Li Jianwen was at a loss, looking at his father in shock. "Dad, you... you're not dead?"
Elder Li's brow furrowed as he snapped, "Are you that eager for me to die?"
"No..."
Li Jianwen waved his hands repeatedly. "No, Dad! Just now, you didn't even have a pulse, and this kid hit you."
"Ignorant. I was treating Elder Li," Chen Dong said, his hands clasped behind his back.
Xue Tianxiang was completely baffled. He stepped forward and asked, "Treating someone by hitting them? What kind of technique is that?"
Chen Dong explained calmly, "Elder Li is advanced in age. His qi and blood were blocked, and he has old ailments in his body. While your Silver Needles could clear the flow of qi and blood, they didn't open his meridians."
"Those three punches I just threw were to help Elder Li open his meridians, allowing his qi and blood to circulate and bring him back from the brink of death."
It dawned on Xue Tianxiang. He hurried over to Elder Li's side.
He checked Elder Li's pulse again.
"Heavens."
Xue Tianxiang's jaw dropped, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Li Huiran asked worriedly, "Divine Doctor Xue, how is my grandfather's condition now?"
Xue Tianxiang swallowed hard and said slowly, "He's fine. Completely fine... Not only is his qi and blood flowing smoothly, but the old injuries on Brother Li have also been suppressed."
He bowed deeply to Chen Dong and said with great shame, "Chen's medical skills are magnificent. I am humbled and ashamed. Please, Chen, forgive my transgression."
Seeing Xue Tianxiang perform such a grand gesture of respect toward Chen Dong, Li Huiran, who was standing to the side, couldn't believe her eyes.
She simply couldn't believe her eyes.
'Who was Xue Tianxiang? The number one divine doctor in Jiangzhou, the eighteenth-generation heir of Hundred Herbs Hall.'
'Yet he was being so polite to a junior of my own age?'
'Could this kid's medical skills really be better than Xue Tianxiang's?'
Chen Dong quickly helped Xue Tianxiang up.
Grinning, he rubbed his hands together. "It's nothing, really. If you want to learn, I can teach you. Just a little something for the tuition fee will do."
"Really?" Xue Tianxiang's eyes lit up. He never expected the other man would be willing to teach his skills to an outsider.
"Of course. As long as the money is right, I could get you a nuclear bomb."
Xue Tianxiang burst out laughing. "In that case, Chen, you must find time to visit my Hundred Herbs Hall! Money is no object."
"Definitely, definitely," Chen Dong replied cheerfully.
"Hahaha..."
Elder Li, on the hospital bed, laughed smugly. "See? How could the apprentice of Celestial Master Chen be a mediocrity?"
Xue Tianxiang nodded in agreement, stroking his beard. "Congratulations, Brother Li. Chen's talent far surpasses mine by more than tenfold. With such a fine son-in-law, Master Li can certainly live out his later years in peace."
"If Chen hadn't been here today, I'm afraid it would have been a catastrophe."
"Ah, Divine Doctor Xue, you're too humble."
Elder Li said, "Without you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have lasted this long either."
Seeing that Elder Li was out of danger, Divine Doctor Xue said, "Now that Chen is here, Brother Li will certainly be safe and sound. I'll take my leave now."
Elder Li nodded. "Then I won't keep you, Divine Doctor Xue. I'll be sure to pay you a visit to express my gratitude when I have the chance."
"Jianwen, see Divine Doctor Xue out for me."
"Yes."
Li Jianwen responded and quickly escorted Divine Doctor Xue from the room.
Only Chen Dong, Elder Li, and his granddaughter remained in the room.
A smile spread across Elder Li's face. He waved repeatedly at Chen Dong. "Xiaodong, where are you currently employed?"
Chen Dong scratched his head. "Uh... I just arrived in Jiangzhou today. I don't have a job yet."
"Excellent."
Elder Li slapped his thigh excitedly. "Huiran is currently the General Manager of the Li Group. We'll have her arrange a sinecure for you."
"Grandpa..."
Li Huiran nudged her grandfather and said plaintively, "The minimum requirement for new hires at the company right now is a bachelor's degree... What can he even do?"
"Could Chen's abilities possibly be worse than those students? Just arrange any position for him."
Elder Li turned to Chen Dong. "Xiaodong, what's your target salary?"
Chen Dong stroked his chin, thinking for a long moment.
'How much would be appropriate?'
He cautiously ventured, "A monthly salary... of one hundred thousand?"
"One hundred thousand?" Elder Li was taken aback.
"Ten thousand is fine too," Chen Dong quickly amended.
Master Li declared, "I'll give you two hundred thousand."
Chen Dong gritted his teeth in regret. 'Fuck, I asked for too little.'
"Thank you, Master Li."
Elder Li said seriously, "Hey, we're going to be family from now on. Why are you still being so formal?"
"Thank you, Grandpa," Chen Dong said with a sly grin.
'Coming to the Li Family was the right choice. Two hundred thousand a month for doing nothing.'
A satisfied smile appeared on Elder Li's face. He instructed his granddaughter, "Huiran, this afternoon, you and Chen Dong are to go and register your marriage."
"I'll pick an auspicious date and hurry up and arrange the wedding for you."
Li Huiran fidgeted. "Grandpa, there's no need to rush this!"
Elder Li said earnestly, "Huiran, you're not getting any younger. It's time for you to get married. With Chen Dong to take care of you, I can finally be at ease."
"Alright, I'll listen to you, Grandpa," Li Huiran sighed helplessly in her heart.
'Even though she looked down on this Chen Dong, she didn't want to defy her grandfather again, terrified of angering him into another illness.'
She stood up and glared at Chen Dong. "What are you looking at? Let's go."
"Oh."
Chen Dong scurried after her eagerly.
After leaving the Li Family Manor, the two got into a Ferrari.
Li Huiran floored the gas and sped away.
However, she didn't drive to the Civil Affairs Bureau, but instead parked in front of a copy shop.
A moment later, Li Huiran came out of the copy shop and tossed a marriage certificate into Chen Dong's hands.
Chen Dong looked at the marriage certificate in his hands and asked curiously, "You don't even have to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get married now?"
Li Huiran rolled her eyes in disgust. "Did you really think I would legally marry you?"
"You'd better give up that idea. It's impossible for us to be together in this lifetime. Don't harbor any unrealistic fantasies."
"This fake certificate is just to make my grandfather happy."
"Huh?"
Chen Dong stood there, stunned. "Then... isn't this deceiving him?"
Li Huiran's almond-shaped eyes narrowed as she threatened, "If you dare say the wrong thing in front of my grandfather, I'll tear your mouth apart."
Chen Dong stuck his hands in his pockets, putting on an aggrieved expression. "Actually... I'm an honest person. Making me lie..."
"...is going to cost you extra."
"You..."
Li Huiran stomped her foot so hard she almost broke her high heel.
Her beautiful eyes stared daggers at him.
Seeing Chen Dong's smug and wretched look, she wished she could tear him limb from limb.
But Li Huiran was also afraid this guy would go back and run his mouth.
Fuming, she pulled a stack of cash from her purse and threw it at Chen Dong.
Chen Dong quickly stuffed the money into his pocket and thumped his chest, assuring her, "Don't worry. Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know. Absolutely no third person will ever find out."