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A pair of big eyes blinked as she looked at Dou Tang, seemingly not sleepy at all, but full of anticipation.
"...Let me go wipe my sweat." Dou Tang walked into the bathroom.
When Dou Tang came out of the bathroom, Huai Yin could no longer open her eyes and was burying her face in the pillow, muttering incoherently.
Dou Tang sighed and crawled into bed. Huai Yin immediately pressed herself against him, her icy little hand darting into Dou Tang's armpit.
"Hiss..." Dou Tang gasped, "You just threw on a coat and came out. What if you catch a cold tomorrow?"
"Hmm...no, it won't." Huaiyin's head rubbed against Doutang's chin, her breath hitting Doutang's collarbone in waves.
Dou Tang yawned, feeling incredibly sleepy, and decided to stop thinking and close his eyes.
But after a short while, once Huaiyin was fast asleep, Doutang suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Someone came in.
He turned to look at the door, then turned back helplessly.
Lu Zizhen, wearing her pajamas, tiptoed to the bedside and slipped inside like an eel.
"...What's the point of us booking two rooms?" Dou Tang asked in a low voice.
Lu Zizhen stroked Dou Tang's back, breathed intimately into Dou Tang's ear, and said in a low voice with a grin, "Of course, it's for my reputation."
"Decisive and efficient in public, but in private... hehe."
Dou Tang closed his eyes and ignored her: "Go to sleep."
After a while, he opened his eyes again and said angrily in a low voice, "Don't put your hand down any further!"
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This sleep.
It's like I didn't sleep at all.
Dou Tang stared at the ceiling with his eyes open.
In the middle of the night, perhaps because of the alcohol, Lu Zizhen's actions never stopped. Her hand even reached into Dou Tang's underwear and kept pinching and kneading.
Dou Tang spent the entire night in a loop of trying to remove Lu Zizhen's hand while being careful not to wake Huaiyin.
Lu Zizhen didn't wake up until the early hours of the morning.
She nestled in Dou Tang's arms, sharing Dou Tang's warmth with Huai Yin. When she woke up, she showed no shyness, raised her head, and looked at Dou Tang.
"Hmph... Look at how you're holding back." Lu Zizhen leaned close to Dou Tang and gently kissed Dou Tang's cheek, saying at the same time, "I've heard people say before that boys' beds can be over 30 degrees Celsius in winter, it seems to be true."
"I haven't had such a warm night's sleep since I came to Japan."
Dou Tang stared at the ceiling with a Zen-like expression: "Then could you please take your hand away?"
"No..." Lu Zizhen gently clenched the thing in her hand, and Dou Tang immediately gasped.
"This stuff is so warm, let me warm my hands a bit more."
"How come I didn't realize how long it was when I was eating it? I couldn't even hold it in one hand."
Dou Tang gave a forced smile: "Guess who will be dead when Huaiyin wakes up and sees this scene?"
"What does it matter?" Lu Zizhen whispered, gently rubbing her lips against Dou Tang's cheek. Her warm breath lingered on his face, creating an intimate atmosphere.
"How can someone who doesn't even know if they will live or die tomorrow not indulge their love?"
"Don't say things like that," Dou Tang clicked his tongue.
“Last time we encountered someone like Taira no Masakado, it was already beyond our capabilities.” Lu Zizhen rubbed her hands together, making an ambiguous gesture, but her words made Dou Tang uneasy. “In the future, there will definitely be more people we can’t deal with. One day… something unexpected will happen.”
Suddenly, Lu Zizhen's hand stopped abruptly. She looked at Huaiyin, who seemed to be fast asleep beside her, and revealed a mysterious smile.
She pulled her hand away, and Dou Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt uncomfortable because she was stuck in a rut.
To his utter surprise, Lu Zizhen actually took her hand out of the blanket.
She stepped back and said, "Look at me, Dou Tang."
Dou Tang lowered his head in response, but frowned.
As if in a show of defiance, Lu Zizhen met Dou Tang's gaze with watery eyes, while opening her hand, which still carried Dou Tang's strong scent and even a trace of transparent sap.
"Ah... ooh." She put her finger in her mouth, making a smacking sound.
This stimulation overwhelmed Dou Tang, causing him to swallow hard.
Seeing Dou Tang's eager anticipation, Lu Zizhen leisurely licked her hands, leaving no spot untouched from her fingers to her palms, until her delicate hands were clean and even glistening with moisture.
"Oh... the smell is a bit strong..." She sniffed sharply, her focus instantly fading, and her shoulders trembled as if she could hardly control herself.
She lowered her head, not daring to meet Dou Tang's gaze, and merely licked her lips before quietly retreating.
I got out of bed.
"I'll...I'll hang you for two days first, then I'll go back." She picked up her clothes from the side, hurriedly left the room, and fled in panic.
Seeing Lu Zizhen flee in panic, Dou Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but he still felt unsatisfied. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
He lowered his eyes and shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore.
But as soon as he lowered his head, he felt something was strange... Huaiyin next to him raised her head.
He turned his head and froze, his muscles tensing like a stone.
Huaiyin, standing beside him, was staring at Doutang with an indescribably empty gaze.
His gaze was unfocused, yet it seemed to see right through Dou Tang. At this moment, Huai Yin, with his expressionless face, was like... a completely different person.
"Ren Doutang, what was she doing just now?"
"I, I..." Dou Tang kept swallowing.
“She’s right.” A smile suddenly appeared on Huaiyin’s face. “My awareness is not as good as Sister Lu’s.”
"I should have thought of that sooner. How can someone who doesn't even know if they'll live or die tomorrow not indulge their love?"
Dou Tang could feel Huai Yin's hand slowly stroking his abdominal muscles.
