Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

After all, if you say that this is a cat café that Xiaoyu is going to open, people will still be a little suspicious.

Since many of these procedures required Ai Qing's ID card, he simply took on all of them himself.

The little fish came to help him.

Hearing him say that, Ai Zhongguo looked at the kid in surprise, then muttered to himself, "Does this cat cafe make money? I hope it doesn't end up losing so much money that even my own mother wouldn't recognize me."

“If we don’t have to pay rent, I think we won’t lose money at least,” Ai Qing said shamelessly after coughing twice.

Ai Zhongguo rolled his eyes at him: "You're dreaming. Let's get this straight, the rent for your place is no less than two thousand yuan a month. Even if it's not much pressure, it's still pressure."

"Alright, alright, consider it a token of our respect for you." Ai Qing readily agreed, and as Ai Zhongguo opened the door, she took Xiao Yu's hand and led her inside.

As soon as he entered the room, Ai Zhongguo waved his hand in front of him, scattering the floating dust.

Ai Qing and Xiao Yu followed behind, while Ai Huijun walked at the very back.

As soon as she entered, Xiaoyu began to carefully examine the space. A warm feeling quickly filled her mind, and she began to envision the specific layout and decoration of the cat cafe.

The area here is large enough to fulfill many of the little fish's ideas.

In addition, there is a small storage room inside that can be used as a toilet, and there is even extra space.

Thinking about this, Xiaoyu naturally became more and more satisfied.

Not to mention, the shop is right downstairs from their house and next to Xiao Youqian's pet hospital, which is incredibly convenient.

Ai Zhongguo stood in the middle of the empty space, hands on his hips, and said, "If you really intend to open a shop, don't rush to rent one. Show me your business plan, and I'll give you some advice."

"What advice are you giving me? You don't know anything about cat cafes." Ai Qing rolled her eyes at him. "Just go and make your videos."

Ai Zhongguo has recently made some political videos on several platforms, but so far they haven't made much of a splash.

With Ai Qing's warning, Ai Zhongguo wasn't in a hurry. He just played around with it and gradually got familiar with the style and gameplay of these platforms.

However, now that he heard Ai Qing was going to open a shop, he was definitely a little worried: "Then you'll have to renovate, right? That'll cost a lot of money."

“Yes, I’ve already talked to Sister Youqian,” Ai Qing said. “She knows a renovation team and also cat supply vendors, so she can help us get a better price.”

"What about business licenses and stuff? We need to get those done in advance, right? Do you want me to help you with that?" Ai Zhongguo asked again.

"I asked Gui Gui for help, it should only take a day or two."

After listening to his son's words, Ai Zhongguo remained silent for a while, then suddenly realized that he couldn't really help.

As for opening a store.

If Ai Qing wants to give it a try, then let him try. His family isn't short of money, and besides, he earned the money himself.

If we really lose money, we'll consider it a lesson learned.

Thinking of this, Ai Zhongguo stopped interfering and simply said, "Then my requirements aren't high. If you can cover the rent of five thousand a month, then do whatever you want."

Chapter 189 Kidnapping

If a fan group isn't deliberately managed or operated to maintain its popularity, there are basically only three possible outcomes.

One option is to become a game group.

Secondly, it becomes a gossip group.

Thirdly, it becomes a group of lewd critics.

Of course, more often than not, all three are present.

After several months of development, the reader group for Ai Qing's previous book has grown to over a thousand members.

Even after the book was finished, the group members had already gotten used to chatting here, and the group's popularity showed no signs of waning.

It ended at the end of August and lasted for a little over a month until October.

During that time, apart from occasionally remembering that this was still a book group and having someone ask about the author's new book, no one cared about anything else related to online novels.

Most of the conversation revolved around games, interspersed with gossip and jokes about gay men among the group members.

Because erotic content is prohibited in the group, there's no such thing here; at most, there are some beautiful anime pictures.

Ai Qing was busy dealing with cat café matters for Xiao Yu, so she basically didn't show up in the group throughout September and October.

The readers have almost forgotten about this person.

Then one day, a reader who had finished reading the book joined the group and asked, "When will you start writing the new book, 'Turning the Corner'? I saw that it's been finished for almost two months."

So one of the group members directly tagged Ai Qing, jokingly asking her to answer personally.

Occasionally, people will tag Ai Qing in the storytelling segment, but Ai Qing usually doesn't reply.

Surprisingly, Ai Qing replied to the message today, which was unusual for her.

【Blossoms at the Corner】: I'll probably release a new book at the end of the month. I've been busy with other things lately, but things will be better soon.

[Did it come back to life?]

Holy crap! They actually came?!

[After a two-month break, what will you write for your new book? It's not going to be about cats again, is it?]

[A professional cat writer, what do you think?]

What have you been busy with? Inheriting the family fortune?

[Could they be busy getting married?]

The group chat immediately became lively.

But Ai Qing only said that one sentence before disappearing again.

The book lovers sighed for a while, then returned to their usual chatter.

Everyone had a general idea that Ai Qing was about to release a new book.

