After Death, I Became My Childhood Friend's Cat
Xi Shui Mu
Jiang Heng lived a carefree life until the age of eighteen, when he was abruptly informed that he was the swapped "fake young master" in a case of mistaken identity. The pampered younger son of the Jiang family instantly became an orphan with no one to turn to.
Before he could even process this news, a truck lost control and overturned, crushing him to death on the spot.
When he woke up again, he found himself not only transported four years into the future but also reincarnated as a stray cat—a barely weaned, gravely ill kitten on the verge of dying at any moment.
Jiang Heng stared at his furry little paws in utter bewilderment: "......"
How am I supposed to survive like this?!
After getting himself covered in dust and dirt with zero survival skills, Jiang Heng resolved to find a convenient human to mooch off. So, he sneaked into the university he had applied to before his death.
There, in the crowd, he spotted Lu Yichuan—his childhood friend and longtime companion.
The grimy little kitten dashed out from the bushes and collided with Lu Yichuan's shoe before theatrically flopping to the ground, the intent to freeload blatantly obvious.
Lu Yichuan had been about to leave, but something in the kitten's starry, bright eyes made him pause. He crouched down slowly and tapped the kitten’s forehead with his fingertip, his voice as gentle as ever: "Do you want to come with me?"
"Meow~"
Top-tier meal ticket—activate!
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Lu Yichuan, a second-year philosophy graduate student at University A, was the school's undisputed heartthrob, renowned for his impeccable reputation.
Polite and composed, he treated everyone with unwavering kindness, never once slipping in his manners. Over the years, countless men and women had confessed their feelings to him, yet he rejected every single one.
When asked what kind of person he liked, the man glanced up at the sky, the sun glaring painfully bright.
With a smile, he replied, "Someone like the sun, I suppose."
Unfortunately, his sun had sunk into the ocean forever when he was twenty years old.
From then on, no light could ever pierce the darkness of his world again.
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Jiang Heng firmly believed that becoming Lu Yichuan's cat was the best decision he'd ever made.
The man never restricted his freedom—endless kibble, a buffet of wet food, and he could wander outside for days without detection.
But everything changed after Lu Yichuan was suddenly hospitalized. When he woke up, he tied a red string around the cat's neck, and nothing was the same after that.
The always-open windows were now sealed shut. The man, who used to stay out all night, now spent nearly every hour of the day in the dorm.
If Jiang Heng felt stifled, the man would take him for walks. If he thought the dorm was too cramped, Lu Yichuan moved them to a mansion...
Whenever Jiang Heng disappeared from Lu Yichuan's sight for more than ten minutes, the man would always find him without fail. Holding his favorite can of food, his eyes darkened with something incomprehensible, Lu Yichuan would murmur, "Fluffy, it's time to go home."
Jiang Heng: QAQ
He didn’t *want* to go back—but that can was irresistible!