Li Chen suffered from severe depression.
He was withdrawn, quiet, and gloomy. His creed was: If you can live, then live. If you can't, then die.
Until one day, a cat appeared in his home, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get rid of it.
During one of his episodes, he picked up a sharp little knife. The cat leaped onto the table, raised a paw as small as a plum blossom, and smacked him across the face.
With his face red from the blow of the cow cat's big paw, Li Chen: ...
Then the cow cat swatted him twice more, one paw after the other.
Li Chen completely forgot about the sharp little knife. His mind was filled with thoughts of bringing this hateful black-and-white Maine Coon to justice and beating its butt.
To save money, he didn't keep the refrigerator plugged in, so the food went bad.
After it made him sick, he finished in the bathroom and stood there washing his hands, staring blankly at his thin, pale reflection in the mirror.
Living was so exhausting, so painful. Maybe he should just die...
A series of slaps came from outside the bathroom door, followed by the cow cat's loud yowling.
He opened the door and saw the cow cat spraying diarrhea everywhere, with the long fur at the base of its tail matted into a yellow-brown mess.
Suddenly, he didn't want to die anymore. He wanted to beat up the cow cat.
Wen Xubai used to be a cheerful, sunny young man, warm and kind, surrounded by countless flowers, applause, and love.
But life is never perfect. He died a little too young.
The good news was that he became a cat demon and could take human form.
The bad news was that a depressed man swallowed his demon core while eating takeout.
He had to stay close to this depressed man if he wanted to get his demon core back.
For the sake of his demon core, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and pretend to be an ordinary kitten in Li Chen's home. He raced around the place every day, making sure the hateful Li Chen had no chance to kill himself.
The cow cat was completely unhinged. It might even have been a hallucination caused by his severe depression. Still, Li Chen was forced to start moving, day by day: taking the cat for walks, scooping its litter, and cleaning up its messes...
Later, Li Chen finally started to seem alive again. He no longer wanted to die. He wanted to work hard and support his cat.
In his eyes, his cow cat was so crazy that nobody would want it. If it left him, it would surely become a stray and die.
In reality, Wen Xubai secretly ordered himself takeout after Li Chen left for work, drank milk tea, played video games with his cat paws, and even worked part-time at a cat cafe to save up some private spending money.
Then one day, Li Chen came home early from work and heard an angry voice coming from the bedroom: "Fuck you, mid laner! You play like shit. A cat on the keyboard would play better than you."
An indignant voice shot back, "You're only 0-3 yourself!"
Thinking a burglar had broken into his home, Li Chen rushed into the bedroom with a kitchen knife, his face gloomy.
Then he and Wen Xubai stared at each other. Wen Xubai was drinking milk tea and eating potato chips while furiously tapping at the keyboard with his cat paws.
Note: The cat is the gong, the human is the shou.
Advance warning: Li Chen has depression, and there will be plenty of depictions of him fighting the illness!
The cat gong heals Li Chen and keeps pulling the shou back so he doesn't sink into the mire of depression.
Death is dark and heavy, but cats are soft and smell wonderful~
In cat form, he's adorable. In human form, he gently takes care of Li Chen, and when Li Chen breaks down crying, he hugs and comforts him. This story is all about healing.
The story focuses on the inner world of people with depression. I hope everyone recovers soon!
Everything mentioned in the blurb will appear in the story, though the order may change. In short, it's a story about a noisy, unruly cow cat forcing a depressed man to get moving.
Theme: Pay attention to the mental health of young people.