The Villain Wants to Pet Me Every Day

Jiang Mai discovers that he is living in a book as a cannon-fodder character who falls in love at first sight with the protagonist and pursues him relentlessly. Jiang Mai's eyes light up. "This is a thing?" He has a secret he can't talk about: after reaching adulthood, any physical contact with someone of the opposite sex turns him into a cat. The definition of the opposite sex depends on which gender he likes. Since he has always been attracted to men, men count as the opposite sex for him. So after reaching adulthood, he can't have physical contact with men. This trait will only disappear once he meets the person he truly loves. To avoid this hassle, he's eager to find true love. Now that he knows where to find it, naturally he goes looking without a second thought. But instead of meeting the protagonist he falls in love with at first sight, he runs into Song Yu, the book's big villain. The next second, with a poof, he turns from a grown man into a tiny kitten. A person and a cat stare awkwardly at each other. Jiang Mai: Meow~ Meow~ (Oh no, my secret's out. They're going to dissect me.) Song Yu: A cat? And a calico, so cute! And so Jiang Mai ends up in the hands of the villain, who acts like a domineering CEO but is a certified cat lover inside. Song Yu even threatens him into a marriage of convenience: if he refuses, he'll expose Jiang Mai's secret and hand him over for scientific research. Under duress, Jiang Mai agrees, but he doesn't give up on finding the protagonist. Once he finds the protagonist, he won't turn into a cat anymore, and cat-loving Song Yu won't keep him around just to pet him. But why does Song Yu still refuse to divorce him after he stops turning into a cat? What happened to our marriage of convenience? Liar! -- At first. Song Yu pokes him whenever he feels like it, then waits until he turns into a cat so he can cuddle and pet him to his heart's content. He even sighs, "This trait is pretty great. Why don't you just never meet someone you like? Being a cat is so cute." Later. Song Yu still likes poking him whenever he feels like it. But when Jiang Mai turns into a cat, Song Yu looks aggrieved. "Why are you still a cat? What's so hard about liking me? It's not like you'd lose a piece of flesh!" -- Content warnings: # The bottom cross-dresses. # The bottom has some catlike traits, such as going into heat. Theme: True love conquers all