The road of the house owner of the pig in the Chanyuan

The incident happened suddenly, and Naoya didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he quickly asked Gojo Satoru to take him to the hospital address that Shier attached in the text message, and hurriedly asked the nurse at the front desk where the ward was, and finally arrived.

As soon as the door of the ward was pushed open, Naoya caught sight of Shier who was guarding the side of the hospital bed with his back turned to him, and Zhenwang who was guarding with Shier on the other side, with his arms still in his arms. Looking at a baby who looked about one year old, and lying on the hospital bed was Riho who was in a coma.

"...Shir, Makoto," Naoya pursed her lips without having time to exchange greetings, strode forward and asked bluntly, "Sister Risui, what's the matter?"

Gojo Satoru followed behind him, closing the door intimately.

After hearing the sound, up to this point, the two people who finally realized Naoya's arrival paused for a moment, and Shier, who had been facing Naoya all the time, slowly turned around and looked at him. .

Then, there was a silence.

It has been three years since the last time we parted. Naoya had thought about the scene of his reunion with Shier Zhenwang countless times, either sad or happy, but no matter what, he never thought that he would see Now... such a gloomy complexion, dry lips, thick bruises under the eyes, and even a lot of stubble, not cleaned up halfway, sloppy... very er.

This made Naoya stunned immediately. Many things he wanted to say were blocked in his heart for a while, and he was almost out of breath. Shi Er, who squeezed out and bullied him, had never been so 'downcast' before, the melancholy and heaviness between his brows almost completely crushed the opponent's whole body.

"...You are here." Shi'er said in a hoarse voice, his hands were gently holding Riho's hand that had not been pricked by the needle of the hanging bottle—— That was already his only support at the moment.

Naoya opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his lips only moved for a while, but he still couldn't say anything.

Another moment of silence.

"Young master..." After a while, Zhenwang was the first to break the depression. She stood up slowly trembling, and called softly, as if in disbelief, with her choked voice. Naozai, even the eye sockets were slightly red, bursts of sparkling water appeared in the eyes, and slipped down drop by drop along the corners of the eyes, "You are back..."

Perhaps feeling the wrong atmosphere, the baby in Zhenwang's arms suddenly began to choke, but for some reason, the voice was not as loud as ordinary babies, intermittent, and even a little hoarse.

"...This should be Megumi, right?" Naoya took a deep breath while Mamochi lowered his head to coax the baby, swallowed all the bitterness in his heart, and closed his eyes. The water vapor was about to come out of the air, and then asked in a hoarse voice, "Why does the voice sound a little rustling, do you have a cold?"

"This is indeed Sister Risui's child, Xiaohui, master," Zhenwang said in a low voice, skillfully rocking the baby in her arms like a cradle, her palm gently patted Xiaohui's back, with It is full of soothing meaning, and it is also to prevent Xiaohui from crying to hiccups and accidentally choking the fragile trachea of ​​a baby. In response, I always cry a lot, and even my voice is a little hoarse from crying.”

"So what happened to Sister Riho?" After hearing this, Naoya looked at Riho on the hospital bed again, only to see her pale face, the plump, rich and energetic face in the original memory, but only sickly emaciated , the cheeks are sunken, so that the cheekbones seem to be raised high, making the already ugly face look even more sickly.

"Miss Riho, she..."

Before Makoto could finish speaking, Naoya suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some gleaming green light shining through the gap between the quilts on Riho's arms under the quilt, which made him frown and pointed at the place. Asked, "Wait, what's that?"

"This...is why we had to call you over, young master," looking in the direction Naoya pointed, Zhen Wang was silent for a while, lowered his eyes, and watched the crying in his arms gradually stop Xiaohui said in a low voice, "That's... that little orchid orchid that you gave Sister Risui back then, it was it that kept Sister Risui's vitality, if it wasn't for it... .”

As she said that, Zhenwang paused for a moment, as if she couldn't bear to continue, she hugged Xiaohui and walked to Riho, slightly lifted the corner of her quilt, revealing Riho's arm in hospital clothes, where the Orchid Crane had grown a lot , is using its long leaves with silver threads to wrap around Riho's arm, exuding a faint green light.

However, on the edge of Zhehelan, a few withered and yellow leaves are particularly dazzling.

