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Chapter 75 You really have no shame!
Before inheriting Mr. Ren's name, I vaguely remember that I had a family, not a family where I was alone.
And then… what happened next? My own family… yes, just like I felt for Huaiyin, I used to have…
An indescribable sorrow surged up like a vast ocean, as if the ocean before him had instantly swallowed Dou Tang's body, causing him to tremble violently. Waves of heart-wrenching pain surged through his heart, pounding against his thoughts.
Dou Tang cried out in pain and nearly fell to the ground.
He mustered his strength, slowly squatted down, and looked at the sea in front of him. The thoughts about the past in his mind were gradually torn apart and buried once again in the deepest part of his brain.
"I can't... I can't try to recall it. Whenever I try, I feel an excruciating pain in my head. Why is that?"
It was as if will and thought had been torn apart; the originally linear and concrete thoughts were forcefully crushed and torn into pieces.
Dou Tang staggered up, and in his hazy state, he saw Huaiyin running towards him in the distance.
Dou Tang subconsciously reached out his hand, and then completely lost consciousness.
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When I woke up again, I was already in the warehouse.
Looking at the ceiling above his head, Dou Tang let out a long sigh.
Not right.
There was definitely something wrong with my memory, something I'd been subconsciously avoiding all along, but this time, after a sudden realization, this actually happened...
What's wrong with me?
He sat up in bed and found that there was no one else in the room, but he could hear voices outside.
Dou Tang rubbed his head and looked out the window. The sun was shining brightly outside, and he realized he had been unconscious for at least a whole night.
After getting out of bed, Dou Tang stretched his body and, feeling fine, opened the door and went out.
As soon as the door opened, a short, soft body rushed into my arms.
Dou Tang wrapped his arms around Huai Yin and laughed.
Mikazuki saw Tou Tang walk out of the house and quickly went up to him, saying, "Hey, hey, hey, why did you faint instead of Old Wolf? Are you alright?"
Dou Tang shook his head and said, "It's all over now."
Huaiyin gave Mikazuki a look, pushed Doutang back into the room, her face flushed and her eyes shimmering with tears, and made Doutang sit back on the bed.
Then she pouted and said, "Brother, I was so worried... What was wrong with you back then?"
“I saw you swaying precariously on the shore, and I’ve never seen you like that before.”
Dou Tang pondered for a moment and said, "That was because I was researching something. It won't happen again, Huaiyin, don't worry."
Huaiyin looked up, her eyes full of seriousness and concern, "What is it? Can't you tell me?"
Upon hearing this, Dou Tang lowered his eyes, looking somewhat dejected, before finally squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth: "About the past."
The only life that Toudou can call the past is the previous life, a life that did not belong to Toudou Kiryu.
Upon hearing these four words, Huaiyin froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, staring blankly at Doutang.
Mikazuki, who was standing to the side, turned around and closed the door before raising an eyebrow and saying, "About the past? What about your past? Uh... I mean, about your... family?"
In Mikazuki's understanding, Toudou was probably thinking of his relatives who had died at the hands of evil spirits a year ago.
For this man, perhaps only family-related topics can make him lose his composure.
Huaiyin wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, ignoring the fact that Mikazuki was watching, and suddenly threw herself into Doutang's arms.
Dou Tang raised her hands slightly and gently embraced Huaiyin, whispering, "Don't worry, I'm fine now."
He rubbed Huaiyin's head and then asked, "How are everyone's preparations going?"
Huaiyin got up from his arms, sniffed, and smiled through her tears, saying, "Brother, it's better for you to go out and see for yourself. You'll definitely smile then."
The two stood up, and Mikazuki opened the door and said, "You two siblings are really strange."
Dou Tang shrugged and remained silent.
When the three entered the living room, Dou Tang was immediately stunned and smiled.
In the center of the living room, a person was sitting on the sofa. The person was wrapped in a thick blanket and quilt, and looked as comical as a colorful triangular rice ball.
Old Wolf poked his head out from under the covers, looked at Dou Tang, and scoffed, "Please, even when I had a fever and a cold, I didn't faint. You fainted just from the sea breeze?"
Dou Tang yawned and asked, "Looks like your cold is pretty bad. Even if you go to the hospital, they'll probably just think you're rich and stupid."
