What? I Can Hear Cats Talking Now?

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1.

Unbelievable: Shen Changxi was saved by a cat.

When she woke up and turned her head to see a tabby snuggled up against her, her heart melted.

As usual, Shen Changxi got home, gave her cat a quick pet, and went to the kitchen to make dinner. Just then, a sarcastic voice spoke behind her:

"I knew it. The grass is always greener on the other side."

Shen Changxi: ?

She whipped around, but all she saw was her cat walking away.

This was spooky.

But when Shen Changxi took her cat downstairs for a walk, something even spookier happened. She heard an orange cat tell a Maine Coon enviously, "Your owner's so nice. She even carries you when she takes you for a walk. My owner never carries me."

While Shen Changxi stood there, baffled, the cat in her arms complained, "You think that's bad? My human sneaks off to see other cats behind my back every day. It's so annoying."

Huh?

The next second, the orange cat started scolding her. "How could she sneak around with other cats behind your back? Don't kittens' lives matter too?"

One cat after another joined in, discussing Shen Changxi snuggling with strays. Listening to them, she felt as if thunder had struck her.

Now this was really spooky.

She could hear cats talking?!

2.

There's been a regular visitor at the hospital lately, especially since she brings a different cat in for treatment every time. After a while, everyone on staff recognized her.

The first time Ye Shaoqin saw Shen Changxi arguing with a cat, he thought it was bizarre.

The second time he saw Shen Changxi chatting with a cat in the ward, he raised an eyebrow. Interesting.

But the third time he saw her having an animated conversation with a stray orange kitten, Ye Shaoqin fell silent.

Ye Shaoqin: ?

Ye Shaoqin: ...

Ye Shaoqin: Is this woman... okay?

A shameless talker with no guts to act X a hopeless romantic who knows how to play the wolf in sheep's clothing

Reader's Guide:

1. Chapters 21-26 are reverse-V chapters. Anti-piracy ratio: 70% for 24 hours.

2. A sweet, cozy slice-of-life story, both leads are virgins and each other's first love, with a little mutual pining.

3. Lots of hammy cats.

4. New writer here. I'll work hard to improve my writing as soon as possible. (Fist pump.)

5. I haven't thought of anything else yet.

[Next novel: Survive by Memorizing Vocabulary in a CEO Novel. Please add it to your reading list! (`ε`)]

Shi Qiu transmigrated into a book, becoming the sickly, villainous fake heiress and cannon-fodder supporting character in an old-fashioned CEO romance. She was supposed to drive the plot forward for the male and female leads. Today was the day she tried to bully the real heiress, failed, and died in disgrace.

Just when she thought her task would be the same as in other transmigration novels, to win over the male lead, the System announced her mission:

[Congratulations, Host! You've been bound to the vocabulary memorization System. Start memorizing words as soon as possible to earn life points!]

Shi Qiu had spent four years coasting through her English degree and was stunned. What, I carried you in my pocket and you kicked me into a ditch?

Unable to resist the temptation of a huge reward, she eventually agreed.

How hard could memorizing vocabulary be? A few little words would be a piece of cake.

Given a second life, she decided to keep a low profile, make money boldly, and hang on until the end so she could win herself a male model.

What she didn't know, as she tried to stay out of the main characters' drama, was that the male lead had awakened and bound himself to a CEO System.

His target was her.

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A major scandal recently rocked Jiangcheng: the arrogant, domineering daughter of the Shi family wasn't their biological child!

Once the truth came out, the real heiress, Shi Qian, received a wave of sympathy and went from being a nobody to a rising star overnight.

Internet users who loved a spectacle recommended Shi Qiu and Shi Qian to the director of the reality show My Boring Life.

When the two women were announced as contestants, Shi Qian's comment section exploded:

[Girl, I'm a professional troll. Give the word and I'll turn into a paid shill and tear her to shreds.]

[Girl, I'm on my school's debate team. Give the word and I'll team up with you and roast her mercilessly.]

[Girl, I'm a professional college student. Give the word and I'll turn into a delinquent with dyed hair and whisk that fake heiress away on my motorbike.]

Everyone had expected to laugh at Shi Qiu, but then they realized the fake heiress wasn't anything like they imagined.

Wasn't she supposed to target the real heiress relentlessly? Why was she always clutching a vocabulary book?

Shi Qiu: I'm preparing for the college entrance exam.

Wasn't she supposed to cling to the real heiress's fiance? Why was she pretending he didn't exist?

Shi Qiu: You know I've been blind since I was a child.

Wasn't she supposed to be a pampered young lady who couldn't handle hardship? Was this street vendor, tossing ingredients in a huge wok, really the same person?

Shi Qiu: I'm just trying to find a way forward for all English majors.

Netizens: My Boring Life? More like Shi Qiu's Interesting Life.

Sisters fighting over a man?

No, no, no. Sisters teaming up to take down an idiot!

Bonus scene:

To make money, Shi Qiu returned to her old line of work: running a street stall.

Looking at her little stand offering fried rice, fried noodles, English-to-Chinese translation, and Chinese-to-English translation, Shi Qiu was delighted. If only He Cheng and Shi Qian didn't stand guard on either side of it every night like door gods.

Shi Qian: Stay away from my little sister.

He Cheng: Who do you think you are?

Shi Qiu stared wide-eyed as the two argued, flipping through the original novel so fast her hands nearly sparked.

Wait, weren't they the male and female leads in a sweet-but-angsty romance where they fell in love and tore each other apart five hundred times? How did it end up all fighting and no love?

As the tension between them grew, Shi Qiu stood timidly between them and raised her little spatula. "Um, could you argue somewhere else? You're blocking my stall..."

Theme: Care for stray cats.