Chapter Two: The Streamer's Pet Cat Is a Siberian Tiger?!

Everyone in the livestream was stunned, but the owner of the tabby cat adamantly denied it.

"Impossible! My Yuanyuan isn't even a year old yet, there's no way he's in heat! And my cat is just like me—he upholds the virtues of manhood!"

[Even if he is in heat, there's no way he could handle dozens of female cats at once!]
[Exactly, host, don't slander the cat just because he can't speak for himself!]

The whole thing sounded so ridiculous that Peng Hao, Yuanyuan's owner, simply refused to believe it. He thought Shen Miao was making things up for the sake of attracting viewers. He was about to hang up on the stream when Shen Miao, her panda eyes wide and round, angrily slapped her paw against the tree beside her.

"We pandas never lie! Humans should be honest. You're about to log off without even giving me a tip?"

The last creature who dared deceive her, Chiyou, now had grass three feet tall growing over his grave. These damned two-legged beasts—always out to trick pandas!

In her anger, Shen Miao used half her strength, and the thick tree beside her snapped clean in two with a sharp crack, falling to the ground.

This sight stunned Peng Hao on the other end of the stream. He sat up with a jolt.

Oh my god!

Was this a threat?

[So scary! On the surface, it's a panda breaking a tree, but isn't it actually a female streamer? She sounds like a sweet, young girl!]
[In the past, Lin Daiyu pulled up willow branches; now, a little girl splits a tree in half? Not to be messed with.]

"We pandas never lie! If I say it's true, it is. Yuanyuan's dad, why don't you go downstairs and ask the pet shop to confirm? Go now!"

Shen Miao's display of strength was so intimidating that Peng Hao nodded immediately, picked up his Yuanyuan, and headed downstairs.

"Your cat says the pet shop is not far from your home—just past the neighborhood self-serve cafeteria."

A self-serve cafeteria in the complex? He'd lived here for ages and never heard of it. What nonsense was this streamer spouting?

Peng Hao's suspicion of Shen Miao deepened, but at that moment, Yuanyuan in his arms suddenly brightened up:

"We've reached the self-serve cafeteria! Meow, hooray! Big carp!"

Everyone: ...

So the cat's idea of a self-serve cafeteria was the neighborhood koi pond!

It made perfect sense!

Peng Hao couldn't help but laugh, tapping Yuanyuan's foodie little head, then carried him into the pet boarding shop.

He'd boarded Yuanyuan here before and was friendly with the shop owner, but today, as soon as he walked in, the owner glared at him and pointed angrily:

"You tabby scoundrel! I've finally caught you! Look at what you've done!"

"Meow!"

Yuanyuan, the tabby, seemed very guilty, his ears flattened like airplane wings.

Hearing this, Peng Hao's eyelid twitched, a sense of dread rising inside him.

"Impossible! My cat is well-behaved."

"You dare say that! Your cat sneaks into my shop every night, picking the locks. He mates with every female cat in heat—didn't spare a single one!"

Shop owner Jiang Yao sounded frustrated as he spoke.

At first, he hadn't noticed anything, thinking perhaps he hadn't locked up properly. But then, one day, customers came storming in, furious that the female cats they'd boarded here were pregnant when they took them home.

He checked the surveillance footage—good grief! The tabby visited nearly every night. He’d gotten over a hundred female cats pregnant!

"Now the owners of those female cats are demanding explanations and compensation, even asking for emotional damages! What are you going to do about this?"

Peng Hao: ???

[Wow, so it was true!
This cat is incredibly capable! Tabby cats really are amazing!]

[The tattooed boss is just too fierce.
I've been single for thirty years, and this cat has a hundred wives? Soon there'll be a thousand kittens!
Sobbing under the lemon tree.]

[Haha, congratulations, Yuanyuan's dad, you've been reborn as a grandpa!
Happy? Excited? Surprised?]

Peng Hao: !!!

A thousand kittens falling out of the sky—he was utterly dumbfounded. He looked at Yuanyuan in disbelief.

"Where did your feline morals go? You scoundrel!
How did I end up with such a fickle and irresponsible son?"

"Meow! But the cat sisters all asked me for help!
As the boss of this territory, it's my duty to help every cat sister!"

Yuanyuan stubbornly refused to admit any fault. In the end, Peng Hao could only accept responsibility through tears, paying compensation.

"Yuanyuan's dad, I suggest you start giving your cat some nutritional supplements.
With a cat this flirtatious, at this rate, he'll exhaust himself to death."

Shen Miao offered earnest advice from across the stream. But Peng Hao shook his head.

"Thank you, host, but that's unnecessary. I'm taking this guy to the hospital for a neutering package—he'll never be able to act on his desires again!"

Hearing this, Shen Miao's panda eyes widened in shock.

Neutering? Oh, right! That's an option nowadays!

Soon, Shen Miao looked at the tabby cat in the stream, still blinking his innocent eyes, unaware of his fate. Her gaze was filled with sympathy.

Poor thing—he didn’t know he was about to become a eunuch and say goodbye to his cat sisters.

So sad, see? This is the downside of being a human's pet!

That's why beastfolk must earn their own living, or they'll end up as nothing more than playthings for humans!

[Hahahahaha! Cat neutering is always satisfying! The flirtatious scoundrel totally deserves it!]
[This streamer seems pretty special—could she actually understand cat language?]
[Impossible, she's definitely working with someone on a script. Streamers these days will do anything for fame!]
[Yeah, sounds like a script!]
[It's obviously fake, but the story is hilarious. Tipping a bun for the effort!]

But Shen Miao paid no attention to what was being said in the stream now, because Peng Hao, as promised, tipped her three hundred buns, and she was delighted.

"Alright, that's the end of today's stream. I'm off to eat.
Little Darling, come here, take me down the mountain."

[Wait, is the host in the mountains? No wonder we keep hearing birds. Who is Little Darling?
Does the host also keep pets?]

A viewer who had just tipped asked. Shen Miao, always eager for money, replied patiently:

"Yes, yes, Little Darling is the Golden Shaded I just tamed. He's great at catching fish for me."

[Wow, making a kitten work? Host, you have no heart!]
[Whose kitten is so obedient? Sob sob, how did you train him?
Teach me! Tipped you!]

Seeing the tip, Shen Miao, the panda, smiled with squinty eyes and a good attitude:

"Sure, sure. But I'm too hungry, so I'll show you Little Darling first.
I just tamed him, and he's bulking up for the autumn—his fur is so fluffy, it's wonderful to pet.
Little Darling, give them a shout!"

With that, Shen Miao shifted the camera, and the stream was suddenly filled with the sight of a two-meter-long, majestic Northeastern tiger, baring sharp teeth!

With a roar, birds scattered from the mountains, and the trees seemed to tremble, shedding countless yellow leaves.

Everyone: ???