8:20 in the evening.
Jiang Han glanced at the clock—a gleaming brass grandfather clock placed beside the fireplace in the meeting room. Hanging from it were five wicker cat nests, each capable of housing ten cat lamps. Two cat lamps were perched atop the clock: one was slyly using her tail to wipe it, while the other was... very diligently being sly and using her tail to wipe it. The two cats dawdled and dragged their paws, yet somehow managed to polish the clock clean.
"Lord, all the cats are here."
Cat Carlo, dressed in a rather slapdash black dress, wore her naturally cunning smile on that handsome face of hers. She revealed a smile that might have been flattery, politeness, or perhaps the strange, treacherous mystery unique to cats. She bent gracefully at the waist, chin lifted, fawning without looking fawning.
Jiang Han withdrew her gaze from the gleaming clock and looked over the Giant Cats, who had gathered together in just five minutes.
She suddenly noticed something.
"It is truly an honor to have everyone arrive so quickly..."
As she gave her opening remarks, her gaze remained fixed straight ahead, yet she took in every Giant Cat gathered around the conference table.
There was a distinct hierarchy among these Giant Cats, as well as their own little cliques.
Storm Giant Cat Cat Carl, Echo Giant Cat Cat Katalia, and Tree Fruit Giant Cat Cat Erte—whose human form was that of a frail, delicate-looking lady with a perpetually worried expression—had gathered together. While Jiang Han spoke, they quietly whispered among themselves. They possessed every trait of engineers and science-minded Giant Cats, including but not limited to honesty, diligence, and being bluntly catlike.
Watching the fluffy ears atop their heads prick up and flop down from time to time, along