Every Day the Villain Continues to Fail
[Quick Transmigration]
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A warm and sunny afternoon bathed the entire Longshan Sanatorium in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
The setting sun, slowly sinking towards the horizon, edged the snow-white buildings with a brilliant golden rim.
The trees in the courtyard swayed with the wind, casting dense shadows, while everyone methodically carried out their final tasks before finishing work.
No one noticed a small silver-gray furball stealthily leaping from a tree branch into a room.
Ruan Yao still couldn't fully control his body. Borrowing the momentum of the wind, he pounced into the office but failed to stop in time.
Instead of making a dashing and impressive landing on the windowsill as he had imagined, he tumbled into a soft little ball and rolled across the office floor, landing with a splat like a flattened pancake.
"Bleh, bleh, bleh!" Ruan Yao spat out a mouthful of cat fur, embarrassed, and quickly hid under the mahogany desk.
At first, he had thought this mission would be incredibly simple. Who would have expected such a disastrous start?
Not only had he failed to locate the protagonist upon arriving in this world, but he had also been mocked relentlessly by the stray cats outside due to his unfamiliarity with his new body.
Unforgivable. Once he returned to his original form, that wretched tabby would pay for its arrogance!
Huddled in the deepest corner under the desk, Ruan Yao pouted indignantly. "No one ever said that playing the role of a disposable character would involve being a cat."
Yes, in this small world, Ruan Yao had transmigrated into a one-year-old Ragdoll cat. His fur was a blend of silver-gray and milky white, soft and fluffy, with round, ocean-blue eyes and delicate pink jellybean paws.
A breathtaking beauty in the feline world.
The system had provided him with a rather dramatic introduction: "You are a scheming, devious cat spirit. In order to steal the protagonist's soul, you pretend to be an adorable pet, infiltrate his life, and destroy it. In the end, your true nature is exposed, and you are abandoned at an inescapable pet shelter, where you live out the rest of your days in misery."
Ruan Yao was completely, utterly stunned.
What kind of bizarre world was this?
Still, since he had already signed a military pledge with Brother Fang from the General Bureau, he had no choice but to see this mission through and successfully retrieve the soul fragment.
The protagonist of this world was Shang Chi, a doctor at Longshan Psychiatric Sanatorium.
He was breathtakingly beautiful, a graduate of a prestigious university, cold and distant, with an obsessive cleanliness, exactly the type to drive certain people wild.
Ruan Yao had barely arrived and was already facing a major dilemma. The protagonist had a cleanliness obsession, while he was, well, a cat. How was he supposed to get close to him and ruin his life?
What was he supposed to do, fill his entire world with cat fur until he had a mental breakdown?
Ruan Yao figured he would probably lose all his own fur first and go bald from stress.
Covering his little round face with his fluffy paws, Ruan Yao realized that this world might not be as simple as he had initially thought.
"Alright, all the patient rooms have been checked. If anything comes up, let me know."
A man's clear, jade-like voice drifted in from outside the door. Even through the wooden panel, it carried an innate coolness, tinged with an inexplicable allure, stirring hearts for no reason at all.
No doubt about it—this was the pinnacle of the aloof, unattainable type.
After giving the nurse a few final instructions, Shang Chi prepared to change and head home.
As soon as he opened the door, his sharp, hawk-like gaze locked onto the floor.
The office had dark wooden flooring, which matched the mahogany desk perfectly. It also made it particularly easy to notice things that had no business being inside the sanatorium.
For example… a small tuft of messy cat fur.
Who on earth had brought a cat into the sanatorium?
Shang Chi immediately frowned. The icy aura surrounding him grew even colder. Even though Ruan Yao was wrapped in a thick layer of long fur, he couldn't help but shiver instinctively.
Terrifying.
With a frosty expression, Shang Chi bent down and picked up the small tuft of soft, milky-white fur.
