Cat Hunter

Name: Cat Hunter
Author: Huaniansi

猎猫

by Huaniansi (华年思)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 719k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 1mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental.

There are two kinds of people in this world.

Some live in the sunlight, believing in law, order, and justice. Others live in the shadows, following their own rules and killing with their own hands.

Zhao Xiaomeng belongs to the first kind. Or at least, that's how she seems. She's seventeen, top of her class, a gifted student in her teachers' eyes and a straight-A student to her classmates. No one knows her parents were murdered four years ago. No one knows that every night, lying in her dorm bed, she thinks of the same name: Lü Gang.

Xun Feng belongs to the second kind. He's twenty-two, a bounty hunter with thirteen lives on his hands. The police call him “Swift Wind,” and the underworld has a million-yuan bounty on him. He doesn't care. He cares about only one thing: finding Liu Ronghua and killing his entire family.

They meet in a narrow alley with no streetlights.

He saves her. She latches onto him.

She wants to use him to kill someone; he wants to get away from her and disappear.

But later, he gives her his house, transfers into her class, and sleeps next door under the guise of being her “cousin.”

She says, “My fourth gift is myself.”

He says, “I have a girlfriend.”

She says, “Then why are you still helping me?”

He is silent for a long time.

“Because you're like me.”

Like I was a few years ago, before I became a murderer.

This is a story about revenge, redemption, and two broken souls finding warmth in each other.

There are no absolute good guys or absolute bad guys.

Only hunter and prey.

The author is a practicing forensic pathologist. To avoid any risk of encouraging crime, the story is set in a fictional world where humans have yet to discover DNA or develop related technology.

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The original third-person version caught up with the story, but the author switched back to first-person, so I started reading it from scratch 🍉. This novel has recently become my "spiritual nourishment." The author's detailed descriptions of crime scenes are so vivid; you can almost feel the faint smell of blood and rust in the air.
10 likes8mo ago
I've finally caught up! The author excels at both plot development and character building. The plot and characters are both well-developed, making for a very enjoyable overall read. However, the flaws are also obvious. As the author himself said, the work is too slow-paced and requires patience to read. It's like coming for a quick bite but ending up with the illusion of a gourmet meal. Volume Four, the Investiture of the Gods!
9 likes3y ago
Before even finishing the first volume, I realized this was an exceptional book. The pacing is perfect, the writing style unique, the plot captivating, and the descriptions vivid and detailed. It's just the beginning, and the future is uncertain, but I have a feeling the author is playing a much larger game!
8 likes5mo ago
The plot remains shrouded in mystery. The tense first two volumes, setting a heavy prelude, have laid out a series of intricate puzzles. Following the introduction of the police officer's perspective, one might expect a brutal confrontation between good and evil, but the author abruptly shifts to a relatively lighthearted "school arc."
7 likes8mo ago
This is a very slow-burning light novel, unlike other novels that start with a shocking plot twist to grab attention before resorting to clichés. Once you get into this novel, you'll find that the author's character portrayals are as if they were close friends.
7 likes3y ago
I'd give my novel four stars. Due to various hasty actions, the current quality hasn't met my highest expectations. However, I'll work hard to earn back this star in the future!
5 likes4mo ago