Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Author: Honey Princess

Summary:

My new book, "Are You My Future Girlfriend Too?", has been released! It's still a slice-of-life campus romance novel.

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What are the benefits of owning a cat?

Cats will serve you tea and water;

They'll even do your laundry and mop the floor for you;

They might even massage your shoulders and back to warm your bed, and when you're in a bad mood, they'll squat in your lap and affectionately rub their head against your chin.

but……

"Little fish! How many times have I told you!"

"Don't go into the litter box to relieve yourself when you become a human!"

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He already has a rebirth urban novel with over 10,000 subscriptions, "Rebirth Against the Current for Ten Years," as well as two high-quality romance novels, "Senior, Shut Up!" and "My Girlfriend is a Content Creator."

Interested readers are welcome to support this book!

Chapter 1: Love is Impossible

[Title]: My Childhood Sweetheart Will Turn into a Cat

[Author's pen name]: Flowers Bloom at the Corner

[Publishing Platform]: Qidian Reading

[Genre]: Light Novel - Romantic Slice of Life

[Editorial Team]: Ninth Editorial Team

[Synopsis]:

"I have a childhood sweetheart with whom I argue and bicker all the time."

"Thanks to her, I lost all my fantasies about girls and focused all my energy on my studies."

"But one day I suddenly realized that the stray cat that would come to my balcony every night to play with me..."

"It seems like it's my childhood sweetheart who turned into her???"

[Chapter 1. Is this still my childhood sweetheart?!]

Chapter Two. She actually has such a cute side.

[Confirmed Release]

Click!

Sitting in front of the computer, Ai Qing took a deep breath, looked at the three small red words "Pending Review" next to the book page on the screen, and then slowly exhaled.

A white shadow swept past, first jumping onto the table, then following the edge of the table all the way to Ai Qing, jumping onto his lap, raising its delicate face, and rubbing against his chest.

"Little Fish, Little Fish, from now on we'll have to rely on each other." Ai Qing lowered her head and kissed the kitten's forehead hard, saying with a smile, "You have to wish my new book a huge success, or we'll both starve."

"Meow~"

Xiaoyu is a Linqing Lion Cat, a native long-haired breed of cat in China.

She was completely white, without a single blemish, and curled up on Ai Qing's lap like a fluffy cotton candy.

When she opened her eyes, a fleeting glimpse of her alluring heterochromatic eyes—one azure, the other amber—was quickly overshadowed by her delicate and adorable cat-like face, making her appear endearingly clumsy.

Ai Qing gently rubbed Xiao Yu's cheeks, glanced at the time, and saw it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

So he stood up with the little fish in his arms, threw her to the ground, and then walked out of his bedroom.

Jinpan Yunting Mansion, Building 2, Unit 1, Room 1801.

The apartment is 105 square meters and has a layout of three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and two bathrooms.

The rent is 4600 yuan per month, including property management fees; utilities are to be paid separately.

Located in Linping District, which is far from the city center of Hangzhou, but close to Metro Line 9, the price is considered quite normal.

However, since Ai Qing lives alone, it's impossible for her to rent such an expensive house.

Fortunately, the house was vacant for a long time by a friend of his father's, because he didn't want unfamiliar strangers to rent it.

Fortunately, Ai Qing's father had some influence, so he rented the house to Ai Qing cheaply for 2,000 yuan a month, which was a bargain compared to other similar properties.

After all, Ai Qing also needs to raise cats, so she certainly doesn't want to spend one or two thousand yuan to rent a small room of only ten or twenty square meters and make Xiao Yu feel wronged.

"Dinner's ready. Little Fish, play by yourself for a while."

Ai Qing walked out of the bedroom, took a cotton ball the size of a ping-pong ball from the living room counter, tossed it on the ground, went into the kitchen, and closed the door.

A blur of motion swept across the ground, and it immediately started playing with the cotton ball in its mouth.

In the kitchen, wearing an apron with Ke Li's image printed on it, Ai Qing took out the ingredients she had bought at noon from the refrigerator, placed her phone on the phone stand next to her, and played "Moon in a Cup".

Take the ingredients out of the bag, add water to the pot, put it on the stove and start a fire. Then slice the beef and shred the pork.

Add sweet potato starch, light soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, and chicken bouillon to the beef slices, knead them to infuse the flavor, and finally add a small spoonful of oil to coat them.

Marinate the shredded pork with some cooking wine and light soy sauce.

