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

Time ticked by, and before they knew it, it was time for Jiang Ning's parent-teacher conference.

Jiang Guanqing hadn't slept all night and felt a tightness in his chest. In order to avoid being noticed by Jiang Yan, Jiang Guanqing took out a strip of pills from the bottom drawer of the bedside table, picked out two pills, and swallowed them with water.

"Mr. Jiang, this signature..." the assistant asked hesitantly.

Jiang Guanqing snapped out of his daze. The space where he should have signed his name was still empty, but the date next to it was already signed with his name.

Jiang Guanqing frowned, somewhat annoyed. "I'm sorry, could you please print another copy of the document?"

"Okay, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Guanqing watched the other person leave, then stuffed the discarded document into the shredder.

"Assistant Bai." The assistant, having finished printing the documents, bumped into Bai Xin at the entrance of Jiang Guanqing's office.

Bai Xin nodded, glanced at the documents in his assistant's hand, and said, "Give them to me, I'll take them in with me."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Assistant Bai."

The assistant handed the documents to Bai Xin and turned back to work.

Jiang Guanqing had something on her mind, and she couldn't continue with her work. They say the stomach is the organ of emotions, and it started to feel uncomfortable too.

"Mr. Jiang, I've ordered some food for you. Have some, and then take your stomach medicine." Bai Xin placed the documents where Jiang Guanqing could easily reach them, and then laid out the food.

"Okay." The burning sensation in her stomach was getting stronger, but Jiang Guanqing did not refuse Bai Xin.

Knowing that Jiang Guanqing had no appetite when he was feeling unwell, Bai Xin specially ordered several dishes.

Jiang Guanqing called Bai Xin to sit down and eat with him, taking small sips of porridge. Half an hour after the meal, Bai Xin came over with a cup of warm water and some medicine.

Looking at the various colored pills inside the bottle cap, Jiang Guanqing felt a sense of resistance.

"Mr. Jiang, if you don't take medicine, you'll have to go to the hospital for an IV drip."

With a gloomy face, Jiang Guanqing picked up a pill from the bottle cap in Bai Xin's palm and put it in his mouth. Bai Xin skillfully held a water cup and fed Jiang Guanqing water.

"Did you swallow it?"

Jiang Guanqing nodded, but the lingering bitterness in his mouth made him frown.

Bai Xin reminded him, "Next piece."

I hate you.

Jiang Guanqing muttered to himself, but his hand obediently picked up a pill.

Jiang Guanqing took a few pills and drank nearly two cups of water.

Bai Xin peeled a preserved plum candy and fed it to Jiang Guanqing's mouth.

Jiang Guanqing was feeling bitter in her mouth when she leaned in and took the candy into her mouth.

Like a child.

Jiang Guanqing has trouble taking medicine; he often can't swallow pills and easily chokes.

Two years ago, Jiang Guanqing had a stomachache and hid in his office to take medicine, which made him cough.

When Bai Xin heard the noise, he looked over and saw that Jiang Guanqing's face was deathly pale, his forehead was covered in fine sweat, and he was coughing incessantly, which terrified Bai Xin.

After that, whenever Jiang Guanqing needed to take medicine, Bai Xin would always be by her side on time.

The sweetness of the preserved plum candy overpowered the bitterness left by the pills in his mouth, and Jiang Guanqing's brows relaxed slightly.

"Bai Xin, could you take me to Jingbei No. 1 High School this afternoon?"

"Okay." Bai Xin immediately agreed, but felt a little heartache.

They never go to parent-teacher meetings; they always have to wait at the school gate for hours.

At 1:30 p.m., the parents who came to the parent-teacher meeting gradually arrived.

A large group of students in school uniforms gathered at the school gate, looking around for their parents. Once they saw their parents, they would run over to them with smiles.

The girl hugged her mother's arm, smiling and talking as they walked into the school.

The boy took the food bags from his parents, hurriedly opened them, and looked extremely hungry.

Some parents brought their younger siblings along. When the children saw their older brothers and sisters, they broke free from their parents' hands and ran towards them.

……

Jiang Guanqing watched all of this with envy, for he had been like that before.

When the school announces a parent-teacher meeting, both parents always vie to come, and the younger brothers also clamor to come along.

Back then, mom would usually send dads to their children's classrooms for parent-teacher conferences. Then, dads would take their sons and brothers to take pictures and stroll around the campus. When they got tired, they would buy a bunch of snacks and sit in the sun on the playground while waiting for the parent-teacher conference to end so that dads could come and find them.

Every parent-teacher meeting feels like a family picnic.

The school always scheduled parent-teacher meetings at roughly the same time. My parents would seriously discuss whose meeting they should attend if their meetings clashed.

The family argued noisily, and then came to a conclusion: none of the younger brothers would attend their parent-teacher conferences, so their parents would bring all the younger brothers to attend the conferences together.

Thinking of this, Jiang Guanqing couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, but a glint of tears flashed in her eyes.

As it approached two o'clock, the school gate became quiet.

When the school bell rang, Jiang Guanqing opened the car door and prepared to get out.

After helping the person into the wheelchair, Bai Xin quietly retreated back into the car.

Jiang Guanqing slowly maneuvered his wheelchair toward the school gate.

The school gates were wide open, and there was clearly no obstruction, but Jiang Guanqing did not go in.

The words "severing ties with brothers" acted like a tight band, binding Jiang Guanqing tightly.

He didn't get along well with his brothers, and he was afraid—afraid that Jiang Ning wasn't joking.

My phone rang with a special alert notification in my pocket.

Jiang Guanqing took out his phone and saw that it was a message from Jiang Yan, a picture taken from Jiang Ning's seat looking towards the podium.

Jiang Guanqing zoomed in on the image and observed it carefully.

One, two, three, four, five, six, Xiao Ning is sitting at the seventh table against the wall.

Jiang Guanqing looked at the podium in the photo, his brows furrowing slightly. The blackboard would be a bit reflective from this position. Could Xiao Ning see the blackboard clearly?

There are so many books piled up on this seat, isn't it too crowded and uncomfortable to sit in?

Jiang Guanqing: Xiaoyan, ask Xiaoning if she can see the blackboard clearly from this position.

Jiang Guanqing: There are so many things piled up on the seats. Is there not enough space on the table? Are the seats comfortable?

Jiang Guanqing paused in his typing and deleted the few words he had just typed in the message box.

Is he talking too much? Will Xiaoyan find him annoying?

Jiang Guanqing hesitated for a moment, but finally put down his phone, thinking that he would contact the school leaders later to donate a batch of comfortable and spacious desks and chairs to the school.

The roar of a car engine came from afar, growing louder as it approached.

A black-clad van pulled up at the school gate. A person wearing a hat, mask, and sunglasses, completely concealing their identity, ran out of the car, escorted by several bodyguards.

"Yunbao!"

"Yunbao!"

Several cars got out of the van, and before the van had even come to a complete stop, a group of men and women rushed out of the vehicles, frantically chasing after the person who was being obscured, holding up their phones.

Just as Jiang Guanqing snapped out of his reverie and before he could even figure out what was going on, a commotion erupted in his ears, followed by a powerful impact.

Jiang Guanqing tried his best to steady the wheelchair, but to no avail. Jiang Guanqing and the wheelchair tilted to the side.