Yu Tong’s cat face slammed into the chest of the antagonist. Because the impact was too strong, he almost directly turned into a Garfield cat.
At this moment, he felt that he didn’t need to struggle anymore about how to make the antagonist acknowledge a little kitten as his master. Anyway, his fate with Yun Mingchen was probably coming to an end.
Yu Tong lay flat, playing dead. The system took out a little booklet and asked him which cat body he wanted after death.
Before he could make a good choice, his neck was suddenly pinched from behind.
Yun Mingchen grabbed his scuff with two fingers and lifted him to eye level.
With one person and one cat staring at each other, Yu Tong felt the disgust and disdain in the antagonist’s eyes overflowing.
To make his death a little less miserable, he began his final struggle.
Yun Mingchen looked down at his newly changed clothes, then looked at the little cat in front of him. Today was really unlucky.
He was about to go back to his room when the kitten in his hand, previously hanging down in a dejected manner, suddenly raised its head and meowed softly. Its little paws, hanging in the air, started pawing the air back and forth.
When there were no cameras or people around, Yun Mingchen’s expression completely slackened.
He arrogantly raised his head and frowned before lowering his eyes, looking at Yu Tong mockingly.
Although he still looked handsome, it felt like he had an inexplicable urge for a beating, as if the whole world owed him money.
The antagonist still didn’t react after Yu Tong pawed for a while. He started feeling a bit tired.
Just as he stopped his paws, Yun Mingchen suddenly spoke in a strange tone, “Why did you stop stepping? Don’t stop, keep stepping, you dogshit thing.”
Yu Tong ignored him.
He was just a little cat and couldn’t understand human sarcasm.
After all, this was a cultivation world full of monsters and demons. If he showed a hint of human-like behaviour, it would easily arouse the antagonist’s suspicion.
The system gave him advice, 【The book says that the antagonist is cunning and only seeks profit. If you establish yourself as a clever little kitty, won’t the antagonist think you are valuable and therefore like you?】
‘The antagonist is unlikely to recognize an ordinary little cat as his master. I’ll have to let him know about my special nature later. But for now, it’s not possible. It’s too early, and I haven’t figured out his personality. Let’s be cautious and wait a bit longer.’
Whether it was his pawing that worked, or that the antagonist never intended to kill him, this time the antagonist didn’t raise a hand against him.
Yun Mingchen, with a foul mouth, talked about various ways a little cat could die while carrying him to the bathroom.
He made a phone call to the servants, asking them to bring a set of pet bathing supplies.
Once the items arrived, he squatted in the bathroom, watched online tutorials, and began to bathe the little cat.
Long, slender, and fair fingers gently massaged Yu Tong’s body. He was halfway submerged in water at a comfortable temperature, staring blankly at the warm light on the ceiling.
Didn’t the antagonist just say he was going to drown him in the toilet and flush him down the drain?
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He closed his eyes comfortably and sighed to the system in his mind, ‘From what I see now, the antagonist is not a bad person. Apart from his foul mouth, he doesn’t seem to have any other faults.’
The system checked the original story and commented, 【Hmm… Strange. In the original text, the antagonist at this point is already portrayed as a greedy and lecherous, cunning pseudo-gentleman. The one in front of you looks more like a primary school kid.】
‘But the original text is from the perspective of the male lead, and his impressions of the antagonist could actually be hearsay. There might be a misunderstanding.’
【But the plot deviation from the original antagonist character setting is still at 0. According to the original novel, he should be a villain. After all, his character setting is a seemingly gentle and kind person on the surface, but behind the scenes, he bullies others and is a spoiled playboy.】
While Yu Tong was contemplating the system’s words, Yun Mingchen, who had been continuously babbling, suddenly closed his mouth and stopped talking about roasting cat meat and making cat skin coats.
He stared at the little cat in the basin with a serious expression, making a soft exclamation, “What’s this?”
Yu Tong followed his gaze all the way down.
