When Yun Mian regained consciousness—

She vaguely felt a large hand caressing her body.

That sensation made her whole body relax, warm and cozy, smoothing over the panic and fear brought by the plane crash. It was like having a dream.

Before losing consciousness—

All Yun Mian remembered was the plane suddenly starting to shake, the cabin filled with terrified screams.

The aircraft plummeted rapidly, and bags from the overhead compartments fell like stones.

The adults wailed, and the children cried out with heart-wrenching screams.

In that moment, all she managed to do was follow the flight attendant’s instructions and put on the emergency life jacket.

In the dark of night, that Boeing plane from H Province fell toward the ocean like a shooting star.

As for what happened afterward, she knew nothing.

The world turned completely dark.

……

When she opened her eyes, she heard someone speaking: “Boss, Brother Guang definitely won’t agree to you keeping a cat. You’re allergic to cats, you know that yourself.”

Yun Mian hadn’t recovered yet.

She thought she should be in a hospital.

After all, going through that kind of accident—surviving such a disaster—she should at least be seriously injured.

She blamed herself.

Stubbornly dropping out of business school, secretly returning to the country, just to prove her determination to her parents.

And now look—ended up in a plane crash.

From the moment she woke up until now, she hadn’t felt any pain in her body. Could it be that she was completely paralyzed and lost all sensation?

“If you call me boss, are you going to listen to me or to him?”

Just as Yun Mian was trying to sense her body, another man’s voice sounded above her head.

It was like the deep, magnetic tone of a cello string being slowly plucked.

Yun Mian was drawn in by this voice and looked toward its source.

Caught off guard, she met a pair of deep black eyes.

Immediately after, a handsome face entered her line of sight.

Yun Mian was slightly stunned.

The man was very close to her.

So close she could clearly see the distinct lashes on his half-lowered eyelids.

A high-bridged nose, sexy lips.

She could even smell the clean, crisp scent on him, like freshly fallen snow.

Hiss…

Yun Mian blinked.

Just as she was silently going “Wow” in her mind—

The person who had spoken earlier indignantly said again, “The internet is full of trending searches about the accident, and some unethical marketing accounts are even spreading rumors, saying you’ve broken bones, are paralyzed, gravely ill, and hospitalized. This isn’t news, it’s outright cursing you! We’ve got to send them legal letters!”

Oh—so, apparently, this was a fellow survivor from the same flight.

Probably a celebrity, judging by the conversation.

But she remembered that when she boarded the plane, she didn’t see any passengers this good-looking.

“Aren’t I just fine?”

Shen Zhixing sat on the sofa, holding a docile little cat in his arms, his expression calm. He lowered his eyes to look at the cat, completely unfazed by the rumors online.

“Write a statement and have the studio post a safety update for everyone.”

“Boss, you should also update your personal account. You often go months without posting—your fans have been waiting.”

Shen Zhixing’s tone remained calm.

“You handle it.”

Yun Mian listened, feeling like their conversation was about to end.

So, she cheerfully greeted them.

“Hello? Hi, everyone!”

However, when she opened her mouth, what came out were a few strange sounds: “Meoww~ Meow meow meow~”

Yun Mian: ???

What the heck?!!

Startled, she looked up at the handsome man, then turned to glance at the young man with a few pimples on his face, a bit panicked: “Wha-what’s going on?! Why can’t I speak? Why has my voice become like this??”

The more anxious she became, the more slurred and incoherent her meowing sounded.

Just then, the pimpled young man noticed her and looked at her somewhat awkwardly.

“Boss, are you sure you want to keep this cat? It’s a long-haired breed—when it sheds, it’s a pain to deal with. Don’t end up having another allergic reaction like last time…”

“It’s fine.”

Shen Zhixing gently patted the little cat’s head: “If the shedding gets too bad, we’ll just send it to the villa to live.”

The man’s palm rested on the top of Yun Mian’s head.

The dry warmth spread through her entire body.

But in that moment, Yun Mian only felt a chill run down her spine.

She was on the verge of breaking down: “Hey, you guys? Are you hearing me at all?”

She was so anxious she wanted to wave her hands in front of them to get their attention—yet when she suddenly saw the furry little paw she had raised, she was completely petrified.

