Chapter 2415 — An Answer That Missed the Question
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Kang Jinglong was seething with frustration, yet he dared not meet Wei Zhao's eyes. True, the Kang family's confidence was now极度 inflated — but that was under the hidden You family's coaxing. Kang Jingming, for his part, remained cautious and had given no clear support, which was why Kang Jinglong dared not confront Wei Zhao head-on!
But neither was he afraid of Wei Zhao. His purpose in coming this time was not to oppose Wei Zhao, but simply to take his fiancée back from Wei Zhao's side and thereby humiliate him! After all, he had right on his side — he and Wang Xinyan were bound by an engagement — and within the instructor's class, he believed Wei Zhao would not dare lay a hand on him. That was the rule.
In truth, this was also the mentality of one long suppressed who now fancied himself vindicated! The Kang family had never drawn a single easy breath under Wei Zhao's relentless pressure! Ever since Wei Zhao appeared with Kang** and that** at the Divine Physician Kang's birthday banquet, the Kang family had been on the decline. Now, if they could win back a single round, it would be enough to lift the spirits of the entire clan.
Having reasoned this through, Kang Jinglong paid no heed to Wei Zhao's icy gaze and strode toward You Panhu's seat! Today You Panhu was sitting by himself, his underlings Yellow Hair and Purple Hair seated behind him, having deliberately vacated the spot for Kang Jinglong.
Once Kang Jinglong had settled into his seat, the instructor began his lecture.
Wei Zhao did not take him seriously at all, but Wang Xinyan was plainly ill at ease, a faint, flickering worry playing across her face.
"Xinyan, you don't really want to marry Kang Jinglong, do you?" Wei Zhao, sensing her unease, ventured to ask.
"Ah!" Wang Xinyan gave a start. She had not expected Wei Zhao to ask such a thing so suddenly, and it left her at a loss for an answer… She had thought that when facing Wei Zhao, she would steel her heart, put on an air of perfect composure, and deceive him — tell him she did not like him, that she was already engaged, that they were nothing more than good friends!
But when the words reached her lips, they were nowhere near as crisp as what she had said to Gu Mengyao the day before. She stammered, unable to find the right words; to deceive Wei Zhao was something she simply could not bring herself to do.
So Wang Xinyan found herself in a bit of a quandary. After hesitating for a long while, she said, "Wei Zhao, the two of us are good friends. An upright person has no fear of crooked shadows. Kang Jinglong may be my fiancé, but that doesn't give him the right to make trouble for me, and I won't allow him to restrict my freedom to make friends."
"That…" Faced with Wang Xinyan's answer that missed the question entirely, Wei Zhao was caught between laughter and tears — yet at the same time, he found Wang Xinyan's true feelings more baffling than ever! By any reasonable account, if Wang Xinyan had a fiancé and her heart truly leaned toward him, then she could not possibly be so close to Wei Zhao, let alone sit beside him in class!
But if she did not like Kang Jinglong, then why marry him? And why keep insisting she had a fiancé, stressing that she and Wei Zhao were merely friends?
"Let's get to the lesson. You've been absent for so long — you must have fallen far behind. Here are the notes I took earlier; copy them out," Wang Xinyan said, pushing her class notes over to Wei Zhao and speaking in a calm voice.