The Cat Said, "Why Not Try Living?"

Wen Jingran had lived for more than twenty years without ever knowing what he wanted.

Raised in an orphanage, he got into a good university and found a good job. He did everything right, following the rules every step of the way, but could never figure out: So what? What comes next?

Then he suddenly died of overwork, without the slightest warning.

When he opened his eyes again, a tuxedo cat calling itself A Jiu was sitting in front of him, gazing earnestly at him with its big amber eyes. "Hey there, sign this contract and you'll become an official employee of Quick Transmigration Entertainment! You can do whatever you want in the mission worlds, and even get paid double!"

Wen Jingran thought, I mean, I'm already dead. Might as well give it a try?

So he became a CEO's secretary, only to discover it wasn't much different from his life before. He still had to work overtime. But it seemed he'd also found a pretty good partner along the way.

He became a ballet dancer, too. Anyone who's torn a ligament knows how that feels. But in that world, he had parents who loved him.

He also worked as an actor and a jade carver, and even went to a world where magic existed.

In each mission world, Wen Jingran experienced a different life as a wage slave. Little by little, he realized that the things he had never had, friends, family, even love, were seeping into his bones.

One day, A Jiu asked him, "Do you know what you want now?"

Wen Jingran thought for a moment, then looked down at the lazy cat in his arms and smiled.

"I don't know," he said. "But I think... I can give living another try."

A lost soul and a talkative cat

P.S. No fixed couple, slow-paced slice of life