[Tang San's Offspring, a Little Spotted Puppy]
Tang Wulin? Tang Wutong?
Tang San's whole body was wracked with agony. How could he have the mind to consider a child's name?
But Cao Mengde's suggestions made him furious.
Even if he really had done what a woman was supposed to do.
What did that have to do with Cao Mengde?
Who was Cao Mengde to point fingers and tell him what to name the child?
"Ah..."
As time passed.
Tang San's screams echoed through the hall without end.
His feelings were extremely complicated.
Once he gave birth.
How was he supposed to face his child?
And what would his offspring call him?
Dad, or Mom?
Tang San was not the only one upset.
His companions' hearts had risen to their throats.
They hoped Tang San would deliver the child safely and be free of his pain.
Yet they also did not want Tang San to do what a woman did, putting him in an embarrassing situation that would be hard to undo.
Just as everyone was wrestling with the dilemma.
The next moment.
Cao Mengde's startled cry broke their train of thought.
"It's out, it's out..."
There was not a trace of joy on their faces; instead, their expressions grew solemn.
None of them dared say another word.
They did not even have the courage to turn around and look.
What was surprising was.
Why had they not heard a baby crying?
Woof...
Woof, woof...
That sound?
In an instant.
Everyone present felt a tremendous shock.
Had Tang San given birth to a dog?
Cao Mengde's pupils widened when he got a clear look at the offspring Tang San had delivered.
It really was an unexpected pregnancy.
Even the offspring it produced was quite unexpected.
"Tang San, congratulations, you've got yourself a little spotted puppy. Looks like it's female, too."
At those words.
Everyone present felt a tremendous shock.
They all turned to look at the sickbed.
They would not have known if they had not looked.
One look gave them a fright.
There really was a little spotted puppy lying beside Tang San.
"Bullshit!" Tang San shouted, quickly rolling off the sickbed.
With his serious illness gone, the agony vanished with it.
Tang San had now returned to his original form. With a cold expression, he moved to leave Rejuvenation Hall.
Cao Mengde hurriedly called out.
"Take your child with you."
"This isn't a shelter."
Tang San was about to explode with rage.
It was bad enough that he, a grown man, had given birth.
But he had actually given birth to a little spotted puppy. How could he accept that?
"Stop talking nonsense. That is not my child."
Cao Mengde did not know whether to laugh or cry.
He pointed at the little spotted puppy, which would not stop barking. "If this isn't your child, could it be mine? I saw it with my own eyes. It came out of your body."
Tang San was already filled with rage.
Now he could no longer contain himself. He spun around furiously and glared at Cao Mengde.
"I'm a human. How could I possibly give birth to a dog?"
Cao Mengde had known he would ask that.
Presumably, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others were just as bewildered.
A perfectly normal person.
How could he possibly give birth to a dog?
Cao Mengde remained unhurried, first rolling his eyes at Tang San in annoyance.
Only then did he slowly speak.
"You really are Yu Xiaogang's disciple. It seems you and your teacher are both genuinely stupid."
"I told you long ago that yours was an unexpected pregnancy. The key word is 'unexpected,' and giving birth to a little spotted puppy fits that description."
"In other words, even if you had given birth to a maggot or a sow, that would have been normal. If it were a human, it wouldn't have been unexpected. Do you understand now?"
"Hurry up and grasp what 'unexpected' means. Don't be like your teacher, so shallow in your understanding that you're always making a fool of yourself."
After hearing Cao Mengde's explanation.
There seemed to be some sense to it.
The key was that it was unexpected.
But who could accept such a result? Who could face it?
Everyone's expression was exceptionally grim.
Hmph!
Unable to win the argument, Tang San could only storm away.
But Cao Mengde called him back again.
"Stop!"
"My Rejuvenation Hall isn't a charity. Now that I've cured you, aren't you going to pay?"
"And take your child with you."
Tang San was on the verge of breaking down.
Extremely reluctant, he turned back and asked Cao Mengde.
