Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Xiao Youqian: "...I think you're pretty annoying."

……

Qianxin Pet Hospital opened as scheduled.

Judging from the current situation, it has at least made a small name for itself in Jinpan Yunting Prefecture.

Ai Qing stayed there until 3 p.m., then got up, said goodbye, and left.

After confirming that Ai Qing really wasn't going out drinking that night, Kong Fugui took his girlfriend home.

His family and Ai Qing's parents' family both lived in the South District, but his girlfriend didn't live there, so Kong Fugui drove to her house.

……

Cats have very sensitive ears.

The little fish has more sensitive ears.

She didn't know why, perhaps it was because she had transformed into a human so many times that the warm current in her body was constantly being depleted each time she did so.

During this process of depletion, the little fish instinctively seized an opportunity and tried to actively control the warm current.

Her main intention was to control the warm current and stop its consumption, so that she could transform back into a cat form without exhausting the warm current.

If that's possible, then Little Fish will be able to control when to turn into a human and when to turn back into a cat.

Unfortunately, she can't do that yet.

But they managed to come up with a new feature.

She can somewhat control the direction of the warm current consumption.

For example, when applied to the ears, consuming a little more warm current, she can hear sounds from farther away and with more detailed sound textures than before.

In the past, when Ai Qing came home, Xiao Yu would hear the elevator sound as soon as she stepped out of the elevator and know that someone had arrived.

Then she would immediately rush to the front door and squat down, listening carefully to the footsteps outside.

She would recognize Ai Qing's footsteps once the person reached the door.

But now, as soon as Ai Qing stepped out of the elevator, Xiao Yu could recognize his footsteps.

This made her a little impatient. Before Ai Qing even reached the door, the little fish jumped up, put its two front paws on the doorknob, and opened the door.

Seeing the door open automatically in front of her, Ai Qing paused, her heart skipping a beat.

However, when Ai Qing saw Xiao Yu's cat head peeking out from inside the door, she breathed a sigh of relief, then walked over in an annoyed manner, squatted down, and tapped Xiao Yu's head.

"I told you not to open the door yourself, but you wouldn't listen, would you?" Ai Qing glared at her, then looked somewhat troubled.

What if Xiaoyu opens the door and walks out when I'm not home?

This made him feel a little insecure.

But Xiaoyu looked completely bewildered, not knowing why she had been hit on the head again, and her little eyes looked a bit aggrieved.

She only heard Ai Qing's footsteps, so she opened the door for him. Why did he have to knock on her?

The two of them are now communicating like foreigners, unable to speak the same language and without a translator.

They could only stare at each other blankly.

Xiaoyu could barely understand some of the words because she had often heard Aiqing mention them.

For example, "door" should refer to something that can be opened.

But that's about all the little fish can understand.

Thinking of this, the little fish suddenly had a brilliant idea. It tried controlling its warm currents and letting them flow into its brain to see what effect it would have...

While Xiaoyu was trying this out, Aiqing had already gone into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, checked what leftover ingredients were available, and then opened her phone to order some things for Xiaoyu's birthday.

"I'll cook you a nice meal today to celebrate your birthday," Ai Qing said. "After all, you're turning one year old now."

Chapter 27 My Brain Is Growing!

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the ingredients that Ai Qing had ordered arrived.

The little fish, who was squatting by the door, had heard the sound of the elevator outside long ago. Knowing it was the footsteps of strangers, it obediently did not open the door.

She ran to the bedroom door and meowed several times inside.

Normally, when the little fish make a sound, it's just a single meow; it's rare to see them meow several times like this.

Ai Qing, who was typing in the bedroom, heard the sound and was puzzled. She walked out of the bedroom to look at Xiao Yu outside. Before she could speak, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, your takeout is here."

Ai Qing opened the door, took the plastic bag, closed the door, and glanced in surprise at the little fish at his feet that was looking up at him. He blinked.

"You weren't just calling me to open the door and get the takeout, were you?"

The little fish of the past weren't this smart.

Although some exceptionally gifted cats and dogs can achieve this level of intelligence after long-term training.

But Ai Qing clearly didn't have that level of training ability; all she asked of Xiao Yu was that he eat well, drink well, and stay healthy.

