Mimi Has Been Imprisoned by a Creepy, Possessive Master!

Mimi has been locked up by her gloomy owner.

Every room in the house has a camera. Her owner only lets Mimi eat the food she cooks. She won't let Mimi order takeout or cook for herself, and she won't let Mimi meet other humans or cat friends.

Online, people say Mimi's owner is a "gloomy female ghost," and that Mimi has been "imprisoned."

Her owner isn't a ghost, but she doesn't like sunlight and is often damp, so "gloomy owner" fits!

But Mimi likes her gloomy owner. Her owner makes delicious food for Mimi every day, so Mimi doesn't have to eat garbage anymore! The house is huge and warm, and Mimi doesn't have to worry about freezing stiff! At night, Mimi can cuddle up with her soft, sweet-smelling owner!

Mimi! Likes! Gloomy owner! Likes! Being imprisoned!

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Li Qiaosheng jumped into a river but didn't die. Instead, she fished out a stray cat, all skin and bones and covered in wounds. After taking it to the vet, she inexplicably brought it home.

It was a stupid cat. Despite being beaten into such a state, it was still extremely affectionate. Even with a limp, it couldn't sit still, hobbling over to rub against her feet and getting the few patches of unshaved white fur all over her pants. It was also a terrible nuisance. As soon as its wounds improved a little, it started jumping around, scratching and biting everything, sneaking into her bed at night to lick her hair, and shedding fur everywhere... Its crimes were too numerous to count.

Li Qiaosheng was fed up with the stupid cat.

She cruelly decided that once it recovered, she'd have it spayed, then abandon it outside and go jump into the river again.

But on the night before the scheduled surgery, Li Qiaosheng was licked awake from a dream.

A fluffy tail tightened around her waist. A white-haired, white-lashed woman with cat ears was lying on top of her, slowly blinking her mismatched blue and gold eyes before lowering her head to lick Li Qiaosheng's chin.

"No, don't let your owner have kittens. No spaying, okay?"

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Later on, Li Qiaosheng wasn't quite so keen on dying.

She began trying to take the stupid cat, Li Tongmeng, out with her, though it didn't go very smoothly.

For instance, leaping after a laser pointer at night.

For instance, licking snow off her hair on a snowy day.

For instance, crouching beside a pond and cackling evilly as she fished for koi.

For instance, squeezing into the slide tunnel at a children's playground, then meowing and rolling around in the ball pit.

And for instance... secretly wrapping her tail around Li Qiaosheng's leg while they ate with friends, then making the hat on her head twitch when she heard a polite compliment.

Li Qiaosheng quickly pressed down on the hat to keep the cat ears underneath from standing up, but she couldn't stop the stupid cat from speaking.

"My owner's friend!" the stupid cat declared in a bright, ringing voice that shook the room: "Do you want to imprison me too?"

Owner? Too? Imprison?

Her friend looked at her in dismay. "Li Qiaosheng... Li Qiaosheng!"

Li Qiaosheng: ...

She kind of wanted to die again.

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A cozy, healing novella of 200,000 to 300,000 characters

Theme: When the sun shines on Tongmeng, the fog begins to lift, and life crosses the bridge