Chapter 855 — Guan Xin's Father

"Isn't all that just stating the obvious? I know that much!" Kang Zhaoming snapped. "What I need right now is a practical solution, not this kind of theoretical analysis! I don't have any time left, do you understand? My family is pressing me hard. If I really fail to obtain the formula this time, my standing in the Kang family will plummet. Without me backing you two idiots, you won't be throwing your weight around like this anymore either!"

"Well..." Wang Shubin and Zhu Xiaozhang finally realized how serious the situation was. Indeed, if Kang Zhaoming lost favor within the Kang family, there was no way his two lackeys could continue enjoying the influence they wielded now.

At that thought, Wang Shubin drew a deep breath and began racking his brains for a solution.

Seeing him think, Kang Zhaoming did not disturb him. Of the two, Wang Shubin was the only one who could truly be called a strategist, so everything depended on him.

"I've got it!" Wang Shubin suddenly exclaimed, struck by an inspiration. "Young Master Kang, everything we've seen suggests that Guan Xin is the good-girl type. Girls like that usually listen to their families. So if we formally approach the Guan family with a marriage proposal, there should be a fair chance of success! Think about it. You're the grandson of Divine Physician Kang, and Guan Xin is the granddaughter of Doctor Guan. That would be a powerful alliance between two equally matched families. I doubt Guan Xuedmin would object, don't you?"

"Your idea does have some merit, but you need to understand that I'm not pursuing Guan Xin because I want to marry her. I only want to use her to get the Guan family's formulas. If I can have a little fun with her along the way, great. If not, it doesn't matter. But marriage is absolutely out of the question!" Kang Zhaoming said. "Once I've extracted the formulas from her, how could I possibly marry her? And even a sham marriage would require my grandfather to make an appearance. I can't just blunder over to Guan Xuedmin and ask for his daughter's hand myself. Do you really think he'd believe me?"

"Well..." Wang Shubin hesitated. "Why don't you pay him a visit and say that you merely want to spend more time with Guan Xin and become friends? It wouldn't be a formal proposal, but it would still serve as a hint. Surely Guan Xuedmin wouldn't reject you outright. Then you could approach Guan Xin openly and legitimately, couldn't you?"

"Hmm... That makes sense!" Kang Zhaoming nodded. "But I'm not acquainted with Guan Xuedmin, and I've never even met him. What if he objects?"

"Well... I don't think you're making a formal proposal, Young Master Kang. You're only asking to become friends with Guan Xin. For the sake of appearances, Guan Xuedmin shouldn't reject you outright. As long as he doesn't refuse, there's still room to maneuver," Wang Shubin said. "Of course, if Guan Xuedmin strongly opposes it, then even if you manage to win Guan Xin over, he'll do everything he can to break you apart. And he certainly won't willingly hand the prescription over to Guan Xin!"

"That's true! In the end, everything hinges on the Guan family's attitude. So shall we pay Guan Xuedmin a visit?" Kang Zhaoming nodded. "I need to discuss it with my family first. We can't show up empty-handed. We ought to bring some gifts."

As the three men talked, the hospital's workday came to an end. Guan Xin and Li Xiaomei walked out of the hospital. When they were nearing the entrance, Guan Xin said to Li Xiaomei, "Xiaomei, take the commuter shuttle home today. I have something else to do..."

"Oh? You have a date?" Li Xiaomei was slightly taken aback, then gave Guan Xin a teasing smile. "Don't tell me it's with that Kang Zhaoming?"

"As if!" Guan Xin shot her a glare. "I wouldn't go on a date with him if you paid me. Stop imagining things. My father is in Songshan City on business, and he's coming to pick me up tonight."

"Heh, so that's what it is!" Li Xiaomei nodded. "Isn't he the legendary major shareholder? Shouldn't the director be coming out to welcome him?"

"My father is only passing through. He isn't coming to the hospital for some grand inspection, so why would anyone notify the director?" Guan Xin could not help laughing helplessly. "All right, I'm off!"

After saying that, Guan Xin ran toward an Audi A6L parked near the hospital entrance. The car had been discreetly left some distance from the entrance and had not driven into the hospital grounds, so no one had realized that it belonged to Guan Xiaoxiang, one of the hospital's shareholders.

"Young Master Kang, Guan Xin's coming over..." Wang Shubin reminded Kang Zhaoming when he spotted her.

"Oh? She isn't taking the commuter shuttle?" Kang Zhaoming was startled. His original plan had been to wait until Guan Xin boarded the shuttle, then have the three of them follow behind in their car without drawing attention. Once they had confirmed that she was home, they would go to the Guan residence and pay a visit. But he had not expected Guan Xin to skip the shuttle. Could she have somewhere else to go today?

"No... Wait, Young Master Kang, she's getting into that Audi A6L. It has a Songshan City license plate..." Zhu Xiaozhang cried out, pointing in the direction Guan Xin had run.

"A Songshan City license plate? Could Guan Xin be going to meet a lover?" Kang Zhaoming's expression immediately darkened. The driver of a black Audi A6L was almost certainly a man, and from the light inside the car when Guan Xin opened the door, it was clear enough that the driver was male.

"I don't think so. The man looks fairly old..." Zhu Xiaozhang had sharp eyes and hurriedly pointed this out.

"Then is she someone's mistress?" Zhu Xiaozhang would have done better to keep quiet. His words made Kang Zhaoming's expression turn even uglier. "Find out who owns that car! Gah! This is infuriating!"

Kang Zhaoming felt as though he had suffered a tremendous humiliation. He had originally assumed that Guan Xin had rejected his advances because she was too pure, as blank as a sheet of paper, and had never been in love before, making her instinctively wary. But now it seemed that perhaps that was not the case at all.

Zhu Xiaozhang and Wang Shubin had no connections in Songshan City, but thanks to Kang Zhaoming, they knew plenty of people in Donghai City. After making a single phone call, they obtained the car's information from a friend in the insurance business.

"Young Master Kang, this car belongs to Mingyang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..." Zhu Xiaozhang reported the result to Kang Zhaoming.

"Mingyang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.? Why does that name sound so familiar?" Kang Zhaoming frowned and repeated the name under his breath.

"I remember now, Young Master Kang. Isn't Mingyang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Guan Xin's father's company?" Wang Shubin had carefully studied Guan Xin's background before. When Kang Zhaoming had first decided to pursue her, Wang Shubin had been responsible for gathering information, and Kang Zhaoming had seen the report as well. That was why the name seemed familiar to him too.

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