“……”

“Oh my god, someone please tell me this is all just a hallucination!!”

Yun Mian stretched out both her hands.

But what she saw were two little cat paws.

She then lifted her legs—still two furry little stubby limbs.

Ahhhhh!

No way!!!

Don’t tell her—the long-haired cat they were just talking about shedding… was her???

Yun Mian couldn’t believe it.

Could it be that she had already died?

But even if she were reincarnated, at the very least, let her come back as a human!

Her brain froze for a moment before she finally realized—she had been so distracted by how handsome the man looked that she didn’t even notice—she had been lying in his arms the whole time.

And his hand—was resting…

Resting below her belly, on her private area.

Lightly scratching.

“Awooo!”

As if something had burned her, she jolted and jumped out of the man’s arms.

The moment her four limbs hit the ground, Yun Mian’s face flushed red.

She lifted her fluffy paw, looked around, and finally, unable to accept it, threw her head back and howled.

“…Wuuu, no, I don’t want to turn into a cat! Wuwuwuwu!”

The assistant watched as the cat in his boss’s arms suddenly sprang up and then started wailing. He asked in confusion, “What’s wrong with the cat?”

Shen Zhixing’s gaze followed the little cat darting around the room.

Compared to earlier, there was now a touch more gentleness in his expression: “Probably just not used to the new environment. Let it get familiar first.”

The man sat tall and straight on the sofa, his gaze gentle as he looked at her.

Seeing her also looking up at him, the man seemed to smile and beckoned to her: “Xiaobai, come here.”

Yun Mian: “……”

What Xiaobai, I’m not Xiaobai!

She backed up a few steps, turned around, and bolted for the door.

But the living room door was tightly shut, and no matter how much she scratched at it with her paws, she couldn’t open it.

Yun Mian was about to cry.

No, she had to get out of here.

She wanted to go home. She didn’t want to be someone’s pet!

Just as she was frantically scratching the door, the man came over, picked her up, and rubbed her head.

“Good girl, don’t run around.”

The man carried her back to another room.

The room had a cat bed, a climbing frame, a little swing, and a litter box.

Everything was fully equipped, all brand new.

But this wasn’t what Yun Mian wanted!!

She resisted—her whole body screamed rejection.

Her rejection, in the man’s eyes, became fear of strangers and discomfort with the new environment.

The man’s voice was low and gentle as he coaxed her: “Be good, Xiaobai. From now on, this is your home. Look, all this is for you.”

Don’t call me Xiaobai!

That’s not my name!!

Yun Mian struggled with all her might in the man’s arms.

She was so angry that she nearly scratched his face.

Even though she didn’t actually claw him, his clothes still ended up with two holes torn in them.

Shen Zhixing saw that the little cat in his arms was still tense and uneasy. Helpless, he had no choice but to place it in the cat house and let it stay there on its own.

*

Back in the living room, Shen Zhixing took out the medicine box to change his dressing.

He rolled up his sleeve, revealing a well-built forearm.

From the elbow to the wrist, a bandage about a dozen centimeters long was wrapped.

There was a similar injury on the knee of his leg.

The assistant had just finished a call on the balcony. Seeing his boss applying medicine, he quickly came over to help.

Dabbing a cotton swab with medicine and applying it to the wound, the assistant couldn’t help but mutter, “Fortunately, it was just a false alarm this time. Brother Guang scolded me like crazy, saying you’re absolutely not allowed to go skydiving again. It’s too dangerous. He’d rather let you keep a few cats.”

This time, Shen Zhixing had used the break between filming to go skydiving in H Province, but an accident occurred.

Though he was lucky enough to escape unscathed, a group of paparazzi still managed to capture the scene.

The news spread back home.

In no time, topics like #FilmEmperorShenZhixingSkydivingAccident#, #IsShenZhixingStillAlive#, and #PopularActorParalyzedFromTheWaistDown# all shot to the top of the trending list.

From last night until today, the studio’s phones were practically ringing off the hook.

And now they couldn’t even go to the hospital.

Otherwise, if the paparazzi took pictures, it would stir up more public speculation.

The internet was already a mess, and yet the boss still had the mood to bring back a cat all the way from the Atlantic.

Listening to the assistant’s complaints, Shen Zhixing leaned back on the sofa with his eyes closed, saying nothing.