Old Wolf scoffed twice and turned his head away: "What an idiotic plan. Hospitalizing for a bad cold... people will definitely think you're stupid and have too much money, okay?"
"Alright, enough talk, his fever will break if we don't hurry," Kotaro urged.
Urge.
Dou Tang nodded, looked at his companions, and said, "There's a hotel near that hospital. Lao Lang has already booked a room. You guys go to the hotel and wait for news. I'll go with Lao Lang to the hospital. If he goes alone, there's a high chance something will go wrong."
Old Wolf clapped his hands suddenly: "Good heavens! Now, patients with severe colds and fevers need a high school student to accompany them to the hospital. If this gets out, I'll be so embarrassed!"
Without saying a word, Dou Tang stepped forward and pulled the old wolf out of the blanket.
Old Wolf, wearing a shirt, wiped his nose, broke free from Dou Tang's hand, stood up, and said with a nasal tone, "Let's go, let's go quickly, I don't want to stay here a moment longer."
Kotaro, who was standing nearby, suddenly chimed in, shouting, "He's afraid of catching a cold and infecting the two girls!"
Mikazuki pricked up his ears: "I don't count?"
After chatting for a while, Dou Tang and Lao Lang finally got into the car and headed to the private hospital.
Thanks to Dou Tang's financial power, Lao Lang, despite only having a severe cold and fever, was able to check into a hospital room as he wished. Moreover, perhaps because they felt the two were too rich, doctors and nurses kept coming to Lao Lang's room.
Having just seen off a nurse, Old Wolf, now dressed in a hospital gown, chuckled and pointed to the ward door, saying, "Believe it or not, those nurses outside are already figuring out how to seduce us."
Dou Tang sat by the hospital bed, looking at the book the nurse had just brought him, and asked without looking up, "Why?"
Old Wolf counted on his fingers: "Young, rich, and stupid! He even wants to be hospitalized for a bad cold. Who wouldn't be tempted?"
"Besides, with our kind of presence, they'd probably guess we're some kind of celebrities!"
Dou Tang looked up in confusion: "A celebrity? You really know how to flatter yourself."
"...I praised you too, and you still criticized me?"
"Yeah, isn't it normal for people to mistake me for a celebrity?" Dou Tang closed the book in his hand and said matter-of-factly.
Chapter 76 Setting up a trap
Old Wolf was stunned for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "You really have no shame."
Dou Tang shook his head and said, "I just have a clear understanding of myself."
Old Wolf glanced at the IV drip in front of him; the medicine inside would probably last for about an hour. So he said, "What do we do now? Just wait until it gets dark?"
Dou Tang nodded and said, "There will be ward rounds when it gets dark, but as long as I stay behind as a relative, I should be able to move around freely in the hospital without much problem. These private hospitals are very tolerant of patients."
Old Wolf quipped, "Yeah, what can we do? We're here to throw money away!"
After saying that, Old Wolf suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Wait a minute, am I going to have hospital food tonight?"
Dou Tang glanced out the window; it was already evening. He nodded and said, "The hospital meals should be arriving soon. I'm going out to have dinner with everyone."
Seeing Dou Tang get up to leave, Lao Lang's face immediately turned ugly: "Wait, wait a minute, Kiryu-kun, help me, help me!"
"How about bringing back some ramen? Cup noodles are fine too! I can't stand the hospital food!"
Dou Tang stormed out, ignoring the old wolf's howls.
Ten minutes later, he sat in a roadside restaurant and recounted what had happened.
At this moment, the group of people were sitting in a corner of the restaurant, each with a bowl of ramen, enjoying their meal immensely.
Kotaro slurped up some soup and said, "To be honest, I think... although I used to be enemies with Old Wolf, we've become much more harmonious these past few days, which is quite strange."
"It's like... um... I've relaxed a bit."
"This is a good thing," Mikazuki commented.
“But we are facing a major battle.” Kotaro frowned. “I feel like we’re being a bit too complacent right now.”
Just as Huaiyin was about to speak, Doutang stopped her with a gesture.
Dou Tang gestured with his other hand to signal everyone to lower their voices, his eyes blazing as he looked toward the restaurant entrance.
A man of extraordinary height entered the room with his head down and sat down at the bar.
A noticeable scar on one eye made his already angular face appear even colder and more ferocious.
“It’s that rhinoceros half-demon,” Dou Tang whispered.
