Jian Ruonan thought she was hearing things.
Marrying a cat?
Did the darkened supervillain actually have a cat fetish?!
The gossip-feasting crowd thought they were hearing things too.
Everyone had braced themselves for a bloody scene of cat abuse, only for the whole scene to take a sudden turn into a wedding ceremony.
Dantai Mo cradled the cat in his arms, combing its long fur with his fingers as he murmured to himself, "My lack of experience last time led to a major mistake."
He had missed his chance to kiss the Fifth Miss last time. Though Dantai Mo stubbornly insisted that this was a display of male virtue, he was actually consumed by regret.
Whenever he remembered it, he wanted to throw back his head and howl at the heavens, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
"The next wedding ceremony must be perfect."
Dantai Mo had been a favored son of heaven since childhood, a young genius in everyone's eyes.
Besides his exceptional talent, he had put in plenty of practice in private. To preserve his pride and appear flawless, Xiaosi had poured untold effort into his secret preparations.
He took a pair of Red Wedding Candles from a cabinet, made a few simple arrangements, then knelt on the floor with the Persian cat in his arms.
"First, bow to heaven and earth!" Dantai Mo pressed down on the cat's head, making it bow with him.
"Meow-"
"Second, bow to your elders!"
He pressed down on the cat's head and bowed again.
"Meow-"
After the two bows, Dantai Mo lifted the Persian cat and asked dotingly, "Tired? We're almost done."
"Meow-"
Then he held up the cat and bowed one final time.
"Husband and wife, bow to each other!"
The man and the cat bumped heads.
The Persian