The little cat stared wide-eyed in shock.
She turned into a human!!!
…Wait! No! Hold on! She wasn’t wearing any clothes!!!
Li Wan hadn’t figured out what to do yet. Her gaze stiffly shifted toward the man beside her.
Very unfortunately, she met the man’s deep peach-blossom eyes head-on.
Although those eyes looked no different from usual, Li Wan keenly sensed that there was nothing inside them.
Very clearly, her butler hadn’t processed what he was seeing.
Oh no!!
Wouldn’t her dumb two-legger be scared into having some sort of problem if his beloved cat suddenly changed species?! QAQ
Li Wan swallowed hard and quietly broke the silence. “Um…”
Chi Yan truly hadn’t reacted yet.
Although he had always believed his cat was too smart, that her intelligence far exceeding others of her kind, he also knew very well that cats and humans were fundamentally different.
But now…
A cat had suddenly turned into a human.
The small, fluffy creature that wasn’t even as long as his forearm had suddenly become a young maiden.
If he told anyone, it would sound like the delirious ramblings of someone who’d gone insane and mixed up memories with nonsense from a random fantasy novel.
The girl’s body was completely bare. The soft fur that once covered the kitten had vanished without a trace.
If not for her apricot eyes—staring fixedly at him—and the faint hint of heterochromia he could still recognize, Chi Yan would have thought someone had stuffed a strange woman into his bed.
The skin under his hand was tight, smooth, and springy—like fine jade. Even when she wasn’t moving, he could almost feel the heartbeat beneath her skin.
*Thump, thump, thump.*
Chi Yan’s mind blurred. For a fleeting moment, he felt that this heartbeat sounded exactly the same as the one he felt in his palm the night he was ill, when the little cat rubbed against his hand.
Two completely different species… suddenly sharing similarities.
It was a long while before Chi Yan finally, slowly realized that no matter what, the little cat had indeed taken on a human form.
And she wasn’t wearing clothes.
…Of course, he absolutely had not fully accepted this. He even suspected he’d missed his medication and relapsed again.
But the girl was undeniably real.
He could feel the familiar yet strange warmth from her lying beside him.
This…
Chi Yan forced himself to calm down, or at least appear calm, and turned his head away with great gentlemanly restraint. “Wanwan?”
When he spoke, his voice still carried the hoarseness of early morning.
“…Yes.”
Li Wan replied in a tiny voice.
She was indescribably uncomfortable.
Before she transmigrated into this novel, her parents had died in a car accident when she was young, and she grew up in her uncle’s home. Her uncle placed high expectations on her, but her aunt disliked her in every possible way. From childhood to adulthood, she studied hard and tried to minimize her presence. She had never been in such close contact with any man.
Much less this kind of contact.
They were lying in the same bed.
Even though she had always slept with her butler during the live-show filming, that was different.
A cat and a human, those bodies were not the same at all.
Right now…
Chi Yan’s pajamas were messy, his usually restrained, ascetic button-up undone several buttons, revealing his fair, well-built chest.
And she—
Wasn’t wearing anything.
Li Wan’s cheeks quickly flushed hot.
She wanted to dive straight under the blanket and bury herself, but then she remembered she was no longer a little kitten who could get away with being willful. Doing that as a human girl would definitely make the already awkward situation a thousand times worse.
So she could only face burning embarrassment and slowly roll over under the blanket, turning her back toward the man.
Her apricot eyes glazed with tension and humiliation, long curled lashes trembling like butterfly wings.
Li Wan’s pale fingers clutched the blanket tightly.
She heard the mattress behind her dip slightly, followed by the rustling of the man adjusting his clothes.
She wished—
She really wished Chi Yan would say nothing, turn around, and leave immediately.
But he didn’t. His footsteps hesitantly reached the door, then came back. He opened the cabinet, took out a set of clothes, and placed them beside her.
“These are mine,” he said. “Wear them for now. I’ll have my assistant bring something new.”
“…O-okay.”
Li Wan truly didn’t know what she was supposed to say, so she just responded weakly.
Dammit!
If there were a crack in the floor right now, she would crawl into it instantly!!!
Once she cooled down, she realized her reaction had been completely foolish. If she had been a bit smarter, she should’ve pretended she didn’t understand anything. After all, a cat’s intelligence should only go so far.
But it was far too late to regret it now.
Wuwuwu…
Li Wan let out a miserable little meow in her heart and finally buried herself under the blanket.
After texting his assistant, Chi Yan waited in the living room for the girl to come downstairs dressed.
Even now, he still felt like he was stuck in some absurd dream.
The things the little cat used in the living room were still there. Two bowls sat side-by-side, with only two pieces of kibble left inside, proving that he had indeed been raising a cat during this time.
It wasn’t a hallucination caused by his worsening illness.
But after the little cat turned into a human, her appearance was unsurprisingly soft and obedient. Although she didn’t resemble her cat form much, Chi Yan was still certain, this was his cat.
Chi Yan closed his eyes and finally forced himself to calm down and accept this reality.
At that moment, a sound came from upstairs. The girl slowly appeared, wearing his white T-shirt.
His shorts were too big. The girl’s waist was slender and soft; the shorts couldn’t stay up at all, so she had to hold them with her hands, shuffling down the stairs in tiny, embarrassed steps.
