A miraculous doctor descended from the heavens.

Gu Feng went over and turned off the TV, then came back, gently touched Shi Yurou's arm, and whispered, "Sister Rou, go back to your room and sleep. It's getting cold, you'll catch a cold if you sleep here."

Shi Yurou was fast asleep when she groggily opened her eyes. Seeing Gu Feng in front of her, she thought she was still dreaming. Instinctively, she opened her arms and murmured, "Carry me inside..."

Gu Feng was stunned by what he heard, his eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time. He wondered to himself: Sister-in-law, are you... still asleep?

Is there even a question? Look at her dazed and confused appearance; she's clearly still dreaming.

Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time and was just staring blankly at her, Shi Yurou suddenly became more alert, and then her mind went blank for a moment—this was not a dream, it was real.

She jumped up from the sofa, flustered and her face flushed red.

After a long pause, she stammered, "Doctor...no, Gu Feng...no, Doctor, when did you get back?"

"Uh, I just got in," Gu Feng replied, trying to sound calm, though his heart was still pounding. This woman's coquettishness was enough to melt a man's bones.

After a couple of sentences, the living room fell silent again, the atmosphere so awkward it was almost palpable.

"Just now, just now I..." Shi Yurou wanted to explain, but she swallowed the words back halfway through. She had already taken the initiative to reach out; wouldn't explaining make her seem more like a cover-up? Could she really tell the truth—that she had just dreamt about...you know...with him?

Gu Feng's ears burned with embarrassment, and he quickly changed the subject: "Sister Rou, has anyone been looking for me these past few days?"

"Yes, yes. Your homeroom teacher is looking for you and wants you to call her back as soon as you get back." Shi Yurou grabbed a note from the coffee table, which was under the phone, and handed it to him as if she had grasped a lifeline.

Gu Feng took the slip of paper and immediately dialed the number on it.

Shi Yurou watched him dial a number, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but when she met his eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and she forgot the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

The call connected, and a "Feed!" came from the other end. Gu Feng then said, "Teacher? This is Gu Feng. You wanted to see me?"

"Gu Feng! Do you know what time it is?" Yan Xinyue's angry voice came over. Her voice wasn't hoarse or rough, so she obviously hadn't gone to sleep yet. However, her breathing was a little unsteady, and it was unclear what she was doing.

"Uh?" Gu Feng glanced at the clock on the wall. It was past three in the morning. He felt embarrassed and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, teacher, I just got home."

"You just got back? Where have you been these past few days? Didn't I tell you to wait for my call at home?" Yan Xinyue's voice was broken, as if the signal was bad, with a faint, unusual sound mixed in.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Gu Feng asked in confusion.

"No, nothing!" Yan Xinyue mumbled a reply, but then a sudden angry shout came from the other end of the phone, "What's wrong with you just shut up for a bit?!"

"Teacher, I, I didn't move..." Gu Feng was terrified.

"I wasn't talking to you!" Yan Xinyue snapped, but this time her tone was finally coherent.

"Oh..." Gu Feng responded listlessly.

"Come to school to register tomorrow," Yan Xinyue ordered gruffly on the other end of the line.

"..."

"Come to school to register tomorrow, do you hear me?" There was no response on this end, so she raised her voice even higher.

"..."

"Gu Feng! Where the hell have you been?" Being woken up in the middle of the night was bad enough, but now he was being so rude and unresponsive. Yan Xinyue was furious.

"Teacher, I'm here," Gu Feng said, pouting.

"Then why aren't you saying anything?"

"Teacher, didn't you say... you weren't talking to me?" Gu Feng said, feeling very aggrieved.

Yan Xinyue nearly fainted from anger at this idiot. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down: "Now I'm talking to you, are you listening?"

"I heard you."

"Report to school tomorrow, did you hear me?"

"I heard you..." Gu Feng replied weakly. This was something he had expected, so it wasn't exactly a surprise. But the thought of going to school made him think of Peng Liangpei uncontrollably. His pretty figure was no longer visible in the seat next to him, and the experience of going to school suddenly felt bland and tasteless.

"Judging from your tone, you seem quite unhappy about having a place to study? If you don't want to come, you're free to not come. Anyway, I have plenty of students, one more or one less won't make a difference. I'd be much less troubled if you didn't come," Yan Xinyue said bluntly.

"No, no!" Gu Feng said hurriedly.

"Then why didn't you even ask how the school would deal with you?" Logically, Yan Xinyue should have hung up the phone. Regardless of whether Gu Feng liked going to school or not, her own good mood had been completely ruined. But for some reason, she just couldn't put down the phone.

