Transmigrated Into the Body of a Sickly Villain's Kitten - Chapter 15

Fu Rou noticed her body was rapidly growing these days.

Just a few days ago, she still looked like a three-month-old kitten, but now she appeared closer to five or six months old. Not only was her fur becoming softer, but her pink ears had also fully perked up. Her little face was round without being too broad, and her large eyes resembled clear blue lake water, looking pure and beautiful.

Even her white whiskers had grown perfectly, and her tiny paws were tender and delicate. How could there be such an adorable cat!

Fu Rou admired herself narcissistically in front of the floor-length mirror in the side hall, tilting her head from side to side. Liang Zhuo, watching from behind, couldn’t resist taking out his phone to capture the moment.

Liang Zhuo was a bamboo rat and wasn’t particularly afraid of cats. He had always enjoyed “cloud petting” cats online and adored all kinds of breeds: Ragdolls, Munchkins, Silver and Golden Chinchillas. Although there were many cats in the back hills, he knew he couldn’t touch them and could only admire them from afar.

Now that such a snow-white, proud, and elegant cat had arrived at the ancient mansion, he was overjoyed.

Even though only the master was allowed to pet this cat, Liang Zhuo was still thrilled whenever he prepared delicious meals for her. He had scoured countless cat bloggers’ tutorials, learning about the benefits of various meats for cats. Watching her slowly eat the raw bone meat filled him with a sense of accomplishment.

Fu Rou spotted Liang Zhuo secretly taking out his phone to photograph her in the mirror.

She found Liang Zhuo quite amusing. Unlike Ke Fan, who treated her with reverence and respect, or Guan Jin, who avoided her at every turn, Liang Zhuo acted as if Fu Rou were just an ordinary cat, eagerly preparing all sorts of tasty meats to win her favor.

In short, Liang Zhuo was a complete and utter cat slave.

—So adorable, so adorable!
—I’ve never seen such a beautiful cat online, wuwuwuwu.
—Even though I can’t pet her, just feasting my eyes is enough. Tomorrow, I’ll give her some beef heart. Maybe I should slice it into noodle shapes? That way, she can slurp it up more easily.

Fu Rou: ?

It seemed she had heard some unusual sounds.

She turned and walked toward Liang Zhuo, looking up at him and letting out a soft “meow.”

—Is she meowing at me? How sudden! Is she hungry?
“Are you hungry? Should I open a snack for you?”

Fu Rou froze in place, her mind buzzing. She couldn’t quite comprehend what was happening. Before Liang Zhuo could say anything else, she dashed off to Guan Jin’s room.

During this time, Guan Jin hadn’t been filming makeup videos because Shi Yao had transformed her back into her peony form. Many brands had sent her new products to review, but she hadn’t filmed anything, and her usually active Weibo had fallen silent. Many fans had privately messaged her, asking where she had gone.

Guan Jin posted on Weibo that she was in seclusion and hadn’t been online much. After handling these matters, she quickly set up her camera to film makeup videos, afraid she might miss deadlines and have to pay penalties to the brands.

She had just finished filming a few products when she saw Fu Rou rushing into her room.

A beauty blogger’s room, of course, was filled with modern touches, Instagram-style curtains, furniture, and decorations, all very princess-like. A few small items caught Fu Rou’s eye and seemed quite fun.

But she had no time to focus on anything else. With a leap, she climbed onto the table in front of Guan Jin.

Guan Jin’s camera was still recording. From the video, a white shadow could be seen leaping in front of the lens in a flash. Upon closer inspection, it was a white cat with soft, fluffy fur.

“Meow~”

Fu Rou let out a meow, and immediately afterward, she truly heard many of Guan Jin’s inner “voices.”

—What is she doing here? Is she coming to cause trouble?

—I haven’t apologized to her yet, but wouldn’t apologizing like this be too humiliating? If only Ke Fan were here, at least I’d have a way to save face.

—Don’t get angry, don’t lose your temper. I need to stay calm and not let my emotions control my actions!

—Why is she just squatting there doing nothing?

—Why is she staring at me? Planning how to get back at me?

“Meow!”

Fu Rou was still utterly astonished. After jumping down from Guan Jin’s desk, she hurriedly ran to Ke Fan’s medicine hut.

