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She clenched her fists tightly, her fingers digging into the ropes on either side.
Even though she was already asleep, Huaiyin suddenly felt an irresistible drowsiness wash over her.
"No...no bad woman..." Huaiyin muttered as she closed her eyes.
Chapter 214 Ren Doutang and Tamamo-no-Mae
The water submerged his body.
It's like a sky.
Huaiyin's eyes widened suddenly. The pain in her chest compelled her to follow her instincts and swim towards the sky.
"Pfft... Pfft ha!"
She burst out of the water, gasping for breath.
It seemed as if she was by the sea, with a small earthen slope not far in front of her. Without thinking twice, Huaiyin swam toward that slope.
After getting ashore, she tidied her soaking wet hair and looked around.
Where am I...?
What appeared before her seemed to be the coastline of a city. Huaiyin took a few deep breaths and walked towards the light in the distance.
What appeared before Huaiyin was an extremely prosperous city. Towers even taller than the Tokyo Skytree stood in the distance, and the bustling city unfolded before her eyes.
However, the entire city was deserted.
She looked into the distance and quickly spotted two figures.
The two men stood face to face, looking tense and ready to fight.
Huaiyin walked closer and was surprised to find that it was Dou Tang, who was wearing a black casual suit.
The person opposite him... was Tamamo-no-Mae dressed in casual clothes, but her appearance was slightly different from what was described in the intelligence report.
Wearing a West
The older brother in the costume is so handsome...
Huaiyin circled around Doutang, and at the same time, she was certain that neither of them could see her.
Are the three of us now existing in the same dream...? Then, is this my ability? Huaiyin looked at her hands and clicked her tongue.
But before she could continue studying her abilities, Dou Tang spoke up.
"Why are you here?" Dou Tang's eyes widened in anger. "You should already be dead!"
"That's what I should be asking you!" Tamamo-no-Mae waved her hand. "Is this how your Ren family does things? You don't even spare the dead?"
"Ren Doutang, why am I here!?"
Tamamo-no-Mae's face was filled with disbelief: "You bastard...you're utter scum! Are you going to torture me here, not even spare my soul?"
Dou Tang strode forward, stood in front of Tamamo-no-Mae, and glared at her, saying, "Where am I a scumbag? I gave you a quick and easy resolution, isn't that a good thing?!"
"What a load of rubbish!" Tamamo-no-Mae raised her middle finger, looking like a grumpy boss. "Then why am I here? Where am I?"
"I fucking want to know too!" Dou Tang clenched his fist.
Huaiyin, who was standing to the side, was stunned for a moment.
From this... it seems Tamamo-no-Mae knows her brother?!
And my brother even killed Tamamo-no-Mae... This must have happened in my previous life, right?
But the person I encountered was the current Tamamo-no-Mae, who should have only recently appeared. How could someone who... knew my brother from my past life appear?
Huaiyin's mind was in a state of confusion.
Tamamo-no-Mae, who was standing to the side, seemed to feel that arguing with Tou-Tang was pointless. She looked around and said solemnly, "This is... the place where we first met?"
Our first meeting? You remember it so clearly.
Huaiyin's gossip spirit was burning brightly. She knew that Dou Tang wouldn't fall for someone like Tamamo-no-Mae now, but... she couldn't say for sure if it were in her past life.
What if Tamamo-no-Mae and Tou-Tang were truly in a love-hate relationship in their past lives?
That would be so much fun!
Huaiyin blinked and moved closer to Tamamo-no-Mae. Since neither of them could see her, she was quite unrestrained.
Upon hearing this, Dou Tang looked around, seemingly somewhat surprised: "This place... indeed, this is Shanghai, the place where we first met."
"Strange... I was just sleeping, could this be a dream?" He looked down at his hands and clenched his fist. "But why would I dream about you? Is it because I've heard news about you lately?"
"What do you mean you have news about me?" Tamamo-no-Mae frowned. "Why don't you just kill me already?"
“Yes, I did kill you, right? At the Qi River near the old Chaoge gate, right?” Dou Tang looked at Yuzao.
“That’s right…” Tamamo-no-Mae smiled insincerely, her eyes filled with hatred. “You have no mercy for women, you’ve nailed me to the mountains. I’m only a hundred meters away from my dream homeland. I can even smell the unforgettable fragrance of the Qi River in the air.”