Judging by the length and color, it wasn’t difficult to deduce that the audacious feline who had dared to appear in his office…
Was most likely a Ragdoll cat.
A hundred images of famously ethereal, fairy-like Ragdoll cats flashed through his mind. A faint, almost imperceptible blush crept onto Shang Chi's porcelain-like cheeks.
He quickly strode toward the trash bin beside his desk, intending to dispose of the foolish fairy's incriminating evidence.
But the moment he lowered his head, he was met with an unavoidable sight.
A fluffy, oversized tail was sticking out from under the desk, happily sweeping back and forth against the cabinet.
Shang Chi: "……"
Ruan Yao shivered and curled up in the corner, crying to the system "The doctor is really scary, what if he hates cats and sends me straight to the shelter?"
"The protagonist is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, with a kind heart. How could he ever harm a cat?" The system, ever the optimist, didn’t sense the danger creeping closer.
"But... but..." Ruan Yao hesitated "Pretending to be a cat is really hard. My tail is always uncontrollable..." Before he could finish his sentence, a devilish hand had already grabbed his unruly tail.
Ruan Yao: "!"
Before he could even react, the main character had pulled him by his tail and pressed him face-to-face.
Ruan Yao was so scared that his ears practically stood up.
"I never want to mess with the iceberg types again" Ruan Yao teared up, trembling as he stared at the man in front of him, who wore a blank expression.
Shang Chi looked even angrier. His aura was so intense that the surroundings seemed to freeze.
His ink-colored eyes looked at Ruan Yao emotionlessly, and his long eyebrows slightly furrowed, giving off an air of a cold, ruthless owner who looked like he might sell Ruan Yao to a cat café and make him sign a lifetime contract.
Ruan Yao panicked and didn’t know what to do to please the doctor. After holding back for a while, he could only nervously say "Meow~" with a trembling voice that had a wavering sound.
The Ragdoll cat’s voice was already soft, and to the ears, it sounded more like shameless coquetry. Ruan Yao was horrified once more, letting Shang Chi hold his butt, his paws raised in the air, not daring to move.
Shang Chi grabbed the seemingly clumsy little kitten, staring at it expressionlessly for a long time. But inside, he had already detonated an atomic bomb the moment he saw the cat.
How could there be such a cute little kitten in this world!
The fur was so soft and cuddly, the tail so fluffy, the eyes so round and cute, the pink nose and mouth!
Every part was so adorable, and he just wanted to bury his face in its neck and inhale deeply!
The strange blush on Shang Chi’s face became even more evident. He stared into the eyes of the trembling little kitten for about ten minutes before finally speaking his first words:
"Meow meow, which family’s little cutie are you?"
Before today, Ruan Yao thought the scariest thing in the world was being forced to work in the kitchen as punishment for owed wages and a deducted bonus.
After today, Ruan Yao thought the scariest thing in the world was a cold, aloof man using his elegant male voice, which could go to a golden theater, to say something cute.
Ruan Yao didn’t even know what expression to use to convey his current feelings. His whole body was numb.
The sea-blue round eyes looked innocently at the human, the pink mouth opening slightly to reveal two small ivory teeth: "Meow~"
The man had already taken off his white coat and changed into a windbreaker, nonchalantly letting the little kitten rest in his arms.
Ruan Yao was too scared to resist the terrifying man with two faces.
Shang Chi pinched Ruan Yao’s jelly-like paw pads, guessing that it was likely a family member who brought the cat to visit the patient, only for it to get lost before being taken care of.
The little kitten’s fur was particularly fluffy, soft, and sweet-smelling, rubbing against Shang Chi’s chin. Holding it felt like holding a soft plush doll.
Was this heaven on earth? Shang Chi felt a little dazed.
He looked at the little kitten’s innocent and pure little face, and an adventurous thought began to take shape: "Meow meow, do you want to stay at my house for a few days?"
He held the kitten’s paw and couldn’t help but squeeze it; it felt too good.
