Chapter 676 — A Bad Start
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Guan Xin neither approved nor disapproved of Li Xiaomei's dream, for everyone had their own way of living. Li Xiaomei's family circumstances were poor, so it was only natural that she wanted to find a meal ticket for the rest of her life. And if Guan Xin wanted to find someone who truly loved her, that too was her own freedom.
"So, if even you can see he's no good, how could I possibly accept his flowers?" Guan Xin shook her head. "All right, let's get back to work. The head nurse will be here any minute, and we'll be in for a scolding!"
"You're a young lady of a great house -- who'd dare scold you? Do you still want to go on working here?" Li Xiaomei and Guan Xin had been classmates, so she knew something of Guan Xin's family background: that Guan Xin's father was a major shareholder in the hospital, and her grandfather the famous physician Guan Xuewen.
"Ha, no one else knows who I am, and even if they did, it wouldn't do to ask for special treatment." With that, Guan Xin set to work. "If you don't want your bonus, by all means keep daydreaming."
"All right, all right, I'm coming!" Li Xiaomei hurried to fall in with Guan Xin's work. "Until I land myself a rich man, I still care very much about that bonus!"
Kang Jingming walked out of the hospital in a foul mood and got into a Porsche Cayenne, where his two lackeys, Zhu Xiaozhang and Wang Shubin, were both waiting.
"Young Master Ming, how did it go? Did you give her the flowers?" Zhu Xiaozhang asked.
"Xiaozhang, isn't that a question with an obvious answer? Can't you see the young master's come back empty-handed? They must have been given to her!" Wang Shubin said.
"Damn it, don't even mention it -- a bad start again, curse the luck!" Kang Jingming waved his hand irritably and dropped into the passenger seat.
"What's wrong, Young Master Ming? Your flowers..." Zhu Xiaozhang blinked in surprise when he heard Kang Jingming start cursing.
"The flowers were delivered, all right -- to the hospital!" Kang Jingming said, thoroughly annoyed. "This girl won't take the bait. She's a real piece of work, I tell you. Looks all soft and gentle, but she's sharp as they come. Damn it, she sent me packing and stuck the flowers straight into a vase in the hospital corridor!"
"What?" Zhu Xiaozhang and Wang Shubin exchanged glances. They had assumed that once Kang Jingming made his move, the girl would be his for the taking; who would have thought he would strike out twice in a row?
"Next time, it seems I'll have to find another way to get close to her. These chance encounters are too clumsy -- they won't fool her!" Kang Jingming waved a hand. "Let's think it over and see if we can find a better approach. Everyone, pool your ideas and give me a suggestion!"
"Well... when we chased girls before, didn't we always just throw money at them?" Zhu Xiaozhang racked his brains but could not come up with any good plan. He was usually arrogant in his dealings and free with his cash, so plenty of gold-diggers had hooked up with him.
"Idiot, Guan Xin is obviously not a gold-digger. Her family has money too -- she's not short of cash at all. Those old tricks won't work!" Kang Jingming shot Zhu Xiaozhang an annoyed glare. "Can't you say something constructive?"