"It must be him. If not, then it's her father's driver!" Wang Shubin nodded. "Young Master Kang, it just occurred to me — if you go and visit Guan Xin's father, Guan Xiaoxiang, it should be far more effective than visiting Guan Xuedmin!"

"Oh? How so?" Kang Zhaoming asked quickly.

"Young Master Kang, doesn't your family's Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company have partnerships with a great many hospitals? The First People's Hospital and the Second People's Hospital both do — and aren't those both companies belonging to Guan Xin's old man?" Zhu Xiaozhang cut in. "That being the case, Guan Xiaoxiang, constrained by his partnership with the Kang family, definitely won't openly offend you, Young Master Kang. As long as he agrees to let you have contact with Guan Xin, you'll have achieved your goal." "Hmm, that makes sense. Let's go! Get in the car. We'll follow them and see where they're headed!" Kang Zhaoming said with a nod.

Guan Xiaoxiang had never studied surveillance or counter-surveillance, so he never noticed that a Porsche Cayenne had slowly fallen in behind him. He chatted with Guan Xin as though nothing were amiss. "Xinxin, is work busy? Are you tired?"

"It's all right. Sometimes I get a little tired, but I like this job," Guan Xin said with a nod.

"If you find it tiring, why not come work at Dad's company? You can't be a nurse your whole life, can you?" Guan Xiaoxiang said with a smile. He had always wanted Guan Xin to join his company, but she had never agreed.

"No. I want to stay here with Grandpa," Guan Xin said, shaking her head.

Guan Xiaoxiang sighed and dropped the subject, asking instead, "Is *** in good health?"

"Pretty good. Lately, with the company business, Grandpa's been in a fine mood too," Guan Xin said.

"A company? You keep an eye on your grandfather for me. He's never done business in his life — don't let him get cheated and lose his reputation over it!" Guan Xiaoxiang was somewhat displeased to hear of his father starting a company. Back when he had gone out to start his own business, he too had wanted to use his father's name as a springboard to make something of himself. "Especially that Wei Zhao fellow — so young, and who knows what talent he has, yet your grandfather praises him so highly!"

But when he had voiced that idea, his father had rebuked him sternly, saying he feared his son would be cheated by friends and drag his own reputation down with him! In the end, only thanks to the help of a benefactor had he managed to build his business up; otherwise he might not even have been able to marry his girlfriend — Guan Xin's mother!

At the time, Guan Xin's mother's family had opposed the match with all their might! So whenever he thought of it, Guan Xiaoxiang felt as if a thorn were lodged in his heart. Though so much time had passed, there was still a certain estrangement between father and son; they cared for each other, yet they were not close.

"That's not true. Wei Zhao is a good person. He wouldn't cheat Grandpa." Hearing her father say this, Guan Xin instinctively defended Wei Zhao — though the moment the words left her mouth, she felt she had been a little too quick, and her face flushed.

Seeing his daughter's expression, Guan Xiaoxiang frowned at once. Could it be that his daughter had taken a fancy to Wei Zhao?

Guan Xiaoxiang did not pursue the topic further. The car slowly drove into Songshan Medical and Pharmaceutical University, and he parked in front of his father's villa. Though the relationship between father and son seemed less than harmonious, every time Guan Xiaoxiang came back on business, he would still go home to visit Guan Xuedmin.

Guan Xuedmin's relationship with his son had been like this for years, and by now he was used to it. Seeing his son return, he nodded, said little, and went back to the study to continue with his own affairs.

Guan Xiaoxiang, meanwhile, sat on the sofa in the living room, chatting idly with Guan Xin about matters at the hospital.

Kang Zhaoming followed Guan Xiaoxiang's car all the way to the gate of Guan Xuedmin's villa. In order to pursue Guan Xin, he had gone out of his way to buy a forged medical university pass, just so he could come and go through the family residential area with ease.

"Young Master Kang, it looks like that man must be Guan Xin's father. If he were a driver, he couldn't have gotten into the villa. Shall we pay a visit tonight?" Wang Shubin asked.

"Yes. Let's go buy some gifts first, then pay a visit," Kang Zhaoming said. Now that he had confirmed the man was Guan Xin's father, Guan Xiaoxiang, he felt greatly reassured.

Carrying some fine cigarettes and liquor, with Wang Shubin pushing his wheelchair, Kang Zhaoming arrived at the villa gate and rang the bell at Guan Xuedmin's home.

Zhu Xiaozhang had been left behind to keep watch in the car; his temperament made him unsuitable to bring inside.

Nanny Liu opened the door. Seeing Kang Zhaoming in his wheelchair and Wang Shubin pushing him, she was briefly startled. "May I ask, are you here to see Professor Guan for treatment?"

"No. This young master... er, I am Kang Zhaoming, the second grandson of Divine Physician Kang of Donghai. I've come specifically to visit President Guan Xiaoxiang," Kang Zhaoming said.

"Oh, then please wait a moment. I'll go ask for you." Nanny Liu nodded. She did not open the outer iron gate, but turned and went straight back into the living room.

"Nanny Liu, who's come?" Guan Xiaoxiang asked, puzzled that she had not brought anyone in.

"Mr. Guan, there's a man who says he's Kang Zhaoming, the second grandson of Divine Physician Kang of Donghai, here to visit you. What do you think?" Nanny Liu said.

"Oh? Someone from the Kang family?" Guan Xiaoxiang was taken aback. "I'll go take a look."

Guan Xin's expression changed. She had not expected Kang Zhaoming to dare show up at their door. What was he scheming now? She was about to tell her father not to go, but seeing that he had already risen, she held her tongue, thinking: let him come in — it might be just as well to make things clear to him!

Guan Xiaoxiang went to the door with Nanny Liu. Seeing Kang Zhaoming sitting in his wheelchair, he could not help but start. He had never met Kang Zhaoming, but he had also never imagined that Kang Zhaoming would arrive in a wheelchair. He could not resist asking, "You're Kang Zhaoming? What's happened to you?"

"Uncle Guan, hello. I am Kang Zhaoming!" Seeing that Guan Xiaoxiang had come out to receive him, Kang Zhaoming said hurriedly, "I just got hit by something a couple of days ago, that's all. It's nothing serious — an ordinary bone fracture. I'll be fine soon!"

"Oh..." Guan Xiaoxiang did not feel it appropriate to press further. He opened the iron gate and let Kang Zhaoming and Wang Shubin into the villa. "Kang Zhaoming... you don't mind if I call you that?"

"Not at all, not at all. Uncle Guan, you can just call me Zhaoming!" Kang Zhaoming said respectfully. He wanted to make a good impression on Guan Xiaoxiang, so naturally he put on the air of a model young man.

Guan Xiaoxiang nodded. "Kang Zhaoming, you've come here to visit me? I wonder what business you have? Are you here on behalf of your grandfather, or...?"

"It's like this, Uncle Guan. How about we talk in the study?" Kang Zhaoming was afraid Guan Xin would contradict him while he spoke, so he suggested Guan Xiaoxiang take him to the study to talk.

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