Ke Fan was likely tending to the injured spirit sparrow at the time. The sparrow, now in human form, was still very weak. When Fu Rou quietly entered, the spirit sparrow became visibly excited upon seeing the cat and tried to rise. Ke Fan, however, transformed the sparrow back and placed her inside a hanging birdcage nearby.

—Immortal Lord Yun Mi!

—How can I take Immortal Lord Yun Mi away now?

—I failed the task my master assigned me and ended up trapped here. Has Immortal Lord Yun Mi truly forgotten everything…

It seemed this spirit sparrow also recognized her. What was its purpose in trying to take her away?

Fu Rou lifted a paw and settled onto a rattan chair inside the room. Ke Fan, unsure of her intentions, had applied extra weight to everything in the medicine hut to prevent Fu Rou from causing mischief, like swiping precious herbs off the shelves with her claws.

But the little cat simply crouched there, showing no signs of causing trouble. So, Ke Fan greeted Fu Rou and continued grinding herbs.

—The weather hasn’t been great lately, with so much rain. Looks like I’ll have to use magic to dry the herbs from now on.

—I wonder if Liang Zhuo’s oven could dry herbs.

—I’ll check online for a drying machine later. I’ll also need to set up a rain shelter to protect the newly sprouted herbs.

After listening for a while, Fu Rou quietly left the medicine hut.

Tonight was moonless, and the wind carried a chill.

Taking a deep breath, Fu Rou climbed onto the rooftop where Shi Yao had once taken her. She lay down, lost in thought.

The original book had vividly recounted the stories of Shen Xiaobai and Qi Wushuang, but Shi Yao and the cat by her side were only covered in about thirty percent of the narrative.

Otherwise, why would she be witnessing so many scenes she had never seen before?

Were they memories, or was someone deliberately showing them to her?

Fu Rou had always believed she wasn’t Youyou. She couldn’t use magic, had no idea how to cultivate, how could she possibly resemble a character from a cultivation novel?

But ever since she gained the ability to hear others’ inner voices, Fu Rou began to seriously doubt herself.

Perhaps… she really was the cat by Shi Yao’s side.

How else could she explain her current situation?

Footsteps echoed at the entrance of the ancient mansion. Fu Rou turned to look and saw Shi Yao accompanied by a young man dressed in a long gown.

The young man was quite handsome, with refined features.

Who was he?

“You can stay here for now. The spirit sparrow is in the medicine hut. Tomorrow, I’ll arrange for you two to meet and confront each other.”

“Thank you, Goddess Master.”

—Does she really believe what I said?

—Why do I always feel like she’s only keeping me here as a temporary measure?

—I’ve told her everything I know, and she still doesn’t believe me?

This person’s inner voice is so strange.

Fu Rou felt that the young man carried a very familiar aura, yet she couldn’t quite recall who he was.

After settling the shaved-head guy, Shi Yao took a couple of steps into the ancient mansion. She tilted her head slightly and spotted the cat lying on the rooftop. She leaped up gracefully and sat down beside Fu Rou, asking, “No moon tonight, so you came up here to enjoy the breeze?”

The cat didn’t meow. Her gaze carried a hint of scrutiny, and Shi Yao sensed something was off.

Even though Fu Rou was now just a cat, she could still convey emotions to others.

Shi Yao tentatively reached out to stroke the kitten’s chin. The kitten narrowed its eyes contentedly, lifting its head to let her continue, looking utterly blissful.

After stroking its chin, Shi Yao moved her hand to the kitten’s head and then gently trailed down its spine all the way to its tail.

Fu Rou still showed no signs of resistance.

Why was she suddenly so docile?

“Meow~” The kitten let out a soft, milky meow, deepening Shi Yao’s confusion.

“What’s wrong? Did someone upset you?”

Fu Rou didn’t respond. In her mind, she rolled her eyes at Shi Yao.

If it weren’t for Shi Yao constantly brainwashing her, how could she have gradually started to subconsciously believe she was Youyou?

Fu Rou was tired. She stopped looking at Shi Yao, resting her head on her paws as she lay down, her gaze vacant and lost in thought.

She could hear everyone else’s inner voices, so why couldn’t she hear Shi Yao’s?

Truly fitting for a major antagonist, so uniquely enigmatic.

Seeing that the kitten had once again lost interest in her, Shi Yao shook her head helplessly, picked up the cat, and cradled her in her arms, gently smoothing her fur with her hand.

“If you like it here, we won’t go down tonight. Let’s watch the sunrise together.”

