May Cats Live for Ten Thousand Years

A fluffy little-animal story about cats and kind people. Preorder: The Slender Waist of a Plain Promise. Please add it to your library~

[Fluffy Lion Cat x Airheaded, Sweet Kunlun God]

It was Wu You's first time being a cat, and her owner was a poor scholar. The scholar went to the capital for the imperial examinations, became a high-ranking official, and left her at home to die. When she woke up again, she had become a worry-banishing beast in the arms of the South Sea's greatest beauty.

It was Wu You's first time being a beast. She couldn't learn to bury her poop, so she stank away her owner's lover and got kicked out. The Jade Emperor happened to pass by, took pity on her, and on a whim transformed her into a human.

It was Wu You's first time being human. With no experience at all, she fainted from hunger by the roadside. When she woke up again, Lu Wu, a Kunlun god, had brought her home to raise for fun.

Wu You trembled. "Please don't eat me! My true form is a Linqing Lion Cat. We share the same ancestors and roots!"

Lord Lu Wu really was a good person. Though he was an ancient ferocious tiger, he had never drooled in front of Wu You, who smelled so delicious.

When he learned that her troubles all started because she couldn't bury her poop, he opened a cat school in Kunlun and taught felines from all three realms how to do their business properly.

"Lord Lu Wu, we're the second-best pair of friends in the whole world."

"Who's first?"

"My good friend from when I was a cat, a little Siamese."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know. His owner was an ascetic monk. Amitabha, I hope they got the scriptures."

The next day, snow began to fall over Kunlun, though spring was in full bloom. The two good friends held hands and built snowmen.

Wu You made two little cat heads, then tilted her face up and winked at Lu Wu beside her, smiling sweetly.

Suddenly, she let out a curious sound and asked, "Lord Lu Wu, why is your silver hair getting darker and darker?"

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.

2. Includes lots of little monsters, inspired by Classic of Mountains and Seas.

3. A light and sweet little treat~ Enjoy!

4. The male lead is temporarily dark-skinned due to his true-form setting. He'll become fair-skinned later.

----Next up: The Slender Waist of a Plain Promise----

A pot of wine among the flowers, watching the autumn moon and spring breeze pass by.

Sipping strong liquor as she reminisced, Jin Zhi realized she'd fallen into the emperor's trap.

Back then, the young emperor had taken her hand and said with deep feeling, "Zhi'er, my harem is a complete shambles. Be kind and help me manage it!"

Jin Zhi, ever loyal and righteous, agreed.

[Liquor-loving young woman x Iron-blooded emperor]

The Great Yong Dynasty was forged on horseback, uniting the land and bringing peace to the seas.

The emperor was a good ruler: young, brave, diligent, and devoted to his people. Under his rule, Great Yong was blessed with a sage ruler and worthy ministers, and its people prospered.

The previous dynasty had fallen because its foolish emperor had indulged in beauty. Learning from that example, the late emperor left an instruction: the emperor's favor should fall evenly upon the entire harem.

But His Majesty never bestowed any favor at all. He admired the palace beauties from afar but never touched them, and he had no children whatsoever!

The young emperor had a man's grand ambitions. He loved the clash of blades and frost on the frontier, and the rolling yellow sands of the desert. His interests lay not in romance, but in a cup of rough wine late at night, with a plate of soy-braised beef.

The eldest daughter of the Shandong governor was tall and graceful, with a beauty renowned far and wide. Everyone who saw her would praise her, saying, "She's as fresh and lovely as a scallion!"

Three days later, the Shandong governor sent a cartload of fresh scallions and a beauty as radiant as one.

Her siblings told her, "You're the hope of our whole family!"

The Empress Dowager and all the ministers told her, "You're the hope of all Great Yong!"

Unfortunately, His Majesty had eyes only for the scallions, not the beauty. He snapped off a piece of one, gave Jin Zhi a lazy once-over, and sent her off to the imperial kitchens.

One dark and windy night, the emperor was suddenly seized by an urge. He dismissed his attendants and strode into the imperial kitchens, only to find Jin Zhi there, drinking deeply from a wine jar.

The two sat beneath the moon, drinking and discussing heroes.

The emperor, who claimed he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, ended up flushed and bleary-eyed, with a beguiling beauty mark at the corner of his eye.

He clasped her slender waist in his palm and gave her a sidelong look. "Will you serve me tonight?"

Unwilling to let him take liberties, Jin Zhi gritted her teeth. "No... Your Majesty, please don't."

The next day, Jin Zhi was punished by being assigned to serve as a bedchamber attendant before the emperor. His Majesty said she didn't know what was good for her and deserved only to serve his bed.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.

2. An alternate world with a mishmash of official systems.

4. Blurb written on April 27, 2024.

Theme: We meet unexpectedly, but could such a meeting ever be mere chance?