Seeing that Shen Zhixing wasn’t speaking, only resting with his eyes shut, the assistant looked up. Honestly, sometimes—even after working for Shen Zhixing for three years—he still couldn’t figure out what his boss was thinking.

In the seven years since his debut, he had acted in three films, two of which won international awards.

Now the hottest double-gold Best Actor in the industry.

Clearly someone in the spotlight, yet he always kept to himself.

Aside from necessary work, he almost never socialized within the industry.

No dating, no hype. Other than reading scripts, his biggest hobbies were keeping cats and skydiving.

Sometimes the assistant even admired him—his boss wasn’t in the entertainment world, it was more like a spiritual retreat.

But…

Maybe it was exactly this mysterious aura that captivated millions of fans.

“Brother Guang already dealt with the trending topics. You’ve got two magazine shoots and a commercial in the next two weeks. Brother Guang has coordinated with the magazines to delay for a few days. But they’re hoping to do a short interview with you.”

Shen Zhixing slightly furrowed his brows but said nothing.

After finishing the dressing change, the assistant pulled out his phone and fiddled with it for a while.

“Take a look. Is this version of the announcement okay?”

Shen Zhixing lifted his eyelids; the gloom in his eyes was not yet gone.

He seemed to be thinking about something. Raising his hand, he rubbed his brow and said tiredly in a low voice, “Just post it as you see fit.”

*

Yun Mian calmed down a bit in the cat house.

She must not panic.

First, she needed to figure out why she had turned into a cat.

And the identity of that man—why did she appear in his home?

Luckily, the man hadn’t locked the door and had left a gap.

After he left, Yun Mian tiptoed out.

The place was a large flat apartment.

The cool-toned, minimalistic decor, under the lighting, appeared even more cold and empty, like a model home.

Yun Mian avoided the living room and crept through the house stealthily.

She stumbled into a room—both sides of the closet were filled with tailored suits, and the middle displayed ties and watches.

It was probably the man’s dressing room.

Yun Mian glanced around casually, uninterested.

She turned her head—and suddenly faced a full-length mirror.

She froze.

In the mirror stood a cat, snow-white all over, with black-green pupils.

The cat’s eyes were a bit dazed, looking at her in confusion.

Yun Mian bared her teeth at the mirror. The cat in the mirror also bared its little sharp teeth at her.

She raised her paw in a threatening gesture. The cat also swiped its paw.

“…Wuuu.”

Looking at the “herself” in the mirror, Yun Mian was almost in tears.

From a cat’s perspective, she was indeed quite pretty now.

She had even always wanted to keep a cat like this.

But that didn’t mean she wanted to become a cat!

Yun Mian left the dressing room, completely disheartened.

She finally found the study.

She jumped onto the desk.

Using her paws, she scattered the documents on the desk and scanned the bookshelves.

Suddenly, her gaze landed on a transparent glass cabinet.

Inside the cabinet were trophies, all sorts of luxurious designs.

Among them, a trophy with a golden phoenix tail—Yun Mian couldn’t be more familiar with.

That was…

On the base of the trophy, small text was engraved: [The 31st Golden Phoenix Award for Best Actor—Shen Zhixing.]

Yun Mian was stunned.

She knew the Golden Phoenix Award—it was the most prestigious film award in the country.

Her idol, Mo Lin, had won it three times.

But… Shen Zhixing?

She also knew someone named Shen Zhixing.

But that Shen Zhixing was just a financially supported college student her family had helped.

Same name and surname—what a coincidence?

In her memory, that shy boy always wore a gray hoodie, glasses, kept to himself, quiet and reserved.

Whereas this man’s age, temperament, speech, and even his privileged background were nothing like the Shen Zhixing she knew.

Thinking back, that first glimpse of the man did spark a sense of familiarity.

Yun Mian was a little confused.

…Could they be relatives?

Just as she was puzzled, she looked up and saw another trophy in the glass cabinet.

The base of the trophy had a date engraved: [September 3, 2025]

…W-what???

Yun Mian’s pupils shook.

2025?!!

Isn’t it 2018 right now?

She had just returned from H Province, and after a plane crash, how did she not only turn into a cat but also travel seven years into the future???

Someone please tell her—what on earth is going on here!