She closed her eyes, buried her face in Dou Tang's side, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, saying with her eyes still closed, "You understand, right?"
"You've always understood, but you've never said it clearly, and you've never dared to tell me."
"I don't want to be treated as a substitute for anyone. I am Kiryu Kaine, not anyone you have lost."
"So stop carrying this inexplicable guilt, and stop letting those things bind you and me."
Dou Tang was about to say something when Huai Yin cut him off.
They blocked his mouth with their own.
But it was just a light peck.
Huaiyin stepped back again, two lines of tears streaming down her face, but she did not open her eyes. Instead, she continued, "Don't try to argue, and don't express any opinion. Just acquiesce at this moment, please."
"You wanted to die, but you didn't think about me. Don't you think that's selfish?"
Dou Tang wanted to say something, but felt... something was stuck in his heart, and he couldn't open his mouth at all.
Huaiyin's hand continued downwards, and although she was doing something ambiguous, she began to sob.
As Huaiyin held her hand, a blush spread across her face. Shyness seemed unable to hinder the girl's determination, and Dou Tang felt herself being held tightly once again.
Huaiyin finally opened her eyes, looking at Doutang through teary eyes.
Seeing Dou Tang's face gradually turn red and feeling Dou Tang's burning passion, Huai Yin seemed to have made up her mind and gently bit her lower lip.
Why should you have to hold it in just because she tells you to?
She made up her mind and slowly shrank into the quilt.
Dou Tang tried to grab her, but Huai Yin held his hand instead.
His hands were firmly held by Huaiyin, stopping him from moving.
Then, Huaiyin opened her mouth, bit the edge of Doutang's clothes, and pulled them down.
After tearing away the last obstacle, in the dark bed, Huaiyin felt as if her mind was being driven mad by the intense aura.
I... I absolutely refuse to fall behind others.
The girl slowly opened her mouth, gently parted her lips, and extended her fragrant tongue.
………………
More than an hour later, Dou Tang and the other two met in the hotel lobby.
Dou Tang sat upright on the sofa in the hall, expressionless, looking like a robot.
Lu Zizhen yawned and looked Dou Tang up and down, saying, "Look at you, you look like your brain has been fried. You can't be like this just because you haven't rested well, can you?"
Huaiyin, standing to the side, remained silent, only rubbing her chin, her face occasionally showing a pained expression.
She slowly said, "I have information about Tamamo-no-Mae."
"Hmm... It's my crown ability that has awakened."
Lu Zizhen and Dou Tang immediately jumped up.
Why are you only bringing this up now?
Why are you only bringing this up now?
The two said in unison.
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Huaiyin shrank back and said, "You guys are reacting way too strongly..."
Dou Tang then moved closer to Huai Yin, grabbed her shoulders, and asked urgently, "What kind of ability? Can you materialize the crown?"
"Uh, it seems not..." Huaiyin looked at him timidly: "It seems that I can only freely travel between my body and my consciousness after I fall asleep."
Upon hearing this, Dou Tang was taken aback at first, and then carefully sensed Huai Yin in front of him. Sure enough, the golden mist of the crown was still scattered throughout Huai Yin's body, showing no sign of condensing into a crown.
A chill ran through him, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
“Astral projection?” Lu Zizhen frowned deeply. “This is not a good ability. If someone binds your soul, it will be a big problem.”
Dou Tang recovered from his earlier disappointment and nodded solemnly, saying, "Lu Zizhen is right. If your ability is truly astral projection, then it is indeed very troublesome. Can you control your ability?"
“Yes, I can.” Huaiyin nodded quickly. “I can control that ability.”
She didn't mention anything about guiding others to have the same dream.
She didn't want Dou Tang to know that she could enter the dream world.
"That's good." Dou Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but was still worried, and instructed, "Remember, don't use your ability unless absolutely necessary. Understand?"
Huaiyin nodded obediently.
“Tell me about Tamamo-no-Mae,” said Ryūko-sada.
Dou Tang sat back down, waiting for Huai Yin to speak.
Then, Huaiyin recounted how she had wandered around the city the previous night and inadvertently discovered Tamamo-no-Mae.
"I see... You can judge a person's strength by the size of the light spot?" Dou Tang stroked his chin thoughtfully after listening. "A very useful ability for intelligence gathering."
Huaiyin proudly raised his head.
"So, shall we set off now?" Dou Tang suggested.
"Let's get going without delay." Lu Zizhen took out her car keys and stood up.
Without any hesitation, the three of them got into Lu Zizhen's car and headed to the spot where Huaiyin had met Tamamo-no-Mae the previous night.
When Lu Zizhen started driving, she was clearly in a bad mood. Her black sports car drove arrogantly on the street, attracting a chorus of car horns and curses.
In less than fifteen minutes, the three of them arrived at the hotel building that Huaiyin had seen. But once they got downstairs, Dou Tang sighed and said, "I didn't sense the crown. Either she's already gone, or she doesn't have the crown."
After Lu Zizhen parked the car, Dou Tang went into the lobby, asked the receptionist, and finally returned to the car in disappointment.
“We’re too late.” Dou Tang said with a serious expression, “She probably left the hotel in the early hours of the morning, and the front desk staff were put under a spell by her and don’t remember that she checked in. She stayed in an empty room last night.”
“Extremely vigilant, even overly vigilant.” Dou Tang said with some distress, “So far, no one except us is pursuing her, so why is she so vigilant?”
"Do you think she might already know about us?" Lu Zizhen asked.
“That shouldn’t be the case, it makes no sense at all,” Dou Tang speculated. “We haven’t revealed our whereabouts these past two days, unless…”
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