Chapter 285 — The Divine Doctor Kang's Birthday Banquet
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Wei Zhao hummed a little tune, swinging two preservation boxes as he headed toward the school. Another wonderful day of campus life was beginning.
"Wei Zhao!" He had just reached the school gate when someone called his name from behind. He turned to find Liu Xinlan running toward him—and behind her stood a delicate, pretty girl. If it wasn't Tang Zhi, who else could it be?
"Heh..." Wei Zhao didn't need to ask; he knew Liu Xinlan had once again become Tang Zhi's messenger. "Liu Xinlan, what's the matter?"
"Yunyun wants you to wait for her at lunch so you can eat together." Liu Xinlan's impression of Wei Zhao had changed somewhat, largely thanks to the matter with Xiaofen—Wei Zhao had been actively helping—so she no longer held the same aversion toward him as before.
Since Yunyun had accepted him, since she was already with him, what was the point of her sticking her nose into it? That was, in fact, the very thought Liu Xinlan harbored in her heart.
"Sure." Wei Zhao agreed without a moment's thought. At noon, he had been wanting to let Tang Zhi taste shark meat—and the precious shark fin, the only bit on the whole fish, he had divided into two portions. One had gone into Kang Xiaofeng's box, for him to bring to Xiaofen; the other he had set aside for Tang Zhi.
As for Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu... those two young ladies had already written off shark fin. In their words, what was so special about vermicelli?
Tang Zhi was clearly still a little embarrassed about being too close to Wei Zhao at school. Seeing him look her way, her face flushed faintly, and she turned her head aside, pretending she hadn't seen him.
That single touch of charm left the passing boys staring, quite dumbstruck—but no one dared covet Tang Zhi anymore. Everyone knew she was the girlfriend of Wei Zhao, the new campus bully. Even Zou Ruoming had been beaten until he was hunting for his teeth on the ground. Who would dare harbor any crooked ideas now?
Liu Xinlan hurried back and pulled Tang Zhi away. Wei Zhao shook his head. Should he buy Tang Zhi a cell phone? His own phone was broken too, and would need replacing. Hmm... it seemed that, at the root of it all, he first needed to earn some money. He could still afford a phone, but there would inevitably be other expenses down the road. A man couldn't get by without financial independence.
Wei Zhao rather regretted having handed over all his earnings to his old man in the past. Back then there had been nothing to spend money on, so he had let the old miser hoard it. Now... money was sorely missed when the time came to use it.
When he reached the classroom, Kang Xiaofeng was already there. Seeing Wei Zhao, he grumbled, "Boss, where did you go yesterday? I called you all day and it was off the whole time. I have something important to discuss with you."
"Oh? You were looking for me yesterday?" Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback, then remembered—his phone had been waterlogged. Of course it was off. "My phone's broken. What's the matter?"
"Next weekend is my second grandfather's birthday, and I've been invited too. I was wondering whether I should bring Xiaofen along?" Kang Xiaofeng hesitated a moment, then said it anyway. For a matter like this, the only person who could make the decision for him was Wei Zhao.
"Bring Xiaofen? To your second grandfather's birthday banquet?" Wei Zhao gave Kang Xiaofeng an odd look. "You want her to meet Kang Jingming?"
"Yes, boss. You know as well as I do that Kang Jingming has always been a knot in Xiaofen's heart. If that knot isn't completely cut away, then even if she's with me, she'll still be thinking of Kang Jingming inside," Kang Xiaofeng said. "Xiaofen tells me she gave up on Kang Jingming long ago, but from the sorrow that slips out of her unguarded moments, I'm certain that deep down, Kang Jingming is absolutely still there."