A miraculous doctor descended from the heavens.

Gu Feng likes tigers, just like A Si, but he also likes foxes, just like the one in front of him!

Although the man before him appeared refined, dignified, and seemingly respectable, the old official knew with a keen eye that he was a cunning and treacherous old fox. Given his imposing presence and high status, it was unlikely that he would come to seek advice so early in the morning just for a single question.

The next person to explain will probably explain why he came to their door.

"Please go ahead, Dean Peng."

"Hehe, Brother Gu Feng is so straightforward. Well then, I might as well get straight to the point. To be honest, Matchmaker Peng greatly admires your talent and would like to invite you to join our hospital!" Dean Peng finally spoke his mind and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Next, it would probably be time for bargaining.

"Franchise?" Gu Feng was a little unfamiliar with this term.

"We're asking you to work at the hospital and become one of us!"

Although Gu Feng was somewhat prepared, he was still taken aback by what he heard!

In the Liao Dynasty, apart from officials and soldiers, very few people had legitimate jobs, proper professions, or stable employment. This was a common concern not only in the Liao Dynasty but also here.

Seeing Gu Feng hesitate, Dean Peng intensified his persuasion efforts, "If you are willing to work at our hospital, I can offer you the salary and benefits of an attending physician, and I can also immediately grant you special approval to become a formal employee of our hospital, assigning you two nurses and one assistant doctor. You can have your own private office, on-call room, and outpatient work room, with a 9-to-5 work schedule, and you won't need to go into the inpatient department to work night shifts and manage patients."

The conditions offered by Dean Peng were the highest level of temptation, not only for Gu Feng, but for any newly graduated medical student, because ordinary people would have to work hard for at least three to five years to achieve this level of treatment.

Logically, Gu Feng had no reason to refuse, but things didn't go as planned, and Gu Feng refused anyway!

"I'm sorry, Dean Peng, I am not knowledgeable enough to shoulder such a heavy responsibility at the moment. Moreover, I feel that what I need most right now is not a job, but learning."

"Study?" Dean Peng was taken aback.

"Yes, the ancient medical skills I know... are inherited from my ancestors, and they are very different from modern medicine. They still cannot provide effective and rapid treatment for certain diseases immediately. I want to make up for this. Besides, I am still young. If I learn more knowledge while I am young and am well-prepared before going to the battlefield, wouldn't I be more effective?" Gu Feng said to Dean Peng very seriously!

These days, he has been thinking repeatedly. Although the ancient medical skills he knows are considered rare and unique in modern times, they are only limited to one field. With these skills, he may be popular in modern times, but if he wants to go further, fly higher, and shine in the field of medicine, reaching a level that is unprecedented and unparalleled, then ancient medical skills alone are not enough. If he can combine ancient medical skills with modern medicine, his wish may be realized.

After much deliberation, Gu Feng made the same decision he had just told Dean Peng: what he urgently needed now was not a job, but a learning opportunity—to learn modern medicine and how to be a modern person!

Originally, after several days of living and studying, he thought he was modern enough. However, after a series of embarrassing moments at the Western restaurant last night, he realized that he was not modern enough after all.

Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Since Heaven has favored him and brought him into this era, he should either not do it at all, or if he does, he should be a person of great stature; or he should not do it at all, or if he does, he should do something truly amazing.

Dean Peng felt that there were some difficulties in communicating with this young man, Gu Feng, just like there was an insurmountable gap between him and his new wife. He had already offered such generous terms, but this guy was still stubbornly insisting on studying. Now that he had a job and an income, why would he still want to study such strange things?

Despite Dean Peng's repeated attempts to persuade him, offering all the conditions he could, Gu Feng remained unyielding. Finally, he asked helplessly, "Do you mean Western medicine when you say 'modern medicine'?"

"If the ancient medical skills I know are traditional Chinese medicine, then modern medicine should be Western medicine!" Gu Feng could only make this assumption.

Dean Peng's eyes suddenly lit up as he asked, "You want to study, not that you don't want to work, right?"

"Of course, isn't learning for a better job?" Gu Feng retorted sharply.

"Hehe, that makes sense!" Dean Peng was already making plans in his mind, but his eyes didn't waver at all. With his level of shrewdness, ordinary people couldn't possibly read his inner thoughts from his face. "Since Brother Gu Feng has such great ambitions, I'd like to ask, what is your current educational background?"

"Education?" Gu Feng frowned; this was yet another unfamiliar term.

"So you just had a few years of schooling?"

Dean Peng hurriedly explained that he really didn't know if his thinking was out of touch with the times or if the person in front of him had a problem with his brain. He found it so difficult to talk to this person.

"Oh, before my parents passed away, I attended a private school for five years!" Gu Feng said with no small amount of pride. In the Liao Dynasty at that time, it was already very difficult for someone to have attended school for five years.

Dean Peng was deeply shocked. Wasn't this just like missing the graduation deadline by one year in elementary school?

"So, which medical school are you planning to apply to?" Dean Peng's true colors were beginning to show!

Unfortunately, Comrade Gu Feng's understanding of modern times was still very limited. Although he knew that Dean Peng had already started to make plans, he still couldn't fully guess what the other party was thinking, so he shook his head and said, "I don't have an ideal school yet."

No ideal school? That's a clever way to put it, Dean Peng thought to himself with a sneer. He probably thought no university would want to admit a student like him who doesn't even have a primary school education.

"If that's the case, then what do you think of Shenzhen Medical College? It's one of the top universities in the country; countless high school graduates would kill to get in!"

Dean Peng took advantage of Gu Feng's lack of knowledge and deliberately exaggerated, saying that the reputation of Shenzhen Medical College was far inferior to that of other famous medical colleges!

"Oh!" Gu Feng responded noncommittally, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, because he wanted to see what Dean Peng was really up to.

"If you think this school is good, let's do it this way: you first become an employee of our hospital, and we can recommend you to study at Shenzhen Medical College. But after you graduate, you must work for our hospital for more than five years. Does that sound good?" There's no such thing as a free lunch. Dean Peng had his eye on Gu Feng's talent, so how could he let him slip away right before his eyes?

"This..." Gu Feng pondered.

Seeing that Gu Feng was somewhat moved, Dean Peng immediately intensified his persuasion efforts, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It would be a great pity if you missed it! If it's feasible, I can immediately draw up a contract. After both parties sign it, you can report to the medical school tomorrow."

"This..." Gu Feng still dared not agree, because Dean Peng's expressionless face held a pair of anxious and cunning eyes. He was afraid that he might accidentally fall into the old fox's trap!

"There's nothing to hesitate about. You can ask around about my words and actions. I never make promises lightly, but once I do, I always keep them!" Dean Peng didn't like to talk like that because it made him seem insignificant. But you have to use extraordinary methods when dealing with extraordinary people. He believed that he had to sell his own wares a little when dealing with someone like Gu Feng.

"I... I'd better wait until my sister gets back and we can discuss it further!"

Gu Feng was forced into a corner, so he had no choice but to use Su Man'er as a shield. In fact, he never needed to ask anyone for his own affairs, but since Dean Peng insisted on treating him like a child, what was wrong with him pretending to be naive?

No matter how much Dean Peng tried to persuade him, Gu Feng remained resolute and refused to budge. Left with no other option, Dean Peng left his business card and took his leave...