The Black Lotus Put a Curse on My Cat

In her previous life, Lin Jinyu worked herself to death. The cat-loving girl suddenly died one night and transmigrated into the body of the youngest disciple of an immortal sect, bringing her cat along.

Everyone in the sect was extraordinary, just like the protagonists in the novels she used to read.

Clutching her cat, Lin Jinyu looked around and decided that sticking close to them would probably get her killed as collateral damage. Living a quiet, ordinary life of her own was far more important.

She went down the mountain to buy cat food and found a bloodied young man in the grass. He had pale skin, handsome features, and a face like a peach blossom.

Lin Jinyu: "...Now this guy is the real heavyweight!"

She tried to make a quick getaway, but the boy grabbed her ankle and looked up at her with a sinister smile. "A righteous sect would just leave someone to die?"

He looked like he would kill her to keep her quiet if she refused.

Trembling with fear, Lin Jinyu brought him back to the sect. For her sake, her master reluctantly accepted the boy.

Lin Jinyu: "..."

After that, he would drop by her courtyard whenever he had nothing to do. He even put a love bug on her cat!

Over the course of two lifetimes, her cat had been with Lin Jinyu for nearly twenty years. It was her most precious treasure. She'd scrimped and saved to buy pills, feeding every last one to the cat and hoping it could cultivate into human form and keep her company for the rest of her life.

Who could have imagined this would happen?

Watching her cat rub against Ji Mingyu's legs without sparing her even a glance, Lin Jinyu was heartbroken. And Ji Mingyu stood there with a dark expression, saying he had meant to put the love bug on his senior sister, so Lin Jinyu had to make it up to him!

This was too much!!!

She wanted to kill Ji Mingyu, but worried her poor cat couldn't take it, so every day she perched on the wall by his courtyard and kept watch.

Ji Mingyu: "Secretly in love with me? I'll give you a chance..."

Lin Jinyu: "...No, thanks."

This wasn't the first time she'd turned someone down, and Ji Mingyu wasn't surprised in the least.

He'd seen plenty of people confess to Lin Jinyu. The face that smiled at everyone would instantly turn cold, then she'd politely refuse them.

Even the closest relationships would grow distant and lukewarm after that.

Ji Mingyu didn't think he was special. He took out the love bug that everyone in the world coveted, planning to use it on Lin Jinyu.

Who could have guessed her cat would suddenly jump in?!

To remove the bug, he'd have to return to the place where he wasn't welcome. Ji Mingyu was furious.

But gradually, he realized things weren't as bad as they seemed.

The cat spends all day following him + Lin Jinyu spends all day following the cat = Lin Jinyu spends all day following him.

Even when he jokingly said the one thing Lin Jinyu couldn't stand hearing, she still showed up the next day with cat food.

They became the most "intimate" of companions.

He should have been satisfied.

If only, later on, when someone asked about their relationship, she hadn't denied it outright...

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Princess Shen Shuyao, the emperor's only beloved daughter, always got everything she wanted.

Except for one person, the moon she could never reach, no matter how hard she tried.

Her cousin, Yun Zhilin, was as elegant as an orchid and pure as ice.

But whenever he looked at her, there was always a trace of distaste in his eyes.

Unable to have Yun Zhilin, Shen Shuyao bought a young slave from the slave market who looked exactly like him and kept him by her side to torment.

Chu Yue was obedient. Unlike Yun Zhilin, he never angered Shen Shuyao, and he always did whatever she asked.

They looked alike, but weren't quite the same. Shen Shuyao often flew into a rage over the differences, only to indulge Chu Yue and soothe him afterward.

Year after year of abuse passed, and the little slave grew up. His features matured, and he no longer looked like Yun Zhilin, so she made him wear a mask to hide his face.

That finally made him lose his temper.

The dog she'd raised had finally bitten its owner. No one could endure years of humiliation.

Shen Shuyao was a little disappointed, but also relieved.

Yet what she couldn't understand was what happened on the day of the palace coup.

On the throne hall's steps, with blades flashing like snow, two identical faces stood side by side.

The cousin she'd revered like a god would rather bear the stain of treason than give up his bid for the throne.

All he had to do was marry her, and he could have had everything.

Shen Shuyao was overcome with despair, but Chu Yue said he would take her away.

"You never cared about how I felt. If that's the case, I'll just have to fight for what I want."

"We made a deal: he gets the empire, and I get you."

But Shen Shuyao watched their alliance fall apart.

Yun Zhilin broke their agreement. He wanted everything, while the little slave got nothing.

Shen Shuyao was imprisoned like a caged bird. The cousin she'd once longed for was before her day and night, but the one she thought of was Chu Yue, who had promised to take her away before a sword pierced his heart...

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