Transmigrated Into the Body of a Sickly Villain's Kitten - Chapter 27

When Shi Yao proposed that “terrible idea” of having the little kitten stay by her side to influence her, Youyou almost laughed in disbelief.

I feel like you’re tricking me, but I have no proof.

Whatever. Staying is staying anyway. If my cultivation is damaged, I’ll just replenish it through you.

As for what exactly the good deed she was supposed to do was, Youyou had completely lost track. Staying by Shi Yao’s side, she would eventually accomplish it, right?

But!

Her innate pride as a kitten would never allow her to easily lower her noble head!

Although Youyou had already decided to stay with Shi Yao, she would often turn and run off, teasing Shi Yao just for fun.

Seeing Shi Yao’s flustered expression and the way she had to hold back her temper made Youyou feel incredibly satisfied.

From then on, they began their game of chase, Youyou running away and Shi Yao pursuing her.

Youyou and Shi Yao played this game for many years. Every time Shi Yao found her and held her in her arms, stroking her fur as she pleased, Youyou felt both delighted and vindicated.

Delighted because of the petting, and vindicated because, after all these years of chasing others to do good deeds, now she didn’t even know what the criteria for completing a good deed were. So, she simply let herself go, doing whatever she wanted, while Shi Yao chased after her, following behind.

It felt great, really great. Being pursued was such a satisfying feeling.

“Aren’t you supposed to be doing good deeds? Why do you always run away so fast?”

It was winter, and Shi Yao brushed the snow off Youyou’s fur.

They had been enjoying the snow in the lakeside pavilion when Youyou stretched her legs and tried to dart away, only to be caught immediately by Shi Yao.

Still, a few snowflakes had settled on her.

The white snowflakes on Youyou’s soft fur seemed almost invisible.

Youyou rolled over in Shi Yao’s arms, lazily narrowing her eyes. “I can’t accomplish any good deeds by your side. I just wanted to go out and see if I could complete one somewhere else.”

Shi Yao’s hand paused, and her expression grew pained and conflicted.

“After you finish your good deed, where do you plan to go?”

“I don’t know. I just want to regain my human form. I haven’t really thought about anything beyond that.”

“You must be very beautiful in your human form.”

“Of course! I’m as stunning as a celestial being!”

Although Youyou herself had forgotten what her human form looked like, when Shi Yao asked, she answered without thinking.

This only made Shi Yao even more curious and eager to see her human form.

They didn’t discuss the topic of what to do after transforming again, and it became even harder for Youyou to slip away from Shi Yao’s side to play.

Shi Yao seemed to have an unusually strong possessiveness over her.

Was she afraid that Youyou would go help someone else with their good deeds?

Silly.

The hundredth good deed wouldn’t be accomplished so easily. Helping Shi Yao with something was the good deed she was meant to do, how could it possibly be transferred to someone else so casually?

At this point, Youyou hadn’t yet realized that she was no longer the carefree little kitten she used to be.

She was slowly developing attachments and starting to worry about Shi Yao’s emotions.

And Shi Yao, too, began to let go of past grievances and new resentments. All she wanted was to be with her kitten, even if they did nothing at all, just having her by her side was enough.

Youyou and Shi Yao never voiced their feelings for each other, but their hearts had long since understood.

By chance, Shi Yao discovered she could wield the power of word spirits.

At the same time, the truth behind the extinction of the merfolk gradually surfaced.

The cultivators, knowing that merfolk possessed vast amounts of spiritual energy but unable to reside in the deep sea, devised a vicious spell to force all merfolk ashore. They then slaughtered them, extracting their tendons and bones to absorb their spiritual energy for their own cultivation.

The truth didn’t stir much emotion in Shi Yao. Had she not regained the memories of the evil sea goddess Jiao Ji, it might have been different. But now, with her memories restored, she felt little attachment to the merfolk. Her title as the evil goddess had, after all, been earned through the merfolk.

Still, the cultivators’ methods were utterly despicable. As the last surviving merfolk in the world, avenging her kind was a duty she couldn’t avoid.

