Bad Cat! Go Retrain Your Cat Manners!

An irresistibly sweet, heartwarming treat: love saves a stray kitty!

[Wild Tabby Cat Boss x Professional Cat Manners Trainer]

How many steps does it take to turn a wicked stray cat boss into a perfectly well-mannered kitty?

Professional cat manners trainer Jiang Youyu says three steps are plenty.

Step one: give him a cat toy.

The gray tabby bristles and bats the toy right out the window, where it lands squarely on a passerby's bald head.

Jiang Youyu: Sumimasen!!! Please spare me, boss! The kitty didn't mean it!

Step two: give him something tasty.

The gray tabby crunches away on a chicken leg, still looking terrifyingly ferocious.

Jiang Youyu boldly reaches out a hand. Can I pet you?

Gray tabby: (hisses and shows his claws)

Step three: give him cat manners lessons.

After beating up a classmate, the gray tabby jumps straight out the window and runs away.

Jiang Youyu has encountered the biggest challenge of her career.

She clenches her fist and vows: If I can't turn this wicked cat into a sweet little kitty, I don't deserve to be human!

Gray tabby: Dream on. I'd rather die than become a good cat!

A week later, the gray tabby takes down a wanted murderer and is awarded a banner for being a good cat!

A month later, the gray tabby enters the Cat Manners Championship and becomes the champion good cat!

A year later, Jiang Youyu wakes in the middle of the night to a cat purring. She opens her eyes and nudges the huge lump of cat behind her.

"How many times have I told you? Kitties aren't allowed on the bed. You shed!"

The gray tabby obediently turns into a black-haired young man, wraps his arms around Jiang Youyu and a mouse plushie, and affectionately nuzzles her cheek.

"...And you're not allowed on the bed in human form, either!"

"Is that so?" The gray tabby twitches his ears. "But I can hear your heartbeat speeding up. You said in cat manners class that means humans are 'in love.'"

In the dark, he kisses her lips. "A good cat is supposed to make humans love him... Xiao Yu, am I doing a good job?"

The gray tabby was wild and untamed all his life, until he met Jiang Youyu.

As it turned out, being loved and being tamed were one and the same.

The male lead is like a chestnut: prickly on the outside, protected by a hard shell, but a sweetheart once you crack it open.

He appears human from the moment he enters the story, but his true form is a cat. At first, his feral nature takes the lead, and the female lead gradually helps him learn to socialize.

No female lead suffering, no catfights, no revenge, no face-slapping. Just a cozy, sweet story about a human and a kitty relying on each other.

One-on-one romance, with the feel of a modern fairy tale.

My next book will feature another fluffy friend~ If you love this sort of thing, please add it to your collection~

In Yuanbao Village, deep in the mountains, lived three little dogs.

Under their owner's protection, they spent every day eating and sleeping without a care in the world.

Until one day, their owner passed away, leaving behind a frail human baby.

The villagers said that a child with no one to raise her had to leave home and go to a place called an "orphanage."

The child cried, heartbroken.

The little dogs licked away her tears and stepped forward.

How hard could it be to raise a child? They could do it!

[Rule for Parents One: Help the Child Get Ahead]

The little dogs rolled their eyes around and decided to give gifts.

They carried spring flowers to the school and wagged their tails as they handed them out to the child's classmates.

The classmates were utterly charmed and all voted to make the child class president.

Child: Class president, achieved!

[Rule for Parents Two: Keep the Child Safe]

The little dogs nodded seriously and walked the child to and from school.

No matter how late it got, they waited obediently at the school gate and immediately took her schoolbag in their mouths.

And, while they were at it, they bared their sharp teeth at the village bullies.

Child: Personal safety, achieved!

[Rule for Parents Three: Give the Child Spending Money]

The little dogs sprang into action and went to herd sheep.

The sheep ran all over the mountain, and the happy dogs chased them. After six months of this training, the sheep were fit and their meat was wonderfully firm.

Customers from the provincial capital tried it, called it "organic food," and placed large orders.

Child: Spending money, achieved!

With the little dogs working so hard to raise her, the child grew up safe and sound.

She left Yuanbao Mountain and went from an orphan with nothing to the top scorer on her high school entrance exam, a student at Yenching University, and an e-commerce tycoon.

Under the glare of the camera flashes, countless reporters asked, "What helped you succeed?"

She smiled faintly. "Please let my parents answer that."

Three little dog heads wearing bow ties popped into view and barked into the microphone: "Woof, woof, woof!"

Reporter: "???"

A handsome young man took the microphone. The reporter recognized him as her most loyal subordinate and childhood sweetheart.

"Let me translate. They said, 'Lots and lots of love.'" He gazed at her warmly and intently. "Little sister, am I right?"

Cozy daily life + adorable pets + rural living. A story about a girl growing up with dogs by her side.

The story takes place in the 1990s, but it's not a period novel. There are plenty of original worldbuilding details, so just take them as background.

The dogs are real dogs, not beastfolk. They're just exceptionally clever.

The male and female leads are cousins by marriage, with no blood relation. No incest.

Theme: Love is the best medicine for healing everything.