Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

【Youxi does whatever she wants】: That's good. Tell her not to overthink it. The cat was simply scared away by the bicycle bell, not because of her.

[Rise, my subject]: I understand. What did you do with that cat?

【Youxi does whatever she wants】: I put it in the medical waste disposal bin at the pet hospital, and it will be cremated later.

Littering or burying animal carcasses is illegal, and Xiao Youqian's pet hospital has proper procedures for handling such cases.

If animal carcasses are left exposed in the wilderness, there is a risk of disease outbreaks and other epidemics.

Although the probability is small, it is still something that cannot be ignored.

Xiao Youqian is a professional in this area, so Ai Qing is not worried.

[Rise, my lord]: Then I'll trouble you. Little Fish is already asleep, so I won't chat any longer.

[Yuqian does whatever she wants]: Okay, then let's leave it at that.

After ending the chat, Ai Qing lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep.

He didn't close his eyes until he turned his head and saw the little fish beside him turn back into a kitten, a fluffy white kitten curled up. He then slowly drifted off to sleep.

……

The next morning, when Ai woke up, it was already nine o'clock.

He was still half asleep when he reached for his phone on the bedside table, glanced at the time, and was instantly jolted awake.

Logically speaking, Xiaoyu should have woken him up at seven o'clock every day.

But when he sat up abruptly in bed, he found that there was no one else on the bed except him.

This startled him, and he quickly looked around but couldn't find Xiaoyu in the bedroom.

So he quickly got up and ran out of the bedroom, only to hear the door open.

Xiaoyu walked into the house with a gloomy expression. She changed into slippers and was stunned when she saw Aiqing at the door. She was at a loss for what to do.

"Um, I..."

"Where did you go this morning?" Ai Qing asked with some concern.

It's nothing new for Xiaoyu to go out alone, after all, she used to often go out by herself to visit Grandma Aiqing.

But after what happened yesterday, Ai Qing was on tenterhooks, fearing that something might have happened to Xiao Yu.

Xiaoyu opened her mouth, then whispered, "I'm going to the pet hospital to ask Sister Youqian to take a look at the cat from yesterday."

"And then?" Ai Qing asked.

"Then Sister Youqian said that the cat's body had been sent away and would be properly taken care of." Xiaoyu sniffed. "Then I stayed there for a while, bought some breakfast for my brother, and then came back."

As she spoke, she raised her small hand, which held a bag of breakfast.

Ai Qing sighed, hugged her, patted her head, and then stopped mentioning the matter, pulling her towards the dining table: "Let's eat something together."

After breakfast, Xiaoyu didn't go to study, and Aiqing didn't bother her.

Ai Qing's novel is now finished, and he has officially begun preparing for his new book. However, he has not yet decided what he wants to write.

Seeing Xiaoyu's current state, Ai Qing didn't think much of it and simply focused all her energy on taking care of Xiaoyu these past few days.

Ai Qing bought the ingredients for lunch, cooked the lunch, and cleaned the house.

Xiaoyu is either quietly playing games on the computer or scrolling through videos or reading novels on her phone, seemingly trying her best to avoid thinking about anything else.

Three or four days passed, and September arrived.

Schools are gradually reopening, students are returning to their "cages," and Xiaoyu is also gradually recovering.

The live stream room, which had been off for four days, became lively again.

Everyone celebrated Xiaoyu's recovery, and Xiaoyu, looking perfectly normal, continued her live stream.

She even listened to Bubble's advice and started trying to play Yuan Shen in private, and even asked Ai Qing to record the whole process for her.

After having something to focus on, Xiaoyu gradually emerged from that psychological shadow.

Moreover, open-world games like Madoka Magica, which are similar to single-player games, are indeed suitable for immersing oneself in and temporarily forgetting some sad things.

Seeing that she was having a great time, Ai Qing felt a little relieved.

However, for the sake of the game's entertainment and the show's effect, Ai Qing basically didn't teach her how to play Yuan Shen, and even suggested that she not look at any guides and figure it out on her own.

To be honest, for Ai Qing, Yuan Shen was simply a wife-activator.

Although some of the game's storylines are decent, they aren't enough to make him want to keep playing.

For Ai Qing, the most useful thing about Madoka Kaname is that she can learn some techniques for creating characters in anime and manga.

When he has nothing to do, he likes to open the character panel and look at each character one by one.

The character's background, voice acting, skills, constellations, and other design elements are all connected by a clear logic.

This thing is still quite suitable for gathering materials.

However, for players like Xiaoyu who have only played games like Fire & Ice and Snow and PUBG before, it is indeed easy to get addicted to a game like Yuujin when they first come into contact with it.

Without consulting a guide, playing Madoka Kaname can be quite challenging for a young player.

Even at the beginning, she didn't know that she could upgrade characters and skills.

Not to mention equipping the correct artifacts, it's also common to equip Anemo characters with Pyro-enhancing items.