Youyou sighed inwardly, wondering if this hundredth act of kindness was finally showing some progress after so many twists and turns.

“Then I’ll have to carefully consider who your enemies are…”

“Those who have exploited the merfolk’s spiritual energy emit a faint blue glow, visible only to me. When the time comes, I’ll kill them all as an offering to the deep sea.”

No need for her to even think about it, how convenient.

From then on, Youyou followed Shi Yao as she hunted down those self-righteous cultivators who pretended to be noble.

Sometimes, they would visit a sect, and Shi Yao would resolve the matter with a single spoken word, without even lifting a hand.

Youyou, perched on Shi Yao’s shoulder, found it somewhat dull. “How long will it take to kill them all like this? Why not just use one sentence to finish them off?”

“Let’s take our time. Watching those cultivators squirm in fear brings me immense satisfaction.”

“Oh, alright. As long as you’re happy. But please don’t insult dogs.”

Shi Yao looked at the little cat’s lazy demeanor and felt a twinge of unease.

If she ended the cultivators too quickly and achieved her revenge, Youyou’s hundredth act of kindness would be complete.

Shi Yao longed to see Youyou in human form but feared that once the task was done, Youyou would leave her.

Torn and restless, she didn’t truly focus on revenge. Yet, if she dragged her feet, Youyou would grow suspicious. So, on the first and fifteenth of each month, she would take Youyou out “for fun.”

This was perhaps the first time in all these years that Youyou had encountered someone so indifferent to revenge.

But Shi Yao was exceptionally patient, rarely revealing her true feelings to Youyou, who assumed Shi Yao simply enjoyed tormenting the cultivators. Thus, Youyou went with the flow.

As long as Shi Yao covered her eyes during the killings, it was fine.

Was she performing good deeds or creating karma of slaughter?

Youyou couldn’t quite calculate it, but since her merit hadn’t diminished, eliminating those hypocritical cultivators couldn’t be all bad.

However, Shi Yao’s flamboyant and ruthless approach inevitably drew trouble.

The cultivator sects gathered for a grand assembly, vowing to unite and eradicate Shi Yao, denouncing her as a demon that all must destroy.

“Youyou’s upset now? She knew the truth of the matter, so she felt even more tender toward Shi Yao. But those cultivation sects annihilated the mermaid clan to absorb their spiritual energy and then came to hunt Shi Yao, that’s just too despicable.”

“I told you long ago to wipe them all out quickly. Now look, they’re searching for magical artifacts and studying formations. Will you even be able to escape when the time comes?”

“If I can’t escape, will you save me?”

Youyou rolled her eyes at the air. “Of course I’d save you. If I don’t, how am I supposed to complete my good deed?”

Shi Yao’s expression turned complicated. “Are you really only by my side to do good deeds? Is there no other reason at all?”

“Other reasons?” The little kitten froze for a moment before quickly shaking her head. “Of course not.”

“…”

Shi Yao had never felt so disheartened before.

She had thought she might hear the kitten say that her kindness was because of Shi Yao herself, but she never expected the kitten to be so honest.

Yes, good deeds.

If not for these good deeds, how would they have met? How would they have gone through so much together?

How could feelings have quietly grown?

Shi Yao also wondered why she had fallen for a cat.

A mermaid and a cat, the combination seemed utterly bizarre. But sometimes, love defies all logic.

Perhaps it was affection born of time spent together, or maybe because Shi Yao had lacked love since childhood, and having a cat by her side had gradually warmed her cold, hardened heart.

Shi Yao’s expression was strange, and Youyou wondered if it was about to rain.

Otherwise, why did it feel so stifling? Her chest ached sharply, as if all the air had been sucked out.

She didn’t dare give Shi Yao any hope.

Youyou didn’t know what would happen once she took human form. Lately, she kept having bizarre dreams.

Bloodshed, bones, smoke filling the sky.

She began pondering things she’d never considered before, like what wrong she had committed to be sent to the mortal world, forced to complete a hundred good deeds before she could become human.

