A Bad Start
"Ha, yeah!" Looking at Guanxinâs expression, Zhaoming knew that she must have misunderstood him, thinking that he was roaming the hospital just to create a chance encounter! He quickly clarified, "Iâm here for a friend today. He was staying in this hospital, but after searching for a half day, I called him only to learn that he was discharged!"
"Oh, I see. Get moving then. Go visit him. Iâve to continue my work here." Guanxin didnât want to continue this conversation any longer.
"En, Iâm on my way. Here, you can have this bouquet of flowers. Bringing them around will only be a drag to me!" Zhaoming handed the fresh flowers to Guanxin.
"You bought roses for a patient?" Guanxin was no idiot. There was no way she would believe Zhaomingâs lies.
"Ugh.... Ha, the patient is a girl...." Zhaoming startled, but his reflexes were quick.
"You bought roses for a female patient? Is she your girlfriend?" Guanxin smiled.
"Eh?" Zhaoming couldnât believe that even though Guanxin looked all harmless and tamed on the outside, her words were razor sharp. She found flaws in all his words. She was like that in the bookstore and even now too! This girl wasnât easy!
"Huh, no way, girlfriend? Itâs my broâs girlfriend. I was just helping him to pass the flowers to her!" Zhaoming was quick-witted as he replied, "Ha, its actually like this. My bro was arguing with his girlfriend that day, and he kicked her out of the house because he was angry. His girlfriend had to stay outside for a night and as a result, she got sick from it, so he felt bad but couldnât lower his pride to apologize. So here I am, helping him out! But they are all probably good now, wasting my time for this errand!"
After explaining, Zhaoming felt like a genius!
"Oh, since this bouquet of flowers is not needed anymore, let me help you to put them in the vase." Guanxin knew that Zhaoming wouldnât leave her alone if Guanxin refused to accept the flowers, so she received them from Zhaoming and placed them in the vases along the corridor.
Zhaoming knew that he couldnât say anything and replied sulkily, "Ha, youâre right. Just place them here, itâs pretty! Guanxin, I gotta go, keep in touch!"
"Bye." Guanxin nodded and returned to the office. She felt that she did a very stupid choice for going to the washroom now. otherwise, she wouldnât have to meet this nuisance.
Zhaoming sighed. He felt he should change the way how he approached her! Normally, according to Zhaolongâs experience, people like Guanxin whoâd never had a boyfriend before were all innocent. They were easy to get. However, Guanxin was different, and he was having a hard time hitting on her.
After Zhaoming left, a nurse came, Li Xiaomei. She was a very good friend of Guanxin and couldnât help but curl her lips after seeing the roses in the corridor: "Heâs rich, isnât he? Ninety-nine roses are at least three hundred RMB. How could you just throw it away like this!"
"Itâs his money anyway, who cares?" Guanxin smiled. "Why, is he your cup of tea? Should I introduce him to you?"
"Nah, as much as I want to get into a rich family, heâs obviously not my cup of tea. He looks like a playboy. Iâm afraid he thinks of women like toys. He would just throw them away when heâs done with them. How could I just offer myself to him?" Li Xiaomei didnât even glance at him.
Li Xiaomei was well aware that her beauty was worthless if she were to be beside Guanxin; the difference was just too vast! She knew that she would never reach her standard, so instead of getting played, finding a hard worker that could support her for the rest of her life was a smarter choice!
As for Li Xiaomeiâs dream of getting into the rich family, Guanxin didnât approve nor did she oppose it because everyone had their own way of living. Xiaomei was born in a not so wealthy family. No one could blame her for wanting a comfortable life. On the contrary, for Guanxin to look for a person who truly loves her was also her own freedom.
"So, even you are able to see through him, how could I accept his flowers then?" Guanxin shook her head. "Okay, shall we continue our work. We might get scolded when the head nurse catches us chatting here!"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"You are the Miss. I mean, who would scold you? Do they think that they can get away after scolding you?" Xiaomei and Guanxin were friends since their school days, so she knew Guanxinâs family background very well. She knew that her father was the biggest shareholder of hospitals and her grandfather was none other than the famous in the medical world, Guan Xuemin the Miracle Doctor Guan!
"Hehe, others are ignorant of my real identity. Even if they knew, I donât think they will categorize me as special," Guanxin replied while working on what she left behind just now. "If you donât want the bonus anymore, please continue standing there and do nothing."
"Fine fine, Iâm coming!" Xiaomei quickly followed Guanxin and started working. "Before I get a sugar daddy, I still care about the bonus very much!"
Zhaoming left the hospital with low spirits and went up a Porsche Cayenne. Both his lackeys were inside, Zhu Xiaozhang and Wang Shubin.
"Master Ming, how was it? Did you give her the flowers?" Zhu Xiaozhang asked.
"Lilâ Zhang, arenât you asking a stupid question? Just look at Master Mingâs hands, theyâre empty. Obviously, those flowers were delivered!" Wang Shubin said.
"F*ck, donât mention that shit. A f*cking bad start again!" Zhaoming waved his hand dismissively and seated himself in the co-driver seat.
"Whatâs wrong, Master Ming? Your flowers....." Zhu Xiaozhang was startled with Zhaomingâs reaction.
"The flowers were delivered, but to the hospital!" Zhaoming was pissed. "The girl isnât easy, and sheâs insanely quick-witted too. She may look all gentle and soft on the outside, but sheâs super smart! Damn, I was dismissed and my flowers were left in the corridor!"
"Ah?" Xiaozhang and Shubin were both looking at each other, speechless. They thought that if Zhaoming were to be serious, there was no way he would fail. However, it wasnât the case-he failed miserably, twice in a row, no less!
"Next time, I think Iâve to change my way of approaching her. A chance encounter is too cheap, she wonât fall for it!" Zhaoming waved his hand. "Letâs discuss, think of something good, and produce a decent idea!"
"This.... Donât we always throw the money when it comes to hitting on girls?" Zhu Xiangzhan was brainstorming, but he couldnât think of any good strategy. He was an arrogant man who always spends his money without a care in the world, so all the gold diggers always came flying to him.
"Idiot, Guanxin is obviously not a gold digger. In fact, her family is rich. She doesnât even care about money. All of our previous tactics wonât work on her!" Zhaoming glared daggers at Xiaozhang. "Canât you think of something more useful?"