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Ruan Jihuai, a fair-skinned, handsome, hot-tempered manga artist whose healing comics were once all the rage, always gave the protagonist a cute cat companion in every series, yet never shared pictures of his own cat on social media. His fans jokingly called him a stingy cat slave.
In reality, Ruan Jihuai was so severely allergic to cat fur that it made him itch all over and struggle to breathe. He could only suffer in silence.
One day, while heading out as usual to feed the stray cats near his home, his vision suddenly went black. When he came to, all he could see were four furry paws.
Wait, how had he turned into a cat?!
Ruan Jihuai, who had wrapped himself up from head to toe for fear of an allergic reaction, was mistaken by the Cat God for someone who despised kittens. As punishment, he was turned into a cat so he could experience firsthand just how miserable cats could be.
In his distress, a pair of big hands lifted him out of the bushes by the scruff of his neck.
That familiar, handsome, hateful face loomed closer. The man gently plucked the burrs from the kitten's fur and, as blunt as ever, said, "Dummy."
Ruan Jihuai hated how He Zhaoyuan always seemed so at ease and wore that easy smile, no matter what.
Back in school, this guy had worn the same expression while mocking Ruan Jihuai's grades into the ground.
Ruan Jihuai hated him. He was going to make He Zhaoyuan's life difficult.
He raced around at night and clung to him during the day. He turned up his nose at food and rolled around in muddy puddles. He did everything he could think of to make someone angry, but He Zhaoyuan remained unfazed.
He stayed up later than Ruan Jihuai, let him cling all day, carefully made his favorite foods, and cleaned his paw pads every day as if he had a cleanliness obsession.
He was practically the kind of cat's owner Ruan Jihuai had once wanted to become.
Later, Ruan Jihuai realized that this man wasn't being sarcastic. He simply had no social skills at all, and seemed never to think about the things he said.
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Later, the Cat God realized they'd mistaken him for someone else and said they'd help him turn back into a human so he could escape the man's "clutches."
"Wait..." Ruan Jihuai bumped straight into He Zhaoyuan's mouth. As their lips touched, his field of vision suddenly rose.
He Zhaoyuan's broad palm was pressed against Ruan Jihuai's bare waist. His short hair brushed over the sensitive skin exposed along Ruan Jihuai's waist. He slowly lifted his handsome face and smiled instead.
"The way to turn back into a human really is hard to explain, isn't it?"
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He Zhaoyuan had found a kitten with a fiery temper who made no secret of who he loved and hated. From the day he found the kitten, he discovered that he could understand cat speech.
And he was the only one who could.
A spirited, easily riled manga artist shou x a blunt, straightforward English teacher gong. Two straight shooters with completely different personalities!
Theme: Don't give in to stereotypes
