After Transmigrating As The Female Lead Of A Cruel Novel, I Raised a Big Shot Cat - Chapter 13

Bo Shuhan and her group finally left, and poor little Zhou Ruotong finally dared to show her face.

Zhou Ruotong asked, “Little Qingyue, is that your girlfriend?”

“No.”

“Then why was she at your house? And… it looked like she slept here with you,” Zhou Ruotong said, her voice tinged with a bit of jealousy.

It was one thing to have her marriage prospects cut off by her dad, but had the flower been plucked by someone else in less than a month?

Ji Qingyue was stunned by the question. It was only at this moment that she realized…wait! Why was Bo Shuhan at her house?

The “Big Boss” (the cat) nestled in her arms gave a start. Oh no, oh no, I’m going to be exposed! Retracting its claws, it let out a trembling, high-pitched meow: ” Meow~~~~” Its voice was so “cutesy” it was practically vibrating.

Ji Qingyue stroked its fur, trying to recall the events of yesterday, but she couldn’t remember a thing.

Watching Ji Qingyue’s expression grow solemn, Zhou Ruotong became cautious as well.

“Did that person take advantage of you while you were down?”

“Bo Shuhan isn’t that kind of person,” Ji Qingyue shook her head. Although she hadn’t had much contact with Bo Shuhan, her character was beyond reproach.

“Actually, I’m curious how she got in yesterday, too.” She took out her phone and sent a message to Bo Shuhan: [How did you end up at my house today?]

After hitting send, she remembered that Bo Shuhan couldn’t even get into her own home, so she probably didn’t have access to her phone either.

To her surprise, Bo Shuhan replied shortly after.

Bo: [The kitty opened the door for me.]

Zhou Ruotong saw the message as well, and her gaze toward the “Big Boss” changed immediately. “Little Qingyue, I didn’t realize you had a little spy for the other side living in your house.”

“Meow meow meow!” You’re the spy!

In the face of others, the Big Boss never acted cute. That gruff, aggressive tone made it sound exactly like a feline mob boss ready for a fight.

Zhou Ruotong immediately pulled her neck back, not daring to move.

Ji Qingyue pressed a hand to her forehead.

“Big Boss.”

“Meow~~~”

“I give that level of double-standard treatment a perfect score,” Zhou Ruotong grumbled.

“Meow meow meow!”

Ji Qingyue helplessly carried the cat to the other side of the room. “How did a human and a cat end up in an argument?”

Looking at the beer cans on the coffee table, Ji Qingyue could more or less guess the reason.

She figured that she had gotten drunk and the cat kept meowing. Bo Shuhan, hearing something wrong from next door, came to check. Since the cat happened to know how to open the door, Bo Shuhan entered and likely took care of her all night.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingyue felt a bit ashamed. Last time, she had troubled the woman to save her at the airport, and this time she had bothered her to play nurse while she was drunk. Even before leaving, Bo Shuhan hadn’t forgotten to remind her to stay positive and watch her health.

This neighbor is just too kind.

Stroking the short fur that had just started growing back on the cat, Ji Qingyue thought she definitely had to treat Bo Shuhan to another good meal. However, considering Bo Shuhan had been leaving early and returning late recently, she decided not to disturb her work for now.

Seeing Ji Qingyue’s face shift through various expressions before settling on a look of sudden realization, Zhou Ruotong dropped the subject of Bo Shuhan and asked about her social media account instead.

“How’s the follower growth lately?”

“Obviously, not great.” Ji Qingyue knew her own abilities were limited, so she wasn’t surprised by the results. She had just been unable to accept it for a moment, which led to her drinking her sorrows away.

Zhou Ruotong had actually been keeping an eye on Ji Qingyue’s follower count too, but these things couldn’t be forced. “It’s fine, don’t worry. Things will get better eventually.”

The two chatted for a while longer. Just as Zhou Ruotong was about to ask Ji Qingyue to go out and play, she suddenly received a call from the old man (her father).

Her relaxed posture instantly vanished, and her expression turned serious. “Okay, I’ll head back immediately.”

“What happened?”

“Two dogs were brought into the hospital with severe injuries from a car accident. The old man wants me back to help.”

With Zhou Ruotong eager to return, Ji Qingyue didn’t stop her. After waving goodbye, the large apartment was once again filled with silence.

