Chapter 4: Sneaking a Taste, Male Beauty

When the assistant returned with a pile of cat food, they found President Tan sitting on the sofa looking at some documents, with a 'cat biscuit' stuck to the side of his thigh.

President Tan's cat was really clingy, the assistant thought.

"President Tan, the cat food has arrived."

"Hmm."

Seeing no specific instructions, the assistant waved at Su Jiujiu.

“Come, Feidu, time for your meal.”

Seeing that it did not respond, the assistant mimicked its previous movements and tapped the cat bowl: “Come on over!”

Su Jiujiu briefly bared her teeth, squinting at the assistant.

What Feidu?

She did not acknowledge that name!

Just as the person and the cat were at an impasse, Tan Chen reached out and gently nudged the cat.

Su Jiujiu was caught off guard for a moment and got 'shoved' to the ground, staring back at Tan Chen in disbelief.

"Meow meow meow! How dare you paw at me!"

Under her gaze, Tan Chen showed no hint of guilt, and even leisurely flipped through a page of documents.

"Go eat."

Reluctantly, Su Jiujiu walked over to the assistant, glancing at him sideways with a look full of resentment.

"Meow." What to eat?

Feidu finally agreed to come over to eat, and the assistant breathed a sigh of relief, hastily opening all the cat food.

"Feidu, which brand of cat food do you like?"

Su Jiujiu peeked her head out, as if in a talent show, glancing at all the bags of cat food, and none of them looked appetizing.

Take away the brands, take them all away!

"Even if I have turned into a cat, I can't possibly eat cat food , can I?"

The system was feeling guilty again at this moment. If it hadn't been so irresponsible earlier and spent most of the points, the host could at least be functioning normally now.

【Then how about we wait until the male lead falls asleep and see if we can sneak some food?】

Su Jiujiu's eyes lit up: "Sure!"

Once she made up her mind, she completely lost the last bit of interest in those cat foods and turned her head, preferring to lick her fur rather than look at them.

The assistant didn't expect Feidu to be so picky, refusing to eat all the cat food they had bought.

What a spoiled cat! Who could afford this... oh right, this is Mr. Tan's cat, so of course he can.

"Mr. Tan, Feidu doesn't want to eat the cat food."

"Don't want to eat cat food?" Tan Chen shifted his attention from the documents and looked at the cat not far away. "Then what does it eat?"

"Well..." The assistant had never had a cat and didn't know what cats liked to eat.

Tan Chen didn't wait for an answer and glanced at the assistant, whose body immediately stiffened.

Oh no, is Boss Tan disappointed in him? Will I be transferred?

Tan Chen looked away. Never mind, in a couple of days he'll hire a more practical assistant.

Without realizing it, even though he hasn’t developed a deeper bond with the cat yet, he was already planning for the cat’s future life.

But for now, there’s no one else available, so Tan Chen had to do it himself.

He grabbed his phone and texted Song Yijiang: The cat you brought, what do you usually feed it?

.....

Song Yijiang was still driving.

He, Li Jiajiao, and Tan Chen had grown up together, and their families' villas were all in the same area, which means—driving back from the city takes a long time, and that's without traffic.

It must be said, moving out to live on your own while working is really necessary.

"What do you usually feed the cat?" Song Yijiang was confused and had no choice but to turn to the co-pilot seat and ask Li Jiaojiao, "The cat you bought, what do you usually feed it?"

Li Jiaojiao replied impatiently, "Of course cat food, what else could it be?"

Song Yijiang felt that Tan Chen probably didn’t need this answer, but then again, he was saying he didn’t raise pets, and now he was so quickly starting to personally worry about the cat’s food?

He mocked Tan Chen in his heart, and then asked Li Jiajiao again.

"Didn't feed it anything else?"

Li Jiajiao had no idea about these things.

When she thought of using the cat to get close to Tan Chen, she simply had someone randomly bring a cat back from the pet store.

She only glanced at it when it was first brought home, and for the following days, a servant took care of its eating and drinking.

“How would I know these things? What exactly are you trying to do?”

“Tan Chen asked me what the cat usually eats?”

At these words, Li Jiaojiao, who had been impatient, immediately changed her expression: “Oh, then give me your phone, I’ll talk to him on voice chat!”

Song Yijiang glanced at her: “You don’t even know what the cat usually eats, how are you going to talk to him?”

Li Jiaojiao thought about it and agreed, then quickly called the household servant to ask what they usually feed the cat.

"You could also ask what this cat used to eat in the store."

So Li Jiaojiao went around asking several people and finally managed to understand the cat's usual diet.

"They said this cat is not picky, usually fed with cat food, occasionally given a can of wet food, and sometimes some freeze-dried snacks."

Li Jiaojiao saw the diet summary that someone sent; the listed cat food and cat treats were all very affordable, and the total monthly cost didn’t even match what she would spend on a single manicure.

"Hmph, just a regular cat, to get close to Brother Tan, that’s already lucky for it."

Song Yijiang: "......" He ignored Li Jiaojiao’s occasional outbursts and just told her to send the diet summary to Tan Chen.

"Just send it to him; don’t disturb his work with a voice message, or he might get a worse impression of you."

Li Jiaojiao was dissatisfied, but had no choice, so she obediently sent the diet summary.

However, her final bit of stubbornness led her to send a voice message as well.

"Brother Tan, I compiled this list for you myself. Doesn’t it show how thoughtful I have been?"

After receiving the list, Tan Chen directly ignored the voice message that followed and only glanced at the list briefly.

