Chapter 609 — I Do Not Know Him
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"How do you know Guan the Doctor is my grandfather?" Guan Xin stared at Kang Jingming. She had not said a single word about her identity before this. How did Kang Jingming know?
"I... uh... I guessed it..." Kang Jingming broke out in a sweat. Of course — he had come to stage a chance encounter; he was supposed to be a stranger to Guan Xin. How had he let it slip?
"You knew all along, didn't you? You approached me on purpose? What are you after?" Guan Xin instinctively took two steps back, watching Kang Jingming with a measure of wariness.
"Uh... a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!" Kang Jingming was frantic with worry. His performance today had been truly beneath his standard — a complete loss of form, one might say! He was supposed to be an old hand at courting women. How had he made such a crude mistake?
Wei Zhao! It had to be Wei Zhao! It was only after clapping eyes on the fellow that he had begun blundering at every turn. It had not been like this before; when he first met Guan Xin, he had been full of grace, holding forth with wit and learning, and if Guan Xin had paid him no heed, that was merely shyness on her part! At the very least she had not been this angry.
How could he know that at first Guan Xin had taken him for no more than a face in the crowd, not worth a second thought? Being a mere passer-by, she had no need to be angry with him. But now he was insulting her grandfather, and insulting her grandfather's company and Wei Zhao's as well — how could she not be angry?
Yet Guan Xin was not a woman of fiery temper. Angry as she was, she only glared at Kang Jingming and did not erupt.
"Guan Xin, the truth is I do know you. I have admired you for a long time, and so in your presence I lose my head a little and say things that don't make sense. I beg your pardon!" Kang Jingming was worthy of his name as a veteran of the field of love; once he had steadied himself, a few words were enough to shift the blame for his blunders.
In this way it became entirely a matter of Guan Xin being so beautiful that Kang Jingming was bewitched and thus reduced to gibbering. Had she been a rather more vain girl, she would likely have been delighted and would not have held his earlier mistakes against him!
But there was only Wei Zhao in Guan Xin's eyes, no place at all for Kang Jingming. So his words could only make her more disgusted. She frowned, so faintly it was scarcely noticeable, and, no longer wishing to see Kang Jingming, lowered her head.
Seeing Guan Xin ignore him and lower her head instead, Kang Jingming assumed his words had made her shy. A girl who had never had a boyfriend would always be shy — so Kang Jingming took Guan Xin to be the same.
And he had already administered enough of the strong medicine for one day; say much more, and Kang Jingming feared Guan Xin might not be able to take it all at once. So he had no choice but to say, "Guan Xin, I have a few things to see to today — a friend is expecting me, so I'll be off. I was rather out of form today. There were reasons, but it was hardly proper all the same. Another day I shall certainly call on you to apologize!"
Kang Jingming was rather pleased with himself: not only had he offered his apology, but he had also advanced by retreating, planting an excuse for their next meeting. Now he had every legitimate reason to go to the hospital and seek out Guan Xin.
Guan Xin had offered no response whatsoever, nor had she so much as glanced at Kang Jingming. Only after he had gone did she turn to Wei Zhao with a touch of embarrassment and say, "I don't even know him..."