This wasn't bad and that might just be because Metasequioa has a way of writing (and the translators have a way of translating) that's incredibly readable. The story passes by fast and you don't quite realize that there wasn't a whole lot of substance to it until it's already over. It's ending felt much more developed than Metasequioa's other story, Shh There's a Beast... (which still felt like a slap in the face), and the relationship is cute, but therein kind of lies my biggest problem with it. I will say this is one of the few stories where the main character has been stuck in the form of some type of thing whose whole purpose is to sell cute, in this case a snow leopard cub, and I've actually finished the story instead of dropping halfway for one reason or another but it still hits the same problem the others have, which portrays the MC in an incredibly childish way which somehow makes him inherently sexually loveable to the ML. I could understand if it was just affection and an appreciation for cute because hell, I coo over my cat constantly, but these ML invariably do display sexual/romantic intent towards the "cute" object of their affection. And that IS weird and, on varying levels depending (god, I'm looking at you I'm Not Human) skeevy.
In this one, the main character cannot verbally communicate for the vast majority of this story. He can make cute little mewling noises and eventually reaches the stage of baby talk, but full on sentences are beyond him. I swear, about 90% of his lines in this story are "Aoji" because he can't say Aojia's name at first and cutely crying his baby name repeatedly is not something they drop even when he can eventually say his name properly. This is compounded by a repeated emphasis on how adorable and cute the MC is, which are inherently childish traits and they are the only personality that Aojia is exposed to. He does show behaviors that make it clear he's an adult and reasonably intelligent at that (he opens his own online store, sells goods, can carve crazy good sculptures) but the interactions between the MC and ML are all focused entirely on how adorable and cute the MC is, even when he's carving and there's something inherently creepy about the ML falling in love with these types of characters because the ML doesn't really know anything about the actually person beyond they are a cub/plant/kitten/etc that is really adorable (again-a childish trait) and maybe has an interesting quirk that is supposed to help distinguish them from being an actual child (in this case, stellar carving skills). And, for that matter, we as the readers, don't really know much about the MC beyond adorable, can open shops, is an adorable cub, is THE BEST BEAST CARVER EVER OMG, is adorable, is obsessed with Aojia's dragon form, and is, you guessed it, adorable. I will say that it's not nearly as off-putting as I'm Not Human, which revels in treating the MC like a baby but also wanting him to be in a sexual relationship with the ML, but it's still... something.

I know this review kind of became my venting ground for these types of sell-cute stories and I do think it's something important to talk about or I'd remove most of the verbiage, but I would like to end this by emphasizing that this is definitely one of the more palatable of that particular variety. It doesn't drag on and while the MC does spend almost 98% of the story in his cute cub form, most of the romance is characterized by Aojia appreciating the MC's carving skills, calling him his wife, and hoping for him to eventually take human form without undue pressure on him to do so. I can't remember any moments where he pervs on the cub (I've read that too T__T why god) and most of it is pretty cute. The plot flows pretty smoothly. Characters outside of the main couple are pretty one dimensional and even the main CP are thin on personality beyond your regular stereotypes, but it all comes together in a decently entertaining fashion. I do like this story but it's not particularly stand out (aside from being a sell-cute-creature-MC story I actually finished).