Indeed, the person who appeared in the restaurant at this moment was the rhinoceros half-demon who had lost the battle with Dou Tang. However, he seemed to be living as an ordinary person. He raised his hand to order some food and sat at the bar playing on his phone.
"Tsk." Kotaro seemed quite annoyed. "We can't even have a peaceful meal. What are we going to do now?"
"Of course, we should hold back," Xue Qing said.
Dou Tang agreed with Xue Qing's statement, nodded, and whispered, "Just pretend we didn't see it. Now is not the time to take action."
Seemingly sensing the unusual gaze, the rhinoceros half-demon suddenly turned its head and looked in the direction of Dou Tang and the others with a puzzled expression.
But he found nothing, scratched his head, and then ignored it.
Unbeknownst to him, Dou Tang and the others quietly watched him out of the corner of their eyes, searching for any possible weaknesses in him.
The rhinoceros half-demon had a large appetite and ate very quickly. In the short time the group had been watching him, the bowls on his table had piled up into a small mountain, obscuring his face.
They came quickly and left quickly. The rhinoceros half-demon soon let out a satisfied burp, paid the money, and walked outside.
Mikazuki thought for a moment, then went to the counter to chat with the owner in the kitchen. After a while, he returned to the table and said with a smile, "It's done. I know his schedule. He always comes to the restaurant at seven o'clock every day, and he comes again after eleven o'clock. He tells the owner that he is a caregiver at the hospital."
"So, he won't be at the hospital after 11 o'clock..." Dou Tang frowned. "Should we take this opportunity to get him sorted out?"
“Taking them down one by one is also a good thing,” Xueqing said.
"If we can ambush him before he transforms and kill him in one blow, we should be able to do it if we coordinate well." Kotaro agreed with this idea.
“It’s not impossible… I’ll go talk to Old Wolf. He can act as our informant in the hospital and see if there are any unusual developments there after the rhinoceros half-demon was killed.” Dou Tang put down his chopsticks, confirming the plan.
After finishing his meal, Dou Tang packed a bowl of ramen and returned to his hospital room.
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"Slurp slurp slurp... I think it's fine. As long as I don't release my demonic energy, I'm no different from an ordinary human."
Old Wolf slurped up his ramen, indicating that he had no objections.
Dou Tang was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said in a serious tone, "Old Wolf, can I trust you?"
The old wolf tilted his head: "Please, brother, have you forgotten that you put a curse on me? That thing that looks like a candy bean is still inside me. Don't you trust me?"
Upon hearing this, Dou Tang took out ten things that looked like candies from his pocket and handed them to Old Wolf.
"Snacks?" Old Wolf raised an eyebrow.
"No, it's something that can save your life." Dou Tang became serious, placed the candy in his hand, and said, "If you encounter a situation that you can't handle, infuse these things with demonic energy, and it will save your life."
Old Wolf flipped his palm and carefully examined the candy in his hand. In his view, this thing had neither resentment nor anything special about it; it looked like nothing more than a low-quality, artificially colored candy.
"Okay... I believe you. I'll be waiting for your good news tonight."
Dou Tang nodded and turned to leave.
"Hey, by the way," Old Wolf suddenly called out to him again, "What happened when you suddenly fainted the other day?"
Dou Tang turned around, looked at Old Wolf, and said, "It's nothing, I just thought of some unbearable memories."
Old Wolf sat on the hospital bed and laughed, "Everyone has unbearable past experiences, but to faint just from recalling the past sounds rather unusual, doesn't it?"
Dou Tang smiled upon hearing this and explained, "It's precisely because I can't remember that I say it's unbearable to recall."
"I can't remember..." Old Wolf was somewhat surprised: "From the perspective of such a powerful exorcist, amnesia is not a good sign."
"What do you mean?" Dou Tang asked.
“Generally speaking, for exorcists and monsters, memories are actually a part of the soul.” Old Wolf held up a finger: “Past memories create the soul, and the soul becomes stronger because of the richness of memories. Simply put, the more you see and think, the stronger your soul becomes.”
"As for amnesia... although normal amnesia does exist, with your strong physique, amnesia itself is an absurd thing."
Dou Tang understood what he meant, narrowed his eyes, and a question that puzzled him popped into his mind.
"You mean... you suspect there's something wrong with my soul?"