Ai Qing watched with amusement, but didn't teach her how to play. She simply recorded everything faithfully and then edited it with Xiao Yu.

As a veteran player, Ai Qing naturally knew which parts of the screen recording were full of entertainment value, and she guided Xiao Yu to edit them out one by one.

As a result, in mid-September, Xiaoyu released the first video about Madoka Kaname's newbie adventures in Teyvat, which suddenly became a hit.

In just two or three days, the number of views exceeded one million.

But after Xiaoyu privately completed the Liyue part of the story, she temporarily put the game down, calculated her current savings, and fell into deep thought.

"elder brother."

At night, I lay in bed.

Xiaoyu said in Aiqing's arms.

"what happened?"

"I have a question."

"Go ahead and ask."

Why are there so many stray cats in our neighborhood?

Hearing Xiaoyu suddenly ask this question, even though quite some time had passed since the end of last month, Ai Qing's heart still skipped a beat, and she turned to look at Xiaoyu.

Seeing that she looked normal, Ai Qing breathed a sigh of relief and then said after thinking for a moment, "Because in reality, many people are not suitable to keep cats."

"But they still bought pet cats because they liked them, or simply because they wanted to keep up with the Joneses, or because of social needs."

"I only realized I wasn't suited for it after I actually started raising them."

"So some people will persist, get used to it, and gradually become a qualified cat owner."

"Some people don't have the patience. They just throw the kitten outside and then don't care about it anymore."

“If there are more people like this, the number of stray cats will naturally become uncontrollable.”

Of course, the issues involved are much more complex than Ai Qing described, but in order to make it easy for Xiao Yu to understand, Ai Qing could only explain it to her in this single-threaded way.

Xiaoyu nodded in his arms, then couldn't help but ask, "Then... Xiaoyu has saved more than 40,000 yuan now. Is there any way to help the stray cats?"

“Um…” Ai Qing fell into deep thought upon hearing this. “There are usually places like stray animal shelters, but these places have limited capacity and can’t possibly collect all the stray animals.”

"Is there anything else... um..." Xiaoyu said, then suddenly her eyes lit up. She climbed out of bed, leaned on Ai Qing, and said, "Brother, how about we open a cat cafe!"

"Huh?" Ai Qing was stunned, wondering what was wrong with Xiao Yu's thought process. How did she suddenly go from helping stray cats to wanting to open a cat cafe?

"Think about it," Xiaoyu said. "Since we're all adopting stray cats, why can't we open a cat cafe, take all the cats in, and let them serve customers and earn their own cat food?"

Although Xiaoyu is also a kitten, since becoming human, she has received long-term education from Aiqing and has now established the values ​​of self-reliance and independence.

Therefore, in her view, completely free adoption is simply not feasible, as it would only allow the adopted cats to enjoy free food and shelter without any real value.

If that's the case, why can't we also find them jobs so they can work and earn money to support themselves?

That's what they say... but Ai Qing wasn't optimistic.

"Little Fish, although there are many breeds of stray cats, many of them are offspring of stray cats that have been crossbred and are not very good-looking."

Of course, there are some stray cats that are quite good-looking, but cats like Sheriff, Japanese, and Orange are definitely not very popular.

If these cats gather in a cat cafe, Ai Qing has serious doubts about its profitability; it might go out of business in less than two months.

"How will I know if I don't try!" Xiaoyu looked calm and earnest, her eyes filled with anticipation as she looked at Aiqing. Finally, she whispered, "It's fine if it only costs my money. I'll work hard to earn money through live streaming in the future."

"Sigh..." Ai Qing stroked the head of the little fish lying on her body and sighed, "What an idiot, do we need to distinguish between yours and mine?"

Chapter 185 The Cat Cafe Plan

Ai Qing is someone who, once she decides to do something, is very proactive.

Just like last year when someone told him "If you're so good, then you do it," he immediately wrote an online novel and unknowingly stumbled into this industry.

For example, at the beginning of this year, after deciding that he wanted to try this industry, he immediately told his family that he wanted to rent a house outside so that he could devote himself to it wholeheartedly.

He enjoys the pleasure of immediately taking action once he has decided on something, and he also enjoys the growth that comes with it.

Otherwise, if you keep dragging your feet and don't take action, you'll only waste your time and energy, and you'll keep thinking about it.

Ai Qing did the same when it came to opening a cat cafe.

However, what he prefers even more is to think through all the steps of the whole thing before taking action.

"First of all, what do you need to open a cat cafe?" Ai Qing sat at the dining table, propping her chin up with her right hand, looking at the obedient little fish holding a pen and paper across from her, and coaxed her gently.

"Um...we need, we need cats!" Little Fish said, raising her hand. "We also need a cat cafe!"

Ai Qing chuckled, but didn't say much. She just followed Xiao Yu's train of thought and said, "Well, we need cats, and a cat cafe, which is a suitable shop for a cat cafe."

As he said this, Xiaoyu obediently wrote it down on the paper.

"So where do cats come from?" Ai Qing continued to ask.