"How much?"
Hearing this.
Cao Mengde's expression grew complicated.
He looked at Tang San as though he were an idiot.
"When you brought Xiao Wu to me for treatment this morning, didn't I tell you that my patients pay whatever they see fit?"
"It hasn't even been a day, and you've already forgotten?"
"You're so forgetful at such a young age. That needs treatment."
Tang San had long since lost his head over the unexpected pregnancy.
How could he remember what had happened that morning?
His right hand quickly swept over his belt. He took out a Copper Soul Coin and slapped it on the table.
"One Copper Soul Coin?"
"Do you take me for a beggar?" Cao Mengde asked, displeased.
However.
Tang San's face was cold as he said angrily.
"Didn't you say the patient could pay whatever they saw fit?"
"No matter how much I give you, it's only reasonable."
Cao Mengde smiled faintly.
He nodded.
"It is reasonable."
"I was just asking. Don't get worked up."
"But don't worry. I'll certainly keep the matter of you giving birth to a little spotted puppy a secret and never tell anyone. That's my professional ethics."
Tang San's expression now.
Was uglier than if he had eaten shit.
Rejuvenation Hall, Cao Mengde.
The more he looked at them now, the more they displeased him.
He immediately grabbed the little spotted puppy from the sickbed.
Woof...
Woof, woof...
The little spotted puppy had only just come into the world.
Its surroundings were completely unfamiliar, and when it saw someone treating it so roughly, it barked wildly.
Tang San was unwilling to stay a moment longer.
Holding the little spotted puppy in his hand, he strode away.
The Shrek teachers and students looked thoroughly upset and prepared to leave as well.
"Xiao Wu..."
"Why don't you wait a little longer? Don't forget, you haven't finished your course of treatment."
Xiao Wu suddenly remembered.
The last time, she had come to Cao Mengde because she could not eat her fill, and he had cured her strange illness.
But Cao Mengde had said that she still needed to continue treatment every day for another month to recover completely.
"Oh..."
Xiao Wu stopped.
She looked in the direction Tang San had disappeared, her expression complicated.
"Sorry for the trouble, everyone, but please go and look after Third Brother. Xiao Wu will come back once her treatment is finished."
Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the students, including Dai Mubai, left with heavy hearts.
"Xiao Wu, stop looking."
"You should pay more attention to your own health."
"Come to the consulting room with me and receive your treatment."
Xiao Wu was deeply worried.
She was distressed and uneasy over what had happened to Tang San.
Surely Brother must be in a terrible mood.
But it had already happened, and fortunately, only the Shrek teachers and students knew, so the shameful affair would not get out.
The only uncertain factor.
Was Cao Mengde.
Thinking of this.
Xiao Wu looked serious as she earnestly asked Cao Mengde.
"Lord Mengde, Xiao Wu begs you. You absolutely must keep Third Brother's pregnancy a secret, and the fact that Third Brother gave birth to a little spotted puppy must never get out."
Cao Mengde bit his lip hard.
He tried to suppress the urge to burst out laughing.
You really are something, system.
You could actually make an unexpected pregnancy produce an unexpected offspring.
This.
He had never, ever expected.
[Ding...] [Medical Treatment System notification to host: congratulations to the host on successfully treating Tang San and gaining 1 level of Soul Power]
Cao Mengde, whose Soul Power had reached level 94, did not feel excited in the least.
Compared with what came next, what was Soul Power worth?
"Miss Xiao Wu, rest assured. I, Cao Mengde, have practiced medicine for many years and would never do anything to damage a patient's reputation."
"Follow me to the consulting room and eat a carrot."
Meanwhile.
Using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Tang San raced all the way outside Spirit City.
He tossed the little spotted dog in his hand onto the ground.
Woof...
The little spotted dog stuck out its tongue, its pair of adorable eyes revealing an innocent look.
Tang San knitted his brows, pondering how to deal with it.
Should he keep it?
Or eliminate it?