Ji Qingyue originally thought about sleeping a bit more, but seeing the mess in the room and remembering a certain someone’s parting instructions, she tied on an apron and prepared to get to work!

Business Rivalries

Meanwhile, Bo Shuhan had arrived at the company and begun meeting with representatives from various enterprises.

Looking up at Bo Shuhan, who was taller than the vast majority of men, a pot-bellied man who appeared harmlessly smooth-talking began describing his cooperation proposal.

He spoke honestly, and the prices he offered were extremely favorable. Bo Shuhan was somewhat tempted.

However, she asked her routine question: “Where does your company get its raw materials?”

At this, beads of sweat appeared on the man’s forehead. He whispered, “The Lu Group. I just finalized a partnership with them recently.”

“The Lu Group?” Bo Shuhan’s hand, holding a pen, paused.

The secretary beside her immediately asked, “Is that the Lu Group from the Capital?”

After the man nodded, the secretary said coldly, “I’m sorry, our Bo family does not cooperate with the Ye Group.”

The man panicked instantly. “President Bo, I’m not the Ye Group, I’m the Lu Group!”

Bo Shuhan gave him a cold look. He was treating her like a fool.

The Ye and Lu families were so close they practically shared the same pair of pants. Furthermore, the Lu Group didn’t even have a branch in this specific industry for one to suddenly pop up, who would believe it didn’t have the Ye family’s hand in it?

After the man was kicked out, a rare trace of exhaustion appeared on Bo Shuhan’s face.

The Ye family’s network in the country was too complex and intertwined. It was truly difficult to find a company that was completely “clean” and capable of handling this contract.

However, this also made Bo Shuhan curious, how did the Ye family manage to approach a monopoly in so many industries without being suppressed?

Thinking about what the “Big Boss” (the cat) had said about events two years from now, if it really happened, the Ye family’s influence wouldn’t just be limited to the domestic market.

“You failed.” Lu Cheng pushed his glasses up, the cold glint reflecting off the lenses making the man in front of him shiver.

“I’m sorry, President. It was my incompetence.” The man bowed and scraped, sweat dripping from his head. It was as if he weren’t facing a human, but a tiger about to devour its prey.

Lu Cheng tapped a few keys on his computer. Out of five groups of people, not a single one had succeeded.

“Luzi, stop scaring him. Didn’t we expect this?” Ye Sishen spoke up, unperturbed. After all, he was the one who had the conflict with Bo Shuhan at the airport.

At his friend’s word, Lu Cheng waved his hand, and the man scrambled out.

Lu Cheng looked at the man who was idly pulling blocks from a Jenga tower and felt a flash of disdain. “If you’re so bored, think of a way to win back the business in Bo Shuhan’s hands.”

“I doubt we can win it back.” Ye Sishen pulled another block. Looking at the precarious tower, he actually gave it a little nudge, as if the impending loss wasn’t his own interest at stake.

“Why do you say that?” Lu Cheng valued the project in the Bo family’s hands more than Ye Sishen did or rather, he valued the network and resources behind it. If he didn’t know that Ye Sishen was seemingly gentle but actually arrogant, Lu Cheng would have gone to their door himself to fight for it.

“Remember Su Nuannuan?”

“Your little girlfriend?”

“Right. If I’m not mistaken, she’s with Bo Shuhan now.” As he finished speaking, Ye Sishen pulled another block, and the tower instantly collapsed.

“What a pity, the game ended so quickly.” Looking at the mess before him, Ye Sishen seemed to sigh, but when he looked up, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

“Luzi, let’s go. Your brother will take you to Shanghai for some tea.”

The “Cursing” Video Goes Viral

As the last light of the sunset vanished, Ji Qingyue rubbed her eyes, looking at the room that had finally been restored to its original state. She felt a bit happy.

So, what should I eat for dinner?

While Ji Qingyue was thinking, Zhou Ruotong’s phone call suddenly came through.

“Little Qingyue! You’re viral!”

Ji Qingyue froze. She heard Zhou Ruotong’s happy laughter on the other end. “It’s just that the reason you’re viral is a bit… unusual.”

Ji Qingyue opened TikTok and saw her notifications flooded with “99+”.

