Chapter 852 — The Fortune-Making Yu Xiaoke

But Kang Zhaoming and Wang Shubin had overlooked one crucial thing: the relationship between the male and female leads in those TV dramas was nothing like the relationship between him and Guan Xin. When the male lead used the sea-of-flowers tactic to confess his love, it was built on the premise that the female lead already had feelings for him. It was simply a matter of two people who were already a couple having a misunderstanding or conflict, or two people who were mutually interested but had not yet broken through the thin veil between them. That was why the sea-of-flowers tactic had such a powerful effect.

But the problem now was that Guan Xin simply did not like Kang Zhaoming, nor did she have any affection for him whatsoever. How could she possibly fall for him just because of a sea of flowers? If Wei Zhao had done something like that, Guan Xin might well have accepted it gladly...

"So should we go back and contact a flower shop now?" Wang Shubin asked when he saw that Kang Zhaoming had agreed.

"Go back for what? We can just buy flowers right here, can't we? This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later — the faster the better!" Kang Zhaoming was impatient and did not want to wait.

"All right then, let's buy them now..." Wang Shubin nodded and pushed Kang Zhaoming toward the hospital entrance. The moment they stepped outside, they saw Yu Xiaoke selling flowers with the orphanage children!

"Ha, isn't this someone selling flowers right here?" Kang Zhaoming's eyes lit up the instant he saw Yu Xiaoke. What a pretty girl! But she looked a little familiar — seemed like he had seen her somewhere before. Still, he was here to pursue Guan Xin, and he could not afford any complications right now. Otherwise, he really would have wanted to go chat up this flower-selling girl.

Wang Shubin and Zhu Xiaozhang also found Yu Xiaoke somewhat familiar, though they could not place where they had seen her. They did not think much of it, assuming she sold flowers in front of the hospital every day and that they had simply passed her on their way in and out.

It was no wonder, really. Yu Xiaoke had previously worn a nurse's white coat, a completely different image from the flower-selling girl she was now, so Kang Zhaoming, Zhu Xiaozhang, and Wang Shubin had no idea this was the same little nurse who had toyed with them that day and dumped them in the morgue.

But while Kang Zhaoming, Wang Shubin, and Zhu Xiaozhang failed to recognize Yu Xiaoke, Yu Xiaoke recognized all three of them! As a competent female cat burglar, her eye was sharp, and she spotted these three fat sheep at a glance. But when she saw them walking toward her, she immediately felt a twinge of guilt.

Surely these three hadn't recognized her? Yu Xiaoke was a little worried. But then she reasoned that she had only played a trick on them, and there was no way they could know she was the one who had stolen their wallets, so she relaxed slightly and pretended not to know them.

"Hey, how much are your flowers? We want to buy a lot. Do you have more?" Zhu Xiaozhang's tone carried a natural arrogance, but the more he acted like that, the more he would be treated as a fat sheep to be fleeced.

"I do! As many as you want. But what kind of flowers are you looking to buy?" Yu Xiaoke's eyes brightened. She knew these three fools were about to hand her money.

"We want roses. How many do you have? What you're holding right now is nowhere near enough!" Zhu Xiaozhang said impatiently.

"Roses are three yuan each. As many as you want — if there aren't enough, I'll plant more on the spot," Yu Xiaoke said.

Hearing Yu Xiaoke run her mouth like that, Zhu Xiaozhang thought she seemed unreliable and wanted to go ask at the flower shop nearby, but then he heard Kang Zhaoming speak up.

"Ha, you're quite a funny talker!" Kang Zhaoming was amused. "Fine, we'll buy from you then! I want ten thousand roses, placed right here in the hospital courtyard, arranged into a sea of flowers. Can you do it in one hour?"

"Sure! But you'll need to give me a deposit first..." Yu Xiaoke was overjoyed inside. She had never expected that on her very first day selling flowers, she would run into a fool like this who did not even haggle and ordered ten thousand roses on the spot!

Three yuan was merely the retail price for a single rose. Even buying ten would qualify for a discount, and they would throw in wrapping for free.

"A deposit is no problem, but I won't give you too much. I'll give you ten thousand, and once you deliver the flowers I'll pay the rest!" Kang Zhaoming said. In his eyes, ten thousand yuan was nothing, and having just gotten a sum of money from Li Cihua, he was feeling quite flush.

Hearing Kang Zhaoming's words, Yu Xiaoke nearly laughed out loud. Ten thousand yuan! Wholesaling ten thousand roses would not even cost ten thousand. The current wholesale price for roses at the Songshan City flower market was fifty cents each, but for large quantities it could be pushed down to thirty cents, so three thousand yuan would be more than enough!

This fool had actually handed her ten thousand yuan just like that — what a windfall! Yu Xiaoke had originally estimated that if they haggled, she could offer them a price of eighty cents each. But these three seemed to have no idea about market rates at all. They did not haggle, and even gave her a ten-thousand-yuan deposit!

Of course, Yu Xiaoke could not let it show. She simply said calmly, "All right. Give me the deposit, and I'll arrange the flower delivery for you."

Kang Zhaoming and the other two had never imagined that flowers could be haggled over. After all, they saw Yu Xiaoke as a street vendor of the mobile sort, and figured she could not make much profit per flower. Besides, for something costing just a few yuan, haggling would be beneath Kang Zhaoming's dignity! He was the second young master of the Kang family — how could he quibble with a street flower vendor? If word got out, he would be laughed at until people's teeth fell out.

Kang Zhaoming sent Zhu Xiaozhang to a nearby ATM to withdraw ten thousand yuan, then gave it to Yu Xiaoke, saying, "There's your deposit. If you do a good job, there'll be a bonus too!"

To Kang Zhaoming, twenty or thirty thousand yuan was nothing, so promising Yu Xiaoke a bonus for a good job was also his way of ensuring she did it well.

When Yu Xiaoke heard there would be a bonus, her eyes lit up again, and she even offered Kang Zhaoming a suggestion: "Boss, may I ask who you're welcoming? Is it your girlfriend?"

"Yes, my girlfriend! I'm going to confess to her!" The moment Kang Zhaoming heard Yu Xiaoke call Guan Xin his girlfriend, he was delighted, his mood soaring to the top. He nodded and said, "Why, is something the matter?"

"If you're welcoming your girlfriend, would you like me to prepare a banner or something for you?" Yu Xiaoke thought that since she had made so much money off him and was getting a bonus too, she might as well throw in a little extra for him.

"Sure!" The moment Kang Zhaoming heard Yu Xiaoke's idea, he thought it was excellent. "A banner — what a great idea! Not bad, go ahead and do it. If you need money, just tell me! You're a clever girl, not bad at all!"

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