Chapter 792 — Agree to Him First

"Kang Jingming? What does he want?" Kang Xiaofeng and Kang Jingming had essentially severed all ties. Ever since the Divine Doctor Kang's birthday banquet last time, the two families had stopped having any dealings with each other. That branch of the family could be considered cut off.

"He said he did some wrong things to me before and wants to make it up to me, that he'll give me five hundred thousand..." Xiaofen honestly told Kang Xiaofeng what Kang Jingming's purpose was.

"What? What did you say? He came to your house just to give you money?" Kang Xiaofeng was stunned too. Had Kang Jingming turned over a new leaf? No way, right? For a man like him to come bring Xiaofen money of his own accord—he must have taken the wrong medicine, hadn't he?

"Yes, and he even brought an agreement, saying that once I signed it, he'd give me the money..." Xiaofen said. "The agreement says I can't pursue him for what he did before, and in the future I can't go around telling others about what happened between him and me..."

As Xiaofen said this, she felt somewhat embarrassed; after all, she felt she had let Kang Xiaofeng down over these matters.

Kang Xiaofeng frowned. His first instinct was to have Xiaofen refuse Kang Jingming. We may be poor, but our spirit isn't—taking Kang Jingming's money would only make us look weak and spineless. But he also knew this was no time for stubborn pride. Xiaofen's family was desperately short of money right now, and Kang Xiaofeng knew that too. But unlike Wei Zhao, he couldn't give Xiaofen's family much help, and this sum of money, to a family about to face demolition, was undoubtedly like charcoal sent in the snow!

"Wait while I ask the leader what he thinks?" Kang Xiaofeng decided to ask Wei Zhao's opinion. If Wei Zhao also insisted they shouldn't take the money, then they wouldn't take it—better to endure a bit more hardship.

But when Kang Xiaofeng relayed what Xiaofen had said to Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao answered almost without a moment's thought: "Take it, of course! Free money and you don't want it? Refusing the enemy's money—that's really shortchanging yourself! But tell her not to sign the agreement yet. Wait until we get there and have a look; if there's no problem, then we'll talk!"

"Okay! I'll tell her right away!" Kang Xiaofeng thought Wei Zhao was right—why shouldn't they take the opponent's money? Wei Zhao himself was always chasing after Li Cihua for money and never thought anything of it. It seemed he really had been overthinking things!

To give up the enemy's money for the sake of some meaningless face—that would truly be foolish. Kang Xiaofeng hurriedly told Xiaofen Wei Zhao's opinion, telling her not to refuse, but simply to wait for him and Wei Zhao to come over.

"Oh, okay..." When Xiaofen heard Kang Xiaofeng say that Wei Zhao wanted her to take the money, she actually felt a bit grateful to Wei Zhao! This sum of money was undoubtedly far too important to her family—like charcoal sent in the snow!

Even if Qibing Real Estate could compensate according to the standard today, it would still be a drop in the bucket for each household! Because housing prices in Songshan City were not cheap now—where would you find so many out-of-the-way places to buy?

At the current compensation rate, none of the households could afford a new home at all; they could only rent, and living that way would certainly not be very convenient.

But with this five hundred thousand, Xiaofen's family could buy a decent, fairly large home. Xiaofen was truly afraid Kang Xiaofeng would tell her to refuse—in which case she would have no choice but to refuse!

"Xiaobo says he's coming right away. Why don't you come in and wait a bit—once he arrives and confirms everything, I'll sign the agreement with you." Having gotten Kang Xiaofeng's reply, Xiaofen felt reassured and let Kang Jingming into the house. After all, standing in the corridor was quite improper.

"All right!" Hearing Xiaofen's words, Kang Jingming immediately felt there was hope for the matter, and nodded overjoyed. "No rush. Once you've looked over the contract and are satisfied, just do as it says from then on, and we'll be even!"

"Oh..." Xiaofen nodded, went inside, and started reading a book herself, leaving Kang Jingming to sit on the sofa without paying him any attention.

But Kang Jingming didn't mind. What did it matter whether Xiaofen paid attention to him or not? As long as Xiaofen took the money and kept her mouth shut from then on, he could pursue Guan Xin without hindrance! Thinking that half his plan was about to be realized, Kang Jingming suddenly felt immensely happy. "Your home hasn't changed in all these years—still as run-down as ever, huh?"

"Oh..." Xiaofen frowned. She wanted to lose her temper, but felt it wasn't worth getting angry at someone like Kang Jingming, so she gave a casual response and went on reading.

Years ago, Kang Jingming had come to Xiaofen's home and even said he would buy a house for her family. Xiaofen had been touched beyond measure, and in her muddled state had given him her true love and her body. In the end, after Kang Jingming had had his fun, he found Xiaofen a bit clingy and, afraid she would stick to him, quickly cast her aside.

As Wei Zhao drove past the shantytown, he saw several large open-air tents and tin-roofed huts set up outside, with signs reading "Demolition Temporary Office" and the logo of Qibing Real Estate.

But Wei Zhao didn't stop. There was always time to go collect money from Li Cihua; the pressing matter now was to get to Xiaofen's house and deal with the trouble that was Kang Jingming.

To be honest, Wei Zhao didn't quite believe Kang Jingming could be so kind as to voluntarily compensate Xiaofen. With Kang Jingming's domineering, arrogant nature, how could he possibly lower his head for no reason? This reminded Wei Zhao of Li Cihua yesterday, who had for no reason compensated Tang Zhi's family with a sum of money. Uncalled-for attentiveness is either a trap or a theft, which was exactly why Wei Zhao hadn't let Xiaofen sign the agreement with Kang Jingming directly, but insisted on coming over to have a look first.

"Leader, why do you think Kang Jingming suddenly came to give Xiaofen money? Could he have gotten those kinds of ideas about Xiaofen again?" Kang Xiaofeng had also sensed something off, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.

"Heh, that's unlikely. Kang Jingming going back to Xiaofen would be slapping his own face. I'd say he definitely has a scheme, but what he's plotting isn't clear yet," Wei Zhao said. "Let's go take a look first."

"Mm," Kang Xiaofeng nodded. With Wei Zhao backing him up now, he felt a deep sense of reassurance.

Just as the car was about to reach the bottom of Xiaofen's building, there was no way through. Several excavators and bulldozers were blocking the road ahead, sealing off the entire street.

Wei Zhao frowned and honked twice.

The drivers of the excavators and bulldozers were standing by the roadside chatting. Hearing the car horn, they were at first rather annoyed, but when they caught sight of Wei Zhao's red Audi 5 sports car, their faces changed at once into smiles. Anyone who could drive a car like that was sure to be rich and powerful, and laboring men like them could not afford to cross such people.

"Sir, you can't get through here. We're just waiting for the hour to come, and then we're going to tear down the building up ahead!" one of the bulldozer drivers, who seemed to be the foreman, explained to Wei Zhao.