Don't Use a Cat-Paw Knife to Flirt with Me

The eldest Miss Baili tossed aside her eighteenth set of arranged-marriage candidate information.

Her friend was stunned. "Seriously? You don't like Shao Bairu either? He's old money from Wucheng, comes from a wealthy family, and makes a fortune!"

She raised an eyebrow and showed off her limited-edition handbag and luxury car keys. "Do I look like I need money?"

"He's so handsome, too!"

"Do I look like I don't have handsome men chasing after me?"

"He has a villa at Ziyu Residence!"

"Do I look like I can't afford a villa?"

Her friend fell silent for a moment. "I heard Shao Bairu has seven cats in his villa! Every one of them is plump, adorable, sweet, and well-behaved! Some have even been in magazines and TV dramas! They're celebrity cats!"

"Do I look like..."

Baili Yu, a cat lover, suddenly faltered.

I do.

Two days later, word spread through Wucheng's high society that the Baili and Shao families were about to arrange a marriage.

The prospective groom said he had seven children.

Baili Yu said she was more than happy to become a mom without the pain of childbirth.

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They married just to appease their elders. After the wedding, Baili Yu and Shao Bairu agreed not to interfere in each other's lives, and that either could leave at any time if they found true love.

Onlookers sighed. Those fake spouses both had tempers, so they were bound to have a rough time together.

Some even claimed to have seen the eldest Miss Baili sneaking out of the mansion alone at dawn with a cat carrier on her back, wiping away tears as she went. They suspected she'd been mistreated by her husband and was planning to steal a cat and run away...

A friend called and patiently advised her, "If things aren't going well, you should get a divorce sooner rather than later."

At the time, Baili Yu was lying on the double bed at Ziyu Residence, with troublemakers number one through seven in her arms. She frowned and replied helplessly, "I asked a divorce lawyer. The cats won't be awarded to me."

Before she could finish,

A well-defined hand reached over, forcefully hung up her call, and coaxed the cats clinging to Baili Yu away from her.

Shao Bairu pulled his wife close.

Even the haughty young master had a moment when he had to plead in a low voice: "Just for the sake of the seven kids, don't bring up divorce again."

Cat-loving young lady x cocky, roguish young master

* Strangers marry first, then fall in love; daily life with cats

* The female lead has a bit of a career storyline as a "cat agent"

* The cat-raising tips mentioned in the story are just personal experience. Please discuss them kindly.

* The female lead can be a little over-the-top with the cats sometimes, like kissing, sniffing, and petting them frantically while making strange noises, but I believe fellow cat servants will understand.

Theme: Love life, love cats