Even the Hated, Disabled Kitty Wants Cuddles

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[Coming soon: Raising an S-Rank Fluffy Felon! It's at the bottom. Please add it to your favorites!]

Jian Xun, universally despised, transmigrated into a book. The System told him that if he saved one person, it would grant him one wish.

Jian Xun happily prepared to start his life over and follow a big shot to the top, but...

He turned into a cat.

A stray little tabby with a broken leg and filthy fur, no less!

Luckily, he successfully mooched his way into the big shot's home.

At the time, the big shot was still young: a pitiful college student whose father didn't care about him, whose mother was gone, and who lived alone.

Jian Xun had planned to coast on his adorable looks, freeload, and move the plot along. But the other guy didn't seem to like cats. No cuddles, no kisses, no pets...

Jian Xun was devastated. Could he really be a universally despised cat, too?

To get the big shot's attention, the cat, who had mastered every domestic skill, began doing chores.

Cat cooks: braised fish, pickled-cabbage fish soup, and steamed fish every day.

Cat washes dishes: he hates getting wet, so he leaps onto the dishwasher and starts it!

Cat mops: he runs around the floor in a frenzy with a rag under his paws.

Cat gives massages: his white-gloved paws deliver soft, fluffy kitty punches.

After diligently doing chores and becoming a capable cat, Jian Xun thought, I'm amazing!

And so he watched the pitiful little guy become a business tycoon.

Only to discover in the end that the person he'd been looking after was the story's biggest villain!

Though Shang Xuci was the heir to a top financial dynasty, his frail health and the early death of his mother left him bullied from a young age. His status was so low that even the family maids could pick on him. Then someone caused both his legs to become disabled, leaving him abandoned by everyone.

As an adult, Shang Xuci became obsessive and sinister. He dealt with his enemies, purged the traitors, and reclaimed the peak of power in the Jian family, only to die in an accident.

When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn in a hospital bed. He stared at his stepmother's hypocritical smile, disgust rising in his eyes.

Suddenly, a cat leapt out and clawed the woman's face. She fled in a panic.

Taking a closer look at the little cat, he saw that it was lame, too. Its sparkling, pale blue eyes gazed up at him, brimming with tears.

The next second, the little cat limped away without looking back.

Shang Xuci lowered his eyes and curled his fingers into a fist.

A little while later, the kitten's meows rang out. It struggled over to him, tucked in its claws, and tremblingly held out a dusty paw pad. A piece of candy lay on it.

It was the sweetest thing he had ever tasted.

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Coming Soon 1: Raising an S-Rank Fluffy Felon

When Shen Ting, an animal keeper, woke up, he had become an undocumented citizen in the interstellar era. Starving and nearly fainting, he applied for a job as a young-animal keeper to survive. His daily tasks were feeding, brushing, and cleaning...

The work was hard, and he even had to put on a show. He had to livestream the little ones every day. Shen Ting's take: Things have come to this, so let's make some formula first.

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A nursery was established on a desolate planet to care for the juvenile spirit forms of serious criminals after their second differentiation. It was called a nursery, but it was actually a prison, designed to ensure the criminals remained under absolute control.

These spirit forms were just like their owners: powerful, ferocious, and impossible to control. They used their status as young creatures to drive away countless keepers. The keepers who couldn't even last a month were covered in bruises, and no one dared apply for the job.

One day, viewers in an interstellar livestream noticed that the prison had hired a new keeper. He was fair-skinned and delicate, gentle and fragile-looking, and seemed even easier to bully than the previous keepers.

Viewer 1: Don't think these are ordinary little ones! They're ferocious beasts who can tear people apart with their bare hands!

Viewer 2: What a shame. Such a pretty, foolish human is about to be crippled.

Viewer 3: Wait, what does he have in his hands? The last person who tried feeding them ended up going crazy. Is he choosing money over his life?

The fluffy creatures bared their sharp fangs and extended their deadly claws. Just as they were about to bite down...

They were given bottles of delicious milk,

Their claws were neatly trimmed,

Their fur was groomed until smooth and silky,

They were massaged, sung to, read stories, and tucked in...

Even the looks in their owners' eyes grew clear and gentle.

Viewers: ??

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Later, the ferocious beasts learned to fold their own blankets, wash their own clothes, cook and clean for themselves, and study their lessons quietly and diligently. They radiated righteousness from head to toe!

