Let This Great King Give You a Meow

On the day he turned twenty, Qu Baiyi differentiated into a little lion cat with mismatched eyes, a red nose, and snow-white fur. He was breathtakingly beautiful. But everyone knew that on Blue Star, eighteen was the latest age at which someone could differentiate into an animal form. He was a full two years late! It had happened so suddenly that he hadn't had any time to prepare. There was no food in the pot and no one at home. After agonizing over it, Qu Baiyi decided to disguise himself as an ordinary kitten and follow his childhood friend's terrible advice: go downstairs to the restaurant and ask the owner for food. But the journey was full of mishaps. By the time he was nearly there, he was covered in dust, his fur all matted, and he was accidentally caught by Ji Xing. In public, Ji Xing was mild and warm. In private, he was cold and fastidious. He pinched Qu Baiyi by the scruff and stared at him for a long while, a hint of disdain in his eyes. "Where did this stray cat come from? What an ugly thing." Yet he didn't loosen his grip at all. He took him home and bought cat food, litter, scratching boards, climbing towers, toys... He pampered him like royalty. Curled up in a cat villa spanning a hundred square meters and eating carefully prepared meals, Qu Baiyi silently swallowed the curses rising in his throat. Maybe this wasn't so bad after all. From then on, he was completely absorbed in the life of a pampered, wealthy cat, ordering everyone around and unable to tear himself away, until Ji Xing called a family doctor to have him neutered... "I knew that guy was up to no good!" Qu Baiyi jolted awake and fled in the middle of the night, hauling a little toy train behind him. Ji Xing searched every corner of the house but couldn't find a trace of the cat. "..." [Bonus Scene] Years later, Qu Baiyi sat on Ji Xing's lap, bouncing up and down as he used his eyes to have a serious conversation with his childhood friend. "Boss Qu, how did you win over this incredibly difficult dreamboat and get him to adore you and do everything you say?" Qu Baiyi blinked. "You just turn into a human, get into bed with him, and do this for a while, then that for a while. It's easy." A proud, clingy cat bottom x a cold, aloof cat-loving top who keeps everyone at a distance Theme: Work hard to make a difference; nothing is set in stone