Ai Ying is a long-haired male calico cat with blue-green heterochromia and a pink nose.
Unable to have children and sickly from a young age, he has always been the target of his older sisters' bullying.
Even so, he works himself to the bone, hoping to buy a home.
A home big enough for his mother and sisters, and for the little bit of familial affection he longs for.
But his sisters got pregnant, snatched the home he had worked so hard to buy, and sold him to a cat cafe. They drugged him so he couldn't turn back into a human, making him a pretty pet for people to play with as they pleased.
Later, Ai Ying was bought while he was on the brink of death.
When he woke up, the filthy, battered cardboard box had become a mansion spanning thousands of square meters.
The stale, stinking cat food had become freshly cut salmon and lobster.
Overjoyed, Ai Ying looked up and saw Gu Yanhe.
He arched his back in fright.
Gu Yanhe was the dangerous, noble leader of the wolf clan. He was the one his sisters wanted to cozy up to, and the one the entire beastfolk world feared.
Yet the man walked gently toward him, carrying a plate of expensive salmon. "Mimi, do you like salmon?"
Ai Ying's eyes lit up, and he devoured it.
Hmph, it's not like I like it. I just don't want it to go to waste!
The man held out a diamond-encrusted cat wand. "Mimi, come play."
Ai Ying had the time of his life.
You look so bored, so I'll let you play with me!
At first, Ai Ying thought Gu Yanhe was just keeping him as a cat.
But later, he realized
The man seemed cold as ice on the outside, but in private he held him, soothed him, and nuzzled him every day. He bought him glittering jewelry and secretly kissed him while he slept and ate.
Then one day, Ai Ying turned back into a human.
The first thing he did was pack up and run away. He was going to settle things with his sisters and take back his house, and he absolutely wasn't going to keep being Gu Yanhe's pet cat!
But before long, Gu Yanhe showed up at his door with a stack of photos.
One showed him crawling into Gu Yanhe's arms in the middle of the night to sleep.
Another showed him rubbing up against Gu Yanhe and kissing him before meals.
And another showed him clinging to Gu Yanhe in the bath and refusing to get out.
Gu Yanhe stood in front of him, his tone calm and even. "So all that kissing me, hugging me, and crawling into my bed every day was an act?"
Ai Ying hadn't realized his identity had been exposed long ago. His ears turned bright red, and he prepared to run away again.
Gu Yanhe swept him into his arms and gently coaxed and kissed him. "Darling, the wolf clan is strictly monogamous. I've considered you my mate for a long time. Please don't run away again, okay?"
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Theme: Love should be declared boldly