"Ever since she gave birth to Xiaohui, sister Risui's health has been not very good. Originally, the doctor also said that this is not a big deal, just need to take a good rest."

Saying that, Zhenwang will be rearranged for Riho by the corner, the worry between his brows turned into a ditch, paused, and said in a deep voice, "But, since last month, for some reason, sister Riho's physical condition has suddenly started to worsen." It took a turn for the worse, and even the doctor couldn't find out the reason no matter how much he checked, we could only temporarily use the orchid crane you left behind to maintain the life of Sister Risui, until today, when the hospital issued a critical illness notice, we had no choice but to find you......"

"Why didn't you tell me what happened a month ago until now!" Before Zhenwang could finish speaking, Naoya interrupted her unfinished words angrily, the anger burning in her eyes was almost bursting out, "Also, What does it mean to have to, I have clearly said that you can find me at any time, I—"

"Zaozai," however, Shi'er hoarse voice, lowered his eyes, and stopped his next words in an almost pleading tone, "...help her."

For a moment, Naoya stared blankly at Shier, all the sadness and anger, unwillingness and anger, all disappeared in an instant, making him like a dumb gun, unable to say a word.

"Young master, Mr. Shi Er and I both know that it must be difficult for you to be alone in the Buddhist monastery," Zhenwang looked at Naoya, and gently raised the corners of his lips as before, but there were tears in his eyes, He said softly, "Since we can no longer be by your side to help you, none of us want to be a burden and drag on you unless it is absolutely necessary. Please...forgive us."

"...What a burden and drag, what stupid things to say," Naoya took a deep breath, and slowly calmed down his mind. Then, he gave Shier a hard look, and gritted his teeth, " After I finish saving Miss Risui, I'll settle the score with you again!"

After finishing speaking, Naoya turned his head to look at Gojo Satoru, and saw that the other party was already standing at the head of Riho's bed, his blue eyes swept Riho from head to toe, and when he raised his head, he met his eyes .

"Well, what do you see?" Naoya asked with a frown.

"It's hard to say, if I don't feel wrong, it should be... some kind of curse," Gojo Satoru rubbed his chin and said, "The curse is constantly eating away at her vitality, what Zhen Wang said is right, if it is not Your Zhehelan and the curse are pulling each other, I'm afraid she's already dead."

As Gojo Wu's voice fell, Shi'er's muscular arm suddenly burst into blue veins, his eyes darkened, and the aura around him suddenly changed. He stared at Wujo Wu, and asked in a deep voice ,"......curse?"

However, maybe Shier's aura was too aggressive, and Xiaohui, who had already calmed down, cried again, but this time, she might have completely lost her strength, and the crying sound was even softer.

"You guy, pay attention to me, Xiaohui is still here!" Naoya unceremoniously gave Shier's arm a fist, and frowned, "Your own son really wants to help you take care of it. Can you stop causing trouble for Zhenwang!"

As for Shier who was punched, although he didn't speak, the aura around him faded a lot in an instant—even though the punch was as light as a mosquito bite to him.

"It's okay, young master." Zhenwang shook his head, picked up Xiaohui and got up to go out, "Xiaohui must be hungry, I'll go outside and make some milk powder for him first."

"Well, then you go... By the way, wait a minute!" Naoya quickly stopped Mamochi, and then stretched out his hand to the side, with the palm facing up, and the shadow under his feet appeared as if responding. Two vine-like tentacles gently placed something in Naoya's palm, and then retreated into the shadow again.

"When Xiaohui was just born, I didn't have time to give him a present. This was originally a birthday gift I wanted to give him together." Naoya stroked the item in his hand and said softly, "But since I have come today, Xiaohui His birthday is just around the corner, so we might as well give it to him in advance."

"Besides, it's also appropriate to give this now."

Saying that, Naoya gently tied the thing in his hand around Xiaohui's neck in the posture of Zhenwang holding Xiaohui.

"This is..." Looking at the extra thing on Xiaohui's chest, Zhenwang opened his eyes slightly.

"It's a safety lock. I carved it out of white jade." Naoya hid the small safety lock between Xiaohui's collar, "I checked some ancient books, and got some magic power into it according to the above method, except that it can be locked in danger. In addition to protecting Xiaohui, there are also some effects of calming the nerves and helping sleep, so that Xiaohui can sleep better, so that you can relax a little bit."

