Chapter 1

I was a cat.

My parents just divorced, and Vanessa, the other woman, officially entered the scene.

When my dad placed me in her arms, I struggled violently to escape from her embrace, which was filled with the scent of perfume.

"Meow!"

Stinky woman, you smell terrible!

Vanessa's face stiffened.

Before my dad could say a word, she hurriedly smiled awkwardly and apologized to him,

"It's my fault. Boo is a cat. It's natural for him to be stressed when meeting someone for the first time. You don't have to force him to get to know me."

Ignoring Vanessa's comment about it being "the first meeting", I scowled fiercely, and all my fur stood on end.

How dare she even touch my head？

Only my mom was allowed to touch my head!

Seeing my intense reaction, Vanessa withdrew her hand sheepishly.

My dad glanced down at me with a gloomy expression and forcefully stuffed me back into the bad woman's arms.

Just as I was about to struggle again, he stared at me with a cold sneer and threatened, "Try that again and see what happens. You are really just like that damn woman!"

I had been scared of my dad ever since he brought me home. At that moment, I didn't dare to move.

Vanessa held me and stroked my round head.

Bad woman! Do you even know how to pet a cat?

Her grip was too strong, and it hurt so much that I cried out.

"Meow!"

My dad came over and looked at Vanessa.

She apologized innocently, her expression tense, "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. I've never had a cat before. I might have made him uncomfortable."

My dad's icy fingers mercilessly grabbed my neck, and his gaze was all too familiar.

That day, he had looked down at my mom with the same icy gaze and tone.

"Such a pretentious woman."

In my furious state, my fur bristled, and my mouth twisted in anger.

Thinking that from today onwards, I would never see my mom again and would have to live under the same roof as this bad woman, I meowed and dashed back to my room, slamming the door shut with a swipe of my paw.

Anyone could see how angry I was and how little I thought of Vanessa.

Normally, if my mom were home, she would stop everything she was doing and comfort me.

But my mom was gone!

All I could hear outside was my dad's cold voice saying, "Don't bother with him." Then Vanessa offered some fake comfort in an annoying voice. After that, the two of them started dining together.

I crouched by the door, meowing sadly.

I hadn't eaten yet. My dad had forgotten to feed me twice today, and to make matters worse, he brought home that stinky woman!

If my mom were here, she would never forget to feed me.

When my dad heard my mom liked cats, he bought me from a pet store and gave me to her.

Now that they had split up, I was reluctantly left with my dad, but I really missed my mom.

Suddenly, the door behind me was opened, and I lay sprawled on the ground.

My eyes brightened. "Meow." He finally remembered to feed me!

But as I saw the person at the door, my eyes immediately dimmed.

It wasn't my dad.

Vanessa kicked me, sending me flying three meters across the room, my twenty-pound body tracing a parabola through the air.

"Meow!" I cried out in misery.

Vanessa looked down at me from above.

"So you're the cat that cheap woman left behind? Humph, if it weren't for using you to divide the property with that cheap woman, I would have thrown you out already."

Enduring the pain, I got up and crouched, hissing fiercely, "Meow!"

My mom was not a cheap woman!

Vanessa stepped on me, and I quickly struck back, biting her ankle, causing blood to spurt out.

She screamed in pain, grabbed my body, and threw me out of the skylight.

I cried out in agony as I fell.

Cats felt pain too!

When my dad rushed over in panic and carried me to the hospital, I no longer had the strength to cry from the pain.

Memories flooded my mind.

That day, when my mom was severely injured, he also rushed her to the hospital in a panic.