Hey! Hands Off Chief Black Cat!

Sharp-tongued, scheming, and prone to falling for himself x cold-faced, blunt, ferocious cat who repays kindness

Chi Yu x He Miao

In the bitter winter of Jing City, He Miao had just been transferred away from frontline criminal investigations when he mysteriously fell from a building at his reassignment banquet. With a bang, he landed as a cat.

He Miao: Didn't die from the fall. Damn, I'm tough.

He Miao: Wait, something's off. Meow, meow, meow?

Before He Miao could figure out what was wrong, one danger after another came his way.

One strange case after another: a female corpse carrying puppies, a god defiled in a bizarre fishing village, a skull buried deep in a litter box, rotten meat boiling on a stove...

As he teased out the clues to find the real culprit, He Miao also realized that the most dangerous source of all was keeping him under constant watch.

To secure a safe place to stay, He Miao had no choice but to swallow his pride, pretend to be a cat, and move into Chi Yu's home. By day, he worked as a human; by night, he repaid Chi Yu's kindness as a cat.

But Chi Yu, who had gotten off on the wrong foot with He Miao from the very first day they met as colleagues, discovered He Miao's secret.

Chi Yu: My cold-faced colleague is a cat in my house, and he doesn't know he's been found out. Heh. I'll never show him an ounce of kindness.

The next day.

Chi Yu, after clearing out the pet food aisle: What do I do? I like him more every time I look at him!

[Mini-scene]

Municipal Bureau workplace relations survey:

The two team captains ended up in the hospital on the very first day they met. Please explain why.

He Miao: His mouth's too filthy.

Chi Yu: Look, the kitty's upset again. Big brother has cat food right here. Come on, nom nom nom.

He Miao: ...You'd better sleep with your eyes open tonight.

Municipal Bureau workplace relations survey:

Then why are you getting along now?

He Miao: Has left the room*

Chi Yu: The cat laid a cunning trap. The cat lover walked himself to the chopping block.

Chi Yu: Can you resist petting a cat? One you can pet both as a human and as a cat?

Criminal investigation (check) Strong x strong (check) Cute pets (X) Ferocious pet (check)

[Important: This novel is set in a fictional world. Its legal framework is used only within the story, and any similarities to reality are purely coincidental!]

Character art by Rednote artist Shan Que Xian Zhi

It's really wonderful. Please go take a look!

Note: The fictional setting differs from real life.

Happy ending / strong x strong / both leads are sexually and romantically exclusive

You're here!! (eagerly)

I have two upcoming novels competing for a spot here!! Sorry this is a bit long! Please don't be annoyed with me!! (Please, please)

First: The Husband Living in the Body of a Hated Person [cat paw]

Possessive, gloomy ghostly top x pitiful, universally hated member of a prominent family

As the despised illegitimate son of the Ji family, Ji Tu never enjoyed a moment of good fortune, while misfortune kept coming his way.

The Ji family was a gloomy clan with plenty of money, but none of it went to Ji Tu. They bullied him every day, too.

After getting into university, Ji Tu planned to break free of his family for good.

But his plan failed. Before the semester began, the Ji family tricked him into coming back and made him drink a bowl of water with an eyeball soaking in it.

Then the eyeball took up residence in his body. It moved around, watched his life, and insisted on calling itself his husband, forbidding Ji Tu from disobeying.

No short shorts or sleeveless tops. No talking to strangers. No looking at muscle men on his phone... This isn't allowed, and neither is that!

But even a rabbit will bite when pushed too far. One night, Ji Tu finally snapped.

"You old bastard! I don't care if you're a person or a ghost. If you turn into tentacles and crawl out of my esophagus again..."

He brought the knife down beside his finger. The ghost's eyeball went wide.

"I'll cut you right off my body!"

Thousands of miles away, Lang Chengyi covered his eye socket, looking deeply depressed. The tributes get worse every year. Why does this year's tribute hit people?

Second: Why Is Cultivation a Required Course in Senior Year?!

He Qiwei was the only person in the He family to manifest a spirit spell since their ancestor. With his whole family's hopes for a stable civil service job resting on him, he resolutely enrolled in a certain higher institute for people with supernatural abilities.

Being a supernatural talent did have its perks. At least, the school guaranteed job placement after graduation: fifty percent became civil servants, thirty percent switched careers, ten percent inherited their family business, and ten percent landed in prison.

But He Qiwei was just like his name implied: a prickly little hedgehog. Turning a street thug into a civil servant was asking a lot.

He had no choice but to pinch his nose, cover his mouth, and head into the mountains with his bedding to study.

With all manner of monsters and demons gathered at this school, even the prickly He Qiwei had to wonder: Could anyone really get one of those guaranteed civil service jobs?

But that wasn't even the most exasperating part!

Back in his dorm, he saw the little dragon boy staring at his butt, and He Qiwei let out a long sigh.

Great-grandfather, possess me and help me take care of this bunch of monsters!

All done!! Please carry on, author!! (politely steps aside)

Theme: Never back down in the pursuit of truth and justice