Adopted by an Overworked Office Worker After Turning into a Cat

Author : 姜江醒

Synopsis

Overworked office-wife × Cat CEO

Lin Yan’s workplace survival rule: endure.
Endure his boss’s nitpicking.
Endure coworkers’ backstabbing.
Live like the most invisible background prop in the company.

Until one rainy night, he scooped a soaking-wet, trembling silver-gray cat into his arms.

From then on, no matter how late he came home, beneath the entryway light there would always be a pair of bright, shining eyes waiting for him.

A small figure squatted there, as if saying: “You’re back.”

The kitten he named Meiqiu had the softest heart and the most tsundere temper.

Lin Yan loved holding it while rambling about the frustrations of work.

The little one would always turn its head away in disdain, gently pushing his face with its fluffy paw, wearing an expression that clearly said, “I really don’t know what to do with you.”

But whenever even the slightest trace of loneliness appeared in Lin Yan’s eyes, Meiqiu would immediately rub against him, purring softly in comfort, curling itself into the warmest little ball of fur in his arms.

After Meiqiu arrived, strange and wonderful things began happening quietly.

One evening, Lin Yan was curled up on the couch, rubbing the kitten’s head and complaining that his project budget had been cut.

The next day, the budget was miraculously approved again.

He grumbled to Meiqiu’s tiny ears that someone had stolen his design proposal—
and before long, the truth came out and the proposal was returned to him.

…

Those grievances and hardships he poured out to the little cat always seemed to be gently smoothed away by some invisible, tender hand.

The day he received his promotion notice, Lin Yan was so happy he felt like a child.

He scooped up Meiqiu, who was dozing with its tiny paws tucked in, and buried his face deeply in that warm, fluffy fur, his voice trembling with excitement: “Meiqiu! You’re my lucky star, aren’t you?”

The cat in his arms clearly stiffened for a moment.

Then, as if nothing had happened, it slowly extended a paw and—quite deliberately—began stepping on the buttons of his shirt.

Its gaze, however, wandered slightly.

Lost in his joy, Lin Yan didn’t notice the small oddity and continued showering his precious baby with kisses and hugs every day.

But life gradually gained some new, sweet confusions:

At work, President Lu—the usually cold, stern superior who seemed completely detached from worldly emotions—started looking at him… more gently?

Even with a focus Lin Yan couldn’t quite understand.

Meanwhile, Meiqiu at home became strangely secretive.
One moment it would be lazily sunbathing on the security camera; the next moment it was gone, as if it could use magic.

…

Lu Heng’s life had once followed a ruler-straight path, precise to the smallest fraction.
To others, he was the perfect yet icy “work machine.”

That rainy night, trapped in a tiny body, he dragged himself along the freezing street, his consciousness fading, driven only by a vague obsession.

Blinding headlights tore through the rain.

The shadow of death closed in—

Yet the expected pain never arrived.

A pair of warm hands carefully lifted his miserable, bedraggled body.

The young man’s clear voice, carrying a hint of laughter, was like a small stone dropped into stagnant water, spreading the very first ripple across his world: “Poor little thing… come home with me.”

That cramped, slightly run-down rental apartment became the first place in Lu Heng’s life that could truly be called “home.”

Here, he didn’t have to be the perfect Lu Heng.

He could simply be a clumsy little cat—one who knocked over water cups and missed the teasing cat wand again and again.

Because his “poop-scooper,” the young man named Lin Yan, always accepted every one of his imperfections with the gentlest smile.

It was just that his family was too kind, and so often ended up quietly taking the short end of the stick at work.

Sometimes, when Lin Yan came home with a weary look on his face, the kitten curled on his lap would have a flicker of pain in its golden eyes—so faint it was almost impossible to notice.

Its soft little paw pads would unconsciously press against Lin Yan’s knee:

Don’t be afraid. I’m here.

As for the people who bullied you… hmph.

—And when Lin Yan accidentally noticed a strangely familiar, sleek, silver cat hair stuck to the expensive handmade suit of President Lu…

Tags : Powerful Family • Devoted Love • Match Made in Heaven • Sweet Romance • Modern Fantasy • Cute Pets

Search Keywords: Protagonists: Lin Yan × Lu Heng

Other Keywords : CEO, Adorable Pet

One-Line Summary : Finding overflowing love by staying with an overworked office worker.

Theme : There will always be someone who loves you.

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