Reincarnated as a Tabby Cat: Daily Life with the School Beauty Empress

Chapter 54 Naming

Su Qianxue returned to the academy the following afternoon.

The Murong family used flying mounts to send her back alone, landing at the back gate of the academy without alerting many people. Two bodyguards remained hidden in the shadows, watching her enter the apartment building before leaving.

Everything in the apartment seemed normal. On the table sat the fruit that had been distributed a few days ago, two of the oranges already dried out.

Su Qianxue locked the door, leaned against the wall in the entryway, and stood there for a long time.

The wounds on my body have been treated and are being treated with medicinal herbs. The fracture is healing and I don't feel pain when I walk, but my right ribs feel a pulling pain when I take a deep breath.

Physical injuries are nothing compared to the injuries she suffered in her previous life that were ten times worse.

What truly upset her was something else.

She took a shower. The hot water splashed on the bruises on her back, making her gasp in pain.

I changed into clean pajamas, sat on the sofa in the living room, and stared blankly for a while.

Yichen walked out of the cat house, jumped onto the sofa, and squatted next to her thigh.

Su Qianxue looked down at him.

The cat's golden fur gleamed softly under the living room light, and its bright green eyes were clean and clear. The injury to its front leg had fully healed.

She reached out and picked him up, placing him on her lap.

"They know where I am."

Her voice was flat, not calm, but the kind of flatness that comes from suppressing emotions.

"When I went to the mission lobby to select a mission, someone leaked the news."

Yichen's ears twitched.

[There's a mole; the Wang family has spies within the academy.]

"The Wang family has planted people in the academy, probably students or staff." Su Qianxue's fingers stroked Yi Chen's back. "I chose an S-level mission, with the destination being the southern border. The entire process is open and transparent, and anyone can find out about it."

They had people waiting there beforehand.

She closed her eyes briefly.

"From now on, we can't go through the formalities in the lobby when accepting missions. At the very least, we can't let the destination be exposed."

Yichen spun around on her lap and nuzzled her palm with his head.

[Yes, we need to find a different approach. But there's no rush; focus on healing your injuries first. Master Cat's alternate dimension has a 24-hour cooldown; no one will make a move in the short term. Those two Martial Kings from the Wang family suffered a crushing defeat; even if they wanted to kill you again, they'd have to rethink their strategy. We have at least a period of safety.]

He couldn't speak, but Su Qianxue seemed to understand his meaning from the gesture of cupping his hands together.

"You're telling me not to rush?"

"Meow."

Su Qianxue's lips relaxed slightly, but she didn't laugh out loud; however, the tension she had been holding back dissipated a little.

"Those spoiled brats," she muttered under her breath, "can't win on their own, so they get their families to help. And they even resort to such underhanded tactics. One day, I'll make the Wang family pay the price."

Yichen pricked up his ears.

I've remembered this sentence; I'll help you make it happen later.

That night, Su Qianxue couldn't sleep well.

The pain from the wound was one thing, but the thoughts swirling in her mind were another. She tossed and turned in bed, becoming more and more lucid with each turn.

They just got up.

She carried Yichen to the balcony. It was the same rocking chair, the same thin blanket.

The night in the capital was darker than the last time I saw it; the clouds were thicker, and only two or three stars were visible.

Su Qianxue placed Yichen on her lap, and a thin blanket covered her legs and a cat.

"Today in that underground sanctuary, I thought I was going to die."

Yichen looked up at her.

"The first image that flashed through my mind when I was hit by the rubble wasn't from my past life, it was you."

Su Qianxue's fingers moved slowly from the top of Yichen's head to the tip of his tail.

"I was wondering if you were injured when you were thrown away."

Yichen's ear folded back slightly, then perked up again.

"Boss, if you say that, I'll feel embarrassed."

"You absolutely refused to break the contract with me." Su Qianxue's voice grew softer and softer. "Do you know that if you had left back then, at least you could have survived?"

"Meow."

Yichen nudged her hand with his head.

The meaning of this action is very clear: I'm not leaving.

Su Qianxue didn't say anything more. She scooped the cat up, held it in her arms, and rested her chin on the cat's head.

The rocking chair was swaying.

After a long time, the night breeze grew cool, and Su Qianxue's thoughts emerged from those heavy burdens.

"Oh, right."

Su Qianxue looked down at the cat in her arms.

"You've been following me for so long, and I've always called you Tabby Cat or Kitten. That's not quite right."

Yichen's ears twitched.

"How about I give you a name?"

Yichen suddenly raised his head, his bright green cat eyes wide open.

"Meow!"

[Finally! Cat Master has been waiting for these words for a month! Do you know how frustrated Cat Master feels every time you call him "Little Cat"? Cat Master has a name! Cat Master's name is Yichen! Yichen!]

