Chapter 489: The Little Cat-Girl Appears

"You must keep the cat ears and tail; that's the only way to be cute," Chen Shu said to it.

"Don't grow too tall, don't exceed one meter; eighty centimeters is best, that's cute," the little girl also said to it. "Even when you grow up later, it's best not to exceed one meter fifty-nine; that's cute."

"The eyes must be big."

"The face must be round."

"Use this as a reference."

Chen Shu found a picture and handed it to Taozi.

Taozi was still lying on the sofa, stretching its neck to lean close to his Mobile Phone, its eyes opened wide and round, its face full of seriousness.

Regarding the matter of Transformation, it was completely clueless. Thanks to Chen Shu finding a Rabbit Teacher for it, teaching her how to transform, and then teaching it how to change so it would be cute along with that Xiaoxiao, in its view, they were all doing it for its own good.

It must study hard and not let them down.

Transform into human form early, gain dignity early.

"Once you complete your Transformation, I'll register your household in Dongzhou; from then on, you'll be a little demon with a household registration," Chen Shu said. "You shall be called Chen Taozi."

"Woof?"

Taozi raised its head and stared at him.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Shu frowned slightly: "Is something not right? We all have the surname Chen."

"Ying?"

"Yin? Who has the surname Yin?"

"Ning~"

"Oh, not bad! You can even make that sound! It's just a bit off..." Chen Shu exclaimed in Surprise, then explained to it, "You're wrong, on the surface they are called Ning something Xiaoxiao something, but actually that's not it; actually, just like 'Taozi', it's a nickname... You don't have the surname Tao either, right?"

"Mehh?"

"Actually, she is called Chen Xiao," Chen Shu pointed at Xiaoxiao, then pointed to the other side, "That mute also has the surname Chen."

"That's right, that's right," the little girl nodded repeatedly. "She is called Chen Yaba."

"Wrong, she is called Chen Qing."

"Woof..."

Taozi opened its eyes wide, always feeling something was wrong.

Looking back at its master, it saw the master still silently staring at them, neither speaking nor showing any expression, as if tacitly agreeing.

Taozi then closed its mouth and pondered in secret.

Taozi had been taking Net Class for three days.

Under the guidance of Rabbit Teacher, Taozi quickly completed the first step, Refining Horizontal Bone. Now it could already produce a rich variety of sounds and was currently under the guidance of the Transformation teacher, determining the timbre of its voice.

Then it continued to take Net Class.

Two hours every morning, two hours in the afternoon, and the rest of the time it received aesthetic cultivation and language education from Chen Shu and Xiaoxiao.

Ning Qing still stayed far away, acting as a bystander.

Chen Shu leaned close to Taozi: "Let's start by learning something simple. Come, say it with me: Red carp and green carp and donkey..."

Taozi squinted at him, its face full of seriousness: "Let's start by learning to fry eggs..."

The voice was soft and thin, a bit like its usual calls; on a human, it would sound a bit affected, but on a cat, it felt clear, thin, and pleasant.

"No, no, you said it wrong."

"Woof?"

"Your pronunciation is wrong, and you don't need to say the beginning; just say the part after the word 'say'."

"The part after the comb..."

"No, it's 'say', red carp and green carp and donkey."

"Red ca- ca- ca..."

Taozi said half of it and then stopped, realizing something was wrong, so it stared blankly at him with a pair of jewel-like eyes.

"Then let's try another one."

"Try another one..."

Taozi was like a little repeater, still staring blankly at him, its mouth opening and closing slightly, repeating in a low voice.

"Red phoenix, pink phoenix, pink red phoenix, flower phoenix..."

"Red fe- ho-..."

Taozi stopped again and fell into deep thought.

Is everything humans say this difficult?

"Brother-in-law, let me do it," the little girl on the other side said. "What you're teaching is too hard."

"Woof!"

Taozi's interest was reignited.

It heard the little girl say to it: "The first sentence..."

"The first sentence~"

Taozi stared at her with a serious face, its eyes bright and sparkling, with little stars—at least this first sentence was very simple, it got it right on the first try, which also made it more confident about what was to come.

"You have a terrible personality!"

"..."

Taozi squinted its eyes toward the other side.

