Chapter 793 — Kang Jingming's True Purpose
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Kang Jingming was seething inwardly. What kind of attitude was this? I've come to give you money, and this is how you treat me? Absolutely unreasonable!
But seeing that neither Kang Xiaofeng nor Xiaofen seemed inclined to speak, it was clear Wei Zhao was still the one in charge here. If he wanted to achieve his goal, he had no choice but to talk to Wei Zhao. So he said, "I feel I wronged Xiaofen in the past, so this time I've come to make it up to her with some money — as a way of atoning for my mistakes..."
"You say all that, and you expect me to believe it?" Wei Zhao gave a cold laugh. "Enough. Just tell me what you're really after. Xiaofen doesn't need your compensation."
"Uh..." Kang Jingming was struck dumb for a moment. He had not expected Wei Zhao to be so unyielding, yet he truly could not leave now even if they wanted him gone. He had not achieved his goal yet — how could he go? In other words, the money had to be given out today, no matter what.
Kang Xiaofeng and Xiaofen, standing off to the side, were also taken aback by Wei Zhao's hard line. At this rate, wasn't he just driving Kang Jingming away? Hadn't he said just before that they should take the money?
Still, since Wei Zhao was the one calling the shots here, they did not interrupt and simply waited for him to handle it.
"All right, then. Our Kang family is about to be elevated to a great clan, so I don't want any gossip about me floating around out there!" Kang Jingming pondered for a moment, then said, "I want Xiaofen to stop mentioning what happened between her and me to outsiders — especially in public places, like at the hospital, and with the nurses and so on. Just don't talk about it..."
Wei Zhao listened to Kang Jingming's half-true, half-false speech, and only when he reached that last sentence did he understand the man's true aim. The hospital nurses? Didn't that mean Guan Xin? Wei Zhao sneered inwardly. This creature wanted to court Guan Xin, but feared she might learn of the sordid things he had done before. Add to that his having likely noticed that Xiaofen and Guan Xin knew each other, and that was why he had come to Xiaofen to buy her silence. This five hundred thousand was, in effect, hush money.
"There, wasn't that simple? If you've got a purpose, just say it straight — it's hush money, isn't it? Fine, we'll take it." Wei Zhao waved a hand and said with some impatience, "Where's the money?"
"It's early in the morning, I had nowhere to withdraw cash, but it's already deposited on a bank card." Kang Jingming fished a bank card out of his pocket and said to Wei Zhao.
"On a bank card? How are we supposed to know whether there's actually money on it?" Wei Zhao retorted, unconvinced.
"That... you can go check at the bank. There's one just nearby," Kang Jingming said.
"Fine, then. We'll go to the bank and check first. If there really is money in there, we'll come back and sign the agreement!" Wei Zhao took the bank card from Kang Jingming's hand and said to him.
"How about I go with you?" Kang Jingming was somewhat uneasy.
"This is Xiaofen's home. Are you afraid we won't come back?" Wei Zhao said with a laugh.
"That..." Kang Jingming hesitated, but then reflected that he was sitting right there in Xiaofen's house — even if the monk ran, the temple couldn't, and in the end they would still have to come back, wouldn't they? So he nodded and said, "All right then. Go quickly and come back quickly. I'll wait here for you!"