Now she can open the door and calls for him to open the door... Could it be because he told Xiaoyu not to open the door by herself, so she comes to call him?

So, does that mean Little Fish can already understand what he's saying?

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Ai Qing squatted down and looked at Xiao Yu. "If you can understand, then nod."

Little Fish tilted her head, trying to let the warm current flow into her brain, but it was still a bit difficult for her to fully understand the meaning of such a long sentence or two in such a short time.

"Alright." Ai Qing sighed, it seemed he had overthought things.

Patting Xiaoyu's head, Ai Qing got up and went into the kitchen to prepare a special cat-themed birthday cake for Xiaoyu.

Little Fish was also a little anxious because the warm current in her body was not enough.

Just as I was about to find Ai Qing to apply some warmth and absorb more of the warmth, I was shut out by the sliding door of the kitchen. I could only stay alone in the living room, looking at Ai Qing through the door.

But it's better than nothing.

Even through the door, the warm current flowing from Ai Qing was only about half the thickness of a little finger.

The little fish put them all into its brain, but it felt like its brain was a deep sea, and after they were poured in, it seemed that not even a ripple was stirred.

Even so, changes have occurred.

Little Fish felt like her brain could hold more things now.

pity.

I used to complain every day that the warm current was accumulating too much and too fast, and that I only became a person after it overflowed.

Now that we've gradually become familiar with and mastered the new functions of warm currents, they're actually not enough.

This is also related to the fact that she used up the warm current when she transformed into a human in the afternoon.

It looks like I need to find more opportunities to get close to Ai Qing.

The little fish lay by the kitchen doorway, watching the busy figures inside, lost in thought.

……

Ai Qing took the prepared sardine pieces out of the plastic bag, boiled the water in the pot, and cooked the sardines.

While cooking, put the shrimp that I prepared in the afternoon into the pot, blanch them until cooked, then immediately take them out and chop them into shrimp paste.

After a short while, remove the cooked sardine pieces, chop them up, and set aside.

After that, Ai Qing poured out about a quarter of the usual amount of cat food that Xiao Yu ate, mashed it in a bowl, shaped it using a mold for making small cakes, and used it as the base for the cake.

It was probably only about the size of his palm.

After the base was set up, Ai Qing carefully spread the previously chopped shrimp paste on top of the cat food as the second layer of the cake.

Then, use a quarter of a serving of cat food, mash it up, and spread it as a third layer.

The fourth layer contains minced sardine meat.

In this way, a cat-shaped cake is initially formed.

Ai Qing placed the cake on a large plate, took out three or four pieces of freeze-dried food, crushed them, and sprinkled them on top of and around the cake.

Then I took out two cat-shaped sticks, spread one on the cake, wrote the word "small" on it, and drew a simple "fish" next to it.

The other cat-shaped stick was arranged around the cake.

Finally, Ai Qing took out a small dried fish and stuck it in the center of the cake as a candle.

This represents the little fish's first birthday.

Very good.

Ai Qing took a half step back, looked the delicate little cat cake up and down, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

I hope the little fish will like it.

With both hands holding the plate, Ai Qing used her foot to push open the kitchen sliding door and placed the cake on the dining table.

It was quite unusual that the little fish, smelling the cat food, didn't immediately jump onto the dining table.

Instead, it stayed close to Ai Qing's feet, occasionally rubbing its cat-like face against his ankle.

Ai Qing: "?"

"What do you mean by that? You're not thanking me, are you?"

Seeing Xiaoyu's adorable appearance, Ai Qing squatted down and took the initiative to hug her.

Looking down at the little fish, which was behaving obediently and not moving around, Ai Qing was actually a little touched.

After all, once Xiaoyu smelled the cat food, she no longer cared about her owner.

Not to mention that today, in addition to cat food, there's also fish, shrimp, freeze-dried cat treats—so many powerful ingredients!

Surprisingly, the little fish was able to hold back?

What Ai Qing didn't know was that Xiao Yu was feeling quite comfortable right now.

The warm current that had been rubbing against Ai Qing's ankle suddenly thickened considerably, becoming about the thickness of a thumb.