……

"Here?" Ai Qing's voice rang out in the grove. "There's not much of a person around, so it's relatively safe."

"Okay, let's do it here then." Xiao Yu looked around and then nodded to Ai Qing.

The next second, she transformed back into a kitten.

Since October, the effects of Xiaoyu's long-term practice of Vajra Kung Fu have finally become apparent.

After she had been in human form for 24 hours, Little Fish suddenly realized that she seemed to have free control over her transformation.

Previously, she could only choose when to become human, and once the warm current in her body overflowed, it was difficult to control.

Now, the little fish can choose to transform back into a cat at any time.

At this moment, Xiaoyu followed Aiqing into the residential area, stepping on the grass of this small grove, her gaze fixed on a cat over there.

That's a female cat named Maple Leaf in the neighborhood. She usually eats cat food at Ai Qing's grandma's place, and she's quite good-looking.

The only problem is that, apart from Ai Qing's grandmother, Ai Qing, and Yao Qiang, no one else can touch her; she has a rather bad temper.

Otherwise, given the appearance of a maple leaf, even if it were already mature, many people would still like it.

In fact, Maple Leaf had already been successfully adopted before, but just a few days after Xiao Youqian gave Maple Leaf away, the adoptive parents begged her to return it.

The reason is that it has a bad temper. It will hiss and bare its teeth if you touch it, and sometimes it will even bite you.

In the end, there was no other way but to sterilize them and release them back into the wild.

But Little Fish knew what was going on with Maple Leaf.

Although communication is actually very limited in the cat world, Xiaoyu learned from previous conversations that Maple Leaf had been a stray when it was young and seemed to have been abused.

Later, it went to Aiqing's grandma's house for a meal. It was only because the male cats who had impregnated it said that there was no danger there and that it could eat and drink whatever it wanted that it relaxed its guard a little.

After that, as Ai Qing's grandmother kept bringing them food, Maple Leaf gradually lowered its guard, and even when Lang Xiangying touched it, it slowly stopped minding.

Later, Ai Qing and Yao Qiang were able to pet him while feeding him, but they couldn't pet him if they met him normally.

Maple Leaf remains quite wary of outsiders.

Under these circumstances, the little fish approached it as a kitten and told it about a place where there was food and drink to wait on it, and the only requirement was that it let others pet it.

The maple leaf, of course, would not agree.

But this time, as soon as Xiaoyu took action, Maple Leaf only hesitated for a moment before following Xiaoyu.

"Meow~" The little fish walked to Ai Qing's feet, raised its head and meowed twice at him, indicating that it had finished.

When Ai Qing saw this scene and saw that Feng Ye was actually following behind obediently, she was surprised. She didn't expect that after three visits to the thatched cottage, she would actually be persuaded to come out.

Maple Leaf is exceptionally beautiful among stray cats. As long as it doesn't scratch or bite people, it should be very popular.

To ensure that Maple Leaf wouldn't change its mind halfway, Little Fish maintained its feline demeanor throughout, following Ai Qing and chatting with Maple Leaf to help it relax.

As for how they managed to get it there, the reason is simple: just say that Lang Xiangying would be feeding it there too.

It wasn't that Xiaoyu was lying. When Aiqing's grandmother heard that her grandson was going to open a cat café and planned to bring in stray cats from the neighborhood, she immediately volunteered to help.

She didn't have much to do on weekdays, and feeding the cats every night was one of her few pleasures besides square dancing.

Now that he knew Ai Qing's plans, Lang Xiangying thought about it and, upon hearing that Ai Zhongguo had asked his grandson for 5,000 yuan a month in rent, immediately offered to help for free.

Actually, Lang Xiangying is perfectly capable of feeding the cats and cleaning up after them.

Perhaps because she dances in the square every day, Lang Xiangying has always been in good health, so there's nothing to worry about.

However, Lang Xiangying also has to help look after the supermarket at home, and she and Ai Lisong take turns, so it's impossible for her to stay in the cat cafe all day.

Xiaoyu's idea was simple: the cat cafe would open at nine in the morning and close at seven in the evening.

The store is open for a total of ten hours, with the cats changing every five hours, working in two shifts.

Otherwise, cats might not be able to handle being petted for ten hours straight.

Along the way, Maple Leaf followed Xiaoyu out of the neighborhood. She was a little hesitant at first, but because Xiaoyu kept chatting with her, she unknowingly crossed the road and arrived at the cat cafe that had just been renovated a little over a week ago.

"How many is this?" Lang Xiangying, who was cleaning in the cat cafe, asked, already somewhat used to the sight.

"That's the thirteenth one, I think," Ai Qing recalled. "That's about enough. We bring them over in batches of six or seven every five hours. We've brought over most of the cats that usually roam around our neighborhood; they're all familiar with the area."

Most of the cats in the neighborhood have eaten cat food at Lang Xiangying's place, so Lang Xiangying is very familiar with the stray cats she has brought over in the last few days.

Some of these cats were simply lured by treats, some were bewitched by Xiaoyu's persuasive words, and some were difficult to handle, so we had to rely on Lang Xiangying's reputation.