In a room filled with plush toys, Lin Xuening reached out, placed her hand on Xia Xi’s head, and gently stroked it.
Her palm brushed over the soft, fluffy cat ears. Each touch made Xia Xi’s body tremble slightly.
“You must be hungry. Here, a reward for you—two cat treats.”
Lin Xuening didn’t know how much Xia Xi had eaten at the barbecue stall, but since the big brother there was treating, she believed he probably didn’t feel comfortable eating too much.
“Hmph.”
Xia Xi crossed his arms, turning his head away, refusing to look at this cheap “poop-scooper” of his.
This woman had just been all over him outside in public. He was no longer ‘pure’! And now she thought she could appease him with just two measly cat treats? Impossible!
“Brother~ Cat treat~”
The voice belonging to the Cat Senpai echoed in his mind, tinged with a hint of longing.
Cat treats were like catnip for felines. The moment any poop-scooper took one out, the little kitty would come scurrying over to their hand, tail wagging.
“Alright, little Youyou, don’t be angry~ I admit it wasn’t good to pet you like that on the street, but you seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit yourself at the time~”
Lin Xuening tore open a cat treat and squeezed out its contents, which looked like finely minced meat.
Xia Xi initially wanted to resist. After all, his pride had taken a hit. But suddenly, a rich, enticing aroma wafted from the cat treat into his nostrils.
His eyes flew wide open!
“This… what is this? Why can’t I look away?”
Using Cat Senpai’s body, Xia Xi stared intently at the small cat treat. He didn’t understand why this thing was so alluring, how even someone with his supposedly mountain-like willpower couldn’t withstand its temptation!
Seeing his expression, Lin Xuening chuckled softly and proactively brought the cat treat close to Xia Xi’s mouth.
Just as she had thought earlier, no little kitty could resist the allure of a cat treat—even if that kitty had become a catgirl!
The treat had been fragrant from afar, and now it was right under Xia Xi’s nose. Driven by some inexplicable urge, he extended Xiao You’s pink tongue and gave the delicious-smelling paste a tentative lick.
Just that one lick made his already widened eyes grow even rounder!
A cute little catgirl making such a stunned expression looked rather comical.
“Brother~ Tasty~”
Not only did Xia Xi start licking the treat in earnest, but with each lap, the Cat Senpai in his mind completely succumbed as well.
“Hehe, if you eat the treat, you can’t stay mad at me anymore, okay~”
Lin Xuening playfully pulled the treat back a little. Unexpectedly, the little catgirl leaned her head forward, neck stretching as she followed it.
Finding this amusing, she moved the treat back a bit more. Sure enough, the little mouth, wanting to extend her tongue to reach the treat, brought her head forward again.
In this push-and-pull, without realizing it, Xia Xi had ended up kneeling on the floor, hands planted on the ground—a perfect posture of supplication!
Pfft—
Lin Xuening couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Xia Xi snapped back to reality instantly. Realizing his embarrassing posture, his cheeks flushed bright red.
It’s all Cat Senpai’s fault!
Why did her brain go completely blank the moment she tasted the cat treat? This isn’t scientific!
Checking the remaining time on the Catgirl Transformation Card, Xia Xi gritted his teeth and directly vacated Cat Senpai’s body. There were only a few minutes left anyway; it probably wouldn’t cause any trouble. He refused to stay here and endure any more humiliation!
The moment Xia Xi left Cat Senpai’s body, the little catgirl’s expression of shame and anger faded in an instant, replaced by bewilderment.
“Brother?”
Cat Senpai called out softly, just like she had done in their shared mindscape before.
Receiving no response from Xia Xi, she understood that the two-legged brother she admired had left.
She looked up at the cat treat so close to her, trying to control her hands and crawl on the floor as she used to, but found her limbs far less agile than when she was just a cat.
Hmph! Two-legged creatures are just two-legged creatures, still no match for us noble felines! Of course, Brother is the exception~
Little You thought to herself.
“Brother? What brother?”
Lin Xuening, with her sharp ears, caught this bit of information.
She felt that this version of Xiao You was different from before, carrying an air of pride. Her eyes even held a hint of naivety and innocence.
Combined with the “brother” she had just blurted out, Lin Xuening formed a suspicion. She decided to test the waters.
“Xiao You~ Who is this ‘brother’ you mentioned?”
That’s right, her method of probing was direct questioning. With such a simple-minded little kitty, asking directly was easier than anything else. They didn’t have any hidden agendas.
“Brother is just brother.”
However, Cat Senpai looked at her poop-scooper as if she were an idiot, seemingly unable to comprehend why this person would ask such a nonsensical question.
Being stared at with such a gaze by a little catgirl, Lin Xuening clenched her fist.
I’ll endure it!
“Well then, was your body being used by that brother just now?”
She looked at Cat Senpai, rephrasing the question.
“Poop-scooper, why so many questions? If it wasn’t my brother using my body just now, then who could it have been?”
Cat Senpai wasn’t as polite to Lin Xuening as Xia Xi had been. She directly reached out, snatched the cat treat from her poop-scooper’s hand, and cradled it in her palms, licking it contentedly.
Hearing her words, Lin Xuening felt a jolt of shock. If that was the case, then hadn’t she been interacting with a man the whole way here?
The thought of her touching a strange man all over sent a shiver of disgust down her spine.
“Xiao You, if you tell me who he is, I’ll give you two more… no, three more cat treats!”
No sooner had the words left her mouth than Cat Senpai’s eyes lit up, and she opened her mouth to speak.
“It’s… it’s that person at school—”
Before she could finish, a white light enveloped Cat Senpai. Her catgirl body began to shrink, slowly, bit by bit, reverting back into a meowing kitten, speaking words humans couldn’t understand.
Lin Xuening was dumbfounded.
She was this close to finding out who this so-called brother was! Why did he revert to a cat at this crucial moment?
Could it be… that this was also part of that brother’s plan?!
And at school… she didn’t know of any such extraordinary person at school?
Wait, if it was about supernatural events, there really was one person.
Xia Xi!
Every supernatural event that happened around her was more or less connected to Xia Xi. Even the first few times she and Cat Senpai swapped bodies, Xia Xi was present.
Could it be… this ‘brother’ is Xia Xi?
But then, why wouldn’t he reveal himself to her? It’s not like she would make fun of him for turning into a catgirl or anything…