"Teacher... what will the school do about me?" Gu Feng had no choice but to ask, following her lead.

"A demerit, a major... a major... a major demerit..." Yan Xinyue's tone became intermittent again, and she even started panting.

"Three major demerits?" Gu Feng asked.

"One...one..." Yan Xinyue gritted her teeth and squeezed out the two words with difficulty.

"Oh," Gu Feng replied indifferently.

"However, if you... perform well... I'll consider... erasing this from your file when you graduate..." Yan Xinyue said haltingly, panting.

"Thank you, teacher." Gu Feng had a hard time understanding her words, but he still gave her a perfunctory thank you.

"I can't take it anymore... I can't take it anymore..."

"Why isn't it working again?" Gu Feng was completely confused.

"I told you... that's it! Beep beep beep—" The phone was hung up amidst Yan Xinyue's series of out-of-control shouts.

She collapsed as if she had lost her breath, lying there motionless.

"Xinyue, why are you so crazy this time?" Dean Peng gently stroked his wife with lingering fear and deep affection.

"It's all that damned Gu Feng's fault! Why did he have to attack now of all times? This is really going to kill me!" Yan Xinyue gasped for breath, her chest still heaving violently.

"Really? You seem to be enjoying it quite a bit." Dean Peng looked at her with a strange expression.

"Yeah... that damn Gu Feng, he's never been like this before..." Yan Xinyue really didn't know how to describe the feeling she had just experienced.

"Xinyue, Gu Feng is a bit wild, but he's not a bad person at heart. Don't always hold a prejudice against him," Dean Peng advised.

"Not inherently bad? Humph, I think he's utterly wicked. He even gave your daughter..." Yan Xinyue huffed angrily.

"New Moon, what a harsh thing to say." Dean Peng looked displeased.

"I'm just stating the facts, what's so unpleasant about it?" Yan Xinyue gave him a playful glare, then softened her tone, "Alright, alright, Dean Peng thinks it's unpleasant, then I'll put it another way—okay? They're in love, everything that's happened has happened, is that alright now?"

"Men should marry when they come of age and women should marry when they come of age. Liangpei is already so old. Some things are bound to happen sooner or later. We parents can't stop them. Let nature take its course." Dean Peng sighed.

"You're so open-minded. Liangpei has gone abroad, don't you miss her?" Yan Xinyue said this and then regretted it, afraid of upsetting her husband.

"I only have one daughter, how could I not think about it? But it might not be a bad thing for her to go abroad as an exchange student. This kind of experience will be a good asset for her in the future. Besides, it won't be long, and she'll come back soon," Dean Peng said slowly.

"Are you really at ease leaving her alone in a foreign country?"

"It would be a lie to say I'm completely at ease; my daughter is the apple of my eye. But she's been independent since she was little and has her own opinions on everything, so I believe she'll adapt to life there quickly." Dean Peng paused, then changed the subject, "To be honest, I'm not too worried about Liang Pei, but I'm a little concerned about Gu Feng..."

"Stop, stop, stop—" Yan Xinyue quickly interrupted, "Why do you keep bringing up Gu Feng? Old Peng, you don't actually think of him as your son-in-law, do you?"

"Well, I'm not so sure, but I have thought about it. As long as he really treats Liangpei well..." Dean Peng was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered the times he had bumped into Gu Feng at the Ding family's house. He felt a little upset and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, let the young people handle their own feelings. It's not good for us elders to interfere too much. I was talking about Gu Feng's studies."

"Since you don't treat him like a son-in-law, and he's not your son, why are you so concerned?" Yan Xinyue glared at her husband reproachfully.

"Xinyue, how come you still don't understand? I care about his studies because I hope he can graduate from the academy as soon as possible and come to the hospital to help me. He may be a bit wild, but when it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, he is indeed a rare talent. With him as my assistant, I believe I can definitely make further progress."

"After all that talk, it turns out it's all for your own sake!" Yan Xinyue deliberately pouted.

"No, it's for our sake," Dean Peng said earnestly. "So, Xinyue, you have to keep a close eye on him. His foundation in traditional Chinese medicine and his theories are absolutely top-notch, but when it comes to Western medicine, his foundation is very weak."

"That's not all, he doesn't understand any foreign languages ​​either." Yan Xinyue said, and seeing that her husband was about to speak again, she quickly interrupted, "Alright, alright, I promise you, I'll pay more attention to him from now on, okay? It's late, let's go to sleep."