"Hahahaha, you really do know me too well! Of course, of course!" Kang Zhaoming thought to himself that with Yu Xiaoke's auspicious words, he was sure to win today. Elated, he said to her, "Didn't we agree on thirty thousand before? If you do a good job for me today, I'll give you fifty thousand! But besides the banner, you'll need to buy me a few more things!"

"Sure, boss, just tell me what you need!" Yu Xiaoke thought to herself that she had run into a fool today, and she'd be doing herself a disservice not to fleece him!

"Go get me some fireworks, then a beat-up guitar, and a megaphone. I'm going to make a declaration of love!" Kang Zhaoming figured that in the movies, besides a sea of flowers, there were always fireworks and the like, so he took the opportunity to bring it up. Why bother two people with one task, after all — Kang Zhaoming couldn't be bothered to buy these things himself, and he didn't even know where fireworks were sold. He wasn't very familiar with Songshan City either, so he might as well let Yu Xiaoke handle it.

Yu Xiaoke happily went off to procure these things. As a female cat burglar, she had been to many places in Songshan City, so she knew exactly what was sold where and what was available. She sent Xiao Ken to the flower market to buy flowers in bulk, sent another child to buy fireworks, and another to the secondhand market for a beat-up guitar and a megaphone. As for Yu Xiaoke herself, she went to prepare the banner slogan for Kang Zhaoming.

Because there were many people and the division of labor was clear, by the time Yu Xiaoke returned with the banner from the print shop, the others had gradually brought back all the procured items, and everything was arranged properly according to Kang Zhaoming's requirements.

Kang Zhaoming hadn't expected Yu Xiaoke to get everything done so quickly. He was overjoyed and readily handed over the remaining forty thousand yuan to her.

Xiao Ken and the other children hadn't expected Yu Xiaoke to be so impressive, casually closing a fifty-thousand-yuan deal. Buying flowers, making the banner, plus the secondhand guitar and megaphone — the total spent was no more than four thousand yuan. They had just made forty-five thousand in profit, which was almost too good to believe.

Yu Xiaoke took the money and vanished. She had already made plenty here; if she earned any more, she'd invite jealousy! Yu Xiaoke knew the unwritten rules of this place. She knew there were flower shops in the area, and those shops would send people to sell flowers outside the hospital too. She had just snatched such a big piece of business from them — how could those flower shops take it lying down?

If she kept doing business here tomorrow, those people would definitely come looking for trouble. So Yu Xiaoke knew when to advance and when to retreat, and simply took the money and left.

But even so, she still incurred some people's jealousy. The owner of a nearby flower shop watched Yu Xiaoke leave with a gaze that was almost greedy and hateful, feeling thoroughly displeased! If Crazy Bull, who watched over this area, hadn't told him that Yu Xiaoke was not someone to mess with, he would certainly have stepped up to claim a share of the pie!

Only after seeing Yu Xiaoke leave did the flower shop owner walk over and find Kang Zhaoming. "Hello there, boss. I'm from Tiandao Flower Shop. Do you still need any flowers? We have them too, a full selection..."

"We've already bought everything. What else is there to buy?" Kang Zhaoming was excitedly preparing to confess his love to Guan Xin, and this flower shop owner running over to pester him put him in a foul mood. "Get lost! Stop being a nuisance here!"

"This..." The flower shop owner had no choice but to back off. "Then next time you buy flowers, you can come to my shop. I can give you a discount..."

"All right, all right, I got it!" Kang Zhaoming waved his hand impatiently. "Now scram!"

Although Guan Xin was just a nurse at the First Hospital, plenty of people here knew her. If anyone deserved the title of the hospital's beauty queen, it was undoubtedly Guan Xin. So whether or not they had ever spoken to her, most people had heard her name.

Now that Kang Zhaoming had put up the big banner reading "Guan Xin, I Love You," many people who saw it stopped in their tracks and turned to look, speculating about Kang Zhaoming's identity. Could this man in the wheelchair be Guan Xin's boyfriend?

Over on Guan Xin's side, the news spread quickly as well. Those who knew Guan Xin immediately told her what was happening at the hospital entrance.

"Xinxin, Xinxin, I've got big news for you! Outside our hospital, someone's set up a sea of roses and is about to make a confession! It's so romantic... Rich people, I tell you..." Li Xiaomei said enviously.

"Oh..." Guan Xin only smiled faintly upon hearing this. "What does that have to do with me?"

"How could it not? That person even put up a banner saying 'Guan Xin, I Love You.' It's obviously for you! The whole hospital is talking about it!" Li Xiaomei said. "I just went to the ward, and the doctor there told me!"

"Huh? Me?" Guan Xin's eyes went wide when she heard Li Xiaomei's words. She looked at her in disbelief. "Really? You mean me?"

"Really!" Li Xiaomei nodded. "It's definitely you."

Who? Who would do such a thing? Was it Wei Zhao? The first person Guan Xin thought of, instinctively, was Wei Zhao. But after thinking of him, she shook her head, somewhat self-pityingly. It couldn't be Wei Zhao. How could he possibly come to confess to her? She was really letting her imagination run wild...

Once she realized it wasn't Wei Zhao, Guan Xin lost interest, and no excitement showed on her face. "Who's so bored?"

"What? Xinxin, after hearing such explosive news, you're not moved at all? You don't even want to go out and see who set it up?" Li Xiaomei asked, puzzled.

"No." Guan Xin shook her head. "What's there to see? It's probably that bore Kang Zhaoming."

"Hey, now that you mention it, that's actually possible!" The moment Li Xiaomei heard that name, she lost interest too. She had no feelings for Kang Zhaoming whatsoever, and she had also gotten to know Xiaofen through Guan Xin, learning that Xiaofen had been ruined by Kang Zhaoming. So she had never thought well of him to begin with, and now her opinion of him was even worse.

"So, back to work!" Guan Xin busied herself again.

After work that evening, Guan Xin and Li Xiaomei walked out of the hospital entrance together. Wang Shubin, who was stationed at the hospital gate on lookout duty, spotted Guan Xin coming out and hurriedly signaled Kang Zhaoming and Zhu Xiaozhang on the other side.

Instantly, fireworks lit up in front of the hospital entrance, and then came Kang Zhaoming's voice: "Beautiful Miss Guan Xin, please allow me to pour out to you my declaration of love..."

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