"Let’s wait until we find your mom and dad, then we can go home, okay?"
Ruan Yao never expected the mission to go so smoothly.
Frozen into a Ragdoll cat, Ruan Yao was completely stunned as the protagonist took him in a bag.
All those tricks of seduction were useless, how annoying!
Shang Chi sat in the driver’s seat, still with his usual icy expression, but it was obvious that his mood was much better. The distance between them had shrunk from ten meters to five.
If he could, he might even want to hum a tune.
The Ragdoll cat, Ruan Yao, sat obediently in the passenger seat, passively allowing the protagonist to mold him, though he knew it was part of the mission. However, it still felt humiliating inside.
This was the first time Shang Chi had encountered such an obedient little kitten.
Shang Chi was a very unlucky man. Perhaps because of his naturally cold face, not only did people instinctively avoid him, but even small animals were afraid of him.
Every cat and dog he met would react with anxiety and panic.
Although Shang Chi had loved animals since childhood, he had never truly interacted with them.
Before meeting Ruan Yao, he thought he would only be able to secretly "cloud-suck" cats online for the rest of his life.
Shang Chi’s residence was quite a distance from Longshan. It was a single apartment decorated in a minimalist style, perfect for adopting a small cat.
Without stopping, Shang Chi quickly moved out of the pet store, bringing with him fresh meat, goat milk powder, freeze-dried food, cat scratching posts, and all sorts of random cat supplies.
The pet store assistant pinched Ruan Yao’s round face and looked him over, saying enviously "Your little cat is really beautiful, not worse than those million-view internet-famous cats."
Dr. Shang, who had initially felt down upon realizing that the little kitty wasn’t only obedient to him but actually let everyone pet it freely, immediately perked up again after hearing this.
With a proud expression, he pulled the kitten into his arms, his face still emotionless. “It’s alright, I suppos.”
It really is a bit cuter than other little kitties.
The young lady rubbed her arms. “Ugh, is the air conditioning too low? It’s so cold.”
“What does Mimi want to eat?” Shang Chi squatted down, holding a piece of freeze-dried cod in his left hand and a can of cat food in his right.
The usual coldness in his expression momentarily softened into something that could almost be called a smile.
Ruan Yao refused the cat treats, indicating that he wanted strawberry mousse, vanilla cream puffs, and brownies instead.
The system, after reviewing a vast amount of information on ragdoll cats, gently reminded him, “Ragdoll cats have sensitive stomachs. For the sake of your cat persona, please be mindful not to go OOC.”
Unwillingly, Ruan Yao could only bring his pink nose forward to sniff at the freeze-dried cod and canned food in the man’s hands.
So… so fragrant.
How could this be?!
Ruan Yao desperately tried to convince himself that he wasn’t actually a real kitten, but the instincts buried in his DNA told him that no cat could possibly resist freeze-dried cod and canned food!
In the end, Ruan Yao succumbed to the tyranny of the freeze-dried treat, shamefully finishing off a large piece along with a small dish of goat’s milk. Ultimately, he lay down in Shang Chi’s lap, letting him pet him however he pleased, full of humiliation.
From the fur on his head all the way down to the sensitive tip of his tail, Ruan Yao simply couldn’t handle the bizarre sensation that made him want to bristle. With a sharp flick of his tail, he fiercely retaliated against the heartless human who was trying to buy him off with food.
The result? The man only became more excited and kissed Ruan Yao into a complete mess, leaving his fur in disarray before he even had the chance to groom it.
This is a disaster. How could an icy, untouchable main character actually be a hardcore cat slave?!
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^"Cloud-suck" (yún xī māo) refers to people who love cats very much but cannot keep one themselves, so they enjoy cats virtually.
Author’s Note:
While giving a bath, Dr. Shang stroked from the tip of the tail all the way to the little cat balls.
Yao Yao: Stay away from me!