Chapter 1018 — The Kang Family's Attitude Toward the Xiao Family
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
After all, the Yu family had also suffered losses recently. If at the great clan assembly the Yu family were so badly weakened that they kept a low profile and let the Xiao family off for the time being, or if, sharing the same enemies as the Xiao family, they came to feel a kinship of shared fate, then the Xiao family would still have value to exploit!
But Kang Jingming knew that nothing he said now would be of any use. He could only let his grandfather believe that he simply wanted to bed and toy with Wang Xinyan; and, of course, that was indeed what he wanted.
Now that the Kang family had settled on how to deal with the Xiao family, there was no longer any need to be evasive.
Kang Guifeng went straight out of the Kang family villa and walked toward the Xiao brothers.
Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben had waited a long while at the gate of the Kang family villa. They had already sent someone in to announce them, yet after waiting half an hour, no one from the Kang family had come out, and they could not help growing fretful.
"Second Brother, do you think the Kang family might refuse to see us? Damn it, what snobs they are! When the Xiao family was at its height, they scrambled to ingratiate themselves with us, but the moment we run into a bit of trouble, this is how they treat us!" Xiao Ji had a coarse temper, and having waited until his patience ran out, he began to curse and carry on. "How long has it been now? Half an hour, isn't it? And still no one has come out? What the hell is the Kang family playing at?"
"..." Xiao Ben looked at his furious elder brother and gave a faint sigh. "Elder Brother, be patient a little! Is it merely 'a bit of trouble' the Xiao family has run into now? Uncle Pi has become a vegetable, the one support our family had is gone, and we still owe that brat Wei Zhao a mountain of debt. We are tangled in troubles now, so it is only natural that the Kang family does not wish to see us!"
"Natural? I call it shameless snobbery!" Xiao Ji snorted. "What sort of people are they?"
"Elder Brother, someone is coming! Stop shouting!" Xiao Ben had sharp eyes, and seeing the villa's gate stir, he hurriedly checked Xiao Ji from cursing any further, lest they give offense.
Hearing that someone was coming, Xiao Ji promptly shut his mouth. He had only been venting his spleen to gain a cheap satisfaction from it; now that the Kang family was truly coming out, he dared not curse any longer. After all, they had come to beg a favor of these people, not the other way around.
What the Xiao brothers had not expected, however, was that the one coming out of the villa was none other than Kang Guifeng, eldest son of Divine Doctor Kang and father of Kang Jinglong, who was betrothed to Wang Xinyan! Xiao Ben's heart eased. If they would send a personage of such weight to receive the two brothers, then there was still hope after all!
At that thought, he hurried forward with a smile on his face. "Brother Kang, that you should come out to receive us in person—truly, we are unworthy of such an honor!"
Xiao Ji was taken aback as well. He had not expected Kang Guifeng to come out and greet them in person, and so the resentment in his heart dwindled considerably all at once. He hurried forward to meet him. "Brother Kang!"
"I wonder what brings the two Xiao brothers to my Kang house?" Kang Guifeng's expression, however, was none too friendly. He addressed Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben in a voice utterly cold, as though he were not in the least acquainted with them!