The master was like a humanoid robot with a camera, watching everything and recording everything.

"Taozi Daren, speak!"

"..."

"Still too hard? Then let's try another."

"Woof~"

"You heartless woman!"

"Teacher Xiaoxiao teaches well." Chen Shu couldn't help but nod in agreement, "Even the emotion in the tone is so abundant."

"Taozi Daren, it's your turn..."

Taozi kept its mouth shut, pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and scurried toward its owner.

Far away from those two humans.

In just an instant, it arrived by its owner's side. First, it stretched its neck to lean in and look at her. Seeing she had no expression, it lay down on her lap. It could feel the warmth from its owner, and it could also feel its owner looking down at it. That gaze seemed to want to see through the cat's heart, making the cat uncomfortable, but it was still better than staying with those two humans.

Good times didn't last—

Taozi felt the approach of those two humans. It buried its face into its owner's thigh, ears trembling, and heard their unbridled words. They were probably saying its owner was now a mute, that her brain was broken, that she couldn't do anything, that there was no future in following her, and telling it to follow them instead.

Then it was lifted up from its owner's lap by them.

Its owner just watched coldly from the side.

Another nearly half a month of Net Class.

The time had reached the twelfth lunar month.

The Transformation Instructor flew over from Dongzhou to personally guide it through the most critical step.

This Rabbit Teacher looked very young, with a sweet and cute face, a pair of light gray rabbit ears on top of her head, and an alluring, tall, and slim figure, yet with a delicate frame. Even in this deep winter, she was still dressed very scantily.

Chen Shu didn't dare to look too much and said to her respectfully, "Please, Teacher. Our Taozi is only a little over eleven years old, so please take good care of her."

"Rest assured."

"I will take you to the Quiet Room."

"Are there mirrors?"

"Yes, if all the lights are turned on, the lighting is also very sufficient."

"Are the clothes ready?"

"Ready."

"Then that will do."

The Transformation Instructor followed him upstairs, and Taozi followed behind, hopping and skipping up the stairs, nervous and excited.

"Taozi, let's go. Just the two of us going in is enough."

"Woof~"

"You are about to undergo Transformation and become a member of the Demon Race. You can't say 'woof' anymore; you must say 'okay'."

"Baa..."

The Rabbit Teacher smiled, communicated a few more words with Chen Shu to confirm the direction of the Transformation, and then closed the door to the Quiet Room.

This big shot had found her through the connections of the Tiger God branch within the Tiger Clan, so she dared not be negligent, and she also had a lot of experience with this kind of thing.

Although on the surface, almost all the Demon Race in the world were in Dongzhou, and all countries had signed extradition treaties with Yaoguo, any Demon Race undergoing Transformation within their borders must be extradited to Dongzhou. However, for a small group of people, bypassing this regulation was not difficult. And in reality, big shots in every continent privately kept members of the Demon Race.

Because the Demon Race were beautiful, could decide their own appearance and figure during Transformation, and came with the characteristics of their original race—they were ever-changing, and there was always a look you liked.

On one hand, these big shots had the ability to bypass these regulations; it was purely exploiting loopholes, and it was hard for Yaoguo to investigate.

On the other hand, these transformed Demon Race were not illegal trade. Yaoguo and all countries had zero tolerance for the trafficking of the Demon Race, and some small countries even had stricter regulations on the trafficking of the Demon Race than on the trafficking of women and children. Because trafficking women and children was only a domestic matter, but if the trafficking of the Demon Race was discovered, Yaoguo's military strength was in the top three in the world. Therefore, these transformed Demon Race were often raised by these big shots and had deep feelings from a young age; if you insisted on taking them back to Dongzhou, they might not even be willing themselves.

These days, Demon Race that underwent natural Transformation were also rare. Demon Race that underwent Transformation outside of Dongzhou basically met several conditions—

They were already Spirit Beasts, or they were already descendants of the Demon Race;

They frequently ate heavenly treasures;

They were in an environment with abundant Spirit Power;

This determined that the probability of a normal family's pet undergoing Transformation was almost zero.

The Rabbit Teacher was a teacher who specialized in providing Transformation guidance for Demon Race undergoing Transformation outside of Dongzhou. She earned much more money than she did as an instructor in her own country, and she had seen all kinds of Transformation requirements.