Oh, those were the little male kitty’s “eggs.”
Yun Mingchen probably figured out what they were, his mischievous hand reaching out to touch.
Yu Tong knew that cats had no privacy or dignity rights in front of humans.
Some people wouldn’t care if their cats were eating, using the litter box, or cleaning themselves. They would always take pictures and post them online with captions like “Awww, the cat is so cute!”
Jiggling a catbell wasn’t that strange of a behaviour for humans.
But Yu Tong was a person, and though he didn’t know if the little cat minded, he certainly did.
He started dodging desperately with his tail tucked, and Yun Mingchen, true to his future antagonist role, was mischievous to the extreme.
The more the little cat dodged, the more excited Yun Mingchen became. It seemed like he didn’t want to do anything strange, just wanted to play with the little cat.
Yu Tong was chased around by the antagonist, and the system, holding a cigarette, watched the spectacle.
It wasn’t until Yu Tong sneezed in the cold wind that Yun Mingchen gave up teasing him. He turned around and adjusted the bathroom temperature a few degrees higher.
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When they came out of the bathroom, it was already past nine in the evening.
Despite spending over an hour in the bathroom, the actual bathing only took thirty minutes. The rest of the time was Yun Mingchen teasing the cat.
Yu Tong, bristling, lay in the man’s arms and asked the system to check his character deviation value.
The system looked at him sympathetically. 【Still 0.】
Yu Tong trembled in anger.
Yun Mingchen unpackaged a delivery box and set up a simple little nest for him. He even thoughtfully placed soft towels and a plush toy inside to accompany the little cat.
Seemingly worried that the kitten wouldn’t know how to play with it, he squatted beside the cardboard box and lightly bumped the little cat with the toy, saying, “Bite it, bite it.”
Yu Tong held the toy with his front paws and pretended to tear into it. The antagonist chuckled, appearing in a good mood.
He tapped the little cat’s nose with his fingertips. “So obedient.”
To highlight the antagonist’s outward charm that came with hidden flaws, the original story had extensive descriptions of his appearance.
The author gathered all the flattering words and phrases for handsome men they could think of and heaped them onto Yun Mingchen.
It didn’t matter if he acted pretentious or intentionally tried to appear gentle — when he smiled, it was natural and beautiful.
Yu Tong was initially angry, but seeing Yun Mingchen laugh so charmingly, a large half of his heartfelt anger dissipated.
As of now, it seemed like Yun Mingchen was just talkative and mischievous, but fundamentally a thoughtful and gentle person with no need for significant change.
He truly had a habit of being a two-faced bastard, but given his handsome appearance and campus idol status, some quirks could be considered normal.
Yu Tong had encountered far more disgusting people than him.
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Today, there was a murder on campus, and the institute issued a notice requiring all students to stay in their dormitories after dark.
Yun Mingchen didn’t have time to bother the male lead, Su Feng, again. After feeding the little cat with some kitten food the servant brought, he started meditating on his bed.
Yu Tong crawled out of his cat nest and launched a cat pounce, successfully landing on the bed.
Yun Mingchen raised an eyebrow, caught him with one hand, then placed him back in his cat nest.
Realizing that their relationship had not reached the level of intimacy needed to share a bed, Yu Tong simply lay in his nest and had a conversation with the system about becoming the antagonist’s mentor.
8102 told him that the requirement mentioned in the mission, to serve as a “role model for the other”, didn’t necessarily mean the antagonist had to formally accept the host as his mentor.
As long as the antagonist could gain something positive and become better and kinder during their interactions, the host would fulfill the mission.
With the pressure eased, Yu Tong sighed in relief.
Leaning against the edge of his box, he looked towards the young man on the bed.
Yun Mingchen’s features were infinitely gentle, giving people a feeling of openness and an impression of being easy to get along with. In the moments when he didn’t speak, he indeed resembled a refined young gentleman.
Yu Tong pondered for a moment.
