Chapter 348 — Just Who Is Your Brother?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Fine, then we'll leave Saturday afternoon." Wei Zhao nodded. "Right, how are things with Xiaofen?"
"She can be discharged now. It was just malnutrition—her body was too weak. I'm planning to go this afternoon and go through the discharge paperwork for her!" Kang Xiaofeng said. "My parents are coming with me on Saturday too. I still don't know how to tell them about Xiaofen, or whether they'll be able to accept it..."
"None of that matters, I think. What matters is what's in your heart." Wei Zhao waved a hand. "Xiaobo, do you really like Xiaofen?"
"Honestly?" Kang Xiaofeng hesitated.
"Of course honestly—if you weren't going to be honest, why would I even ask?" Wei Zhao glared at him in exasperation.
"Honestly, at the very beginning, after I saw her photo, I was just smitten. After all, when you see a pretty girl, it's only natural to feel something and want to pursue her..." Kang Xiaofeng scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassed. "Just like how I used to like Tang Zhi, like Gu Mengyao, like Shen Yushu... But I know those were nothing but fantasies. None of them could ever like me. If not for you, Boss, Tang Zhi probably wouldn't even know whether I exist!"
"I liked Xiaofen. At first, honestly, it was mostly pity, because that girl was simply too pitiful, too easy to make one's heart ache for her... So I couldn't help wanting to give her a little more care and kindness. Only, as time went on, going to the hospital every day to keep her company, to talk with her, to eat with her, I gradually grew used to the feeling. If a day passed without seeing her, I'd miss her. I think I can say for certain now: I've fallen for her!"
"Like, or love?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Is there a difference?" Kang Xiaofeng shook his head, a little lost.
"Maybe there is..." Wei Zhao sighed. He too had once liked a girl, liked her very much. That girl was Xiaoning.
People said love could make a person give everything, could make one brave fire and water, and so Wei Zhao sometimes thought that what he felt for Xiaoning probably did not count as love... But if it was not love, why did he always think of her?
Was it the rules of the profession that had bound him, that he had to keep to his professional code, or was it simply that he lacked the courage to take that one step?
Perhaps both... Or perhaps it was that he could never have given Xiaoning the life she wanted... At least, not back then.
But what about now? Wei Zhao shook his head. He knew that running away was no way to solve a problem, but after all these years of having chosen escape, it was all the less likely that he would ever take that step.
"Boss, I actually think that whether it's love or like doesn't matter. The key is, how am I supposed to tell my parents?" Kang Xiaofeng looked troubled. "They wouldn't have agreed to me finding a girlfriend right now anyway... and with Xiaofen's situation the way it is, what am I supposed to do?"