Jiang Mingyuan emerged from the examination room looking glum.
When Gu Yuena, who had been waiting on a chair, saw that unhappy expression on her beloved "big sister's" face, she assumed he had failed the assessment and hurried over to comfort him.
"Big brother, it's all right. You'll definitely pass next time." Gu Yuena gently patted Jiang Mingyuan's shoulder, her voice soft and soothing.
But Jiang Mingyuan shook his head.
"Ninety-nine points. I passed." It should have been something to celebrate, yet Jiang Mingyuan's voice was unusually flat.
He refused to believe Leng Yaozhu hadn't quietly pulled some strings behind the scenes. He could be called confident, even proud.
After spending nearly two years honing his skills as a Level Two Designer, he had been ninety-eight percent certain of passing the Level Three Designer examination, if not a full hundred.
He had approached the examination full of anticipation, only to draw the easiest question. It was just so... well.
All his skills, and nowhere to show them off.
Watching Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena had no idea what blind alley he had stubbornly wandered into this time. She considered herself a good little sister, so she had to talk some sense into her "big sister."
First, Gu Yuena took a citrus-flavored lollipop out of her pocket and unwrapped it. Then she reached out with her left hand and gave Jiang Mingyuan a light bonk on the head.
"Ow!" Jiang Mingyuan felt a stab of pain and couldn't help letting out a delicate cry.
Gu Yuena seized the moment and shoved the lollipop straight into his mouth.
"Mmph! Na'er, what are you doing? That hurt!"
This brat of a little sister takes me less seriously by the day. When will I reclaim my dignity as her big brother?
The two left the