang Guanqing wouldn't listen. He clenched his fists tightly in the air, and a sharp pain came from his palms.

With blood trickling from his bitten lips, Jiang Guanqing murmured, "My hand...it hurts so much...is it going to break...Mom and Dad..."

Jiang Ning cried as she grasped Jiang Guanqing's trembling hands. "Big brother, your hands are alright. The needle just fell out. Look at me, I'm your Ningbao..."

"Ningbao?"

Jiang Guanqing repeated, then suddenly laughed, but the laugh was more like a grimace. "Yes, Ningbao, Ningbao has been rescued, and all her younger brothers have been rescued... The doctor said... they were well protected by Mom and Dad..."

"Yes, big brother, we're all fine." Jiang Ning reached out to hug Jiang Guanqing.

But the next second, Jiang Guanqing suddenly fell off the bed, his knees slamming heavily onto the floor.

Jiang Guanqing braced himself against the floor, staggering as he tried to get up.

Jiang Zhuo's pupils contracted sharply, and he picked up Jiang Guanqing around the waist, holding him tightly in his arms.

"Let me go!" Jiang Guanqing struggled violently, his voice filled with pain and pleading. "I need to see my mom and dad... They said... they said they'd let me in to say goodbye... Please..."

Upon seeing this scene, the on-duty doctor had already instructed the nurses to prepare sedatives.

The on-duty doctor looked at Jiang Yan, "Dr. Jiang, the patient is emotionally unstable and has self-harm tendencies. He needs to be given a sedative..."

Jiang Yan's eyes were alarmingly red, and she tried her best to keep her voice steady, "Give me five more minutes."

The on-duty doctor didn't say anything, but led the nurse to the side.

Jiang Yan pulled Jiang Guanqing's hand to her cheek, her voice soft, "Big brother, touch me. I'm Xiao Yan, can you feel me? I'm warm, and I'll always be by your side..."

Hot tears fell onto the back of his hand. Jiang Guanqing's struggling movements suddenly stopped, and he looked up at Jiang Yan in a daze.

"Xiao Yan seems to have grown up..."

Jiang Yan nodded vigorously, "Big brother, I've grown up, Xiao Zhuo and the others have all grown up. Big brother, you are the best and most amazing big brother in the world."

Jiang Guanqing was clearly looking at Jiang Yan, but his gaze seemed to pass through him and land on a place very, very far away.

Jiang Yan's heart was beating so fast that she felt dizzy and nauseous.

The older brother's tone sounded like... his last words.