"Thank you, young master." Zhen Wang frowned and said in a warm voice, "Actually, Xiao Hui is already very good."

As if responding, not long after the safety lock was fastened, Xiao Hui, who was still sobbing softly, gradually stopped crying, closed her crying red eyes, her small lips moved slightly, as if she was talking in a dream, Matching his shaking face, he looked particularly well-behaved, so Naoya couldn't help reaching out and poking his chubby little face lightly.

As for Xiaohui, who was poked in the face by Naoya, her small hand danced lightly, her eyes were still closed, but she held Naoya's fingers precisely, pursed the corners of her mouth, and made a cute expression like a smiling face.

"It's much cuter than his father," Naoya couldn't help smiling when he saw this, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot. Then, he slowly pulled out his finger, looked up at Zhenwang, and urged softly, " Well, take him out to make milk powder quickly, don't be hungry."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Zhenwang agreed, and then went out.

After Zhenwang left with Xiaohui in his arms, Naoya regained his cold face again, looked at Shier with his lips tightly pressed, but saw that the other party was only looking at Riho on the hospital bed, finally sighed, and then looked at Shier again. Gojo Satoru asked, "Satoru, can you find the source of the curse?"

"This is not my strong point," Gojo Satoru shrugged, "The person who cast the curse was very careful, leaving almost no traces, and we don't know exactly when Sister Riho was cursed. A month ago, Or earlier, how much time has passed, and if you want to find the source at this time, it is not much different from searching the whole of Japan, and this does not count the possibility of the murderer escaping abroad."

"Is that so..." Naoya frowned, trying to find them one by one, he didn't know how to find the year of the monkey, besides, according to Riho's current situation, it was obvious that he couldn't afford to wait for a long time.

What should I do, Naoya desperately thought of a feasible solution, and felt a headache for a while.

Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, and he slowly lowered his head to look at his own shadow. After hesitating for a while, he said softly, "Caramel, milk tea, stick your heads out."

Soon, Caramel and Milk Tea, with two huge heads, one yellow and one black, emerged from Naoya's shadow. As soon as they saw Naoya, Caramel couldn't help barking happily, while Milk Tea quietly Stand aside, waiting for Naoya's order at any time.

"Hard work, try it, can you smell the curse on her body?" Naoya touched the tops of the two jade dogs, looked at them with somewhat hopeful eyes, and pointed to Riho on the bed, and said warmly, "If If you can smell it, you just nod, and then... take me to find the source of the curse, okay?"

After Caramel heard it, she immediately called out in response, and the milk tea beside her shook her ears, and moved her nose towards the direction Naoya pointed. , sniffing the curse carefully with it.

"Are you sure this can work?" Gojo Satoru, who was back next to Naoya, couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he saw this, and said, "I've never heard of it. God smells it and uses it to find the source."

"...I'm not sure, just try," Naoya said with a frown, clenched his fists, feeling equally uneasy, "There is no other way now, the only way to save Riho is to quickly find the source and solve it." sister."

As for Shier beside the hospital bed, when he saw two huge dog heads sniffing around beside Risui, he couldn't help being a little dazed for a while, especially when he saw with his own eyes, those two dog heads came from When Naoya emerged from the shadow.

I don't know how long it has passed, looking at the jade dog who is still sniffing endlessly beside Riho, the stone in Naoya's heart is getting heavier and heavier, just when he thought that this plan is going to fail completely, he can only think of another way, the next second, But the milk tea returned to his side with caramel, and nodded slightly towards him.

"Did you... smell it?"

Obviously it was Naoya who asked them to look for the smell of the curse, and now they really smelled it, but he couldn't believe it for a while, and after receiving the affirmative answer from the two jade dogs again, a burst of ecstasy burst out belatedly. It caught his heart, prompting him to open his arms, hug the caramel and milk tea tightly, and said loudly, "You guys are so amazing!"

The caramel and milk tea being hugged also seemed to respond, gently rubbing against Naoya's body, sticking out his tongue, making coquettish moaning from time to time.

Shi Er, who was watching the situation from the side, remained silent, only his clenched fisted hands hidden under the shadows revealed a bit of his uneasy mood at the moment.

Naoya...