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Yu Zhenxia died at eighteen in his previous life. Reincarnated as a silver tabby cat, he was barely the size of a palm when Jiang Jinbai snatched him up in place of the cat he had intended to buy and brought him home.
Kittens were hard to raise, so Jiang Jinbai cradled him in his hands.
Yu Zhenxia: "Meow, meow, meow."
The man held out a finger beneath his chin and scratched him. Yu Zhenxia contentedly narrowed his eyes and rubbed against it.
Yu Zhenxia: "Mrrrow, mrrrow, mrrrow."
The man opened a can of tuna-flavored kitten milk treats and held it up to his mouth, letting him lick to his heart's content without even lowering his head.
Ah, the life of the gods!
All he had to do was roll over twice and swish his tail, and the whole world showered him with freeze-dried treats and canned food.
Yu Zhenxia curled up on his owner's abs to sleep, switching to a different square each day so he could stay there for eight days straight.
He completely forgot the delinquent from his previous life, who had been good at everything from fighting to skipping class. He was so blissed out he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to the heavens on the spot.
Then, on the full-moon night a year later, beneath the bright silver light, the cat transformed for the first time. He was so out of practice that he couldn't even hide his ears and tail, and ended up sprawled naked on the man's chest.
Jiang Jinbai touched him exactly as he used to, from chin to ankle. Even without paw pads, he still had to squeeze them.
His cat owner patted his bottom and gripped his tail. "Why isn't it sticking up like before?"
The little fish trembled. "If it sticks up... what are you going to do?"
Jiang Jinbai spent ten years searching for Yu Zhenxia.
When Jiang Jinbai was fifteen, he met Yu Zhenxia, who was seventeen. The boy looked young but carried a fierce aura. He kicked two kidnappers flying and saved Jiang Jinbai, then vanished without a trace.
They met again at a funeral. The vibrant life he once had was now still and lifeless, his eyes closed and his skin pale as paper.
Jiang Jinbai took away his ashes, went reverently into the mountains, and prayed for his soul to be reincarnated.
After that, he traveled to the ends of the earth, asking across the Three Mountains and Five Realms in search of him.
After burying the rotting corpse of a hunting dog that had died of old age beside a river, Jiang Jinbai dreamed that night that the dog told him Yu Zhenxia had become a cat.
Jiang Jinbai stayed up all night saving "A Beginner's Guide to Cat Ownership."
[Reading Guide]
1. Younger love interest, both leads are virgins, urban fantasy, a sweet little romance with a small amount of monster-fighting dungeon content.
2. Please add this to your collection, everyone! I always finish what I start. 🤍
Theme: Love is a hymn to the brave. Even if you travel to the ends of the earth and ask across the Three Mountains and Five Realms, you must meet again.
