Chapter 10: Cat Person

Stepping out of the clothing store’s entrance, the young woman looked back, her gaze passing over Jiang Xiaotang, who was secretly gleeful about something, and looked inside.

From a distance, she could see that woman still sitting in the same spot.

‘Good, she didn’t follow.’

Jiang Cheng secretly let out a sigh of relief and pulled Xiaotang along toward home.

To be honest, she never expected that just going out for a stroll could lead to encountering another female lead—Lin Shuangxue.

Though, she should be the easiest to deal with. After all, compared to the other two, Lin Shuangxue is just a bit more… unpleasant in character. She’s not the type to seek death or anything.

Hmm… actually, it’s not even that terrible.

She just likes to hand out little punishments~

Like, demanding someone change her shoes for her, eat the chocolate she’s left over, massage her legs, or even serve as her personal chair.

From a female perspective, that might genuinely be considered some kind of personal insult.

But then…

Ahem.

Jiang Cheng felt it was better not to continue that train of thought.

However, she also had no intention of using this chance to get closer to Lin Shuangxue. After all, one female lead was already plenty of trouble. What would happen with two?

[Ding! Detected a strong wish from female lead Su Mengyao. A task has been issued for the host.]

[Task: Help the Female Lead Solve Her Troubles.]

[Reward: Random Talent Skill.]

“Ouch—”

Jiang Xiaotang once again bumped into her sister, who had suddenly stopped.

She covered her nose, her voice muffled.

“Mmm… Sister, what’s wrong…”

Jiang Cheng glanced at the map.

There were still ten minutes left to get home.

Walking back would take a bit too long.

The young woman hesitated for a moment, then turned and patted Jiang Xiaotang’s shoulder.

“Xiaotang, Sister has something to take care of. Can you go home by yourself?”

“Mmm… Xiaotang understands.”

The girl nodded obediently.

‘It looks like Sister is going back to find that scary big sister, right? To receive punishment?’

‘Is she going to be whipped with a little whip, or burned with candles?’

‘Will it hurt a lot?’

Jiang Xiaotang had heard that many adults like the feeling of being hit.

Does that include Sister?

‘They feel happy from being hit?’

‘I don’t get it. The adult world is so strange…’

The girl let out a soft sigh.

“Sister, be careful. And don’t work too hard to earn money…”

Unaware that she had already been labeled with a strange tag, Jiang Cheng, though she didn’t understand why there was a feeling of “the wind is bleak, the Yi River cold” in Xiaotang’s tone, didn’t have time to investigate further.

She pinched the girl’s cheek and, under her complicated yet concerned gaze, ran back and disappeared around the corner.

Perhaps because it was near the university, the public security in this area was quite good.

Jiang Xiaotang wasn’t a little child anymore; there was absolutely no way anything would go wrong.

Jiang Cheng turned her head to search and her gaze landed on a roadside public restroom.

She ran inside, found an empty stall, and locked the rusty door.

‘System, begin transmission.’

She silently recited in her heart.

After a flash of white before her eyes, she saw a tidy room.

‘Why is it still a hotel?’

Judging from the system’s address, Su Mengyao should definitely have been accepted by the Su Family by now.

Why was she still here?

White Snow noticed the glass door of the room slide open.

A young woman stood on the balcony, only her back visible.

She tiptoed closer and observed carefully—this was the first floor; there was no danger.

“Ha!”

With a playful shout, White Snow hugged the young woman’s waist from behind.

“Wah!”

Su Mengyao was startled.

When she turned around and saw it was the little white-haired girl, she finally relaxed.

“Really… you scared me to death…”

She patted her chest, chiding with her words, but a smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“White Snow, um… how did you get in… Ah, I don’t mean I’m not welcoming you, I just thought… uh…”

Right now, there were many people gathered outside the hotel.

If White Snow had come through the main entrance, there should have been some commotion.

“Because Sister is special,” White Snow said matter-of-factly.

“Only the Chosen Girl can detect White Snow’s arrival~”

Su Mengyao blinked.

‘The Chosen Girl?’

That term sounded so familiar.

She seemed to have watched an anime when she was little about several elementary school students being chosen to go on adventures in the Digital World.

So, was White Snow a Digimon?

She stole a glance at the girl’s white hair.

‘No, Digimon don’t turn into humans. White Snow said she came from Cat Star, so she should be a cat.’

‘Then, the Chosen Girl… is it like Sailor Moon?’

But Usagi Tsukino was chosen by a black cat.

White Snow is a white cat.

Then what kind of warrior should she be?

‘It doesn’t seem quite right.’

“Sister, what are you thinking about?”

White Snow tilted her head to look at her.

“N-nothing!”

Su Mengyao quickly shook her head.

“It’s just… the Chosen Girl, is she supposed to save the world?”

White Snow was taken aback.

“Save the world?”

She thought for a moment.

“That’s not impossible, but our current task is to help Sister solve her troubles~”

Su Mengyao nodded.

Though she didn’t fully understand, it sounded very impressive.

Taking advantage of the young woman’s daze, the girl, still holding her waist, vigorously rubbed her face against Su Mengyao’s chest.

By the time Su Mengyao reacted, White Snow had already walked over to the bed as if nothing had happened and sat down.

Su Mengyao stood still, looking down at the spot that had been rubbed.

‘Was White Snow just… acting spoiled?’

‘No, when a cat rubs against a person, it’s showing affection.’

‘So, White Snow was saying she likes me?’

Her face turned a little red.

But she soon thought of another problem—after a cat rubs against you, aren’t you supposed to groom the cat?

She didn’t have a brush in her room.

The hotel’s brush was plastic.

Would White Snow dislike it?

‘No, now’s not the time to think about that.’

“Alright, Sister, stop spacing out. Tell me what’s troubling you—”

The girl lay back on the bedding, spread-eagled, and let out a pleasant, soft moan.

Su Mengyao’s face flushed red again.

She always felt that sound shouldn’t appear here, but she couldn’t say why.

The young woman hesitated before finally speaking.

“It’s just… someone came from outside, claiming to be my biological father…”

“Hmm, Sister doesn’t believe him?”

“No… it’s not that…”

The young woman lowered her head, looking at her toes.

“He brought a lot of Paternity Test forms. I can’t really understand them, but I feel he’s not lying. But… but I don’t want to go with him…”

“Eh?”

White Snow was taken aback, blinking in confusion.

“Since Sister already knows he’s Sister’s father, why don’t you want to go with him?”

“Um… I’m just a little scared…”

“Scared?”

“I’m scared that if I go somewhere else, White Snow won’t be able to find me anymore…”