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

Jiang Ting knelt facing the screen, her eyes filled with heartache and pain.

Each of them, under the protection of their eldest brother, recklessly pursued their dreams, but what about the eldest brother himself?

He loves drawing and design. Even after his parents passed away, his older brother continued to buy him top-quality art supplies and hire the best teachers to instruct him.

He was ambitious and liked to pursue perfection in his designs. If he was even slightly dissatisfied, he would crumple up his drawings and throw them all over the room.

Each time, the eldest brother would carefully pick up the drawings he considered "scrap paper" and smooth them out bit by bit.

He saw his older brother picking up the trash and seemed a little impatient. "Brother, it's all useless waste paper. Why are you picking it up?"

The older brother picked them up by himself, a gentle smile on his face. "They're quite well drawn; it's a pity to throw them away."

He didn't care at all; to him, it was all garbage anyway.

What was his older brother thinking as he picked up his sketches? Did he regret giving up botany? Did he also wish someone was by his side, telling him it was a pity to give up...?

The scenes on the screen did not stop because of their crying.

After coaxing his younger brothers to sleep, Jiang Guanqing tiptoed back to his study. He sat at his desk and reviewed documents until 3 a.m. After only three hours of sleep, Jiang Guanqing got up again and continued to review the company's articles of association and various projects.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Jiang Guanqing changed into a brand new suit, carefully tucked the fountain pen left by Jiang Jizhong into the inside pocket of the suit, and turned to leave the room.

She tiptoed to her younger brothers' room, peeked inside, and saw that they were still asleep. She then quietly went downstairs.

Uncle Zhang agreed with red eyes, and watched the boy's thin back get into the car, his nose stinging with tears.

Jiang Guanqing sat in the back seat of the car, with the documents that Attorney Chen had compiled overnight spread out on his lap, his fingertips tracing over the cold lines of clauses.

Attorney Chen looked at Jiang Guanqing through the rearview mirror. The boy's face was pale, and his eyes were covered with dark circles.

"Young Master," Attorney Chen said carefully, "most of the people here today are veterans who helped President Jiang and his wife build their empire. They shouldn't make things too difficult for you."

"Yes, I know."

Jiang Guanqing didn't look up and continued flipping through the documents.

The car stopped in front of the Yuehua Group building. Jiang Guanqing got out of the car, looked up at the towering group building, and pressed his hand to his chest. There was a pen in the inner pocket of his suit.

The meeting room was on the top floor. When Jiang Guanqing and Attorney Chen arrived, the long table inside was already full of people.

As soon as the conference room door opened, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Guanqing.

Jiang Guanqing straightened his back and walked in step by step, his footsteps sounding particularly clear in the quiet conference room.

"Guanqing is here."

Zhou Quan sat in the second seat, holding a purple clay teacup in his hand, his face showing just the right amount of sorrow. "Child, please sit down, please accept my condolences."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou."

Jiang Guanqing nodded slightly and walked straight to the head seat to sit down. His movements were small, but the atmosphere in the conference room instantly froze.

The shareholders exchanged glances, and an elderly shareholder with gray hair sighed, "You asked Attorney Chen to arrange this meeting today. Say what you want to say."

Jiang Guanqing nodded slightly. "My parents passed away suddenly, leaving Yuehua without a leader. I'm here today to invoke the 'Special Clause for Succession' in the company's articles of association to appoint a temporary executive director to act as chairman and CEO."

There was a moment of silence in the conference room.

A shareholder wearing gold-rimmed glasses frowned. "Guanqing, if I remember correctly, you're not even eighteen yet."

"Guanqing, we don't mean to make things difficult for you."

One of the female shareholders spoke up, "You've been smart since you were little and have good grades, but the business world isn't an exam. Yuehua has thousands of employees just at its head office, plus more than a dozen subsidiaries. The responsibilities are too heavy, and you haven't even graduated from high school yet."

"Yes, you haven't studied finance or business. Do you even understand the cash flow forecasts in financial statements? Do you know how to sign a performance-based agreement in a merger and acquisition deal?"

One question after another arose.

Jiang Guanqing took a deep breath. "Whether it works or not, we'll have to try to find out. I can sign an agreement that if the company suffers losses due to my personal decision-making errors during my tenure as interim executive director, I will use my personal assets to make the first choice for compensation."

The conference room was deathly silent.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Quan's cloudy eyes. "Guanqing, have you thought this through? That's the guarantee your parents left you..."

Jiang Guanqing stood up and nodded solemnly, "I've made up my mind."

Jiang Guanqing took a deep breath, pulled a few pages from the file bag, and pushed them to the center of the table.

"I know what you uncles and aunts are worried about. You think I'm young and don't understand business or financial statements. It's undeniable that I don't understand them right now."

But I understand one thing: Yuehua can't be without someone in charge right now. Those of you who have worked with my parents to get Yuehua to where it is today probably understand this better than I do.

Jiang Guanqing pointed to one of the pages, "To date, three core members of the Electronics R&D Department have left, and the Human Resources Department has not yet started emergency recruitment. This will have a huge impact on Yuehua's order delivery in the fourth quarter."

The shareholders were taken aback, but before they could speak, Jiang Guanqing continued, "Hengjing Logistics' partner has suspended payments for three weeks. After the news of my parents' passing spread, they are observing the situation. If a deal isn't finalized soon, Hengjing Logistics will be completely cut off."

"besides……"

After Jiang Guanqing finished speaking, the conference room remained silent for a long time.

Zhou Quan put down his teacup and sighed softly. "Fine, Lao Jiang and Ling Huan have just left. If we don't even give them this much face, we won't be able to face them in the afterlife. I agree to let Guan Qing act as chairman and CEO."

I agree.

I second that.

With Zhou Quan taking the lead, everyone raised their hands to express their approval.

Jiang Guanqing lowered his eyes and bowed slightly.

After the meeting, the shareholders left one after another. Attorney Chen finished packing up the documents and walked over to Jiang Guanqing, hesitating to speak, "Young Master, what you just said..."

Jiang Guanqing looked out the window and said, "This is the best solution."

The scene on the screen suddenly changed, and Jiang Guanqing was already sitting in the car on his way home.

Uncle Zhang called, "Young Master, the young master has woken up, but he can't find you and keeps crying..."

Jiang Guanqing tightened his grip on the phone. "Uncle Zhang, I'm on my way back. Could you please give the phone to Ningbao?"

"it is good."

"Big brother~ where did you go? I'm scared..."

Jiang Guanqing took a deep breath and said gently, "Ningbao, be good, big brother will be back soon. I'll bring you some delicious food, okay..."

Jiang Yan clenched his fists, and bright red blood flowed from between his fingers. So that's how difficult it was. So that's how difficult his elder brother's situation was. No wonder his elder brother always left early and returned late. He often didn't see his elder brother back then, and sometimes he would get angry because of it, ignore his elder brother, and make his elder brother coax him.

The eldest brother did nothing wrong and sacrificed so much, yet the younger brothers still hold a grudge against him because of it.

Jiang Ning sat on the steel plate, crying uncontrollably. She had just staked everything at the shareholders' meeting, treating herself like a commodity to be sold, dealing with those damned old men, but then she turned around and was so gentle with him.

Jiang Ning slapped himself. He was such a bastard. His older brother was so tired, yet he still cried and made a fuss with him. He had no conscience at all.