Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

So nothing really happened.

“Sterilization does have its advantages; at least they don’t have to suffer,” Ai Qing continued.

“Especially for female cats like Maple Leaf, it is actually very dangerous for stray cats to be pregnant.”

"Little Fish's mother still remembers, right? This kind of thing is very common among stray cats."

Lang Xiangying was also touched when she thought of that stunning yet delicate lion cat mother.

She looked back at the little fish and said, "Then sterilization is fine?"

"At least we can't let stray cats become rampant," Ai Qing said. "We can't do anything big, but we should at least make our neighborhood a little better, right?"

“That’s true.” Lang Xiangying nodded. “Xiaoqian’s pet hospital is quite close, and we’re all familiar with it.”

"Mhm." Ai Qing nodded, thinking that Sister Qian should give him a commission for this user acquisition.

"What about the little fish?" Lang Xiangying asked. "Do they need to be spayed/neutered too?"

"Ahem... Little Fish has always lived with me, why would she need to be spayed or neutered?" Ai Qing coughed twice, then her gaze swept over the little orange sheriff and the others, sending a chill down the spines of the kittens.

"Moreover, neutering male cats is simpler and safer than neutering female cats, so I think it's better to start with these few."

"It's a good opportunity for the doctors at Sister Qian's place to practice and gain some experience."

The dogs don't understand human speech. After finishing their meal, they lingered in the yard, meowing around Grandma.

Little did they know, a great calamity was about to befall them.

“This isn’t urgent. I’ll talk to Sister Qian about it when I have some free time, and then we’ll take action when we’re free,” Ai Qing added.

"Okay, whatever you say." Lang Xiangying always trusted her grandson, so she didn't say anything more and readily agreed. "Don't talk to Xiaoqian about discounts or anything. We don't lack that kind of money. I'm the one feeding the cats, and we can afford to spay/neuter them."

……

After feeding the cats that evening and reaching an agreement with her grandmother to sterilize the stray cats in the neighborhood, Ai Qing carried Xiao Yu back to her bedroom on the second floor.

Lying in bed, idly scrolling through videos and chatting in groups, the little fish that was squatting by his bedside suddenly turned into a person without him noticing.

Ai Qing turned to look at the girl lying beside her, and remembering what had happened in the yard earlier, she patted her head.

"Humans are very selfish animals."

"Or rather, selfishness is simply the nature of animals."

"What is horrific to humans can be done to other animals without any burden."

"Then they'll use the excuse that it's for their own good to deceive their conscience."

"In reality, spaying/neutering is just spaying/neutering, simply for the convenience of humans. Any claims that spayed/neutered cats will be more docile or live longer are just irrelevant side effects."

"The main point is that it's more convenient to have a cat."

Little Fish blinked and listened attentively, trying hard to understand what Ai Qing was saying.

But after a long pause, she still asked in a low voice, "Sterilization, what does that mean?"

"Uh..." This question stumped Ai Qing.

Just moments ago he was spouting that condescending, wise critique, but now his lips are trembling, and after stammering for a while, he can only gesture with his hands as he speaks:

"Well, to put it simply, both humans and cats can have children. Humans can give birth to babies, and cats can give birth to kittens."

"However, if a female cat or a female cat wants to have kittens, she has to find a male cat or a male cat and do some unspeakable things, and then she will have babies or kittens in her belly."

"Spaying or neutering means removing the parts that can support babies and kittens, so you can't have children anymore."

The little fish nodded, seemingly understanding, then pressed on, "Mating, what does that mean?"

Ai Qing: "...Yeah, it means finding a partner to have a baby or a kitten."

“Then, me.” Xiaoyu pointed to herself, then pulled Aiqing back, “you.”

"Hmm?" Ai Qing asked, puzzled.

Little Fish said seriously, "To breed."

"...Let's get back to studying."

"Ugh!" Little Fish quickly sat up in bed, leaned against the wall, and shook her head repeatedly. "Mating? Okay. But learning? No!"

Chapter 44 Galaxy (Recommended)

“b, à, bà, that’s how you pronounce ‘father’.”

“m, ā, mā, this is how you pronounce 'mother'.”

"Daddy, Mommy, what does it mean?" Little Yu sat obediently in the chair, listening to Ai Qing teaching her to read pinyin, and couldn't help but tilt her head and ask.

“They are the people who gave birth to us,” Ai Qing explained. “Like my dad and my mom, you know, that day we were hiding in a stairwell cubicle, and those two outside were arguing.”

"Dad, Dad?" Xiaoyu nodded as if she understood, then tried to read it a few more times, following the pronunciation Ai Qing had taught her, "Dad, Dad."

"Cough, you don't need to look at me while you read." Xiaoyu looked at him intently as she read, her innocent expression making Ai Qing feel a little guilty.

