Whether Fang Lian slept well that night, no one knew. Fang Chengyu and Fang Ji, however, slept soundly.

The next morning, under Fang Chengyu’s persuasion, Fang Ji accompanied Fang Lian to the airport and seriously saw his Second Brother off.

Fang Lian originally felt nothing about this.

But as he watched Fang Ji, yawning yet insisting on seeing him off to the airport, he couldn’t help but think of himself yesterday, waiting at home all day, and then enduring the entire Chengyu-Fang Ji talk show at night with extreme sleepiness.

For a moment, he felt a pang of pity for Xiao Ji.

He couldn’t help but say, “Go back and get some sleep, Xiao Ji. You don’t have to follow me all this way so early in the morning next time.”

Fang Ji’s sleepy mind was shocked awake. He swallowed the half-yawn he was in the middle of.

Fang Ji: “What?”

Fang Lian was confused, not sure what Fang Ji was shocked about.

But he didn’t think much of it. Before leaving, he told Fang Ji, “You can come to my department for your holiday internship. I’ll assign you the best mentor then,” and then he said goodbye to them and turned to leave.

He hadn’t taken two steps when the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

He opened it and saw.

Liu Fang: [Xiao Ji satisfaction +1 point, 36/60. Congratulations on reaching a passing score for this item!]

Fang Lian: …

Wait, what? He can still get points today?!

Fang Lian turned his head sharply, almost taking a step back.

But as soon as he turned his head, he saw Xiao Ji holding Fang Chengyu’s hand, skipping and full of energy, walking forward while turning his body to chatter with Fang Chengyu. The whole scene was warm and harmonious, so happy.

It didn’t look like he had a brother who was about to go on a long journey at all.

The curve of Fang Lian’s mouth instantly flattened.

His brain, which had just been stimulated by the score, immediately calmed down. Expressionlessly, he turned and strode away!

…

After Fang Ji and Fang Chengyu left the airport, they first went to the place recommended on Big Green Book, as discussed last night.

Finding it uninteresting, Fang Ji decided to take his brother back to the villa near B University and took out all his collected gemstones, tapping them one by one for his brother to hear the sound.

On the way, Fang Ji grabbed his brother and muttered, “Brother, let me tell you, Second Brother has never come home just for me like he did yesterday. But don’t think I don’t know. He clearly came to find me because I ignored him for too long!”

He snorted lightly. “Hmph, why didn’t he come before? He only remembered me after I let them go for a while.”

Fang Chengyu listened patiently to Fang Ji and said, “No matter why he came back to find Xiao Ji, at least Xiao Lian has started to take action, right?”

His eyes curved. “I think Xiao Lian’s arrangement yesterday was quite thoughtful. I heard from Uncle Li that Xiao Lian was busy from eight or nine in the morning just to decorate the living room. Xiao Lian is learning to be thoughtful.”

Fang Ji let out a long “Mmm—” and thought seriously for a long time before saying, “Okay, since you’re speaking up for Second Brother like this, I’ll reluctantly accept his apology!”

Fang Chengyu smiled. “Why so reluctant? By the way, I heard Xiao Lian mention your holiday internship… Does Xiao Ji have any plans?”

Fang Ji: “What plans? I’ll just ask the family to stamp a seal for me. I can’t really go to Second Brother’s place, can I?”

Fang Chengyu: “Oh? Xiao Ji doesn’t plan to join the family business after graduation?”

Fang Ji was shocked. “N-no, I definitely won’t, Brother! Look at how busy Mom, Dad, and Sister are every day. If I go in… will I even have my own life!”

Fang Chengyu laughed. “If you don’t want to, then you don’t have to. I was just asking.”

Afraid that his brother would bring up the matter again, Fang Ji urgently changed the subject, taking off the jewelry on his body and trying to put it on his brother.

A set of jewelry was transferred from Fang Ji to his brother. He shook his brother in the car to make a sound, then took the jewelry off his brother and happily put it back on himself. By then, the car had arrived.

Fang Ji ran into the room and brought out three huge gemstone storage boxes. He opened them one by one and tapped the gemstones for his brother to hear the sound.

Different gemstones made different sounds when tapped.

There were crisp sounds, and dull sounds. Even with the same crispness, there would be subtle differences between a “ding~” and a “ding!”.

Fang Ji tapped and listened for his brother, and he himself started laughing first. “Only you, Brother, would be so patient to listen to me.”

Fang Ji cupped his face and said, “These are all things I tinkered with when I had nothing to do. They’re useless. Anyway, when you wear them, all the sounds will be mixed together, and no one will pay attention to them.”

Fang Chengyu picked up two gemstones from the table and played with them, saying, “That’s not necessarily true. I see that Xiao Ji is so sensitive to their sounds. If you study them properly, you might become a jewelry music artist in the future?”

Fang Ji was so shocked that he choked on his own saliva. “Cough, cough, what artist?”