‘Ba-ge, I still feel like something’s off with Yun Mingchen. No matter how I look, he doesn’t seem like an antagonist. Can you explain the character deviation value more thoroughly? I want to know where the root of the problem lies.’
【The calculation for that value is quite complicated, and it’s not my area of expertise. I just know it involves things like life philosophy, worldview, values, moral perceptions, personality, and possibly even thought processes.】
【You can think of it as all the factors that influence the antagonist’s choices being taken into account when facing important decisions. Generally, without external influences, a person’s actions won’t deviate from their character setting. What we need to do is make the antagonist act OOC.】
Yu Tong understood.
The character deviation value was still at 0 because Yun Mingchen hadn’t addressed his problematic habits yet. Targeting those specific issues should be effective.
While he was musing, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Yun Mingchen casually waved his hand, and the bedroom door opened automatically.
A middle-aged man walked in, followed by the servant who had previously delivered cat supplies and a woman holding a camera.
The man greeted with a smile, “Good evening, Mingchen. Still practicing, huh? You’re as diligent as ever.”
The three newcomers seemed to be acquaintances. Yun Mingchen, burdened with his campus idol status, didn’t switch into his gentle facade and wore an expression of impatience.
The man didn’t mind and headed straight for the delivery box by the bed after putting on slippers.
He bent down to play with the little kitten inside, saying, “Mingchen, when did you become so compassionate? Did you actually pick up a little stray cat?”
Yun Mingchen looked at him coldly. “I didn’t pick it up. It followed me. I’m practicing; leave if you have nothing to do.”
The middle-aged man seemed not to have heard the latter part of his sentence. He lifted Yu Tong and playfully fiddled with him. “Look at the fur colour, is this a tabby cat?”
“I’ve seen the surveillance video of you picking up the little cat in the small grove. The angle you chose was really good, the composition was beautiful, and it highlighted your kindness. I’ll have someone edit the surveillance video and post it online.”
Yu Tong noticed the moment these three entered, the antagonist became unusually irritable.
When the man lifted him, Yun Mingchen’s expression had completely darkened. He seemed triggered, and his emotions were particularly unstable.
The man held onto one of the little cat’s hind legs and carefully observed, “From the surveillance, the cat’s walking seems unnatural. Does it have an injury on its leg? Is this leg broken?”
Before he could finish speaking, Yun Mingchen suddenly got off the bed and snatched the little cat. He stuffed the cat into his pocket, then kicked the man squatting by the box out of the bedroom.
Yun Mingchen used spiritual power, and the man collided head-first into the corridor wall, seeming to have suffered some injuries.
No harsh words were spoken, and everything appeared normal. However, Yun Mingchen was like an enraged cat, growling lowly, demanding everyone to leave.
Yu Tong poked his head out of his pocket and stared at the scene in astonishment.
He poked the system, ‘Ba-ge, is the antagonist’s mental state… okay?’
8102 checked the manual, 【Hiss — should be fine. This sudden irritability is quite scary.】
The room door slammed shut with a bang as Yun Mingchen chased everyone away. Once the three people left, he reached into his pocket, took out the little cat, and placed him on the bed.
Yun Mingchen used his fingers to play with the kitten, staring at its hind legs. He earnestly instructed, “Take two steps.”
Yu Tong didn’t get it.
What did he mean — there’s nothing wrong and he still had to take two steps?
After waiting for two seconds, Yun Mingchen nudged the kitten’s butt and repeated, “Take two steps.”
Yu Tong: …..
Alright, alright, I’ll walk.
Let’s take things slowly; don’t nudge my butt, it’s embarrassing.
Translator’s Notes:
Decided to do a mass release (3-5) at once instead of frequenting my releases to once every 2-3 days during the break. Enjoy! 
I’m pretty sure the garfield cat is referring to the plush garfields with suction cups on each paw. They go on a window and the cat is splayed out like an X.
That is adorable
Oho ML is unknowingly possessive huh 🤭