Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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That Shen Yu was indeed no ordinary mortal, but she had never expected that he would turn out to be that big shot…!
“Oops, I shouldn’t have let Little Rabbit visit him rashly. With Little Rabbit’s virtue, I’m afraid he might have offended the Emperor.” Chang’e was a little frightened and wanted to insert herself into the Jade Rabbit’s dream to tell the reckless and naughty Little Rabbit to be good. But just as she was about to cast the spell, she heard a faint Sanskrit sound above her head, and saw a holy and bright light sweeping down like a searchlight.
Oops, it seemed that the period of her calamity was approaching its consummation, and the higher-ups were starting to pay attention to what was going on here and they were monitoring it.
Chang’e could only crawl back into her chubby body and seal off her magic power again.
She had no choice, after enduring so many reincarnations, she couldn’t commit a crime against the odds!
“I hope the emperor is just playing here this time and doesn’t grab the little rabbit’s pigtails.” Chang’e thought with some distress, and prayed silently, “Rabbit, you must be good, in case you are caught by the emperor again. Don’t you pick marshmallows randomly, or it will take sister at least twenty years to save you…”
The searchlight above her head shone on the fat man, and Chang’e instantly hid herself deep in the sea of consciousness, not to mention making a sound, she didn’t dare to move even a little bit. She didn’t dare to leak her thoughts anymore, so she could only continue to play the fat man in a muddle-headed manner for the next twenty years, until she could return to the fairy world with Hou Yi after completing her tenth life.
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On the first day of the new year, Xu Maomao woke up early, but Shen Yu had not yet woken up. He was sleeping peacefully, and to use a mean description, he was sleeping like a corpse. Xu Maomao jumped out of bed quietly without disturbing him.
The transformation potion had worn off and he had reverted to being a ragdoll cat. When the memory of them kissing last night came up, Xu Maomao couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth and couldn’t stop his cheeks from turning red. He wanted to consume a few more bottles before kissing the male god properly next time. Unfortunately, he only had less than twenty hours worth of potion left, and the popularity brought to him by the live broadcast had also faded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The number of new viewers had not increased much, and he was mostly supported by a group of die-hard fans now. This meant that love points would gradually become precious unless he could think of other ways to obtain them.
However, Xu Maomao’s goal for the next stage was to save his manuscript. His old articles would be completed after the year. He was reluctant to stop writing because of his transformation into a cat, so he would have to use those transformation potions sparingly in the future.
With this in mind, Xu Maomao entered the mall of the red envelope group, planning to use the remaining 500,000 like points to buy the Transformation Potion 2.0 placed on the shelves by Dr. Mi. The price of the transformation potion was 50,000 love points per hour, so he could save it for ten more hours.
Unexpectedly, there was new news in the reward section of the mall, and several small speakers were flashing. After reading it one by one, he discovered that there were people begging someone to write a novel about a cat turning into a human! Moreover, they also specified the writing style should be like the Jinjiang Literature website that Alalei read.
[It’s best for it to be similar to the interstellar novel that the goddess read, the article by the author of that princess—rewards from Michelle and Mimihu]
In line with the principle of keeping a low profile, that record of Xu Maomao admitting in the group that he was the author was secretly erased, and cats flocked to each other every day, so soon few cats remembered it.
Meow, there is a cat who wants to read my article!?
Xu Maomao was happy. As a member of the Three Thousand Beauties of Jinjiang and with numerous cat friends, was publishing articles not an easy task for him? But then he thought about it, wasn’t this behavior just a disguised form of circulating the txt? This was a breach of contract.
Suddenly, Xu Maomao found that he couldn’t move his own article, even if he was the author.
As per the Jinjiang contract, the contracted author could not circulate his own work, nor could he circulate the work of other authors, or even publish more than one article. But there were certain special circumstances. If it was a short story of less than 30,000 words, the author had the right to handle it himself and publish it as he wanted.
This was a good method! He could definitely write some short stories for the group and let them buy it with love points!
Xu Maomao was immediately inspired. He immediately used his paws to write quickly in the group and wrote a short article of four to five thousand words. Another advantage of typing the article in the group was that it naturally used the common language of the cat people, eliminating the trouble of secondary translation, so it could be sold directly as soon as it was written.
In fact, writing a short story required a lot of dense plots and was not easier to write than a long article. However, he wrote this article easily and completed it in less than two hours. With a wave of his paw, Xu Maomao put it on his shelf, with a special note that it was a book from an author in Jinjiang Literature City. Then he waited for the love value to increase!
Xu Maomao happily exited the mall, sent a red envelope worth 20,000 love value to everyone in the group, congratulated all the cats on the New Year, and then exited the group.
At this time, Shen Yu still hadn’t woken up. Xu Maomao’s heart skipped a beat and he rushed into the room. He saw Shen Yu lying very straight, still the same as in the morning. He bluntly thought that he looked like a stiff corpse.
“Meow?!” Was he sick?
He checked with his hand, and he didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Shen Yu didn’t seem to be breathing!