Fang Chengyu propped up his head, his smiling eyes curved. “A jewelry music artist. Xiao Ji can already design his own jewelry. If you can match a set of gemstones whose collision sounds are the most harmonious, make them into jewelry to wear, and then use corresponding actions to trigger their collision, wouldn’t you be able to create a piece of jewelry music that is unique to Xiao Ji?”

The afternoon breeze quietly slipped into the room through the window, making Fang Chengyu’s long, fine hair flutter. Under the warm and gentle sunlight, it glinted with starlight.

Fang Ji listened in a daze to the possibility his brother described. His heart pounded, so loud that it almost drowned out the sound of the wind.

Fang Ji muttered in a low voice, “A jewelry music artist… designing jewelry, and then using them to create music…?”

Fang Ji’s eyes widened in excitement. He jumped up from his chair and threw his arms around his brother.

Fang Ji hugged his brother happily, his voice distorted with excitement. “Oh my god, Brother, how did you come up with this idea? This suggestion is amazing!!”

“I bet no one in the world has ever done this before. When I create the first piece of jewelry music, won’t I become the one and only jewelry music artist in the world? Wow! That sounds so cool!!”

Fang Chengyu was startled by his sudden hug. The gemstones in his hand slipped from his palm.

Fang Chengyu said in a panic, “Hey, it’s about to fall!”

Fortunately, Fang Ji reacted quickly and caught it just a second before it hit the ground.

At this moment, Fang Ji was completely immersed in joy. He stuffed the gemstone into his brother’s hand and said happily, “Do you like this gemstone, Brother? Here, it’s all for you, Brother!”

He excitedly bounced around his brother’s chair, making all the jewelry and bells on his body make the loudest and most boisterous sounds.

Then, with another leap, he landed in front of the table full of gemstones.

Fang Ji: “Jewelry music… good idea, very good idea! Then this opal must go with this one, and this emerald must go with this one…”

Fang Ji enthusiastically classified his existing gemstones. He didn’t know how long he had been doing it. When he suddenly realized the passage of time and looked up, the sky had already turned slightly dark.

Fang Ji turned his head sharply and looked in his brother’s direction.

He saw his brother’s elbow propped up on the armrest of the chair, supporting his head, a gentle smile in his eyes. He didn’t know how long he had been watching him.

A scorching heat surged from the bottom of his heart, enveloping his entire heart.

A brilliant smile bloomed on Fang Ji’s face. He couldn’t help but move closer to his brother, sitting sideways on the other armrest of his brother’s chair.

Fang Ji: “Brother! When I finish the first piece of jewelry music, I’ll give it to you as a gift!”

His brother’s gaze followed his movements. He looked up and smiled at him. “Okay, then I’ll definitely post it on my Moments and show off to the whole world that my younger brother has created the world’s one and only jewelry music.”

Fang Ji raised his eyebrows. “You also have to submit a copy to the school’s confession wall.”

Fang Chengyu: “Oh?”

Fang Ji laughed out loud. “Let those guys on the confession wall see. If they can’t come up with such a gift, they shouldn’t even think about pursuing my brother!”

Fang Chengyu covered his forehead and chuckled lightly, feeling very helpless.

…

Fang Lian returned to Africa and once again began to strive for the great cause of the Fang family.

Normally, this would have been enough to consume all his energy and spirit, leaving him no time or energy to think about anything else.

But after leaving the country this time, he couldn’t calm down. Every few days, he would check the group chat, constantly paying attention to his parents’ and sister’s progress in coaxing Ji.

On the first day after leaving the country, there was no activity in the group.
On the second day after leaving the country, there was no activity in the group.
On the third day after leaving the country, his sister’s score suddenly refreshed in the group.
69 points! The same score as him after he got an extra point!

After a busy day, Fang Lian tossed and turned in bed, thinking about his sister’s score for a long time. Finally, he couldn’t help but poke her chat window and inquire about her score composition.

But he didn’t know if his sister was really busy or was deliberately pretending not to see his message.

Until the next morning, when Fang Lian woke up with a pair of panda eyes, he still hadn’t received a reply from his sister.

Unable to bear it any longer, Fang Lian went to ask Lin Chen.

Lin Chen refused to disclose the details of other people’s scores.

Fang Lian expressionlessly sent Lin Chen a red envelope worth 500,000, thanking him for the highlighted version of the manual.

Lin Chen politely thanked him and accepted it.

Liu Fang: [Although the score details cannot be disclosed, the following information can be provided: The second person to complete the first round of action received a speed score of 6 points.]

Fang Lian: …

Wait a minute.

So, he was a full four points ahead of his sister in terms of speed, and yet they only tied in score?!

Doesn’t this mean that he was a full four points behind his sister in the core score?!

Was his action not standard enough?

Or was it that Xiao Ji’s liking and satisfaction with his sister had already surpassed his own??!