I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"What's the point of 'resuming' people?" Bai Xiaoqi's wariness lessened slightly as she looked at him and asked.

"It's about creating a record of your existence, what you've done, what you've accomplished, and spending several years building a resume of your life so that people can investigate you. And even then, it's not certain whether they'll actually process your application, which is why I say it's very difficult."

At this point, Chen Shuo suddenly chuckled, as if remembering something, and asked with a smile, "How about I get you a cat license? Pet licenses are easy to obtain."

"........"

Bai Xiaoqi stared at him without saying a word.

"Just kidding, come on, let's eat."

Chapter Twenty-Three: Going Out

August 30th, during the hottest days of summer.

On the eleventh day after Bai Xiaoqi cultivated into human form, Chen Shuo finally decided to take her out for a stroll and some fresh air.

After all, you need to take a dog out for a walk from time to time, let alone a cat-eared girl.

"Once we're outside, remember to stay close to me and don't run around. Try to talk as little as possible, and don't make any strange noises, like meowing or anything. Basically, just follow my instructions, understand?"

Before leaving home, it's essential to give a thousand and one reminders. It's fine to meow at home, but if you meow a couple of times outside, you'll probably attract everyone's attention.

In this day and age with the internet so advanced, it's still best to keep a low profile.

After putting on his shoes in the entryway, Chen Shuo turned back to look at her again. She was wearing a beige dress and white sneakers, and from the hem of the dress to her ankles, she had a pair of fair and tender legs.

The cat ears on her head and the cat tail behind her were all tucked back, making her look like a delicate and adorable girl at first glance.

Her long, snow-white hair was too eye-catching, which went against the principle of keeping a low profile.

It is well known that the world's population is obsessed with white hair.

Anyway, Chen Shuo felt he just had a thing for this kind of white-haired girl...

Ugh, I have absolutely no resistance to these adorable girls with white hair and youthful faces.

"Your ears and tail won't just grow back in a flash, will they?"

"Will not."

"Hmm, that's good." Chen Shuo glanced at her snow-white long hair again and couldn't help but ask, "Your ears and tail can retract, so can't your hair turn black?"

Bai Xiaoqi looked down at the ends of her hair. "It's possible, but my cultivation level isn't high enough right now. I might not be able to control it, and my ears and tail will stick out again."

"Okay, then when you get out there and someone asks you, just say it's a wig, got it?"

Chen Shuo felt that he couldn't ask for too much for the time being. According to what she had said before, the hair color change would probably have to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Yes, this is a wig."

Bai Xiaoqi repeated it to herself, indicating that she had remembered it.

Hearing this, Chen Shuo nodded, picked up the key from the drawer, and then suddenly turned his head and said, "A wig doesn't seem very convincing, at least not as pretty and smooth as yours. Why don't you say you have albinism or premature graying?"

"I have albinism and premature graying..."

She started muttering to herself again, but before she could finish, Chen Shuo interrupted her, "Let's not talk about this. Just say you dyed it. No, that doesn't seem right either. You can't dye hair this white. Forget it, just say it's a wig."

"......"

Bai Xiaoqi finally couldn't help but furrow her brows and asked, "What exactly did I say?"

"Just say it's a wig, stick to that. If anyone asks where you bought it, just say... Oh, no need to say anything. Don't pay attention to what others ask you. Anyway, I'm here for you."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo took the sun hat that had just arrived a couple of days ago from the clothes rack, put it on her head, and that was it.

"Let's go, let's set off."

Bai Xiaoqi pushed her hat brim up and was about to go out when she remembered something and asked, "Should I take this phone?"

Chen Shuo turned around and saw the phone she was holding in her hand, and said, "You can take it if you want, but there's no need."

This phone doesn't even have a SIM card. Once you step outside this room, there's no WiFi coverage. It's not even as useful as a brick.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi nodded, then stuffed her phone into the small pocket in the front of her skirt, intending to take it with her when she went out.

Chen Shuo closed the door, took out the key and turned it twice, then added with some concern, "Remember, whatever you do, don't let the ears and tail suddenly pop out. You must control them, understand?"

If you go out with ears and a tail, that's fine; at least you can call it cosplay. But if they suddenly grow out halfway through your journey, it'll probably make the news.

Even though the sun hat is there to block the view, if your ears stick out, the hat might fly off. Just thinking about that scene is terrifying.

The two walked out of the building entrance side by side. It was dusk, the sky was getting dark, and the streetlights had not yet been turned on.

It's probably the best time to go out, at least the visibility is a bit poor.

"Calm down, don't be nervous, just be natural."

Chen Shuo whispered a reminder, seemingly to Bai Xiaoqi beside him, but it seemed more like he was speaking to himself.

