Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

I'm thinking about whether I can change the way I teach her, instead of rigidly forcing knowledge into her from textbooks.

Otherwise, I'll always feel like I'm becoming the person I hated most when I was a child!

……

April 3rd.

I'm so angry!

After I finished typing, I realized that Little Fish was gone.

I searched the house for a long time but couldn't find her. I was afraid that she might have opened the door and gone out by herself, so I went out to search in the hallway and the community.

They even climbed the stairs from the first floor to the top floor and searched all the floors.

When I got back to the bedroom, I saw this guy crawl out of the closet!

When she turned back into a human that night, she stammered and told me that she didn't want to study.

I was thinking that you were quite serious about it last month.

How come he's become a truant student after only a few days?

I only wrote two thousand words today, I'm exhausted, I'm going to sleep now.

……

April 4th, sunny.

I went to the nearby Yintai City shopping mall and bought some building blocks, puzzles, and children's stories.

I feel like I'm not keeping a mistress in a gilded cage, but rather raising a child.

However, Xiaoyu's learning ability is indeed very strong; building blocks and puzzles seem to be no challenge for her.

The children's stories all included pinyin, which seemed to spark her interest in learning pinyin.

If there's anything you don't understand, you can use the built-in scanning and character recognition function on the children's watch.

Today, watching the little fish transform into a human and sit obediently in its seat, diligently studying the words in the children's story while holding its watch, I felt quite emotional.

She's finally got it right. Hopefully, she can study hard.

I was so busy with her yesterday that I forgot to check my referrals. I still find it hard to believe that I've made it to the fourth round.

The book now has 7500 favorites, which has already exceeded the number of my previous book when it was first released.

However, I doubt I'll get any recommendations from Xinghe, as I don't even have 1000 reads yet.

Ugh.

……

April 5th, Sunday.

I promised my mom I'd come home for lunch today. After finishing my writing this morning, I'll pack up and take my little fish home.

……

"Little Fish, come down first, let's talk about what's on your mind."

Ai Qing was carrying a flight case when she looked up at the little fish perched on the wardrobe.

"Meow~" Little Fish looked at the flight case and shook her head at Ai Qing.

"You don't want to come back with me? Then I might not be back until tomorrow, are you sure?"

The little fish shook its head again, jumped off the wardrobe, and dashed out of the bedroom to the front door: "Meow~"

Ai Qing blinked, belatedly realizing what was happening, and looked down at the flight case.

"You don't want to be locked up in here, is that what you mean?"

The little fish nodded quickly.

Ai Qing stroked her chin, pondering deeply.

To be honest, Xiaoyu can understand what he's saying now, and even without a carrier, he trusts that Xiaoyu won't run away.

But taking the cat out like that is still a bit dangerous.

After thinking it over again, Ai Qing rummaged through the cabinet and found a leash.

"Then put this on?" Ai Qing squatted down and gestured in front of Xiao Yu. "It's safer to hold your hand like this. If you behave this time, you can try taking this off later."

Ai Qing bought this leash a long time ago.

But Xiaoyu wasn't used to this at the time. After putting it on, she couldn't even walk properly, and the whole cat wobbled when she walked.

This time is different.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiaoyu nodded and obediently put on the cat leash with Aiqing's help.

Perhaps because it's used to wearing clothes after transforming into a human, the little fish didn't feel any discomfort when the leash was put on.

After walking around the house with the cat to make sure everything was alright, Ai Qing picked up her backpack and went out with Xiao Yu.

"Wow?"

As soon as I stepped out, Xiao Youqian came out of the elevator.

Seeing Ai Qing leading Xiao Yu out, Xiao Youqian's eyes lit up, and then she took small steps to Xiao Yu's side: "Are you taking her out for a walk?"

"No, I'm going home for dinner today, and I'll take her back with me."

"Is this alright? Cats can be stressed," Xiao Youqian warned. "My Vera has been at home since she was a kitten, so I can't take her out for walks. She's prone to stress when there are a lot of people around."

