My Archrival Turned into My Cat

[Think carefully before buying the whole book at once. It’s better to buy chapter by chapter so you can cut your losses in time.] [Comments are enabled. Please stop posting self-insert fantasies. The top and bottom are exclusive and won’t switch. Print edition information is on Weibo: @CaolvZhenDeBuShiChong] Xie Songting was sensitive and sharp, and his thoughts always tended to spiral in a dark direction. After graduating from high school, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He rarely went out, knowing he wasn’t suited to interacting with anyone, so he got a cat, filmed videos of it, and became a pet influencer. One ordinary, boring afternoon, he went out for a therapy appointment and got a call from his high school nemesis’s mother. His nemesis had been in a car accident and diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. He was now lying in the hospital. The only living thing he’d left behind was a Maine Coon. His nemesis’s mother was allergic to cat hair and begged Xie Songting to take the cat in. Xie Songting’s memories of his nemesis went back ten years. The man had been tall, with a dazzling smile and a wonderful personality. He could chat with anyone, had friends everywhere, and always scored higher than Xie Songting. He was exactly the kind of person Xie Songting hated most. He loathed him, envied him, and resented him. At his lowest point, he had even wished the man would just die. How could he have ended up like this? Silent and bitter, Xie Songting took in the cat. * Xie Songting had an ability that set him apart from ordinary people: he could hear animals speak. The day the Maine Coon came home, he let the cat out of its carrier, hoping to hear what was wrong and whether it had any urgent cravings for food. But he waited for days… The cat wouldn’t make a sound. Could it be mute? He found it strange, but didn’t think much of it. * It wasn’t until the day of the first snow that the long cat tail wrapped around his leg and warm breath heated his skin. Xie Songting was held in the man’s arms, dressed in thin clothes but not feeling cold. The man twitched his cat ears, tickling Xie Songting’s chin. It was so itchy. Snowflakes clung to Xie Songting’s eyelashes. He blinked and heard the man laugh softly beside his ear. “Xie Songting, I love you so much.” 1. Sharp-tongued, dark-haired beauty on the bottom (Xie Songting) x huge cat on top who thinks his wife is adorable, beautiful, and perfect in every way (Xi Bisi). They’re madly in love. 2. Both are each other’s first and only, one-on-one happy ending. The cat is neutered, the human isn’t. 3. A modern city romance. Since hearing cats talk counts as a supernatural ability, it’s tagged as supernatural, but aside from Xie Songting, hardly anyone has abilities. It’s neither horror nor paranormal. Message: Loving yourself is the beginning of loving others.