On a stormy night, I was delivering takeout when I slipped into a filthy ditch and scraped the family heirloom pendant I was wearing.
A cat suddenly appeared in my rented apartment. "Mortal, I am Qiongqi, an ancient ferocious beast. Hurry up and make me your master!"
"You mean meals and lodging are covered, plus a monthly salary of five thousand spirit stones?" Qiongqi clung to my pant leg and started acting cute.
I ordered takeout for it. "No scallions, extra spicy."
The next day, everyone in the apartment complex was saying that a monster had stolen someone's takeout the night before and chewed up even the container.
When the neighborhood committee auntie came by to check for prohibited pets, Qiongqi was using its tail to scroll through short videos.
It used the litter box as its private toilet, and the poop it left behind somehow turned my cactus into a spirit overnight.
I had just discovered that this lump of poop was worth a million when a pair of eyes appeared in the gap between the curtains, watching me.
Qiongqi licked its paw and sneered. "Mortal, someone at the Foundation Establishment stage has their eyes on you."
