"Meow-ow, you said it, so Cat took you at your word!" Cat Xiumei looked relaxed, her many fluffy tails wriggling stupidly as she tucked all sorts of curios into them.
Jiang Han watched those curios, gold coins, and gemstones being taken away. Even knowing that they were "just being stored somewhere else," she still felt a little panicked.
...I'm just putting them in the bank... depositing them in the cat bank... putting them in the bank... She kept trying to steer her thoughts in that direction, but in the end, her expression gave her away.
Cat Xiumei did her best to dispel that heartache.
"Meow-ow! Cat is your loyal companion. Store your treasures with Cat—Meow Yi Ao does the same! It's just that the one storing her treasures is a Sky Island Cat, not us Mysterious Guest Cats."
Having said that, she swiftly glanced around before continuing.
"But I have to say, apart from—apart from being an island in the sky! Sky Island Cats have no other advantages!"
Jiang Han nodded absentmindedly.
"Alright, alright."
Cat Xiumei's eyes widened. She straightened her waist, and her huge headlights gave a little bounce—one of the Mysterious Guest Giant Cats' humanoid traits.
"Meow-ow! Sky Island Cats are lazy, gluttonous, demand enormous wages, and have morale so low it's hit rock bottom!"
Oh? Wasn't she describing herself?
Jiang Han waved a hand with an amused smile, wearing an obediently charming expression.
"Alright, alright. I'll choose you Mysterious Guests as the Cat Lamps to store my supplies. I won't consider... mm, I won't consider Sky Island Cat Lamps."
That was because I can't find any Sky Island Cat Lamps. Those cats are far too rare! They're among the few Cat Lamp forms larger than other Cat Lamps' giant-cat forms. Meow Yi Ao's Sky Island Giant Cat