Not only were there male big shots who wanted to make female demons enchanting and alluring, but there were also many female big shots who had male demons made handsome and strong.

Of course, there were also many families like this one, who regarded their pets—the Demon Race about to undergo Transformation—as a member of their own family. The requirements of such families for the post-Transformation appearance were very normal, often just looking good, cute, and so on.

This kind of work was actually harder to do than the former.

And one had to grasp the proportions well.

Time passed bit by bit.

Chen Shu and Xiaoxiao carried two chairs and stood guard at the door, occasionally looking at each other and whispering a few words. Qingqing also carried a chair and sat a few meters away from them, silently staring at them.

"Click~"

The door of the Quiet Room opened.

From her angle, Ning Qing could not see the scene inside the room, but she could see the wide-open eyes of the two people.

Then two figures walked out, one after the other.

The Rabbit Teacher walked in front, followed by a little cat-girl. According to Xiaoxiao's requirements, her height was less than one meter, her appearance was childish, and converted to human age, she was about five or six years old; this could give her a huge sense of superiority in height. At the same time, according to Chen Shu's requirements, her cat ears and tail were preserved.

The cat ears used the shape of Taozi's original ears, scaled up a bit to make the proportions harmonious, and the tail was the same—white and very fluffy.

Her skin was very delicate, without a single flaw.

Her face was a bit round, her head was slightly large, and the proportions of her facial features were different from normal humans. Her eyes were larger than normal people's, but not as exaggerated as in anime. Her pupils looked like they were carved from sapphires; when opened wide, they occupied the vast majority of her eyes, just like her cat-form eyes—crystal clear blue, mysterious and deep, as if they contained both the ocean and the starry sky, possessing a fatal attraction to anyone's gaze, while at the same time, one could tell at a glance that they were not the eyes of a normal human.

The little cat-girl stood honestly at the doorway, feeling awkward all over, not knowing where to put her hands, and turned her head to look toward her side.

The Transformation Instructor said, "Since she has beast ears, does she also need human ears?"

"Which one is real?"

"The beast ears are real. However, some people find it strange to have no human ears after Transformation, but others don't mind this point; anyway, many people can't see their ears when they keep their hair long... especially women."

"Are there any now?"

"There are, I will lift my hair for you to see."

"Then let it be like this for now."

"We can discuss if there are any other requirements; it is best to decide within one day. Once a fixed Transformation memory is formed, it will be very troublesome to change it later."

"I can't think of any..."

Chen Shu turned his head, and as he turned: "What about you, Xiaoxiao?"

The little girl opened her eyes wide and only blankly said:

"So cute..."

The Transformation Instructor smiled: "Which one of you will go and verify it, check it out; if there are no other modifications, let's leave it like this for now. I am staying at the hotel next to the residential complex, you can contact me at any time within 24 hours. After 24 hours, I will return to Dongzhou."

"Xiaoxiao, you go."

"Oh, okay..."

The little girl quickly reacted, got down from the chair, leaned close to Taozi, and with trembling hands, nervously touched the ears and pinched the cheeks.

Taozi held her head high, staring at her with wide eyes.

Soon, one human and two demons entered the Quiet Room.

The door was closed again and only opened again a few minutes later.

It was still the Transformation Instructor walking in front, with the little girl holding Taozi's hand, following behind. The two looked straight at Chen Shu. In a flash, in Chen Shu's eyes, Xiaoxiao seemed to have turned back into her childhood self, two little children holding hands together.

"So cute..."

The little girl still said so.

Rabbit Teacher also smiled with satisfaction.

Chen Shu finally couldn't hold it back, his eyes were about to melt, and he beckoned to Taozi:

"Come here, come here."

Taozi broke free from the little girl's hand, but turned her head to continue staring at her master not far away.

"Emmm..."

Chen Shu was helpless and had to wave his hand: "Go ahead..."

"Qingqing~"

The little cat-girl, as if granted amnesty, called out and ran toward her master.

Perhaps because she had never walked in human form, she tripped after only two steps, but she quickly climbed up and continued running toward her master.

Ning Qing sat expressionless, watching this little thing run over, watching her jump onto her lap and rub against her.

"..."

She is much heavier than before.