護花近衛 - 第677章 背心哥 - 清風書屋

"Oh? You have an idea? Out with it, then -- if it really works, a little hardship won't kill me!" Kang Jingming did not care for hardship; to his mind, chasing women was pure pleasure, and the smoother the better. What was the point of suffering for it? That was just asking for trouble. He would rather give up on a woman altogether -- there were plenty of targets out there, it wasn't as if women had run out.

But Guan Xin was different. Winning Guan Xin over and extracting the secret formula of the Guan Medical Group was Kang Jingming's present mission; whether he could secure a favorable position within the family later on rose and fell on this single move. Kang Jinglong might not be showing much hostility toward him at the moment, but Kang Jingming knew perfectly well that if he remained a good-for-nothing, then once the old man was gone, Kang Jinglong would never show him a decent face again.

"Young Master Ming, think about it -- Guan Xin is a nurse at the First Hospital, isn't she?" Wang Shubin began to lay out his analysis.

"Isn't that just stating the obvious? Asking what you already know?" Kang Jingming was a little put out. "Of course she's a nurse at the First Hospital! Didn't I already tell you that?"

"Young Master Ming, hear me out before you talk!" Wang Shubin said. "Guan Xin is a nurse at the First Hospital -- so tell me, who are the people she comes into contact with most in her daily work?"

"Doctors?" Kang Jingming thought it over. "My God, you're not suggesting I become a doctor, are you? I've got no interest in that!"

"Young Master Ming, how could becoming a doctor be something done overnight?" Wang Shubin smiled bitterly. "Even I, Wang Shubin, your humble military adviser, wouldn't come up with a plan that lousy!"

"Oh? Then what do you mean?" Hearing that he was not being asked to become a doctor, Kang Jingming relaxed.

"Patients! A nurse's greatest contact each day is of course with patients, so what I mean is for you to become a patient, Young Master Ming!" Wang Shubin said.

"You want me to fake an illness and get close to Guan Xin that way?" Kang Jingming's eyes lit up at once. What a fine idea -- why hadn't he thought of it before? If he became a patient, wouldn't he then have a legitimate reason to be near Guan Xin every day?

"Faking it definitely won't do -- like you said, Guan Xin's no fool. If you faked an illness, she'd see through it in a glance!" Wang Shubin waved his hand. "If you're going to be sick, then you have to be truly sick. That's why I said this would involve some suffering!"

"Truly sick... mm, now that is an idea!" Kang Jingming nodded. "So how do you propose I get sick?"

"That... generally speaking, an ordinary fever or cold is enough to get you admitted -- so long as you're willing to spend the money, the hospital has no reason to refuse, does it?" Wang Shubin said after a moment's thought.

"Fine, then let it be a fever or a cold -- that's easier too. As for other illnesses, even wanting one wouldn't make catching it easy!" Kang Jingming also thought that only after being admitted could he legitimately come into contact with Guan Xin. "But the weather... catching a cold isn't going to be easy in this, is it?"

Kang Jingming looked out the car window at the brilliant sunshine. April already, the weather was quite warm; catching a cold seemed no simple matter.

"Which is why I said this would involve some suffering!" Wang Shubin said. "I know of an ice rink nearby -- Young Master Ming, shall we go sit for a while?"

"Let's do it!" Kang Jingming gritted his teeth. For the sake of chasing a woman, for the sake of his standing in the family, he would endure it! This time it had to succeed -- a little hardship was nothing.

And so Kang Jingming and his party swept grandly into the ice rink, and beneath the utterly astonished gazes of the crowd, walked onto the ice.