After another ten days or so of learning, Xiaoyu finally learned some basic pinyin pronunciation.

As Ai Qing learned more and more pinyin and Chinese characters, her communication with Xiao Yu gradually became smoother.

Unfortunately, some kittens' long-standing habits are not so easy to change.

Although Xiaoyu is almost able to walk on her own, she still likes to crawl around on all fours when Aiqing isn't watching over her.

Lying in bed at midnight, even when the little fish turns into a human, it will still secretly lick his hand.

I don't know what's so great about licking this.

Cats have barbs on their tongues, which can feel prickly, itchy, or numb when they lick themselves.

But after the little fish turned into a human, its tongue was no different from a human's, soft, sticky, and slippery. Being licked in the middle of the night was really a bit scary.

"Am I okay today?" Xiaoyu blinked and looked at Ai Qing with anticipation.

"Hmm, good job, keep it up." Ai Qing patted her head, understanding what she meant, and rewarded her with a small dried fish. "Eat slowly."

Previously, Xiaoyu always tried various ways to avoid studying, which gave Aiqing a lot of headaches.

A few days ago, in order to avoid studying, I even went to some secluded and hidden places before I was about to become human.

To be honest, Ai Qing was quite worried. If she tried to transform into a human in a place where there wasn't enough space, wouldn't she be...

When Ai Qing thought of this, she got angry, which was rare for her. She pulled Xiao Yu to sit on the sofa and scolded her, earnestly telling her not to do anything reckless.

Finally, a compromise was devised: during the day when he was in human form, he would only spend half of that time studying.

And as long as she takes it seriously, she gets a snack as a reward.

Now, in order to eat more snacks, Xiaoyu finally cheered up and plunged headlong into the boundless sea of ​​learning.

The little fish, carrying a dried fish in its mouth, dashed off to the living room to enjoy it.

Ai Qing glanced at the time and was about to get up to make dinner when her phone vibrated.

I picked it up and saw that there was a new message from the author's back office.

【您好，现在通知您的作品《我的青梅会变成猫》将在2023-04-12 14:00:00获得新版网站-首页星河推荐】

Ai Qing: "?!"

What the hell!

He jumped up from the chair.

I rubbed my eyes, took another look, and made sure I wasn't seeing things.

He then quickly opened QQ and found his editor.

【Flowers Bloom Around the Corner】: (Screenshot)

【Flowers Bloom Around the Corner】: Am I seeing things?

【Flowers Bloom Around the Corner】: Didn't you say before that I wasn't following the story closely enough? I was all ready to put it on the shelves.

Editor Guagua probably hasn't seen the message yet.

Ai Qing wasn't in a hurry; she was just in a great mood and very pleasantly surprised. She happily walked out of the bedroom, humming a little tune as she prepared to make dinner.

As I passed the living room cabinet, I grabbed some freeze-dried food to give Xiaoyu a treat: "I received some good news, Xiaoyu, you should celebrate too."

"Hmm!" Little Fish, who had been sitting on the sofa, quickly got up, wobbled over to the dining table, sat down, picked up a freeze-dried fruit and popped it into her mouth, squinting her eyes and shaking her head happily, "Good news! Let's celebrate!"

On Tuesday of this week, Ai Qing asked the editor about her current reading progress on this book.

It was over 1200 at the time.

This probably doesn't meet the entry requirements for Galaxy's recommendations during the new book season.

The good news is that, apart from one big-name author and two relatively strong level 5 veteran authors starting their own books this time, the number of readers following Ai Qing is not particularly high.

Each week, the Galaxy Recommendations feature about seventeen books. All new books across all categories will be compared and compared, and only the top 17 books will be selected.

The competition this time wasn't too fierce. The books ranked around 17th had between 1000 and 1500 reads each.

They all fall into ambiguous and ambiguous positions.

At the time, the editor Guagua told Ai Qing that the chances were slim and that he should first prepare to release the story.

But unexpectedly, it actually made it in this time?

This made Ai Qing feel like she was dreaming.

The little flop had only just finished writing his second online novel when he actually made it onto Qidian's Galaxy Recommendation page.

It's important to know that the new book season at Qidian is known as a "newcomer slaughterhouse," with competition reaching a level of purgatory.

If your second book can successfully get a recommendation from Xinghe, it basically means that you can be guaranteed a pretty good level of royalties after the book is published.

I can definitely support myself full-time!

Thinking about this made Ai Qing feel refreshed, and she even enjoyed cooking.

[Editor Guagua]: Oh, this? You're lucky this time, you made it in time.

Midway through, the editor sent me a message.

【Flowers Bloom Around the Corner】: Huh? What does that mean?