Shi Qingluo is a little demon in the form of a white-furred, blue-eyed ragdoll cat at Rose Manor, no bigger than a hand. She has been by the evil god Jinli's side for ten thousand years. The two of them are made for each other: he lays deadly traps, she catches prey. They have always committed their crimes as a pair, never leaving a job unfinished.
Today, new players entered the instance, and Shi Qingluo was darting through the crowd as usual, playing tricks on them, when she suddenly grew burning hot. Her bones felt ready to burst, and her ragdoll-cat shell, unchanged for ten thousand years, shattered in front of everyone into a shower of stardust. She transformed into a human.
At that moment, the smile vanished from Jinli's eyes. He abandoned the entire hunt, took off his cloak and wrapped it around her. His hands were shaking, and his voice was so hoarse it could barely be heard. “Let’s go home.”
Later, the entire plane hunted Shi Qingluo, calling her a forbidden variable capable of overturning the rules. But they didn't know that her power was unstable and she sometimes turned back into a cat in public, so Jinli would pick her up, stuff her into his pocket, and keep fighting. The instance bosses all froze when they saw her: some teared up, some stopped the wind across an entire tower, and some offered her wine they had treasured for ten thousand years. Three men pursued her: Yin Zhou reached out to take her away; Xie Fuyi smiled and offered her water, saying, “This is for the one you gave me”; and Lu Chenyuan hefted his blade and shouted, “Forget the bead. You’re coming with me.”
But the wrist curled in her cat tail belonged to Jinli alone, from beginning to end.