At least Bai Xiaoqi's expression was natural. She pursed her lips slightly and looked around with her clear eyes, occasionally glancing at the trees, then at the residential buildings, and then at the pedestrians walking by in twos and threes in the community. Finally, her gaze settled on the dogs being walked by some people.

This demeanor made Chen Shuo seem rather relaxed, after all, it was the first time for him to take a cat-eared girl out shopping.

As I walked out of the residential area, the number of pedestrians on the street suddenly increased, and the traffic on the road whizzed by from time to time.

Seeing Bai Xiaoqi staring blankly at the cars on the road, Chen Shuo couldn't help but say to her, "These are cars, they are human means of transportation."

“I know, I’ve ridden in this kind of car before.”

"You sat here?"

Chen Shuo, on a whim, asked, "What, did you let the cat catchers take it away?"

"How did you know?" Bai Xiaoqi was taken aback, and looked at him with surprise.

"..."

Chen Shuo opened his mouth, unsure how to answer. He thought to himself, "I just asked casually, who the hell would have thought you'd actually do it?"

But is this reasonable?

I can understand if a regular cat gets captured, but you've already been granted a ban, so how could this cat still be captured?

They catch cats, they don't exorcise demons.

Chen Shuo asked, somewhat puzzled, "May I ask how you were captured by the cat catchers?"

"A lot of people dressed in white got out of a big white car, and they tried to lure me over with food. I... I couldn't resist..."

Recalling that painful past, Bai Xiaoqi's expression was a mixture of distress and shame. She continued softly:

"The food was poisonous. I had just eaten it when I felt dizzy and then I didn't know anything. When I woke up, I found myself in a car with many other cats lying around me."

Then I saw people dressed in white slashing the bellies of the cats with knives; it was absolutely horrifying.

At this point, her delicate face turned pale, clearly still shaken by the experience. "I hid at the back of the car and watched for a while, then jumped out of the window and ran away when they weren't looking. Let me tell you, that car wasn't very tall, but it hurt terribly when I fell from it."

"......"

Chen Shuo didn't know how to react to these things. Being tricked into something just by eating it was really in line with this cat girl's personality.

That makes sense.

only...

He was silent for a moment, then asked quietly, "After slicing the cat's belly, did those people also cut off the cat's ears with scissors?"

How did you know that?

Bai Xiaoqi was truly astonished this time. She felt that this person was incredibly mysterious. He knew everything perfectly well without her even saying anything, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"You'll find out later."

Chen Shuo twitched his lips and replied, then couldn't help but glance at her little belly, unsure of what words to use to describe the cat girl's predicament.

Because of a bite to eat, someone almost chopped off his kidney.

This is absolutely outrageous.

The group she was referring to wasn't cat catchers at all; they were an animal protection organization.

To be more specific, those people specialize in performing sterilization surgeries on stray cats.

This girl is incredibly lucky to have escaped. Not only that, but there's a strange sense of inspiration about her; she's practically a cat version of the salvation of a kidney-draining victim.

Chapter Twenty-Four: What Does "Having ill intentions" Mean?

Bai Xiaoqi discovered that having a magical human around who seems to know everything isn't without its advantages.

At the very least, one can learn a lot about human knowledge through him and integrate into human society more quickly.

But if this person says something cryptic and incomprehensible to you, it will make you feel very frustrated.

Because that would make me seem silly.

It doesn't suit her identity as the Meow King at all.

She frowned her pretty brows and asked, "Why would I know later?"

"You'll find out later, but believe me, you don't want to know."

After rambling on for a while, Chen Shuo changed the subject, "Let's go find a place to have dinner first."

As night fell and the streetlights came on, more and more people began to walk on the streets. Chen Shuo led her to a restaurant on a street corner.

The restaurant was quite small, and there weren't many people there yet. A few diners were sitting at their seats eating, and when they saw the two of them come in, they couldn't help but look up, and finally, they all looked at Bai Xiaoqi without prior arrangement.

There was no way around it; even with a sun hat on, her white hair was still too conspicuous, and her appearance was too stunning, as if the dimensional barrier of an anime had broken and she had stepped out of it.

"Two bowls of fried rice, both with eggs."

Chen Shuo greeted the boss casually, then led her to sit down in a corner.

"Don't be nervous, it won't hurt you if people see you," he habitually reminded her.

"I'm not nervous."

Bai Xiaoqi replied, then blinked her eyes and made eye contact with the young man at the opposite table, until he became embarrassed and lowered his head, blushing.

This situation puzzled her, and she looked at Chen Shuo and asked, "Why is that person blushing?"

Chen Shuo glanced at him and saw the young man blushing and shoveling rice into his bowl. He lowered his voice and said, "There are three great illusions in life. He probably thinks that you were interested in him because you were staring at him."