He had originally thought that this cat was so picky because it had been raised too delicately before.

To his surprise, the cat usually ate quite normally, with the only difference being a greater variety, while everything else was quite ordinary.

Tan Chen did not think much of it and handed the list to his assistant, asking him to prepare another one.

Although the stuff on the list is pretty common, it will still take some time after buying it. For now, the only thing the cat can eat is this cat food.

"You pour it for now, it will eat on its own when it's hungry."

"Okay."

Listen to that—can someone who says this really be a domineering CEO?

Su Jiujiu squatted nearby, lazily licking her fur.

Clearly he is the male lead, yet he is stingy about improving the diet of a little cat.

Saying it won't eat and indeed it didn't eat, that bowl of cat food was left until the evening, and not a single bite was seen from the chubby one.

The assistant left Mr. Tan's house somewhat worried and helpless.

Tan Chen wouldn't pay attention to these details. After finishing his afternoon work, he casually made himself a salad and then went to the room with gym equipment to work out.

Su Jiujiu watched the whole time, becoming more and more surprised each time.

Shouldn't a proper dinner for the male lead be some luxurious meal ordered from a famous restaurant and delivered to him by a personal attendant?

Why is Tan Chen so simple?

Eating salad is one thing, but making it himself as well?

Is he supposed to be a domineering CEO?

Not at all domineering!

Su Jiuju watched the male lead leave the living room and quickly darted into the kitchen.

Although she had claimed she wouldn't eat cat food, just this afternoon alone, she was already starving.

It would be best to find something people can eat; no way am I touching that bowl of cat food!

Then she went to the kitchen... and only found leftover bits from making a salad.

Su Jiujiu stared at the leftover ingredients on the plate, sinking into a deep cat-like silence.

Cherry tomatoes, lettuce, avocado, chicken breast, boiled eggs, boiled shrimp... Does the CEO really eat only this at night?

Su Jiujiu paced beside the dining plate for a long time. A stomach accustomed to Sichuan spicy flavors was simply at a loss with these bland ingredients.

"System, in my current situation, if cats can't eat this, does that mean I can't eat it either?"

System: [No, in order to provide the host with a better experience, the host's body provided by our system has been improved. In other words, you can eat anything now, even hot pot!]

"Wow!" Su Jiujiu was touched. "I didn't expect you all to have quite a bit of humanity."

【Of course!】

Su Jiujiu no longer had any reservations. She stared at the dishes on the dining table, trying to pick out ingredients she was interested in.

Then let's start with the shrimp!

She bent her cat head down, picked up a shrimp with her mouth, chewed and chewed, and swallowed it.

Hmm, it's a bit bland, but the taste is okay, I'll have another piece! 　

Soon, all the shrimp in the plate were found and eaten by Su Jiujiu. 　　

She, who can't live without meat, then set her sights on the chicken breast. 　　

Yuck Yuck Yuck! Not tasty!

Hmm, boiled eggs aren't bad.

Before she died in her last life, she loved to have boiled eggs with Lao Ganma, biting both the yolk and the white together, paired with the salty, savory fermented black beans—had a unique flavor.

At her peak, she could eat three in a day… but later she was found to have too much protein intake.

Su Jiujiu kinda missed Lao Ganma, but unfortunately, the CEO’s house didn’t have this kind of common meal companion.

Take a few bites of avocado and cherry tomatoes, even cats need to pay attention to a balanced diet of meat and vegetables~

"Not eating cat food, come to steal this?" A deep male voice sounded from above.

Su Jiujiu turned her head in surprise, the cherry tomato in her mouth pierced by sharp teeth, bursting messily—red juice splashed onto the male lead's chest muscles... then flowed down to his abs.

Shaa.

The little kitten stared blankly at the man in front of it.

Tan Chen, who had just finished working out and had taken off his shirt to take a shower, didn't see the cat when he came out, but heard some noises in the kitchen. When he went in, he found the cat stealing food.

Seeing the tomato juice about to drip further, Tan Chen casually grabbed a piece of paper to wipe it off.

Su Jiujiu stared with cat-like eyes at the abs just inches away, never expecting that the seemingly cold male lead would have such a fit body.

His skin wasn't as fair as described in many novels, but combined with those chest muscles and abs... it was quite a contrast and pretty sexy!

At least this little horny cat couldn’t control its paws—before their brain even caught up, the white paw pad was already pressing on one of the eight-pack abs.

Tan Chen paused his wiping motion, and the look in his eyes toward the cat grew peculiar.

The cat that Li Jiaojiao had sent was indeed somewhat strange, yet he inexplicably did not dislike it.

“Did you also like to sneak food at your previous owner’s home?”

“Meow~”

Su Jiujiu tilts her head again, pretending to be foolish.

Tan Chen looked at the plate where the shrimp and eggs had been completely eaten, but he did not force the cat to respond. He just thought that this cat’s diet did not match to the list Li Jiaojiao had send.

However, it is also understandable; Li Jiaojiao certainly would not take care of the cat personally, and it is quite normal to be different.

Su Jiujiu was unaware of the many thoughts that had flashed through the male lead’s mind, as her attention was entirely on the paw she had extended, occasionally sneaking glances to observe the male lead’s expression.

"Beep!"

[Task 3: A supporting female character who doesn’t do bad things isn’t a good supporting female character. Host, please secretly do something bad behind the male lead’s back, then pretend to be pitiful and innocent to trigger the classic scene—'I didn’t mean to, will you be mad at me?' Successfully completing this will reward you 100 points!]

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