The sight was somewhat comical and oddly dispelled some of the awkwardness earlier.
Li Wan came down and obediently sat on the sofa across from the man.
Her lips moved. She wanted to say something, but what came out was: “Meow.”
Li Wan: “…”
She immediately covered her mouth, flustered, her face turning even redder.
Damn it, she’d gotten too used to being a cat!!
“…”
Chi Yan really couldn’t hold it in. His lips curved into a low laugh.
After laughing, he met the girl’s cautious gaze.
“You are…” For the first time in his life acting like a parent, he carefully picked his words. “What happened?”
Li Wan looked a bit gloomy. “I don’t know.”
She tried to describe the sequence of events. “Last night I felt really hot, then I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was already human.”
She hesitated but didn’t mention transmigrating into a book.
Her owner was already shocked enough. Any more stimulation and he might break.
Uuu…
Chi Yan was speechless. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Maybe it was the alcohol.”
The little cat also remembered and nodded.
Bad alcohol! Evil!
It framed the little cat!!
Seeing her still worried, Chi Yan steadied himself and reassured her, “It’s fine. Let’s observe for two days.”
Li Wan pressed her lips together and nodded lightly.
After that, the two fell silent again.
After all, they hadn’t known each other long, and Li Wan suddenly turning from a cat into a human made things even stranger.
This atmosphere lasted until Chi Yan’s assistant knocked on the door.
Chi Yan got up to open it.
The assistant looked anxious. “Brother Chi, why did you suddenly ask for girl’s clothing? Your popularity is high right now, the public eye is on you, this isn’t something you can joke about!!”
He didn’t want to get scolded by Chi Yan’s manager, Sister Chen!!!
But while he was still talking, a girl peeked her head out from behind Chi Yan.
The assistant instantly froze!!
Then he processed the situation, and realized that this little vixen seducing his Brother Chi was wearing Chi Yan’s clothes!!!
T-t-t-this!!!
The assistant looked like he had caught someone cheating: “Brother Chi, who is she?!”
Chi Yan : “…”
He actually felt a rare headache. He took the bag of clothes and handed it to the little cat. “Go change.”
Then he turned to face his assistant, who was staring at him relentlessly, and helplessly explained : “…Just a little friend1.”
“A little friend!!”
The assistant nearly jumped!!
He had followed Chi Yan for quite some time. Other than the rumors with Du Qingqing that the company wanted to hype, Chi Yan never interacted with any other women!!
And now, a ‘little friend’!!
And such an intimate tone!!
The assistant felt he needed an oxygen tank to prepare for Sister Chen barging in with a knife!!
Seeing he still wanted to ask, Chi Yan took a deep breath. “She and I have no relationship.”
Right after saying that, he paused strangely—and caught the assistant’s ‘you scumbag’ expression.
“…”
Chi Yan had never felt so exhausted. He sharply sensed that no matter what he said now, it would only make things worse, so he cut the conversation off.
“I’ll explain it to Sister Chen. Don’t worry.”
Once the dazed assistant left, Li Wan—now changed into normal clothes—came over and asked, “Do you need me to explain?”
Chi Yan stared at her for a moment, then withdrew his gaze. “No.”
Whatever they said, no one would believe it anyway.
Li Wan blinked and softly said, “Oh,” then went to sit on the sofa in a daze.
Normally at this time, the little cat would watch TV to pass the time, but now that she was human, she felt a bit embarrassed.
But she hadn’t been sitting long when the man took the initiative to turn on the TV and handed her the remote.
“!!”
The little cat instantly brightened. “Meow meow!”
Her butler was the best!!
Only after saying that did she realize she still hadn’t switched back to human language, and froze.
Chi Yan looked at her. The girl now seemed even more like her cat self. He reached out and rubbed her soft hair in the same way he stroked her as a cat.
“Just watch TV.
“How old are you now…converted to human age?”
Li Wan held the remote carefully and made a hand sign : nineteen.
Even converted, she was indeed a young human.
Chi Yan was charmed by her cuteness, his peach blossom eyes softening even more. “I’ll buy you some necessities and get some documents made for you.”
Li Wan nodded quickly, acting obedient.
Chi Yan assigned the task of buying essentials to his assistant, but unexpectedly, Sister Chen was the one who delivered the items.
When she entered, she immediately asked, “Xiao Li said there’s a girl at your place?”
Xiao Li was Chi Yan’s assistant.
Before Chi Yan could respond, Sister Chen saw the girl sitting on the sofa watching TV, and frowned. “This is…”
Li Wan heard the voice and stood up.
This was actually her first time seeing Sister Chen, but the moment she saw her, all her memories about her flooded in.
Sister Chen looked stern and liked to keep a straight face, but she was very gentle with the little cat.
Li Wan blinked and instinctively showed a soft, milky smile. “Hello, Sister Chen.”
Sister Chen: “…”
Oh no!!
Something just struck her right in the heart!!!
- 小朋友 (xiǎo péng yǒu) most commonly translates to children or kids, but literally it means little friend(s), which was often used affectionately or when directly addressing a child or a group of children. It is a common and affectionate term used to refer to or address young people. ↩︎