After Losing My Job, I Decided to Make a Living Pretending to Be a Cat

Guan Lin was the bravest warrior among the demons. Once. He slept through the turmoil of a thousand years ago and woke up in a peaceful modern world. There was no longer any need to fight, no more life-or-death battles against vicious monsters. He was unemployed. Fortunately, he found a new line of work. That is... pretending to be a cat. “Sure, my paws are bigger than other cats', I'm bulkier than other cats, and I eat more than a person in one sitting, but it's obvious I'm just an ordinary little kitty.” So said the tabby-patterned orange cat. Whether anyone else believed him was beside the point. The clueless human who adopted him, Gu Huaishan, did. The clueless human was great in every way: considerate, gentle, and clueless enough not to notice that plenty of Guan Lin's behavior wasn't very catlike. Perfect. He thought he could live an easy life pretending to be a cat and freeloading on food. But one unexpected event followed another. Even this peaceful world wasn't all that peaceful, and demons who had lain dormant for a thousand years were beginning to stir. As Guan Lin was forced back into his old line of work, he started to wonder more and more: why did Gu Huaishan look so much like that old acquaintance he was supposed to have nothing to do with for the rest of their lives? That habit of putting his hands all over Guan Lin, seizing every chance to pet him, and sleeping while cuddling his true form after it grew huge were all exactly the same. “Hm?” Gu Huaishan gave the wary orange cat an innocent smile. “How could that be?” A fierce cat with a soft heart and a sharp tongue (actually a big tiger) gong x a gentle, thoughtful shou (actually full of tricks) Reading tip: They start out with maxed-out mutual affection. The gong and shou have a little misunderstanding, but at heart, they dote on each other. Coming soon “When the Goofy Gong Gets an Angst-Novel Script” At first glance, Bai Kong seems cold and heartless, like a lone wolf in the mountains. But after spending a night with Chu Yichen, a musician at the entertainment house, he turns into an obedient puppy. He doesn't care about Chu Yichen's identity and will do anything for him, even if it means getting hurt or risking his life. Everyone thinks Bai Kong is head over heels for Chu Yichen, and Chu Yichen thinks so too. Chu Yichen has a secret: he doesn't like men at all, and he really hates being called someone's wife. He puts up with it only because he's using Bai Kong to get revenge. He never loved Bai Kong. Not ever. But later, after he gets his revenge and Bai Kong dies while helping him, Chu Yichen doesn't feel relieved. He can only stare blankly at the man's body as silent tears stream down his face. But Chu Yichen doesn't know that Bai Kong has a secret too. He's a monster. He came down from the mountain because he'd hit a bottleneck in his cultivation. An old monster told him that although he knew how to take human form, he was still a beast inside and didn't understand humans at all, so he needed to go down the mountain and learn about human love. How was he supposed to learn? Go down the mountain and find a wife. The old monster told him lots of things about finding a wife: mutual affection, three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts, and so on. Bai Kong only remembered one thing: you have to enter the bridal chamber when you marry a wife, and entering the bridal chamber means sleeping together. Bai Kong: Got it. I need to find someone to sleep with. So, by sheer coincidence, he and Chu Yichen slept together under the covers, completely innocently. The next day: Bai Kong: Hey, wife. To keep Bai Kong from killing his wife just days into their marriage, the old monster also told him: Don't bite your wife, don't fight him for food. In short, learn to treat your wife like a human would. So Bai Kong did everything Chu Yichen asked, even when Chu Yichen told him to do something that would mean certain death. He went without a word. Of course, what would be certain death for a human was easy for Bai Kong. After he helped Chu Yichen get his revenge, his human identity had reached its end too, so he dusted himself off and went back to the mountain. When he returned, the old monster asked whether he'd learned about human love. Bai Kong: I learned it. He told the old monster about everything that happened down the mountain. Old monster: ...You didn't learn a damn thing. Much later, Chu Yichen finally learned that when Bai Kong said he wanted to bite him, it wasn't an affectionate endearment. He really just wanted to bite him. The way a wolf bites a rabbit :) [No crematorium, at heart this is a story about two people who don't understand love slowly learning how to love, with a little bitterness and sweetness and a touch of melodrama] Please add it to your upcoming reads~ =3= Theme: Life is a process of constantly letting go. The sad thing is, we never get the chance to say a proper goodbye.