After doing all that, the water was boiling. Ai Qing grabbed a small handful of glass noodles and put them into the boiling water. Then she tossed the baby bok choy from the bag into the sink, rinsed it quickly, and then turned around to scoop out the glass noodles and put them into cold water.

Next comes the preparation of scallions, ginger, garlic, and other seasonings.

Once the beef and pork were almost marinated, Ai Qing started cooking, making a stir-fried beef dish and a stir-fried baby bok choy with glass noodles.

I won't cook rice; I'll use glass noodles instead tonight.

He took a bottle of RIO from the refrigerator, carried two dishes out of the kitchen, and placed them on the dining table.

The little fish, who had been playing with cotton balls in the living room, immediately dropped its beloved ball and dashed over as soon as it smelled the scent.

Ai Qing naturally understood what the little guy meant. She opened her phone, turned on the smart home feature, found the feeder, and clicked "feed now."

Soon, the automatic feeder on the dining table started buzzing, and cat food poured out with a gurgling sound.

Ai Qing then took out lysine paste, hairball remedy, and probiotics from the cabinet and squeezed them into her cat food.

Finally, a person and a cat, one sat on a chair, and the other jumped onto the table.

Ai Qing opened her phone, selected a political commentary video of about 15 minutes, and began to enjoy dinner with Xiao Yu.

A piece of beef, a bite of vermicelli, a slice of baby bok choy to cleanse the palate, and finally a sip of RIO—Ai Qing let out a comfortable sigh.

The life I once longed for has now been achieved.

Ai Qing only hoped that this kind of life could continue forever.

……

By the time I finished watching the video, I had almost finished my dinner.

The little fish next to her had also finished her dinner and was lying on the table, licking her front paws and then wiping her face. Combined with her temperament, she had a rather charming air about her.

Ai Qing moved closer to Xiao Yu, hugged her with both hands, and buried his face in her neck. The fluffy fur covered his face, giving him a deep sense of comfort.

After petting the cat, Ai Qing looked up with a satisfied expression, then got up to clear the table and went back to the kitchen to clean up.

By the time everything was packed up, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.

Ai Qing carried the little fish back to the bedroom, took out a cat toy and played with her for a while, then sat back down at the computer desk and clicked on an icon on the desktop.

Yuan Shen, activate!

Then, log off quickly after 15 minutes.

While browsing videos on Bilibili on my computer, I opened the Qidian Reading APP on my phone and entered "I Have a Narcissus World".

Haha, yesterday's word count was only 4000 words again.

Damn it, if I had this kind of 10,000-subscription achievement, I would definitely write 10,000 words a day until Qidian goes bankrupt!

With that in mind, Ai Qing finished watching yesterday's updates and started watching videos on Bilibili. Whenever she came across something that could be used in the book, she would save it to her "Source Material" category.

Around 9 p.m., he got up, took a shower, threw his dirty clothes into the washing machine, lay back in bed, turned on his phone, and went to the author's backstage area.

Xiaoyu jumped onto the bed and curled up next to Aiqing's pillow, a fluffy ball, just where Aiqing could easily reach out and touch Xiaoyu's body.

[You finally released a new book?!]

[You're practically a cat writer, and this book is about cats again. Just how much do you love cats?]

[Is this graduation? I said I was too busy with graduation to start a book, but I've finally done it!]

[This is my favorite childhood sweetheart theme! Yay!]

Around 6 o'clock, the new book was approved.

Then, more than three hours later, this chapter mentioned more than twenty points, which were mostly from readers accumulated from the previous book.

[As expected, romance novels written by virgin authors are just the right fit! We need more!]

Ha ha.

Upon seeing this particularly eye-catching comment in the chapter, Ai Qing simply smiled and remained silent.

As a staunch bachelor, he only needs Xiaoyu for company.

No matter how enviable real-life romance may be, it can never be as romantic, touching, and beautiful as those depicted in novels.

Moreover, in real-life dating, he has to personally go on dates, prepare surprises, and provide emotional support.

He can enjoy romance in novels with just a few taps on his keyboard and earn royalties to support himself.

Comparing the two, a judgment is made.

However, whether this book will earn enough royalties to support the couple and their cat remains to be seen.

His first book, written during his senior year of college, was serialized for a total of seven months. When it ended, the average number of subscriptions was barely 500, and the royalties were just over 10,000 yuan, which was only enough for five months of rent, not including his daily living expenses.