Chapter 792 — Agree to Him First

"Kang Zhaoming? What's he doing here?" Kang Xiaobo and Kang Zhaoming had essentially severed all ties by now. Ever since the birthday banquet for the miracle doctor Kang, the two families had stopped having anything to do with each other. That branch of the kinship might as well have been cut clean off.

"He said he did some wrong things to me before and wants to make it up to me. He wants to give me five hundred thousand..." Xiaofen told Kang Xiaobo Kang Zhaoming's purpose honestly.

"What? What did you say? He came to your house just to give you money?" Kang Xiaobo was stunned too. Had Kang Zhaoming turned over a new leaf? Surely not. Could a person like him actually come to Xiaofen of his own accord to hand over money? Had he taken the wrong medicine?

"Yes, and he even brought an agreement. He said if I sign it, he'll give me the money..." Xiaofen said. "The agreement says I can't pursue what he did before anymore, and I can't go around telling other people about what happened between him and me..."

As Xiaofen said all this, she felt somewhat embarrassed. After all, she felt she had let Kang Xiaobo down in these matters.

Kang Xiaobo frowned. His first instinct was to have Xiaofen refuse Kang Zhaoming. We may be poor, but we're not poor in spirit — taking Kang Zhaoming's money would only make us look weak. But he also knew this was no time for wounded pride. Xiaofen's family was desperately short of money right now, and Kang Xiaobo knew it. Yet unlike Wei Zhao, he couldn't offer Xiaofen's family much help, and this sum of money, to a family currently facing demolition, was undoubtedly timely help in the snow!

"Wait, let me ask the boss and see what he says." Kang Xiaobo decided to ask Wei Zhao's opinion. If Wei Zhao also insisted they not take the money, then they wouldn't take it — better to endure a little hardship.

But when Kang Xiaobo relayed Xiaofen's words to Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao said almost without a moment's thought: "Take it, of course. Free money and you don't want it? Refusing even the enemy's money — that's just shortchanging yourself! But tell her not to sign the agreement yet. Wait until we get there and take a look. If there's no problem, then we'll talk!"

"Got it! I'll tell her right away!" Kang Xiaobo thought about it and realized Wei Zhao was right. Why shouldn't they take the enemy's money? Wei Zhao himself was chasing after Li Cihua for money and didn't think there was anything wrong with that. Clearly, he'd been overthinking things!

To give up the enemy's money for the sake of some meaningless face — that would be truly foolish. Kang Xiaobo hurriedly told Xiaofen Wei Zhao's decision, telling her not to refuse, just to wait for him and Wei Zhao to come over.

"Oh, okay..." When Xiaofen heard that Wei Zhao wanted her to take the money, she actually felt a bit grateful to him! This money was undoubtedly crucial to her family — timely help in the snow!

Even if Qibing Real Estate compensated them according to standard today, it would still be a drop in the bucket for each household! Because housing prices in Songshan City weren't cheap these days — where would you find so many remotely located houses to buy?

At the current compensation rate, no household could afford a new apartment at all. They could only rent, and living that way would certainly be far from convenient.

But with this five hundred thousand, Xiaofen's family could buy a decent-sized apartment. Xiaofen was truly afraid Kang Xiaobo would tell her to refuse — in which case she would have no choice but to refuse!

"Xiaobo says he's coming right away. Why don't you come in and wait a bit? When he gets here and confirms everything, I'll sign the agreement with you." Having gotten Kang Xiaobo's reply, Xiaofen felt reassured. She let Kang Zhaoming into the house — after all, standing in the corridor was hardly appropriate.

"All right!" The moment Kang Zhaoming heard Xiaofen's words, he felt things were looking up. Overjoyed, he nodded. "No rush. You look over the contract carefully, and from then on we just follow what it says. Then we're even!"

"Oh..." Xiaofen nodded, went inside, and started reading a book, leaving Kang Zhaoming sitting on the sofa without so much as a glance.

But Kang Zhaoming didn't mind. What did it matter whether Xiaofen paid him any attention? As long as Xiaofen took the money and kept her mouth shut from then on, he could pursue Guan Xin without hindrance! Thinking that his plan was about to be half fulfilled, Kang Zhaoming felt immensely happy. "Your place hasn't changed at all after all these years — still as shabby as ever, huh?"

"Oh..." Xiaofen frowned. She wanted to snap at him, but felt it wasn't worth getting angry at someone like Kang Zhaoming. She gave a vague sound of acknowledgment and went on reading.

A few years ago, Kang Zhaoming had come to Xiaofen's home. Back then he'd even talked about buying her family a house. Xiaofen had been touched beyond measure and, in a muddled daze, had given him her true love and her body. In the end, once Kang Zhaoming had had his fun, he found Xiaofen a bit clingy and, afraid she'd stick to him, quickly dumped her.

As Wei Zhao drove past the shantytown, he saw several large open-air tents and tin-sheet huts set up outside it, with signs reading "Temporary Demolition Office" and the Qibing Real Estate logo.

But Wei Zhao didn't stop. He could go demand money from Li Cihua anytime. The pressing matter now was to get to Xiaofen's house and deal with the trouble that was Kang Zhaoming.

To be honest, Wei Zhao didn't quite believe Kang Zhaoming could be so kind as to voluntarily compensate Xiaofen. With Kang Zhaoming's arrogant, domineering nature, how could he possibly lower his head for no reason? It reminded Wei Zhao of Li Cihua yesterday, compensating Tang Yun's family for no reason. Uncalled-for attentiveness means either treachery or theft. That was why Wei Zhao hadn't let Xiaofen sign the agreement with Kang Zhaoming directly — he wanted to go see for himself first.

"Boss, why do you think Kang Zhaoming suddenly came to give Xiaofen money? Could he have gotten those kinds of ideas about her again?" Kang Xiaobo had also sensed something off. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.

"Heh, I doubt it. Kang Zhaoming going back to Xiaofen would be slapping his own face. My guess is he's definitely up to some scheme, but what he's plotting isn't clear yet." Wei Zhao said, "Let's go take a look and then we'll see."

"Mm." Kang Xiaobo nodded. With Wei Zhao making the decisions for him now, he felt very much at ease.

When the car neared the building where Xiaofen lived, it couldn't get through. Several excavators and bulldozers were blocking the way ahead, sealing off the entire road.

Wei Zhao frowned and honked twice.

The excavator and bulldozer drivers were chatting idly by the roadside. Hearing the car horn, they were at first somewhat annoyed, but when they saw Wei Zhao's red Audi 5 sports car, their expressions changed to smiles. Anyone driving a car like that was surely rich and powerful — workers like them couldn't afford to cross such a person!

"Sir, you can't get through here. We're just waiting for the time to come, and then we're going to demolish the building up ahead!" A bulldozer driver who seemed to be the foreman explained to Wei Zhao.

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