And why was this final task so convoluted, always missing the mark no matter how they tried?

Did Shi Yao truly want revenge?

It seemed like she never saw Shi Yao smile after killing members of the cultivation sects.

Shouldn’t she be happy after getting her revenge?

Youyou couldn’t hear Shi Yao’s thoughts, so she couldn’t fathom her heart.

“Shi Yao, if revenge won’t make you happy, let’s stop.”

It was the first time Youyou saw Shi Yao’s eyes bloodshot and her expression frenzied.

Shi Yao held her tightly, her body trembling. “And what about you? Where will you go?”

Youyou grew impatient. “Why do you always care where I go? I’m just a passerby in your life, we can’t be together forever. Don’t take it so seriously.”

“Take it seriously?” Shi Yao could hardly describe the bitter ache in her heart. She asked Youyou, “Am I nothing special to you? Just like all those other ordinary people? Once you finish your good deed, you’ll just discard me?”

“Discard? That’s a strange way to put it. I haven’t done anything to you, and I’m not anything to you. Don’t go too far.”

“Then what about you saying you’d take responsibility? Does that mean you won’t be responsible anymore? What about the letter of appointment? You’ve already accepted my offer, doesn’t that make you my cat?”

Youyou: “…”

She had thought Shi Yao’s earlier act was just for fun, but it turned out she…

Had also developed genuine feelings?

Perhaps because she had grown so accustomed to Shi Yao’s affection, Youyou always assumed Shi Yao only enjoyed petting her fur and never considered anything beyond that.

After all, how could two different species fall in love? But now, Shi Yao’s demeanor made it clear she was determined to make a scene and demand a formal “status.”

After their argument, they parted on bad terms. Shi Yao went alone to the cultivation sects, wreaking havoc. Distracted and unsettled, she suffered a minor injury from Qi Wushuang.

Seeing that the cat by Shi Yao’s side was missing, the cultivation sects began searching for her by any means necessary.

Meanwhile, Youyou had holed up in a winery, drinking herself into a stupor.

“Being tsundere is truly exhausting…”

But what could she do? She was a proud cat, how could she easily admit her feelings?

She hated being pressured most of all.

Shi Yao was also miserable. She chartered a painted boat to drown her sorrows in drink and happened to meet Hua Yufeng.

At the time, Hua Yufeng was just a low-ranking disciple of the Chiyu Immortal Manor. She approached Shi Yao hoping to strike a deal, but Shi Yao ignored her and tossed her straight into the lake.

Hua Yufeng, however, was tenacious. She climbed out of the water, dripping wet, and noticing Shi Yao’s gloomy expression, tentatively asked, “Are you troubled by… matters of the heart?”

Shi Yao lifted her eyelids slightly. Hua Yufeng chuckled awkwardly and said, “Everyone needs to vent their frustrations. You can tell me about it first. If I can’t help you solve it, you can kill me. If I can solve it, you can still kill me.”

And so, Hua Yufeng inexplicably became Shi Yao’s friend.

Shi Yao knew Hua Yufeng had ulterior motives and wasn’t to be trusted, but she was too consumed by her gloom to care.

Little did she expect that when she and Youyou met again, the cat would be standing beside Shen Xiaobai and Qi Wushuang.

The moment Fu Rou opened her eyes, all the porcelain and glass in the room shattered violently.

Her blue eyes brimmed with hatred. Sitting up, she saw Ke Fan staring wide-eyed, clearly startled, and coldly demanded, “Where is Shi Yao?

Ke Fan replied, “The honored master is at Wuqi Mountain.””

Fu Rou glanced around the room and realized this wasn’t Wuqi Mountain. She rose to leave, but Ke Fan knelt anxiously, pleading loudly, “Your Majesty, your body hasn’t fully recovered yet-”

“Enough. If she can watch the show, why can’t I be a spectator?”

Back then, she had been careless and fell under the influence of dark magic, leading to such a huge misunderstanding between them.

This time, she would stand by her side without fail.