Quit Pretending, Kitty, I’ve Got Your Back

Everyone says the Gu family's young master has everything going for him. Only Gu Youqing knows the truth: he's a fake young master, and also a cat.

Every day pretending to be human feels like walking on thin ice. He has to hide his tail, avoid flattening his ears, learn to do homework, and keep up with wealthy-family power struggles.

Cat Gu: QAQ

Is this the trial I have to endure to become a little cat god? It's so hard!

I want to go back to the days of curling up in my owner's arms and eating canned food!

One day, a tall, handsome transfer student joins his class. Cat Gu's pupils contract in shock. This scent... Isn't it just like his owner's?

So when the transfer student is bullied by some thugs, Cat Gu immediately leaps in. "You rotten two-legged beasts! Don't hit my owner's substitute!"

College student He Ye transmigrated into a book on the night he couldn't find his cat.

From the start, he finds himself in a classic case of school bullying. The young master Gu saves him, and he's supposed to fall in love.

He Ye: Hah. The wise don't fall in love.

That is, until he notices that the Gu who rescued him tries to climb into delivery boxes while opening packages...

And makes chattering sounds at sparrows?

And looks around whenever he hears the word "pomelo"?

What a coincidence. The cat He Ye lost is named Youzi.

Lately, Cat Gu feels like his substitute has been looking at him with an increasingly meaningful expression.

In private moments, he also loves to stroke the smooth spot where Cat Gu's tailbone is, though there's no tail there.

It feels... kind of nice, actually. But whenever anyone asks, he just says:

"It's just for fun. Who would take it seriously?"

Later, his substitute disappears.

Then his identity as a fake young master is exposed, and overnight he falls from the clouds into the mud.

The Gu family uses him as a hostage in place of the real young master, handing him over to the powerful He family.

They say that the He family's new head is cruel and bloodthirsty. Blindfolded and lying on the bed, Gu Youqing is so scared that his tail accidentally pops out.

The door opens, and someone enters.

A warm breath brushes the side of his neck.

"Youqing."

It's... his substitute! He's back!

Gu Youqing relaxes.

Until the other man grabs his tail and wickedly strokes it back and forth.

"How should we punish a kitten who ran away from home without permission, Youzi?"

Cat Gu: ...Huh??

Theme: Love your true self.