Chapter 857 — Guan Xin Has a Marriage Engagement?!
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"This has nothing to do with you!" Guan Xiaopeng waved a hand. "Strictly speaking, you're Old Master Kang's grandson and my junior, so I ought to give you a chance. But I can't. Why? Because Xin-xin has been engaged to someone else since childhood. It was the sort of betrothal arranged before either of them was even born. So whether or not I approve of you has nothing to do with it. Guan Xin already has a fiance. How could I let her date you as well? That simply isn't realistic!"
"She already has a fiance?" Kang Jingming's face instantly turned green. He had assumed Guan Xiaopeng had heard about his bad reputation and that this was why he had refused him. He had never imagined it was for this reason. If the problem had been with him, Kang Jingming was confident he could have solved it. But now the problem lay with Guan Xin. How was he supposed to solve that? Guan Xiaopeng had made it perfectly clear: Guan Xin already had a fiance. No matter how hard Kang Jingming tried, would any of it still matter?
Guan Xin and Guan Xiaopeng had already shut him out. No matter what else he said, there was no way he could make Guan Xiaopeng change his mind.
Kang Jingming did not think Guan Xiaopeng was deliberately deceiving him. There was no need to lie about something like this. Given Guan Xiaopeng's status, if he wanted to refuse, he could simply refuse; he had no need to invent an excuse to fob him off. The Kang family had yet to become a true aristocratic clan, so it was only natural that Guan Xiaopeng would feel no obligation to spare his feelings.
Thus, Kang Jingming believed him, and his hopes died completely. Guan Xin already had a fiance, so there was no chance whatsoever that she would ever be with him. He sighed and said helplessly, "In that case, I'll take my leave, Uncle Guan. Sorry to have disturbed you..."
"Kang Jingming, you're Old Master Kang's grandson, born into a family of physicians, and you're an outstanding young man yourself. You don't need to hang yourself from a single tree, do you? Xin-xin is already engaged, and that can't be changed. I hope you'll be able to see things clearly," Guan Xiaopeng advised him. After all, Kang Jingming was Divine Physician Kang's grandson, and Guan Xiaopeng was willing to show him some consideration.
Hearing Guan Xiaopeng offer him consolation made Kang Jingming even more certain that he was telling the truth. Then the malicious scheme in his heart suddenly surfaced, and his eyes lit up. Putting on a puzzled expression, he said, "I've heard that Guan Xin is very close to someone named Wei Zhao. Could he be her fiance?"
Kang Jingming knew perfectly well that Wei Zhao could not possibly be Guan Xin's fiance. He had said it deliberately in an attempt to drive a wedge between them.
"Oh? Wei Zhao?" Guan Xiaopeng's expression turned displeased. Wei Zhao again? Was there really something going on between Guan Xin and Wei Zhao? Still, he naturally had no intention of discussing his daughter in front of Kang Jingming. He merely said淡淡地? Need no Chinese. "That isn't something you need to concern yourself with."
Kang Jingming sneered inwardly. Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao... So you dared to cross me. If I can't have the woman I want, you can forget about having her either! Heh heh! Outwardly, however, he remained perfectly composed. "All right, then, Uncle Guan. In that case, I'll be going."
"Then I won't see you out. Take care." Now that Guan Xiaopeng knew the purpose of Kang Jingming's visit, he had no desire to cultivate any further relationship with him.
When Guan Xin saw her father and Kang Jingming enter the study, she grew somewhat anxious. She had no idea what Kang Jingming intended to say to him. So, once they were inside, she crept over to the study door on tiptoe and carefully listened to the conversation within.