A miraculous doctor descended from the heavens.

At the critical moment, Ding Hanhan's voice suddenly floated up from under Gu Feng.

"Gu Feng, if you tell me that what you're going to do next is also related to treating illness, I will never believe it, even if it kills me. But if you think that saving a few of my lives can be wiped clean with my body, then fine, once I give you my most precious thing, we'll be even, and neither of us will owe the other anything."

As soon as she finished speaking, as if afraid that Gu Feng would change his mind, she suddenly turned over and pressed her hand against him.

"No!" Gu Feng jolted suddenly, using a strength he didn't know he had gathered from somewhere, and forcefully broke free from her. He rolled over and sat on the edge of the bed, panting heavily.

Gu Feng is not a saint.

Not only that, but at times he is also a scoundrel and selfish, with a domineering possessiveness in his bones.

I sneaked through this door tonight with the intention of sleeping with her.

Conquering a woman as aloof and arrogant as Ding Hanhan would be more exhilarating and inflating than conquering the entire world.

But he knew better than anyone that, given Ding Hanhan's decisive nature, if he still disregarded everything and forced himself on her after she made such a statement, then this would be the only time they would ever have a relationship.

For a moment of pleasure, he would rather suffer a lifetime of regret—that's definitely not what Gu Feng wanted.

His original plan was to use this conquest to make her completely and wholeheartedly fall at his feet.

But now, he suddenly felt that his own little interests were pitifully low-class.

You can have her body, but you can't have her heart!

Children make choices; men want it all!

"Ding Hanhan, this is not the outcome I wanted."

Gu Feng quickly calmed down. Her words were like a bucket of ice water poured over his head, splashing onto his burning heart. After a wisp of white smoke rose, his heart cooled completely, and he could no longer harbor any evil thoughts.

In that instant, he seemed to suddenly realize how shallow he had been before—to obtain a soulless body, even if that body was stunningly beautiful and like a fairy, what difference was there between that and visiting a brothel?

"So what do you want?"

Ding Hanhan didn't bother to tidy her disheveled clothes. She remained motionless in her previous posture, staring straight at him. Her face was still flushed, but her eyes were unusually calm, so contradictory that Gu Feng couldn't understand what was churning in this woman's heart at all.

"I...I don't know, anyway, I don't want it to be like this." Gu Feng's voice was unusually weak.

"I understand. What you want isn't just one night, it's a lifetime, right?" Ding Hanhan's tone was unusually calm, so calm that it was almost devoid of any emotion.

"I...that's really what I think." Gu Feng answered with difficulty, but he still forced himself to say it.

"Heh." Ding Hanhan laughed, this was the second time she had laughed in front of Gu Feng. The first time was out of uncontrollable emotion, but this time it was full of desolation. "Gu Feng, you have too much to ask. You only saved my life, not my soul."

"..." Gu Feng was speechless again. He was just a doctor, even though he was called a "miracle doctor," it was all empty words. He could save lives, but he couldn't save souls.

"Gu Feng, we've already come this far, and I feel there's no point in going around in circles and pretending anymore. Okay, I admit it. I have indeed fallen for you, or rather, I've been falling for you for a long time—as early as the first time you told me you didn't like me, that you even looked down on me. I fell for you then. It's just that my illness, or rather my personality, and my deadly pride, won't allow me to admit it. Actually, I've known for a long time that you made me play music, made me drink, and made me trust you, all in a roundabout way, just to sleep with me. Maybe you really think I've trusted you and see you as a respectable doctor with high medical ethics. But you have no idea that if I didn't have you in my heart, let alone a doctor, even if you were God, to make me willingly let you see me, kiss me, or touch me—it would be unless I were dead."

Gu Feng stood frozen in place, unable to utter a single word. The Ding family was indeed a place teeming with hidden talents; everyone, from top to bottom, was so shrewd it sent chills down one's spine.

"So, I admit it now, I like you. But so what?" Ding Hanhan smiled again, but this time, tears welled up in her eyes. "Gu Feng, who do you think I am, Ding Hanhan? Do you think I would stoop so low as to compete with another woman for the same man?"

Gu Feng reached out, wanting to pull her into his arms, but his hand fell limply halfway down.

Ding Hanhan is still Ding Hanhan. Even though all her defenses have crumbled, she is still the proud and captivating Ding Hanhan at heart.

To be honest, he never really looked down on her. The reason he kept being so sharp-tongued was just to find an excuse to conquer her.

Actually, he had long been captivated by her personal charm, but like her, he was unwilling to be the first to admit it.

"Gu Feng, let's stop deceiving ourselves. You like me, right?" Ding Hanhan asked softly.

The question was too profound, so Gu Feng used his lack of education as a shield and evaded the issue with silence.

