Chapter 791 — Compensating Five Hundred Thousand
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"Xiao Fen, I really came today with the sincerest intent to apologize, and I want to do everything in my power to give you some necessary compensation!" Kang Jingming said. "On my way here just now, I passed the shantytown and saw what looked like a demolition mobilization meeting being held outside? Your home's being demolished, isn't it? Buying a new place will cost money too. Why don't you let me in first and we can talk?"
"What do you mean? You want to give me money?" Xiao Fen found it somewhat unbelievable. She had already seen Kang Jingming's wolfish heart and dogish lungs for what they were. The notion that Kang Jingming had come to bring her money—she could scarcely bring herself to believe it.
"That's right. I hurt you before. I was in the wrong. Look at you—your leg's ruined now, and medical treatment costs money too. I'm prepared to pay you a lump sum, as atonement for what I did before!" Kang Jingming nodded.
"Really?" Xiao Fen still didn't quite believe it, because Kang Jingming's words and behavior today were simply too bizarre—he was a completely different person from the Kang Jingming of before.
"Of course it's real!" Kang Jingming nodded. "Xiao Fen, don't doubt my sincerity. Look, it's not good for me to be standing here at the door, and you don't want outsiders hearing about what happened between us, do you? That wouldn't be good at all. You've got your own life now—these shameful matters, let's discuss them inside, shall we?"
"Whatever you have to say, say it here. Everyone in this building has gone to the demolition mobilization meeting—there's no one here but me." Xiao Fen still showed no intention of letting Kang Jingming in.
"Is that so... then fine!" Kang Jingming thought that since everyone was gone, talking here would be the same, so he continued: "Xiao Fen, we're adults now. As for the things we did before, who was right and who was wrong, let's not bring it up. I'll compensate you with five hundred thousand in one go. What do you say?"
"Five hundred thousand?" Xiao Fen was badly startled. That Kang Jingming should propose compensation at all had already struck her as somewhat incredible; now he was suddenly offering to compensate her with a huge sum of five hundred thousand. Xiao Fen genuinely began to suspect Kang Jingming's motives.
"That's right. However, after you take this money, we'll also need to sign a brief agreement. I hope that the matter between us, you won't go spreading to others anymore, including the people around you and so on..." Kang Jingming said. "After all, your current boyfriend is my cousin. If you keep bringing these things up, it won't reflect well on our Kang family..."
"Is that all?" Xiao Fen remained somewhat suspicious. Kang Jingming's reasoning was plausible enough, but the key question was—was there anyone in the Kang family who still didn't know about this? At the birthday banquet last time, hadn't Kang Jingming himself seemed to expose his own shame by bringing the matter up?
"That's right. If you don't believe me, take a look at our agreement first. As long as you can do these few things, then the five hundred thousand is yours!" As he spoke, Kang Jingming took an agreement out of his bag and handed it to Xiao Fen.
Xiao Fen took the agreement and looked it over. It really did contain what Kang Jingming had said—just that she was not to pursue the matter of the past, and not to mention it to others again. That was all, and she would receive Kang Jingming's one-time compensation of five hundred thousand yuan.
In fact, Xiao Fen had no intention of pursuing Kang Jingming at all. What happened before was her own fault for being foolish. Even if she truly wanted to pursue it, what could she do to Kang Jingming? In this sort of affair, one was willing to hit and the other willing to take the blow—she couldn't pursue it even if she wanted to!