Comrade: Almost a Cat-astrophic Love Story

“Have you watched War of the Pets? The Best Actor totally ignored the up-and-coming leading lady.”

“Downright embarrassing. I could feel the look in his eyes, capital COLD.”

“So what if she was indeed the ex-owner of the Persian cat? It’s still a buyer-seller relationship.”

The analysis was spot-on, and every sentence hit the nail right on the head. Suddenly, Pei Zhen found himself completely engrossed in the article, and he couldn’t agree more with the analysis.

Indeed!

Lin Yousu was indeed a person that would take advantage of the situation to gain popularity.

Fu Sichen didn’t like her at all; he only had his eyes set on grand old me!

Thinking those thoughts, Pei Zhen felt a little proud of himself. He had completely not thought about whose account he logged into, and happily posted a whole lot of ‘Like’s’.

Whoever agreed that the relationship was fake, he’d post a ‘Like’.

Then, not long after, Fu Sichen received a phone call.

A fond greeting from manager Wang Youquan. “Fu Sichen! Y-you! What do you think you’re doing. I’ve not even asked you for a raise; I only want some peace and serenity for the rest of my life!”

“What are you talking about?” Fu Sichen asked.

He was reading the gay-themed script that he had so carefully selected among all the other offerings. Fu Sichen was pouring his whole heart into the particular script.

“Are you so bored that you went onto Weibo to post ‘Like’s’ on comments?” No matter how even-tempered Wang Youquan normally was, he was really annoyed. “As if liking the comments isn’t bad enough, you have to pick contentious posts to ‘Like’?!”

Fu Sichen sat himself down on the bed.

The light cast a soft glow on his body. He looked up at the white ball of fur next to his desk. Pei Zhen was wearing a pair of specially-constructed headphones and playing on the computer like there was no one else in the world.

He was just being himself, no longer having a care about being a cat.

Not wanting to interrupt Pei Zhen, Fu Sichen logged onto Weibo with his mobile phone. What popped up was a ‘Breaking News’ headline.

“Best Actor Fu posted ‘Like’s’!”

The ‘liked’ comments went beyond those related to Lin Yousu.

They included all posts that denied romances linked with Fu Sichen, all the way back to when Fu Sichen first stepped into the entertainment circle. All ‘veto’ posts had been ‘liked’ by ‘FuShaosiXHPZ’ which was a Weibo VIP account.

The person who posted the ‘liked’ comment was completely flattered.

However, it was a slap to the face for that particular person who had tried to take advantage of the situation to gain popularity.

All that happened at the golden hour of 8 pm, and it drove the netizens as well as the entertainment circle into a frenzy.

“Fu Sichen, are you feeling invincible because you’re the Best Actor?” Wang Youquan was all at once signaling for the PR officer and having a heart attack. “So you feel you can just do whatever you fancy?”

Fu Sichen looked at Weibo hot search and then the Persian cat. Holding his mobile from a distance, he could still hear Wang Youquan’s angry voice complaining. He couldn’t control himself and laughed.

“You’re laughing? You find this funny?” Wang Youquan felt like he needed emergency rescue pills for his failing heart. “Sichen. Greek god. My dream is only to live the rest of my life in peace. I am just a weakling, and am not capable of putting up such fights.”

“What are you crying about?” Fu Sichen was in a good mood indeed and was even gentle in tone. “In the first place, those people started the scandals. What’s wrong with liking the honest and truthful comments?”

“Sichen…” Although Fu Sichen was not wrong in saying that, liking those comments would have offended half the people in the entertainment circle!

“Just let it go and don’t bother with this matter.” Fu Sichen closed his eyes and said with much tenderness, “When Pei Zhen wakes up, and I’ve completed my work for the final film, I’m quitting entertainment.”

Wang Youquan was shocked. “Si… Sichen… you… you…”

“I’m serious,” Fu Sichen said softly, “Actually, I’d like to see him get the Best Actor award.”