The viewers couldn't believe their eyes. "It's a miracle!"

Later still, Shen Ting learned that the milk-drinking cow cat he often called "cutie" was a notorious pirate captain, the tiger whose butt he often patted was an imperial fugitive, and the black panther whose underwear he helped wash was the number-one assassin on the most-wanted list.

Clutching his bundle and trembling as he prepared to run, Shen Ting asked, "Then... who is the little darling I cuddle to sleep every night?"

The Crown Prince, horns showing, stared intently at the young man. "You should know that even if you call him your darling, that dragon won't let you leave."

At heart, this is a story about a whole group doting on someone who raises fluffy creatures!

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Coming Soon 2: Winning Over Fluffy Creatures with Food

1. Yu Wanqiao has two great loves in life: cooking and fluffy creatures.

After transmigrating into the interstellar era, he was frail, weak, and had no mental power. He became one of the lowest-ranked useless people on a remote planet.

The good news: He got into the Imperial Military Academy.

The bad news: No one cared about the culinary arts program.

After classes began, Yu Wanqiao, a new student in the logistics department, was despised by the military students.

"What the heck? His mental power doesn't even reach the lowest rank, F. How dare he come to the military academy?"

"He thinks he can go to the battlefield with nothing but a pretty face? What a joke. Though my family could use a vase. I might consider it."

"Inefficient food, pointless major. Nutrient solutions are all we need. Cooking is worthless."

Yu Wanqiao had no choice but to let his skills speak for themselves, setting up a food stall at school.

Fiery, delicious mala hot pot; crispy, sizzling fried chicken; sweet-and-sour pork; numbing, spicy, tender mapo tofu; and rich, tender braised pork knuckle that fell off the bone...

That night

The near-dead sat bolt upright in bed, and the King of Hell praised my sense of smell!

The military students' spirit forms turned into ravenous gluttons and wandered to the food stall in the middle of the night. To get a bite from the pot, they put on displays of underground boxing, acted cute and clingy, danced, and sang...

The videos were uploaded online, and everyone laughed at how crazy the combat students were.

But after tasting the food, the combat students were stunned.

A bowl of soup, and you can say goodbye to the medical pod!

A piece of meat, and the nightmare of mental rampages is over!

A bowl of rice, and you're strong and full of energy!

Soon the whole school was in an uproar, and Yu Wanqiao became number one on the military academy's "Most Wanted Teammates" list.

And on top of that

The strongest military student offered up his spoils. "I'll be your personal hunter, providing you with premium ingredients anytime, anywhere."

The stern-faced principal revised school policy overnight. "The battlefield is too dangerous. Stay at school and run your food stall. I'll go revise the practical credit requirements."

The richest research tycoon waved his money around. "I'll give you all the money and kitchen equipment you need. Our institute can't do without you!"

2. From the gong's point of view

Wen Zhan had an SSS-Rank spirit form and a rare dual-type spirit form.

Nobody knew he had a problem: he had a special spirit form that was violent, uncontrollable, and fond of running away from home. Every time it left, it was gone for half a year. Because they shared sensations, after repeatedly being played in places best left undescribed, he flew into a rage and went after it

"Meow~" His spirit form, now round as a ball, was exceptionally docile as it cuddled up to someone.

The person it was cuddling was his roommate, a country bumpkin from the infamous F Star. Wen Zhan remembered their first meeting: the other guy's socks had holes, his clothes were patched, and he was as delicate as a little rabbit.

Wen Zhan moved back into the dorm and secretly watched how the guy cared for his spirit form.

When it was hungry, he cooked and fed it. When it was too full, he rubbed its belly to help it digest. When it was dirty, he smoothed its fur and washed it until it smelled nice. When it was bored, he took it for a walk and played with it. At bedtime, he sang it to sleep...

A month later, Wen Zhan sat beside his spirit form, holding a bowl and loving every bite.

He began to enjoy this one-of-a-kind life of mooching meals.

He thought Yu Wanqiao must like him, or he wouldn't touch his spirit form's round head, weighty egg, and warm, soft paw pads. It had to cuddle him every day for him to fall asleep.

Until one day, he smelled other fluffy creatures on Yu Wanqiao.

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The next day, the fluffy creatures who had been warned showed up at the door carrying bowls. They froze for a second, then ran off wailing with bumps all over their heads.

Boo-hoo, they only came for the food! They didn't cuddle him!

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