I Don’t Want to Be Turned into a Girl by Magic

Chapter 252 : I Suspect You're Taking Advantage of Me

Lilith didn't really know what had happened either.

It seemed that after just one night, she discovered that the pedestrians on the streets had suddenly disappeared by more than half. Every household's doors were tightly shut. The people who used to often feed her now looked at her with disgust, and some people even took detours when they saw her.

She suddenly realized that no one would feed her anymore.

Originally, she could have led her harem to rummage through garbage cans together, but she was the great Witch Lilith! How could she lower herself to eat those food scraps!

So she immediately thought of Lin Nan, but when she returned to Lin Nan's grandfather's house, she discovered that this girl had left at some unknown time.

After freeloading two meals at Lin Nan's grandfather's house, she found that the cat food Lin Nan had brought had already expired, and Grandfather's cat-raising policy was leftover soup mixed with rice. As a noble witch, she naturally couldn't accept leftovers!

After gathering information about her whereabouts from Lin Nan's relatives' conversations, Lilith ran off again, trying to find Lin Nan.

Two days later, Lilith finally followed directions from other stray cats to the only road from the small town to the county town, but discovered the road had been blocked. Several adult males in vest uniforms were vigilantly watching their surroundings, checking everyone entering and leaving the town and measuring their temperatures.

"A cat?"

Lilith's figure was quickly discovered. One of the men in his thirties came up to the black cat with a temperature gun. "Come on, get your temperature taken before you can pass."

Lilith was dumbfounded.

"38 degrees. You have a high fever. You need to be quarantined."

"???"

I'm a cat, what's wrong with 38 degrees! And does your temperature gun even work on cats!

Fortunately, since Lilith was now a cat, she couldn't be bothered to argue with this person and simply sped up her pace to rush past the checkpoint.

But beyond the checkpoint was a long road that stretched as far as the eye could see.

After several more days, she finally arrived at the county town where Lin Nan was, but unexpectedly discovered that although there were almost no pedestrians visible on the city streets, it was decorated with lanterns and festoons, a scene of joy and celebration.

Everyone in the city was hiding at home, enjoying New Year's Eve with their families.

Under the dual influence of New Year's Eve and the epidemic, this place seemed to have become a ghost town. The streets were so deserted that only one dejected black cat remained.

She had never been this pathetic in her life. For nearly a week, she hadn't had a proper meal. She had to rely on public restroom faucets for water. She wanted to throw a tantrum and act cute to get food from passersby, but she really couldn't see many pedestrians.

"So hungry... Will I, the great Lilith, really die here?"

She had no magic power now. If she died, she would just become a lonely wandering ghost. Without magic power, it would be difficult to use reincarnation magic to possess someone else's body, and she would become like a light in the dark night, extremely easy for pursuers from the other world to find.

Lilith began to follow the route she had observed before while hiding in the cat carrier, from Lin Nan's home in the urban village to that hotel, and finally, she arrived at Chen Yao's door.

She hadn't smelled Lin Nan's scent at the previous two locations, but here, through a door, she faintly heard Lin Nan's voice speaking inside.

"Meow!" She excitedly pressed against the iron gate, frantically scratching with her claws while making shrill screams. "Lin Nan! This lady is about to starve to death, hurry up and get out here to serve me!"

"Lin Nan! Hurry up and serve me a bath!"

"Lin..." She remembered the misery of these past days and choked up. "I'll never be picky about food or run away again..."

At that moment, in the living room, Lin Nan, who was eating her New Year's Eve dinner with her head down, suddenly looked up. She seemed to have heard a familiar cat's meow.

But the TV volume was turned up to maximum, and the completely drunk Uncle was singing along loudly with the Spring Gala's singing program. The room was noisy, and she couldn't hear clearly where the cat's meow was coming from.

Auntie smiled as she watched her husband making a drunken fool of himself. Rarely, she didn't interfere much. She turned her head to look at Chen Yao, who was drinking one cup of baijiu after another, and finally couldn't help but speak up to stop him. "That's enough drinking. Are you planning to go crazy like him too?"

"Burp." Chen Yao burped loudly, opening his confused eyes.

Lin Nan stood up and, under Auntie's puzzled gaze, opened the door. A black shadow suddenly rushed into the house and hugged her calf tightly.

She looked down to see a dirty black cat looking up with big round eyes full of tears.

"Lin Nan, I'm hungry..."

"Cola?"

The black cat nodded frantically.

She felt a bit disgusted by Cola, who was dirty beyond description, then turned her head and asked Auntie, "Can we keep a cat at home?"

"A stray cat?"

"It's my cat, named Cola. I left it in the countryside before. I don't know how it ran here." Lin Nan's face was full of confusion.

Auntie stood up, peeked at the pitiful Cola, and smiled gently. "If you're keeping a cat, it's best not to let it scratch the sofa."

She went to the kitchen to get a small bowl, randomly picked a few dishes, mixed in some porridge, came to Lin Nan's side, and placed the bowl by the door.

Cola couldn't wait to let go of Lin Nan's leg and hurried to the bowl to devour the food.

"It won't. It's very smart."

"It's fine. I've always wanted to keep a pet. Cola, right?" Auntie squatted down, smiling as she watched Cola eat. "I'll take care of it during this time and make sure to fatten it up."

"You just focus on dating my son properly, don't think about other things."

Lin Nan responded with a grateful smile, but when she turned around, she saw Chen Yao had already collapsed face-first onto the coffee table.

"Take Chen Yao to the bedroom to sleep. I'll give Cola a bath later."

"Okay."

Lin Nan didn't think much of it. She walked to Chen Yao's side, bent down with her hands on her knees to check on him, and gently patted his cheek a few times. "You're not asleep yet, are you?"

Chen Yao's eyes were half-open, staring with confused, unfocused eyes as he shook his head. "Not yet... just... sleepy."

"Look at you drinking so much baijiu." Lin Nan smiled helplessly. "Get up and go sleep in your room."

"Help me up."

She reached out and grabbed Chen Yao's arm. Chen Yao also straightened up with the upward force she provided, but before he could stand steady, he felt dizzy and his body tilted, leaning against her.

This guy weighed at least 130 to 140 pounds. Lin Nan was knocked back several steps before stopping, struggling to support his body.

"You're so heavy..." She was already struggling just to support Chen Yao's body. She turned her head to look for help, but found that Auntie had already grabbed the half-full Cola and walked into the bathroom. Uncle had also collapsed on the sofa in a Ge You lie position, staring vacantly at the Spring Gala program on TV. (TN: Just a dude lying down sloppily.)

There was absolutely no one who could help her.

Lin Nan could only ask Chen Yao, "Can you walk? If you can't, I'll move the bamboo mat over and you can sleep on the living room floor."

"I can walk, I can walk." Chen Yao quickly straightened up.

"I suspect you're just taking advantage of me..."