She clicked on her latest video: 10k+ likes, 2k+ comments, and 5k+ bookmarks.

Wait, that bookmark count is a bit suspicious… ^_^

However, once Ji Qingyue clicked on the comments, she understood why.

• “I don’t know what it said, but it must have been filthy, because my cat has been hitting me for three hours after hearing it.”
• “I was watching this video downstairs and got cornered by the community’s stray cats. Can a ‘Big Boss’ save me? (Cat crying emoji)”

If those two were somewhat normal, the following comments were downright “unhuman”:

• “Bookmarked. Going to play this at the pet shop next time. Nothing malicious, I just want to see the cats want to kill me but be unable to get out of their cages.”
• “I’ve learned something new today. Next time I’m going to a stray cat gathering to play this. I just want to see a pack of cats try to jump me.”

Watching the netizens play with memes, Ji Qingyue was both helpless and amused. When it came to being “wicked,” you had to hand it to modern internet users.

However, when she checked her profile and saw that a single video had gained her nearly 8,000 followers, she was instantly overjoyed.

In the entire month she had been posting, she had only reached 13k followers. Now, it had jumped by over 8,000 in one go. It seemed this video had incredible potential.

The joy was indescribable.

Ji Qingyue immediately shared the good news with Bo Shuhan after all, the cat had been “cursing” at Bo Shuhan. (Wicked grin .jpg)

Bo Shuhan, who was in the middle of a meeting, saw her phone light up. Her first instinct was to mute it and flip it over, she never handled personal messages during meetings.

But as she flipped it, she instinctively caught a glimpse of the sender.

Seeing it was Ji Qingyue, Bo Shuhan hesitated. She looked at the young man standing by the screen; his proposal was indeed boring and unrealistic.

After three seconds of hesitation, Bo Shuhan decided to see what Ji Qingyue had sent.

The secretary was also bored to tears. Just as she was about to ask the boss if they should tell the young man to step down, she noticed that her CEO who never checked her phone during meetings, not only broke the rule but even replied!

And judging by the CEO’s pleasant expression, the secretary felt that if she wasn’t seeing things, it was because the young man’s proposal was so brainwashing it caused her to hallucinate.

Bo Shuhan had no idea what her staff was thinking.

Little Moon: [The video of the cat ‘cursing’ you out while you were changing went viral! Luckily no one understands cat language, otherwise, the great President Bo being scolded into not daring to leave the house would definitely be a nationwide headline! (Dog head emoji)]

Bo: [Indeed. A pity no one understands cat language.]

Bo Shuhan’s fingers lightly tapped the screen. She thought that if Ji Qingyue continued to tease her, she would share the “social death” scene of Ji Qingyue’s drunken behavior from the night before.

“That will surely be quite interesting.”

Bo Shuhan was in a good mood.

However, things did not develop exactly as she had predicted. Ji Qingyue seemed to have messaged her simply to share the news.

Feeling a bit of regret, Bo Shuhan leaned over and said to her secretary, “Have the PR department promote a TikTok account while they’re publicizing the company. The account ID is 88611723.”

The secretary was even more shocked now.

If they weren’t in the middle of a meeting, the secretary would have reached out to feel Bo Shuhan’s forehead to check if she had a fever.

First, she checks her phone during a meeting, second, she uses company resources to promote an outsider’s social media account. For such “abuse of power for personal gain” to manifest in her CEO’s behavior, the sun must have risen from the west today.

But since the boss is the boss, the secretary could only nod. She had planned to go to the PR department after the meeting, but Bo Shuhan added, “Go now.”

Under the bewildered gazes of the others, the secretary miserably left the conference room. The moment she stepped out, she looked up the owner of this TikTok account to see what kind of “sacred being” could make her cold and ruthless CEO treat them so differently.

Then, she saw a familiar face or rather, a familiar cat.

The secretary was no longer surprised. Ah, love really does make people lose their minds.

A small matter, truly.

She quickly typed out a message, and a piece of gossip immediately began circulating through the company groups. Since Bo Shuhan was away from the overseas offices, the employees there discussed it even more vibrantly.

And so, without Bo Shuhan’s knowledge, she and Ji Qingyue were already “deeply and tragically in love” in the eyes of her staff.

On the other side, Ji Qingyue glanced at the time, it was already past 8:00 PM.