"Little Fish is fine." Ai Qing looked down and smiled. "Right, Little Fish?"

"Meow~" The little fish obediently raised its head and meowed.

Xiao Youqian was surprised: "She didn't actually understand, did she?"

"It's just a coincidence," Ai Qing coughed, brushing it off, and then said goodbye, "I'll be going now."

"Okay, bye-bye," Xiao Youqian said. "Please tell your grandma for me that the pet hospital is doing very well lately, and many people have come on your grandma's recommendation."

"OK."

After passing Xiao Youqian and entering the elevator, Xiaoyu also stepped into the elevator out of curiosity.

Before, when she went out, Ai Qing always locked her in a carrier. Although she could look out through the fence, her cat eyesight wasn't very good.

At this moment, Xiaoyu poured all the warmth in her body into her eyes.

The cat's eyes, which were originally limited to its own vision, suddenly became bright and clear, and the surrounding environment became more colorful.

This is also the application of warm current that she has gradually figured out over this period of time.

This allows her to observe the world more effectively.

Of course, it also allows her to see the people around her clearly.

……

After stepping out of the elevator, Ai Qing did not walk very fast.

Holding the little fish by the rope, I strolled slowly through the neighborhood.

The little fish, entering the colorful world for the first time, sometimes darted into the grass and sometimes jumped onto the wooden chair beside the path, aided by the warm current in its eyes.

Finally, he even used the nearby rockery of varying heights to jump directly onto Ai Qing's shoulder.

"You're a bit heavy," Ai Qing remarked, feeling the weight on her right shoulder.

"Meow~" The little fish had no worldly concept of weight, it just echoed Ai Qing, standing at his height, appreciating the world around it.

Turning her head to look at Xiaoyu's bright eyes, which seemed to be shining, Ai Qing walked across the road outside the south gate of the community and turned her head to look back.

I hope that one day I'll have the chance to walk openly down the street with my little fish that has transformed into a human.

"Come on, come home with me."

Chapter 40 Accident

When walking on the street, the most common pet is still the dog.

The slightly more troublesome thing about raising a dog compared to a cat is that you have to take your dog out for walks frequently, which takes up a lot of energy.

Otherwise, the dog will have nowhere to expend its energy and will end up destroying the house.

Cats, on the other hand, don't have as much energy as dogs. They probably sleep most of the day and only make noise for a short while.

Cats prefer terrain with varying elevations, so even if your home is small, as long as there's space for them to climb up and down, it's fine.

For example, in Ai Qing's bedroom, Xiao Yu's favorite route is to jump from the floor to the bed, then to the table, and finally, using a pile of books on the table, jump onto the top of the tallest wardrobe to overlook the entire bedroom.

Therefore, cats can be kept at home indefinitely.

But this raises the issue of "cat socialization".

If a cat is raised at home from a young age and never taken outside to roam, its personality will be fully formed as it grows up, making it very difficult to take it out.

Taking the cat out at this time will expose it to a large number of people or traffic, which can easily cause it to become stressed.

In severe cases, the person may go into shock and die on the spot.

Therefore, it is quite rare to see domestic cats strolling around on the street.

The little fish also grew up indoors and was never released outside.

If she hadn't become human during this time and been able to have basic communication with Ai Qing and express her thoughts, Ai Qing wouldn't have rashly taken her out like this.

Fortunately, it seems that I can adapt to it now.

However, once we left the residential area, she only dared to lean on his shoulder.

As soon as a car drove by on the street, Xiaoyu immediately buried her head in Aiqing's neck, then peeked out again, her two jewel-like eyes wide open, curiously observing everything.

"Little fish, when you get home later, if you're about to turn into a human, meow at me three times, okay?"

As they got closer to their grandparents' supermarket, Ai Qing turned to Xiao Yu and said.

"Meow~ Meow~ Meow~" Little Fish meowed three times in a row, then turned its head to look at Ai Qing, "Meow?"

"Yes, that's it." Ai Qing nodded in satisfaction, scratching her chin. "You're getting smarter and smarter."