In the year 2035, the human world no longer had any new myths or legends.

Yet Ying Kongtu still existed as a mountain god. At the foot of the mountain, the mountain god temple that had long since lost its incense offerings still stood there, now preserved as a cultural relic of the small town.

One day, after returning from work, Ying Kongtu saw a tall man holding a little orange cat, pressing its paw print in front of the mountain god temple.

“Come on, press your paw print here. We’ll register your household at the mountain god temple and ask the mountain god to bless you,” the man said.

According to legend, when kittens and puppies pressed their paw prints in front of the mountain god temple, it meant they had been registered there.

If they ever got lost, the mountain god would have to help send them home.

Ying Kongtu dug this memory out from some forgotten corner of his mind, his feelings suddenly complicated.

He had not expected that even now, there would still be someone bringing a cat to worship a god.

Ying Kongtu watched the man and the cat leave, his heart filled with goodwill toward them.

After that, he returned cats to Wen Zhongshan eight times in one month.

Wen Zhongshan was entrusted with taking care of Ying Kongtu.

The Ying Kongtu who, according to rumors, did not trust humans was actually very easy to get along with.

He accompanied Ying Kongtu in gathering, planting, cooking, and raising fluffy little creatures. Their secluded life was leisurely and peaceful.

Until one day, he lowered his head and looked at Ying Kongtu, who was stroking a cat, and his fingers moved unconsciously.

He wanted to stroke something too.

Only, what he wanted to stroke was not the cat.

That night, he sent a message to his friend, saying there was no need to mention the previous commission anymore.

Friend: Why? Weren’t you two getting along very well? Did you have a fight?

Wen Zhongshan remained silent for a long while and did not answer.

—They had not fought. He had simply fallen for Ying Kongtu.

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