novellhall Chapter 4 The Cat's Spying
Chapter 4 The Cat's Spying
A pianist playing the role of a blind person.
A chaebol heir feigning serious illness.
A top-notch assassin disguised as a sickly young girl.
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Gu Zhibei's mind.
He watched Jiang Youyu slowly take steps forward, and all his thoughts instantly condensed into one sentence:
Are you kidding me?!
"If you dare tell anyone, I'll kill you."
A soft, sweet voice, but eyes colder than a knife.
The girl bent down, her smile hidden in the shadows cast by her hair.
Gu Zhibei nearly lost his temper.
Fortunately, he remembered in time that he was a cat.
Surely she can't be going to kill the cat to silence it, right?
"Hmph, I scared you to death, you stupid, silly cat!"
Jiang Youyu quickly revealed a smug and cheerful smile.
"Who told your master to always bully me?"
"Since he bullies me, I'll bully you in return. What can you do when you can't fight back?"
"Hmm... So bullying the weak is so fun? No wonder he always treats me like this..."
The girl was talking to herself while facing the tabby cat.
Instead of talking to thin air, perhaps a cute and harmless tabby cat can better dispel the loneliness in your heart.
Gu Zhibei's eyes were filled with complex emotions.
At first, he only wanted to satisfy his curiosity and perverse sense of humor.
After all, superpowers are meant to be used.
Moreover, Gu Zhibei had always been very curious.
What is Jiang Youyu like when she is alone?
What might she do? Is she hiding some interesting secrets?
Fortunately, he did discover Jiang Youyu's secret.
Unfortunately, this secret is quite big.
If Jiang Youyu knew that the seemingly harmless tabby cat in front of her was actually...
"We absolutely must not reveal our identities!"
Gu Zhibei reminded himself while suppressing his growing curiosity.
It felt like countless cat claws were scratching at his heart.
It was his cat instincts that were urging and driving him.
Go and uncover the secrets, go and reveal the truth.
The boy who turned into a tabby cat sadly discovered that he seemed unable to resist this instinct.
A cat's curiosity is like a train that never stops.
Either run wildly until you fall apart, or plunge headlong into the boundless sea.
Perhaps this is the price of prying into other people's secrets.
"If I'm discovered, my pitiful and short life will probably come to an end."
With a "what's the use" attitude, Gu Zhibei rubbed against the girl's smooth calf.
It's all your fault, Jiang Youyu.
I will expose all these dark and heavy secrets.
Repent, you sinful woman…
"Meow--!"
The tabby cat's fate was sealed by the scruff of its neck.
Jiang Youyu's face flushed, and she forcefully pulled him away:
"Don't rub against me everywhere, you lecherous cat!"
She glared at him angrily.
Then he picked up the portable cane next to his wheelchair and walked very slowly toward the bedroom.
It was like recovering from a serious illness, with a feeling of weakness and lack of energy throughout the body.
"No wonder there haven't been any signs of muscle atrophy in the past six months."
A sudden realization dawned on Gu Zhibei's mind.
Judging from her appearance, she has not fully recovered.
Is it halfway better? At least he can walk now.
But there are still some parts that don't make sense.
The human body's physiological reflexes cannot lie.
Gu Zhibei had been massaging Jiang Youyu's legs for half a year, and he knew her legs better than the girl herself.
The other person's legs were completely numb.
"interesting…"
Gu Zhibei clearly sensed a familiar feeling of excitement growing in his heart.
This excitement came not long after he discovered he could turn into a cat.
A mundane life needs a few different spice to make it interesting.
Could Jiang Youyu's changes be a similar abnormality to what happened to him?
Gu Zhibei decided to be patient and observe carefully.
He followed Jiang Youyu's footsteps and slowly walked into her bedroom.
Unlike the bedrooms of ordinary girls, Jiang Youyu's room is so simple that it is almost empty.
There were no bright decorations, no cute ornaments.
There was only a simple bed, a small nightlight, and a glass of cold water beside the bed.
A faint, delicate fragrance filled the room, so subtle it always evoked the image of a young girl's soft, shallow breaths.
Except for changing Jiang Youyu's bedding every now and then, Gu Zhibei almost never comes in.
He glanced at the bottom cabinet of the wardrobe.
This is where Jiang Youyu stores her personal underwear.
There was a small lock on it at some point.
Gu Zhibei immediately felt as if he had been publicly humiliated.
Ha, who are they trying to guard against?
He quickly walked past Jiang Youyu, then dove under her skirt, only to emerge again amidst the girl's angry and embarrassed shouts.
This is the cat's revenge, little fish.
"That lecherous cat!"
Jiang Youyu was so angry she wanted to bite it, but she couldn't do anything about it.
She took two deep breaths to calm herself down.
Having been angered by that scoundrel for so long, she had developed some resistance.
Under the watchful eye of the tabby cat, Jiang Youyu walked to the bedside and took a key from under the pillow.
She took the key and unlocked the small lock at the very bottom of the wardrobe.
Then, another key was taken out from the gap in the fabric.
While searching, I subconsciously glanced around.
There was only one silly cat in the room, intently grooming itself.
Only then did she dispel the illusion that she was being spied on.
Jiang Youyu sat down at the desk in the corner and used the second key to open the bottom drawer.
Finally, they took out a thick pink password book.
Gu Zhibei narrowed his eyes and jumped onto the table.
He missed the chance to unlock it; the notebook had already been opened by Jiang Youyu.
Inside were paragraphs of handwritten text.
The handwriting was very light, and the color was so faint that it was almost invisible.
This is……
Journal?
Jiang Youyu looked at the tabby cat that had come up to her on its own.
After hesitating for a long time, she still didn't chase him away.
It's just a cat, how could it possibly understand what she's doing?
If she really chased him away, wouldn't it make her seem guilty?
She has no guilty conscience at all, hmph.
Gu Zhibei glanced at the girl whose face suddenly darkened and who let out a cold snort, and felt completely bewildered.
He turned his attention back to his diary.
Jiang Youyu has turned to the latest page.
This page is mostly blank, with only a short line of text at the very top.
Unfortunately, before Gu Zhibei could see clearly, the girl's left hand blocked his view.
...No, you're even guarding against a cat?!
Gu Zhibei didn't know whether she did it intentionally or unintentionally, but Jiang Youyu's palm completely covered the line of writing on it.
Fortunately, she didn't try to hide what she was writing, or perhaps she felt it was too embarrassing to be so wary of a cat. Gu Zhibei successfully saw the girl's freshly written diary.
【2025.9.21】
[Mom, Dad]
He brought a cat today, and his cat, like him, loves to make me angry.
This is a tabby cat! It's so soft and fluffy to the touch, it feels incredibly, incredibly, incredibly comfortable!
They say pets resemble their owners, and this kitten is both adorable and handsome! In the cat's world... it's probably like how he is in the eyes of those shallow little girls, hmph.
However, although it can be mischievous at times, it is mostly well-behaved.
It will quietly lie in my lap, listening to me tell you about recent trivial matters and some troubles... Now it's even lying next to me watching me write in my diary!
I really like it, but I doubt Dad will accept it. Being allergic to cat fur is so unlucky!
[Also included is a hand-drawn cat face image]
The pen tip glides across the paper, making a "scratching" sound.
Jiang Youyu's eyes were gentle, and she had a very faint smile on her face.
A "cat face" was quickly created under her pen.
Gu Zhibei was stunned.
This is his face.
But it wasn't a cat's face.
With just a few simple lines, the boy's slightly thin lips, straight nose, and clean, refined features were depicted.
…and two fluffy cat ears.