Xu Maomao was stunned and screamed in panic: “Shen Yu! Shen Yu!” He hooked Shen Yu’s arm with his small claws, and even made several thin wounds, which overflowed with blood.
But Shen Yu showed no reaction at all, and his body felt warm yet cool, as if his soul had left his body!
Xu Maomao panicked now. After calling desperately and shaking but seeing that he still did not wake up, he decided to call the emergency services. Just as he was about to get his phone, Shen Yu’s body trembled and suddenly opened his eyes.
He had obviously slept for so long, but his eyes were still bloodshot.
“You finally woke up!” Xu Maomao was almost crying with joy as he threw himself into his arms. “You were so scary just now. You didn’t seem to be breathing!”
Shen Yu remained silent. He rubbed his head tiredly, closed his eyes, took a heavy breath and said: “I had a dream.”
“Nightmare?”
“…It doesn’t seem like it.”
“What were you dreaming about?” Xu Maomao saw that there was cold sweat on his face at the moment.
Shen Yu didn’t say a word, he just frowned and recalled carefully, but he only remembered that he was vaguely climbing a ladder. He kept wandering in the same place. There were other exits close at hand, but he couldn’t get out for a long time, until he heard the call from Xu Maomao. The delicate cat meow alternating with the crisp teenage voice, tore apart the heavy clouds and fog, suddenly pulling him down from the sky. It could be said that the kitten in front of him brought him out of that strange and tiring dream.
Shen Yu didn’t want him to worry, so he shook his head and said, “I don’t remember.”
“Forget it if you don’t remember, it was just a nightmare.” Xu Maomao tried his best to raise his little paws and patted his head, comforting him like a child, “Don’t be afraid, Suan Ni and Hei Mang said that you have great merits and should not be afraid of ghosts and gods!”
Shen Yu laughed, temporarily putting aside the weird dream and the dizziness caused by the dream.
Their spring break lasted for three days. During these three days, Shen Yu visited many relatives and friends, while Xu Maomao was typing at home.
Three days later, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Valley of the Wind pet store reopened, and Shen Yu generously gave big red envelopes to the employees. Xu Maomao, who had not moved his muscles for a long time, squatted on the window again and performed ppap for them, quietly gaining a lot of love points.
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The public service advertisement shot before continued to bombard eyeballs during the prime time of spring break, and its influence further expanded. The monsters got the gossip from somewhere and got to know that the jade rabbit from the sky had descended to earth some time ago, and he had looked for the ragdoll cat in the advertisement for help, so everyone was ready to join in the fun.
Of course, as demons roam the world, their paws would inevitably get dusty. Most demons were naughty by nature. Although they did not commit murder or arson, they had done a lot of small illegal things or pranks. So, they were worried that Suan Ni, who was in charge of city B, would make a surprise inspection. Thus most of the little demons were still hesitating and did not act impulsively for the moment.
But there were also people who were not afraid of death. After seeing the advertisement, they immediately decided to join the world.
Baobao was just a little monster who was not afraid of death.
It was a tabby cat that had been cultivating for decades. Although it had developed spiritual consciousness and had made great achievements, it had not yet obtained a bell. Therefore, when it saw the ragdoll cat named Oscar in the advertisement who had a bell on its neck, it got excited!
This Oscar must be very powerful! Maybe it could help him complete that important mission!
Baobao packed up a small package wrapped in rags, which contained all of his belongings, including an ancient pocket watch chain. He carefully picked it up and gently wiped the smooth and discernible glass surface of the pocket watch with his paws. After a moment, it hung the pocket watch around its neck without putting it into the small package, and unfolded a torn-up piece of paper, which was an old map of China from decades ago.
After identifying the route with difficulty, Baobao set off.
Although it was not very smart, it was at least a cat that had been practicing for many years. It sneaked into the train station secretly and used its superb skills to sneak onto the train bound for city B. It hid in a gap in the luggage rack without eating or drinking. After squatting like this for a few days, he finally arrived in City B, and then found the Nausicaa Pet Shop after a lot of hard work.
Baobao created a nest near the pet store and observed the activities in the store every day. When he saw Oscar from the window who came to walk around every day and acted as the mascot, and also the bell on his neck that the cat coveted, his eyes shone, knowing that he had found the right cat.
Baobao did not strike up a conversation rashly, but carefully observed the situation for three more days. After finding out who and what was going on in the store, he couldn’t help but decide to take action.
On this day, it hid in a corner where no one was paying attention. The light brown and dark black fur on its body trembled in waves for a moment. Its figure gradually lengthened, and he finally transformed into a figure of a human about 1.78 meters. Baobao could transform, but its cultivation level was not yet high. So, after transforming, it still retained a long-striped tail and two round cat ears. The image of half human and half cat made it look very… conspicuous.
However, Baobao already had a countermeasure. It put on the coat that he had already prepared, hid its tail in the coat, and put on a hat and scarf, covering up all the features that might reveal its true identity under the heavy winter equipment.
—This was also the reason why it could only travel in winter. In summer, Baobao did not dare to go out unless it was willing to wear a big skirt.
Baobao got ready, cheered himself up, and strode into the pet store.
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