“I’ve lived for thousands of years, and then I was sealed away, only to be killed by you right at my doorstep, Ren Doutang… I’m so glad I still remember what you did.” The smile on her face turned into anger and hatred, a desire to tear Doutang to pieces.
Dou Tang, however, was somewhat unconvinced and sighed, "You deserve what you got."
"Let's talk about the present first. Why did things turn out like this?" Dou Tang glanced at her sideways. "Let's make this clear first, Haoli is no longer under my jurisdiction."
Upon hearing this, Tamamo-no-Mae was stunned for a long time, even frowning and taking two steps back, asking in surprise and doubt, "Wait, you... are you really Ren Doutang?"
"You're a member of the Ren family, how could you possibly abandon Haoli..."
Dou Tang was silent for a moment, then said, "You might not believe it, and I didn't believe it at first either, but since it's a dream anyway, there's no harm in telling you."
"I've traveled through time."
Tamamo-no-Mae was stunned at first, then burst into uncontrollable laughter. She laughed loudly without any regard for her image, bending over backwards.
"Hahahaha...transmigration...don't be ridiculous, transmigration hahahaha, the Lord of Haoli transmigrated hahahaha..."
“It’s true.” Dou Tang explained, “I traveled to Japan. Hao Li’s power has disappeared, and in its place is the ability to transform into a Fall Guy.”
"Sugar, Fall Guy, pfft, pfft hahahaha..." Tamamo-no-Mae clutched her stomach, laughing uncontrollably.
“There is no Haoli in this world, and you have just been broken free from the Sessho-seki. The time is the winter of 2020.” Dou Tang continued to explain, “If this is a dream, I am still very happy to see you again. Everything I said is true.”
"And now..." he sighed, "I'm trying to find you in this world to confirm whether you are the same person I know."
“The fact that I have this dream might be a sign that I don’t want to see you come into this world.” Dou Tang’s eyes were very solemn, with a hint of reminiscence: “I don’t want to kill you again.”
Tamamo-no-Mae's laughter stopped abruptly.
She looked at Dou Tang, her smile turning manic and dangerous. This sudden change in attitude made Huai Yin feel uneasy.
Tamamo-no-Mae approached Dou-Tang, looked up into his eyes, shook her head slightly, and gritted her teeth: "Don't be stupid, Ren Dou-Tang... you're a madman, a madman who has nothing."
"You don't care whether what's blocking your way is a person or an evil spirit, as long as it blocks your way..."
"Everyone who comes to your side will be killed by you." She enunciated each word clearly, "You hypocritical, heartless executioner."
Dou Tang remained silent, only closing his eyes quietly.
“Remember this, you have nothing, whether you go to another world or not, you will always be the same.” Tamamo-no-Mae reached out and gently placed her hand on Dou Tang’s chest. Although the movement was as gentle as a lover’s caress, her words were cold and hostile.
Chapter 215 Is your sleeping posture serious?
In the deserted, desolate city, Dou Tang and Yu Zao Qian stared at each other, their distance so close it was almost ambiguous, yet they looked like mortal enemies.
After Tamamo-no-Mae finished speaking, Tou-Tang remained silent for a long time.
Seeing that he remained silent, Tamamo-no-Mae sneered and said, "Ren Doutang, you've changed."
“Although I don’t know what happened, you’ve become weak. If it were the old you, you probably would have drawn your sword by now.” Tamamo-no-Mae lightly tapped Dou Tang’s chest with her index finger. “What have you been through that has turned someone who has nothing into this state?”
“Oh wait… let me guess.” Tamamo-no-Mae squinted, seemingly having seen through Dou Tang. “Of course, someone who has nothing has nothing to fear, but you are not one of them right now.”
"What have you gained? Family? Lover?" She chuckled. "What has happened since I died? It's like an iron tree has blossomed."
Dou Tang simply closed his eyes and said, "Shut up."
"If I wake up from this dream... if the Tamamo-no-Mae in this world is really you, I will definitely kill you."
Tamamo-no-Mae, feeling awkward, shook her head.