Fu Rou closed her eyes and dozed off, her purring gradually growing louder. Shi Yao watched the cat for a while before leaning down and pressing her forehead against the kitten’s head.

In her sleep, the kitten suddenly felt a warm current flowing through her body, as if she had sunk into a soft pile of cotton, wanting only to play and roll around in it.

She frolicked there happily, but not for long. The scene before her shifted dramatically, like ink spilling and spreading into new hues. Fu Rou’s tail slowly rose, her expression turning highly alert.

This place seemed like an underground palace… no, an underwater palace.

Surrounding her were shades of blue, from light to deep, with tiny bubbles occasionally rising.

As Fu Rou looked around, she noticed a small school of fish swimming past her. Strangely, she felt no sense of drowning and could breathe freely.

The palace was empty, illuminated only by the glow of luminous pearls.

The silence was eerie.

She followed a path paved with red coral and arrived before an extravagantly opulent palace.

From inside came the sound of breathing. Familiar with the way, she slipped behind a screen placed in the side hall and saw a mermaid lying in a hot spring pool.

The water was clear, with countless white pearls covering the bottom. The mermaid inside had black hair and pale skin, her eyes half-closed. Her upper body was veiled by her long, flowing hair, and the scales on her arms shimmered faintly.

She sensed Fu Rou’s arrival and suddenly opened her eyes, dark as black pearls, emerging from the pool with a splash, exuding an aura of warmth and enthusiasm.

From her hips downward, the mermaid’s scales deepened in color, her large turquoise tail swaying gently, shimmering with a kaleidoscope of iridescent hues under the shifting light.

A glistening sheen of water coated Shi Yao’s face, her eyelids and the corners of her eyes tinged with a faint pink, as if brushed with rouge.

Her arms rested on the edge of the pool, her elbows adorned with translucent fins, surrounded by neat, beautiful scales that sparkled like dazzling gemstones.

Curious, Fu Rou reached out with her soft paw to gently touch them.

“You’re here.”

“Yes, were you waiting long?”

Shi Yao had now fully transformed into the form of a mermaid.

At first, she couldn’t retract the scales covering her body, but gradually, fins began to grow, her ears sharpened, and her already beautiful face became even more strikingly enchanting. Her crimson lips seemed stained with fresh blood, radiating an irresistible allure.

When Youyou first noticed Shi Yao’s unusual state, she grew deeply anxious. Later, Shi Yao explained that she had simply reached adulthood and needed to endure a period of fervent passion to become a true adult mermaid.

“The mermaid tribe has perished. I fear I cannot escape this trial.”

With no adult mermaid to guide her through the fervor, she could only rely on sheer willpower to resist being consumed by desire.

Her blood felt as if it were roaring and demanding within her veins. If this continued, she would inevitably suffer a painful death.

Suppressing her ragged breaths, Shi Yao extended a pale, slender hand to gently stroke the kitten’s small head.

If she were to die, where would this little cat go?

Would it cling to someone else, acting coquettish and demanding responsibility from them?

“No way! With me here, you won’t die. Look at this! You’ve never seen anything like it, right? The pearls at the bottom of the pool are all white and too ordinary. This is my gift to you, a golden pearl, the only one of its kind in the world! Come on, show me your tail~”

Shi Yao’s eyes were dazed, completely captivated by the golden pearl. Without much thought, her large tail, which had been hidden beneath the water, broke the surface. The golden pearl, floating beside the kitten, was now attached to Shi Yao’s tail, connected by a delicate golden thread upon closer inspection.

“What… is this?”

The pearl emanated a powerful energy that Shi Yao couldn’t quite describe, but the restlessness in her blood gradually subsided. Her entire body felt soothed by the pearl as she leaned against the pool’s edge, tilting her head back to rest.

Even submerged underwater, the golden pearl emitted a soft glow. Youyou smiled triumphantly, ignoring the faint ache in her chest, and declared proudly, “In ancient times, men celebrated their coming of age at twenty, and women at fifteen. Now, you’ve grown up too. How could I not give you a gift when I’ve been by your side all this time? Keep it close, and after a good sleep, everything will be fine!”

“Alright…”

Shi Yao closed her eyes completely. The kitten stared at her flawless profile for a long while, lost in thought.

Suddenly, she leaned in and licked the mermaid’s long, pointed ear.

After all, it’s because of you that my cultivation has advanced so rapidly.

“This heart… shall be my repayment.”