It was giant cats who chose witches, not witches who chose giant cats... Theoretically, that was an absolutely correct statement. No matter how powerful a witch was, if a giant cat felt that she [wouldn't feed cats] or [couldn't take proper care of a big cat], it would instinctively avoid appearing before her to be invited as her giant-cat partner.
But in practical terms, giant cats would almost never refuse to become the partners of the most powerful witches.
Take Angelite, for example. Though Angelite herself did not keep giant-cat partners, giant cats wishing to become her partners were scattered throughout the Cat World.
But that, too, was a choice—a choice by the giant cats to take the path of [strength].
Overall, it was like a seller's market, with supply falling short of demand. Thus, giant cats could leisurely choose their witch partners and receive excellent treatment. (The average income of a Giant Cat Lamp basically exceeded the upper-middle-income line for witches, reaching the level of a mid-tier Archwitch.)
Even more so, sought-after giant cats like Storm Giant Cat Lamps could earn around twenty thousand a week, far surpassing the middle-income line for witches.
Of course, Jiang Han would not be stupid enough to tell her client something like, "It is the wand that chooses the wizard, not the wizard that chooses the wand," to her face. Instead, she slyly shifted the concept around, neither lying nor telling the whole truth:
"I will recruit a large number of Giant Cat Lamps to apply under your conditions, then select several giant cats willing to accept those conditions and provide you with steadfast, long-term service. Finally, you can choose which giant cat to hire."
Jiang Han deftly transformed the subject of [giant cats choosing witches] into the concept of [giant cats seeking