Su Qianxue was amused by his sudden excited reaction: "You can understand me?"

"Meow meow meow!" Yichen's tail swung like a propeller.

[I can understand nonsense! Get up, get up, and quickly clear Cat Master's name!]

"Then what should I call you—" Su Qianxue thought for a moment, resting her chin on her hand, and glanced around the balcony, but couldn't come up with any ideas.

"Your name is Golden Ball? You're completely golden now."

Yichen, the cat, froze.

[Golden Ball? ??? Your naming skills are as bad as your cooking—no, you're a pretty good cook. Your naming skills are as bad as your aesthetic sense, no—anyway, listen to the name Golden Ball yourself, doesn't it sound like the name of one of those unwanted stray cats at the entrance of a neighborhood?! Rejected! Strongly rejected!]

He shook his head frantically.

Su Qianxue was taken aback by his strong reaction: "You don't like it?"

Yichen shook his head vigorously.

"That's called... a dumpling? You're so small."

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Yichen: ————

[Tuanzi. Tuanzi! You were an empress in your past life! The empress's contracted beast is named Tuanzi?? Wouldn't people laugh themselves to death if word got out? The number one emperor-level cat on the Azure Continent is named Tuanzi?? No way, no way!]

He shook his head again, shaking it so hard his neck almost twisted.

Su Qianxue was amused by him. She hadn't laughed all day, but she finally managed a smile.

"You go ahead and choose. You pick one yourself."

She turned her head and looked at the small coffee table next to the rocking chair.

At this moment, the tabby cat jumped up, stepped on a book, and scratched it.

The book on top was a document on dragon history that she had borrowed from the academy library, which she originally intended to use to study the dragon secrets on the stone tablet.

"You mean—find it in the book?" Su Qianxue picked up the book.

Yichen nodded.

"Meow."

[Yes, yes, yes! Look in the book! Cat can read! Even though he can't speak, he still recognizes words. Quick, flip through it!]

Su Qianxue opened the book and turned the pages one by one.

Yichen lay on her lap, staring at the words on the pages of the book.

The first few pages were filled with long passages of descriptive text, such as "The Dragon Era," "Continental Changes," and "Distribution of Spiritual Veins." Yi Chen glanced at them but didn't find them interesting.

Turn to page seventeen, and there is an ancient poem.

His eyes lit up.

Its front paws stretched out, and the tips of its paws precisely touched a word.

"as well as".

The original text is “亦余心之所善兮”.

Su Qianxue glanced at him: "This character?"

Yichen nodded, then urged her to continue flipping through the pages.

He flipped through a few more pages and came across a passage about celestial phenomena. Yi Chen's claws reached out again and touched another word.

"Chen".

"The North Star remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it."

Su Qianxue read the two words aloud together.

"Yichen?"

Yichen's tail stood straight up and swayed twice in the air.

[Yes! That's it! Yichen! Cat Lord's real name! You don't need to name him, Cat Lord has chosen it himself!]

"Yichen." Su Qianxue read it again, savoring the meaning of the two words.

The character 亦 means "also". The character 辰 refers to the sun, moon, and stars.

It has a good meaning and is easy to pronounce.

"That's good." She nodded, reached out and ruffled Yichen's hair. "From now on, I'll call you Yichen."

Yichen squinted his eyes comfortably, and snoring sounds came from his chest.

Finally, Cat Lord has a name in this world. Not a tabby cat, not a kitten, not a golden ball, not a dumpling.

It is Yichen.

[Although this name originally belonged to Cat Master.]

He rolled over on Su Qianxue's lap, belly up, with his four paws curled up and his tail resting on Su Qianxue's knee.

Su Qianxue's fingers landed on his cat's belly and gently scratched it twice.

Yichen reflexively kicked the air twice with his hind legs.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have been given a name by your master, unlocked a new scene, and your warmth value has increased by 5000!]

The rocking chair swayed in the night breeze.

[Not bad, not bad, 5000 points!]

"Yichen," Su Qianxue murmured again, her voice so soft it seemed to dissipate in the wind.

But the cat heard it.

The cat's ears twitched, and the tip of its tail curled into an arc.

The clouds in the capital's night sky have dispersed a bit tonight, revealing a few more stars.

The two of them lingered on the rocking chair for a long time, until Su Qianxue's breathing became even and her fingers stopped moving on Yichen's belly.

Fell asleep.

Yichen climbed off her lap and gently pulled the thin blanket up to cover her shoulders.

Then he crawled under the thin blanket and lay down close to her waist.

[Ding! Warmth value +150!]

【Take your time and save up. The road ahead is long, revenge is yet to be taken, and Mewtwo-level evolution is still a long way off. But it's okay, what's the rush?】

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He closed his emerald green eyes.

Goodnight, boss.