M... my heart took serious damage at the last picture! It looks so cute! I really believe that YZM is a doggo.
Btw, this explains why cats love Ling Chen and why he is always surrounded by them when he meets them.
I was about to point out how his animal is not even a panther (or maybe it's a baby panther?) but a cat and about to giggle but
thenn we see it's tamed and spoilt like a house cat and I went awwwww
Kitty can be hella scary and can be hella cute. The MC representation with the cat demonstrating that when on alert the MC can be extremely scary toward people he is wary of, but also can be extremely nice to the people he cares about.