Chapter 141 Actually, I didn't really want you to be my brother.

After returning from Tsinghua University, Reid waited in the hotel lobby.

Seeing that Jiang Yingxu had been brought back, he immediately rushed out like the wind, politely declining the couple's offer to accompany him, and pushed the wheelchair into the elevator with a clatter.

The elevator doors closed.

Reid pressed the floor button, looked at Jiang Yingxu's right hand and right leg, and said with concern, "You've been taking the exam for almost a day. How are you? Should we go to the hospital for an X-ray to see if there's any impact?"

After Lai Cheng came out, he opened his mouth and blurted out everything.

Thinking about it, Red angrily rubbed Jiang Yingxu's head hard and said, "I prepared painkillers for you so that you could take one if you really couldn't bear it anymore, not so that you could swallow several at once."

Jiang Yingxu swayed his upper body as he was being massaged, “...It’s alright.”

"I just want to make this first place a little more secure." He said with a cool and aloof expression, making a statement that sounded somewhat arrogant. "Only by widening the gap between us and second place can we make them truly respect me as their captain."

Red: "..."

This kid is joking again with a straight face. Does he not realize that he's trying to tell him not to worry so much?

Reid felt a pang of sadness. Looking at Jiang Yingxu's faint weariness, he could only give him a few words of advice in a rather irritable tone.

"If you feel even slightly uncomfortable, come to me immediately. Your hand is very important; we can't afford for it to not heal properly and leave any lasting damage, understand?"

Jiang Yingxu nodded honestly.

Only then did Reid have a chance to ask, "By the way, what did Yan Zhaozhou's family want with you?"

Just then, the elevator arrived.

Reid pushed Jiang Yingxu onto the carpet. The thick carpet absorbed most of the footsteps, leaving only the boy's low voice, "It's nothing."

They said I was the child they switched at birth.

Red: "Oh, it's nothing."

Red: "...What do you mean by 'swapped babies'?"

Reid: "Jiang Yingxu, you better explain yourself!"

Jiang Yingxu chuckled lightly, briefly explained the situation to Reid, and added that they would have to wait for the test results, as it was uncertain.

Reid was just Jiang Yingxu's teacher, so it was difficult for him to offer any opinion on the matter.

He escorted Jiang Yingxu into the room and saw him open his arms with a sigh of relief, catching a kitten that hopped towards him and was clever enough to avoid the wound on his right arm.

The door closed.

Reid took two steps toward the elevator, then turned back and stared at the closed door.

"I hope it's not a bad thing."

He murmured, "This child has already suffered enough..."

May Heaven have mercy and not let this sudden reunion affect his future.

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Jiang Yingxu first underwent a thorough examination by the cat doctor.

The kitten gently touched his wrist with its paw pads, tilted its fluffy little face up, and asked seriously, "Are you tired? Does it hurt? Do you want me to give you a massage?"

Jiang Yingxu humbly asked, "How do you massage?"

The kitten showed off its pink paw pads, as if to say, "Let me give you a pat!"

So Jiang Yingxu took his clothes into the bathroom, his ears slightly red as he politely declined the cat's offer to help him take a bath.

The kitten could only sit anxiously by the bathroom door, its tail draped over its front paws, listening intently to the soft patter of water inside. [The cat is so kind, why won't he accept it?]

System: [Oh, you want to take a bath together?]

【Mandarin ducks? What mandarin ducks?】

Shi Miao's ears twitched as she recalled the plump birds floating on the water in her memory, their wings flapping and looking quite amusing.

The cat lowered its body, its eyes fixed intently, looking quite eager to try.

As a result, she was ridiculed by passing students who said she was small in stature but very bold, and even said they would arrest her and put her in jail because the mandarin duck is a national second-class protected animal.

Shi Miao later flipped through the pages and discovered that even those ugly, fat birds could be rated as second-class national animals, so why weren't cats, which were a thousand or ten thousand times more beautiful than them, protected animals?

Don't cats deserve protection?!

The cat is going to take this to the central government!

System: [It's very difficult to get a rating for a cat, but a cat demon might be possible. I'll rate you as an endangered protected animal.]

The cat and the system chatted casually until Jiang Yingxu came out with a slight dampness in his skin, at which point the cat no longer paid attention to the system.

Shi Miao directed Jiang Yingxu to lie down on the bed. A large cat jumped onto his left arm, placed its plump, mangosteen-shaped paws on his arm, and began to stomp on it.

The cat masseur is available for a brief time!

The kitten's gentle purring, accompanied by a low growl, combined with the gradually darkening sky outside the window, created a natural, soothing white noise effect.

Injuries can indeed affect a person's energy levels.

After a long day of physical and mental exertion, Jiang Yingxu's tense mood was finally relaxed. He even whispered a few words of praise for the cat masseur, providing plenty of emotional support.

Gradually, her long eyelashes closed, and she unknowingly fell asleep.

He was used to enduring pain and could even fall asleep amidst waves of throbbing pain, though his brows were slightly furrowed, making him appear somewhat uneasy.

Soon, a soft, warm belly was pressed against my stinging arm, and I carefully covered it with warmth.

The sharp pain between the bones seemed to have lessened in intensity at this temperature.

His furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

A good night's sleep.

Everyone says that sleep is the best way to restore energy, and sure enough, the next morning, Jiang Yingxu was awakened by the sunlight streaming through the window.

That heavy feeling of fatigue disappeared, and I felt completely relaxed.

Beside me, the kitten, paw raised and revealing its snow-white belly, slept soundly with an unguarded and trusting posture.

A hint of a smile flashed across Jiang Yingxu's eyes. Not wanting to disturb her, he casually picked up his phone from beside his pillow.

The test results came out last night.

Yan Zhaozhou took a picture and sent it to him. A few hours later, in the early morning, he sent several more messages.

[Yan Zhaozhou: Brother Li said he wanted to leave last night, and Grandpa agreed. However, there are many matters to attend to at the company, so it will take a few days for the handover process to begin.]

[Yan Zhaozhou: I've already spoken with your uncle and aunt, and they've told them to think carefully about how they want to get along with you before coming to see you, so they don't say anything inappropriate and upset you.]

[Yan Zhaozhou: I was just being polite when I called you "bro" before, I never expected you to actually become my brother.]

Half an hour later.

"So, what should I call you from now on, Brother Xu?"

Another half hour passed.

Going to bed so early?

Another half hour passed.

Actually, I didn't really want you to be my brother.

This is primarily a fact.