She left Dou Tang's side, turned back to look at the city, and said with nostalgia in her eyes, "Ah, my first stop after returning from Japan was Shanghai."
"I've encountered quite a few interesting things here."
Dou Tang said coldly, "There are still 535 blood debts."
Huaiyin was startled and looked at Doutang.
At this moment, Dou Tang's face was covered with veins bulging with anger, his hands clenched tightly as he stared at Tamamo-no-Mae.
"Those were 535 innocent people."
Was Tamamo-no-Mae in her past life really this ruthless?
Looking at Tamamo-no-Mae's delicate face and leisurely expression, it was hard for Huaiyin to imagine that such a person could be so ruthless as to kill hundreds of people, with his hands stained with the blood of innocents.
Tamamo-no-Mae's smile faded, replaced by a coldness. She turned to look at Dou Tang and said, "Have you ever considered that they deserved what they got?"
"Humans can punish other humans, but can't demons punish humans? Are demons the only ones at fault?" Tamamo-no-Mae looked at Dou-Tang. "Ren Dou-Tang, do you dare say you've never killed anyone wrongly?"
"Do you really think I'm that damn guy?"
Dou Tang suddenly laughed: "What, even in death you're still restless? Still thinking of overturning your case?"
"If you had told even one word of truth, you wouldn't be being hunted down by me."
Upon hearing this, Tamamo-no-Mae did not reply, but simply turned to look at the city in front of her.
Dou Tang sighed, "To dream of you should be considered a good thing, even if you're still such a jerk."
"This dream was very pleasant; it's time to wake up."
"Wait." Tamamo-no-Mae suddenly called out to him, turning her head to look at him with a complicated expression.
"...Are you doing well in the other world?"
Her voice trembled, carrying a mixture of...unspeakable shame and urgency.
Hearing this, Huaiyin felt her "girl radar" going off like a whistle.
These two are definitely extraordinary!
No! We absolutely cannot let that wicked woman get near my brother again!
These days, older brothers are so easily swayed by emotions; they might fall for the tricks of bad women!
With a thought, Huaiyin's consciousness suddenly contracted and returned to the sky, the dreamlike scene before her eyes dissipating like smoke.
Only the two obsession cables in my hand remain connected.
"Hmph!" Huaiyin snorted coldly, pulled hard with both hands, and the cable broke instantly.
Then she released her grip, and the two cables contracted rapidly, instantly returning to their original positions. Dou Tang's cable retracted into the building shrouded in black mist, while Tamamo-no-Mae's cable retracted into the hotel at the foot of Huaiyin.
Huaiyin memorized Tamamo-no-Mae's location once again, then closed her eyes and, following the throbbing in her heart, instinctively returned her consciousness to her body.
When Huaiyin opened her eyes again, she was back in her room.
She picked up her phone and checked the time, finding it was already 3:30 AM. She had gone to bed around 11 PM, and it had taken her so long to wander around the city and connect with the dreams of Dou Tang and Tamamo-no-Mae.
Looking to the side, Lu Zizhen was fast asleep on the other bed. She had drunk some wine before going to bed and was now sleeping soundly.
Huaiyin tiptoed out of bed, put on a coat, and went to Doutang's room, knocking on the door.
Sure enough, Dou Tang also woke up as the dream disappeared and quickly opened the door.
At this moment, Dou Tang was only wearing underwear, leaning against the door frame. The knife marks on his body were slowly disappearing, and his forehead was covered in sweat as if he had been pulled out of the water. His hair in front of his forehead was stuck together, indicating that the dream had a great impact on him.
He smoothed his hair and asked, puzzled, "Huaiyin, what's wrong?"
“I had a nightmare, let me sleep with you…” Huaiyin rushed into the house with her head down.
"Wait..." Dou Tang reached out and stopped her, somewhat helplessly:
"You haven't had nightmares in a long time, have you? And isn't it the same when you're hugging Lu Zizhen?"
"I just want you..." Huaiyin, wearing her clothes, crouched down and crawled under Doutang's arm.
Caught off guard, Dou Tang was rushed in and rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Huaiyin's legs tumbled as she slipped into the room.
When Dou Tang entered the room, Huai Yin was already lying in Dou Tang's bed, wrapped up tightly, with only her little head showing.