Chapter 1447 — An Appointment with Guan Xin
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Guan Xin had met Qiu Lingshan again later, when she was kidnapped by the killers sent to murder Liu Bojia, but it had only been a hurried statement and they had never grown close. All she knew was that Qiu Lingshan came from the Song family, was close to Brother Yang Huaijun, and was apparently his junior sister.
"Hello, Officer Song." Much as Guan Xin disliked her, she was a thoughtful girl. Since Qiu Lingshan was standing together with Wei Zhaodian, ignoring her would only embarrass him, so Guan Xin greeted her all the same.
"Guan Xin, right? I remember you." Qiu Lingshan smiled and nodded to her.
Qiu Lingshan no longer had the energy to feel jealous over every pretty woman who appeared beside Wei Zhaodian. There were simply too many to envy. All she hoped for now was that he would pay a little more attention to her.
Born into a great family, she did not fuss much over such things, and that was one reason she could take it in stride.
"Wei Zhaodian, what brings you to the hospital? Are you sick, or are you here to see a friend?" Guan Xin asked.
"To see a friend," Wei Zhaodian said. "How have you been? I have not visited your home for a while. How is Grandpa Guan?"
"Mm... Grandpa is well..." At the mention of her grandfather, a quiet sadness came over Guan Xin. Lately her grandfather had seen clearly that Wei Zhaodian would neither inherit his craft nor become the Guan family's grandson-in-law, yet Guan Xuewen refused to be left without a successor, so he meant to send Guan Xin to an old friend for further training in traditional Chinese medicine, hoping the Guan family's medical lineage would live on.
But Guan Xin did not much want to leave. For one thing, she did not see herself as doctor material. Being a nurse suited her well enough. At home she helped Guan Xuewen sort and brew medicine, work she knew by heart, but when it came to healing and saving lives on her own, she had no confidence at all.
For another, it would mean leaving Songshan City. Although Wei Zhaodian had already refused quite plainly and would never become the Guan family's grandson-in-law, Guan Xin only wished to guard her own small, quiet happiness, which was to watch him and think of him from afar. Even if they seldom met, they were still in the same city, and now and then their paths might cross, just as they had now...
So Guan Xin did not want to go, yet she did not want to disappoint her grandfather either. She knew he had devoted his life to the study of medicine and hoped his descendants would achieve something in the same field, but she was only an ordinary nurse, and that had left Guan Xuewen deeply disappointed.
Before, Guan Xuewen had doted on Guan Xin and said little about it, but after meeting Wei Zhaodian and talking with him, he felt his granddaughter ought to learn something more. Otherwise she would only fall further behind Wei Zhaodian, and the distance between them would grow wider still.
Guan Xuewen understood what was in Guan Xin's heart, and he himself hoped to bring her and Wei Zhaodian together, which was why he had made this decision and hinted as much to her.
Guan Xin, however, felt that no matter what she became, Wei Zhaodian would never choose her. He already had someone he loved, whom she had met, a very pretty and youthful girl. Why should she wreck another person's happiness?
As for studying, Guan Xin truly felt she was not cut out for it, so she was torn. Seeing Wei Zhaodian now, she suddenly felt an urge to pour her heart out.
"All right... I will go see my friend first, and in the next couple of days I will come pay Grandpa Guan a visit." Since he was about to leave, Wei Zhaodian naturally meant to call on Guan Xuewen, and he also needed to brief Fatty Lai about the pharmaceutical company.
"Mm... Wei Zhaodian... do you... have a moment later?" Guan Xin bit her lip and finally asked.