"Yes, you do like me. But what you like is just me as a person, this body of mine, not the living, breathing me inside, right?" Ding Hanhan continued to press.

"You...you're drunk," Gu Feng mumbled, seemingly unrelated to the question, because his mind was completely in turmoil. The Ding family members were all incredibly powerful, from Ding Lisheng to his daughter; they all seemed to have mastered mind-reading techniques.

"Then just pretend I'm drunk, just pretend I'm talking nonsense. Don't you men always say that a man has no chance if a woman isn't drunk? Now I'm giving you that chance."

Ding Hanhan stretched out on her own as she spoke.

She looked incredibly sexy, yet Gu Feng clearly saw a sense of despair and resignation in her. The tiny spark of desire he felt for her dwindled, until finally, his impulse transformed into pity.

"Why didn't you come? Am I not pretty?" Ding Hanhan asked him earnestly!

Gu Feng struggled to speak, his voice strained: "You're beautiful. There are probably very few women in this world more beautiful than you. But I know you didn't give yourself to me willingly."

"No, you're wrong, I did it willingly." Ding Hanhan stubbornly shook her head.

"Your so-called willingness has nothing to do with feelings; it's purely out of gratitude," Gu Feng said, revealing the difference in his words.

"Gu Feng, you are so greedy. Now I finally understand, you don't just want me, you want to devour my heart too."

Gu Feng didn't deny it, nodded, and sighed, "But it seems I was dreaming."

"If you can promise that you'll only have me as your woman for the rest of your life, this request isn't unreasonable at all. Don't even mention wanting to take you away with your heart and soul; even if you wanted me to serve you like a maidservant to an emperor, I could do it. But—can you do that? Do you dare give me that promise?"

Men are born to bear responsibility, and are required to be honest, brave, and strong. They are not allowed to shed tears, and must be loyal, mature, and responsible.

But men are human too, and they also have the right to give up.

When they could no longer hold on, they began to learn to lie.

Some lies, told under pressure and out of a sense of responsibility, can be forgiven to some extent.

But a man's greed is never forgivable.

You can tell a harmless lie because the burden on your shoulders is too heavy, but you must never weave a lie because of the insatiable desire in your heart—such a lie is no longer deception, but a complete betrayal and disgust.

Many men, taking advantage of the privilege of being favored, squander their wealth and want to take everything else with them; they receive tolerance but then turn around and accuse it of being imprisoned.

Gu Feng longed to be like some men, to use sweet words to win her over and possess her first. But he couldn't deceive himself like that, nor could he deceive others like that.

He still had Su Man'er; he had his own responsibilities to bear. So, he shook his head.

"Gu Feng, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. You're a scoundrel, but a truly exceptional one. You want to possess me all to yourself, yet you refuse to leave other women behind. But even so, you haven't disappointed me. Because even though you're a scoundrel, you openly admit it, unlike other men who weave all sorts of elaborate lies to cover up their greedy faces. A man like you is entitled to have me, but only to this body. Since you can't give me the promise of 'only' love, I absolutely cannot tolerate my man having other women around him. So, at most, at most, this will only be a repayment of a debt."

"..." Gu Feng had been speechless several times tonight; Ding Hanhan had truly shocked him.

"Come on, tonight, I'm yours. You can do whatever you want with me. When dawn breaks, we'll be even, okay?" Ding Hanhan asked him in a pleading tone.

These words would be commonplace coming from anyone else, but for Ding Hanhan to utter them was incredibly difficult.

Gu Feng couldn't hold back any longer and reached out to pull her into his arms. "I'm sorry. I was wrong before, okay?"

Finally, finally, finally, she heard those words that felt like they had been waiting for an eternity. Ding Hanhan's expression froze, and then she began to tremble uncontrollably. Her eyes reddened again, but she still bit her lower lip tightly, desperately trying to control herself.

"Don't hold it in anymore, just cry. I'll never look down on you again." Gu Feng sighed deeply. Now he finally understood that trying to force himself on this woman was completely useless.

Finally, with a loud "waaaah," Ding Hanhan burst into tears, like a child who had suffered endless grievances...

On the second floor, Ding Lisheng faintly heard the crying and rushed over. He saw several sleepy-eyed maids gathered outside the door, looking bewildered. He waved his hand, signaling them to leave.

After a woman's first time, her feelings are always very complicated, and Ding Lisheng can understand this, after all, he is experienced and has seen many such situations.

His daughter's intense reaction, however, stirred a pang of heartache within him, and he secretly grumbled at Gu Feng for his lack of chivalry. But at that moment, he didn't dare knock on the door rashly; he simply sighed inwardly and turned to go back to his room…