Chapter 15: Turned into a Catgirl!

After opening the door, greeting her family, and returning home, Jiang Cheng, under Jiang Xiaotang’s worried gaze, impatiently rushed back to her room and locked the door.

She was completely unaware of how… strange this series of actions seemed in her little sister’s eyes.

Just imagine, your older sister was taken away by a woman who looked very handsome but seemed bad, came home only after several hours, and even changed into a pretty little dress.

And then, after coming home, she hid in her room and locked the door!

So, what happened before?

Jiang Xiaotang didn’t dare to think about it.

Therefore, her sister must be crying in her room right now.

An image surfaced in Jiang Xiaotang’s mind: Jiang Cheng with disheveled clothes, pressed into the bedding, crying pitifully like a pear blossom bathed in rain.

A strange flutter stirred in Jiang Xiaotang’s heart.

That bad woman, she doesn’t even know how to cherish Sister properly!

Sister is so cute, she should be treated more gently!

In the bedroom.

Jiang Cheng hummed a cheerful tune, lying on the bed and looking at the page suspended in the air.

Unlike the previous pure white and simple interface, the information on the system panel this time was much more detailed.

[Personal Panel]

Jiang Cheng (Original Form)

Height: 158 cm

Age: 18

Solidified Talents: None

Universal Talents: Music Theory LV1

Unlocked Forms: Loli, Elder Sister, Cat

Through communication with the System, Jiang Cheng learned that this so-called Music Theory LV1 was the reward for this morning’s mission.

As for this Cat Form, it was a new form attached to this update.

Although her hands were itching to try, Jiang Cheng suppressed the urge to turn into a cat first.

“System, what are these Universal Talents and Solidified Talents…?”

[Friendly Reminder: Universal Talents are abilities that can be used in every form. Solidified Talents are abilities inherent to the current form.]

[Solidified Talents can be shared, but experience can only be gained while in the corresponding form.]

The girl roughly understood. It meant Solidified Talents could only be leveled up using the corresponding character, while Universal Talents could be leveled up across all forms, even the Original Form.

“Oh,” she pouted.

“So my initial form has no Solidified Talents at all? Doesn’t that mean I’m useless except for being cute?”

[…]

[Host, please do not be overly narcissistic.]

“I’m just telling the truth~”

With a light hum, Jiang Cheng took out her phone, turned on the front camera, and examined herself.

On the screen, a girl with waist-length white hair sat in a ‘seiza’ position in the center of the pure white bedding. The pink maid dress she wore had intricate, gorgeous patterns spread out on the bed.

Her jade-like feet, clad in white stockings, were faintly visible at the edge of the skirt, her toes distinct.

One could only say, in terms of excessive packaging of food…

Smack smack~ Smack smack~

[Host, please stop doing these strange things…]

Watching Jiang Cheng hugging her own leg, even the System felt a bit unable to watch.

Delicious is delicious, but isn’t this a bit too unhygienic?

[Host, please do not forget the promise you made to Su Mengyao.]

Therefore, it chose to violate system regulations and proactively reminded Jiang Cheng.

“Oh, right!”

The girl immediately put down that poor, weak, and helpless white-stockinged calf.

“I promised her I’d be back within an hour!”

She hurriedly turned her head to look at the alarm clock on the desk.

“Whoa! It’s been four or five hours already!”

“Quick, quick, quick! System, teleport me!”

“Remember, use Cat Form!”

As her words fell, Jiang Cheng’s vision blurred.

What appeared before her was a slightly dim bedroom.

The room was almost entirely decorated in a pink style, with a large bed in the middle. It was clearly a girl’s bedroom.

Where was Su Mengyao?

Hearing faint muttering, Jiang Cheng Cat, controlling this small body, carefully turned around to look at the source of the sound.

Su Mengyao was sitting on a chair in front of the desk, her head lowered, muttering something.

Following her instincts, Jiang Cheng Cat leaped lightly onto the desk.

“Meow~”

Her paws made a soft sound as they landed on the desktop.

Jiang Cheng walked with elegant cat steps to Su Mengyao’s front and patted her arm.

Hey, don’t be depressed, human. This meow permits you to smooth my fur. Be grateful~

Unfortunately, the girl didn’t understand a cat’s heart.

Seeing her, Su Mengyao just found it strange for a moment before sinking back into despondency.

“Tell me, why…”

The girl picked up this unafraid cat and held her in her arms, gently squeezing her little paw pads.

“Why isn’t White Snow coming back?”

“She said it would be an hour… but it’s been five hours and seventeen minutes now…”

Jiang Cheng felt a bit embarrassed—so I was this late?

How do you remember so clearly!

“Has White Snow grown tired of me…”

The girl’s eyes lowered slightly, her gaze filling with many indescribable things.

“That must be it, right…”

“After all, I’m not cute, not interesting, can’t make people happy like those other girls, don’t know how to do makeup, can’t play the piano, can’t cook, can’t act cute…”

Su Mengyao spoke faster and faster, until it finally became fragmented sentences.

—Lonely… despicable… burden… suicide…

Faintly, only these few words could barely be made out.

Jiang Cheng Cat’s fur instantly puffed up.

With a meow, the white cat quickly broke free from the girl’s embrace, jumped onto the bed, and urgently transformed into Snow White Form.

If I don’t change now, I don’t dare think what Su Mengyao might do!

“Elder Sister Mengyao!”

The girl’s eyes widened as she watched the white cat on the bed transform with a shake into a… girl?

Is that White Snow?

Then the girl who seemed to be White Snow called her name and threw herself into her arms.

The girl’s first thought wasn’t “White Snow is finally here, I’m so happy~” but…

Oh no!

My chuunibyou episode was caught by White Snow…

“Elder Sister, you mustn’t say things like that… suicide and all…”

Just as Su Mengyao closed her eyes, preparing to receive some strange words, what the girl said was actually very normal, very gentle.

Was it because of… that?

Su Mengyao secretly glanced behind White Snow.

“Don’t space out, Elder Sister needs to look at me…”

After a difficult climb, the girl successfully sat in the young woman’s lap.

For some reason, she felt that Su Mengyao had gotten bigger, and that this room and the desk were much larger than she had imagined.

White Snow didn’t dwell on it.

Using the advantage of her position, she looked up at the young woman…

Wait a minute.

The girl finally noticed the blind spot.

Why was she looking up?

Logically, since she was already sitting on her lap, they should at least be making eye contact, right?

Suddenly, White Snow had a feeling.

Following Su Mengyao’s shifting gaze, she looked behind herself.

Nothing strange, just a fluffy white tail, swishing back and forth.

What’s the big deal, it’s just a tail…

She turned her head back.

No.

Tail!

White Snow turned around sharply and was horrified to discover that the tail was actually connected to her own body!

I’ve turned into a catgirl! And turned into a free one at that?

She hurriedly felt her mouth—no protrusion, it was a human mouth.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief.

But then…

“White Snow, can I… touch your tail?”

“No!”

The girl immediately retorted.

A catgirl’s tail, just hearing it sounds very sensitive!

It must be something that feels strange when touched, something that makes you feel…

White Snow’s words were too late.

The young woman’s fair, slender hand had already gently grasped that mischievous tail.

Even giving the tip of the tail a little rub.

“Mmph!”

White Snow let out a sharp cry, her small body stiffening.

“Don’t!”