Yun Fu grew increasingly convinced that the little thief they spoke of was her senior apprentice sister.
Having lived with Wei Rong for some time now, she roughly understood that most who sneaked into Wei Guogong Manor ended up carried out horizontally rather than leaving on their own feet.
Her senior apprentice sister excelled at crafting poisons, but her martial arts were mediocre except for her exceptional lightness skill. In any direct confrontation with experts like Zi Shi and Shen Shi, her sister would surely come out worse.
So on this dark and windy night, after overhearing Shen Shi’s plan to catch the intruder in their trap, Yun Fu waited until Wei Rong was sound asleep before carefully slipping off the bed.
Yes, Yun Fu shared a bed with Wei Rong.
Initially, Yun Fu had resisted—such beauty should be admired from afar, not profaned up close!!!
But when Wei Rong forcibly carried her onto the bed, threads of coolness seeped through the bedding, making her fluffy self surrender immediately.
There was no helping it—the weather was hot, and her thick fur made Yun Fu wish she could shrink entirely into an ice block. Even nights were unbearably warm.
Thus, upon encountering this delightfully cool bed, Yun Fu immediately abandoned all restraint, sprawling across most of it with all four limbs splayed.
Sneaking out now was actually easy. She slept plenty during the day, so nighttime was more about accompanying Wei Rong than actual rest.
Perhaps because she was up to no good tonight, Yun Fu felt particularly guilty while sneaking out, and the more guilty she felt, the more prone she was to mistakes.
Just as she leaped toward the windowsill, her foot slipped and knocked over a small vase holding a single lotus blossom.
With quick reflexes, Yun Fu used her paws to steady the teetering porcelain.
After righting the vase, she swiftly jumped out the window, leaving behind a fleeting yellow shadow.
On the bed, Wei Rong opened his eyes, having witnessed his A Fu’s entire performance.
The way she’d used her tiny paws to steady the vase was utterly adorable—he’d found tomorrow’s painting subject.
Meanwhile, Yun Shu was darting around Wei Guogong Manor like a headless fly.
She’d wondered why the manor guards seemed so inattentive tonight, letting her slip in so easily without any confrontation.
Little did she know she’d walked right into their trap—she was the turtle they meant to catch.
Hiding in a fake mountain cave, Yun Shu panted heavily, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
Her supply of itching powder, bitter laughter powder, and pimple-inducing powder was almost depleted. What remained were mostly lethal poisons—she wouldn’t use those on innocent people unless absolutely necessary.
Yun Shu even considered surrendering, explaining she only wanted to see how their master could still be breathing after being poisoned by the Thousand-Thread Bone Serpent.
Had her junior apprentice sister not been unconscious, Yun Shu might have guessed the Wei Heir had encountered her.
The problem was her sister was currently comatose.
Could there be another pharmaceutical genius? Were true masters hidden among commoners?
Her thoughts raced until rustling sounds snapped her to attention. How were they so fast? The itching powder contained temporary blindness agents—they shouldn’t have caught up this quickly.
Were these people made of iron?!
Clutching her poison powder, she prepared to throw it when they approached.
The sounds drew nearer, right to the narrow cave entrance. Just as Yun Shu was about to hurl her poison, a warm meow from above interrupted her movement.
Hearing that meow, Yun Shu looked up and met a pair of glowing green eyes, startling her into spilling half the poison powder in her hand.
Yun Fu, seeing her senior sister’s strikingly beautiful and charming face and catching the faint scent in the air, immediately knew her senior sister had spilled the poison powder. She leaped down from the rockery and retreated to a safe distance.
Soon, a woman’s soft exclamation of surprise came from the rockery.
Yun Fu’s ears twitched slightly as she heard footsteps approaching. She quickly ducked into the rockery and gestured with her paws at her senior sister, who was covering her mouth with tears welling in her eyes.
“Meow~” (Waving her paw) Senior sister, follow me quickly!
At this moment, Yun Shu’s originally beautiful, rosy lips were swollen, resembling two plump, red sausages.
Seeing the cat gesturing at her, she was utterly confused.
“Wha’s goin’ on?” (What’s going on?)
Yun Fu, frustrated that her senior sister couldn’t understand her gestures, paced around anxiously.
As the moonlight streamed down, Yun Shu finally got a clear look at the creature with the glowing green eyes.
It was an exceptionally pretty and adorable little cat, with a round head and body, covered in fluffy fur that made one want to pet it.
Afraid that Shen Shi and the others would find them, Yun Fu didn’t bother worrying whether her senior sister thought she was a monster or something. She used her paw to scratch a word on the ground.
Yun Shu leaned in to look and saw a single word clearly written: “Go.”
Without time to think it through, she followed the fluffy little creature, darting and leaping through the Guogong Residence.
Soon, Yun Shu followed the cat into a plain, unremarkable room.
The room was sparsely furnished: two beds made of straw mats without even a Lian Zhang, a simple wooden table, and a black garment drying on a clothes rack nearby.
It was clearly a man’s room.
Covering her mouth, Yun Shu surveyed the room’s layout and then looked at the cat crouched on the table, its tail swishing rapidly. She asked, “Wha’ is this place?” (What is this place?)
Yun Fu felt as though her mouth was about to cramp. Why couldn’t kittens laugh heartily? She really wanted to mercilessly tease her senior sister.
Yun Shu had a vague feeling that the little creature on the table seemed to be laughing.
Though not obvious, its bright, sparkling eyes held a clear hint of amusement.
Am I going crazy? How could I think a cat is laughing?!!!
But then she remembered how the little creature had written with its paw earlier, and suddenly, its laughter didn’t seem so strange anymore.
“Are… are you a mons’er?” (Are you a monster?)
Yun Shu tentatively asked, touching her swollen lips before quickly taking out an antidote pill and swallowing it.
Soon, the swelling in her lips subsided slightly, though they remained rosy and plump.
Hearing her senior sister’s question, Yun Fu tilted her head and flicked her tail. Truthfully, she wasn’t sure if she counted as a monster.
If not, she was currently inhabiting a kitten’s body with a human soul. If yes, she didn’t possess the shapeshifting or magical abilities described in supernatural tales.
In the end, Yun Fu chose to remain silent.
Seeing that the kitten on the table didn’t speak as she had half-expected, Yun Shu felt both relieved and a little disappointed.
Rather than wondering where she was, Yun Shu was more curious about the little cat that had saved her.
She tentatively reached out, wanting to pet it.
Mainly because the kitten’s bright, sparkling eyes gave her an intensely familiar feeling.
It felt like she was looking at her junior sister.
Yun Shu thought she might not have fully cleared the poison and was starting to hallucinate.
How could she associate her junior sister with this little cat?
Could it be that this cat was actually her junior sister transformed?
In the end, Yun Shu followed her heart and reached out her hand.
What girl could resist such a fluffy, beautiful little kitten?!
Facing her senior sister’s outstretched hand, Yun Fu leaned her head forward and actively rubbed against it.
The soft, fluffy sensation in her palm made Yun Shu’s eyes light up instantly.
Ah kitty
Yun Fu only felt her body lifted into the air, and the next moment, the entire cat fell into a fragrant embrace. Immediately after, fiery kisses tinged with red lipstick fell like raindrops on her cheeks, forehead, and chin.