Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

When you immerse yourself in the story created by online novels, you simply enjoy the happiness that the story brings you.

But sometimes it can be a simple story that touches you, resonates with your emotions, and makes you realize or understand something.

But the reverse is not true.

"You can push the box over first, and then you can jump on it."

"Look, if that's the case, with both of us here, no one can step on that mechanism, right?"

"Look at the length of this lava, isn't it impossible to jump over? But I'm the Fire Man, I can push the box inside, leaving a section sticking out, so you can step on the box and jump over, right?"

"Now there's such a long stretch of water that I can't jump across. How are you going to help me?"

I played Fire and Ice in the Forest for more than half an hour.

Ai Qing felt like she wasn't playing a game, but rather being a teacher and giving a lesson.

Ai Qing truly admired herself for her patient and persuasive guidance.

But turning his head to look at Xiaoyu's serious and absorbed expression, he smiled and felt that it was all worth it.

In the future, I can also play games with the little fish at home.

Consider it an educational and entertaining experience.

Chapter 68 Commendable Achievements

Time flies when you're immersed in a game.

So much so that the little fish didn't even notice the warm current being consumed.

When the two of them finally managed to clear the seventh level, Ai Qing suddenly noticed that the Ice Maiden on the computer screen had stopped moving.

Turning his head, he saw that the little fish had turned back into a kitten, squatting on the chair, looking up at him.

"Meow..."

Clearly, Xiaoyu was a little guilty.

When he came in earlier, Ai Qing had told him to let her know in advance when he was about to turn back into a kitten.

But the Forest Fireboy and Watergirl are so much fun!

I forgot about it while I was playing.

Ai Qing wasn't angry, but seeing Xiao Yu like this, she was in a bit of a dilemma.

In theory, internet cafes should have surveillance cameras.

The good news is, there aren't any in the private rooms.

Ai Qing looked up and glanced around, but didn't see any surveillance cameras. However, there were some installed in the lobby and corridors outside.

If the receptionist watching the security camera footage were even slightly observant, they might have noticed that the girl who entered the private room earlier never left.

That sounds a bit scary.

However, not everyone is usually that observant, so Ai Qing only worried for a moment before not thinking about it any further.

He took out his phone and glanced at WeChat. Wu Yong had already replied to his message, saying that he would be here around 6:30.

Ai Qing glanced at Kong Fugui, who was fast asleep beside her, then looked at Xiaoyu and asked, "I remember you said before that once you become human, you can't control when you turn back, but if you want, you can control when you become human, right?"

Xiaoyu squatted on the chair, listening attentively to Ai Qing's question. After thinking about it carefully, she nodded and then shook her head.

Theoretically, the little fish can indeed control when it transforms into a human, but its control is relatively limited.

To be more precise, Little Fish can only control the time she transforms into a human before the warm current overflows.

Once the warm current completely fills her body, she can only passively transform into a human and begin to consume the warm current.

However, as time goes by, the more times she overflows with warmth, the more warmth she can hold.

This is also why it takes longer and longer for small fish to transform into humans.

Simply put, the volume of the container that can hold the warm current has been expanded.

Unfortunately, Xiaoyu's descriptive abilities were limited, and she couldn't use such a clear metaphor to make it easier for Aiqing to understand.

"If I give you about half an hour now, and then turn you back into a human around 6:30, can you last for a few minutes?" Ai Qing asked again.

After thinking it over, the little fish felt that it shouldn't be too difficult.

She usually accumulates warm energy, and as long as she is close enough to Ai Qing, it can be fully charged in about four or five hours.

However, most of the time, Ai Qing cannot stay close to her all the time, so the charging time often extends to seven or eight hours. If Ai Qing goes out, it may take more than ten hours.

Assuming it takes five hours to charge to 100% under normal conditions, then half an hour would charge to 10%.

Although it's a small amount, it's enough.

After turning into a human, as long as he gets close enough to Ai Qing, a few minutes is nothing.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu didn't stand on ceremony with Ai Qing. She climbed up the armrest of the seat onto Ai Qing's lap, found a comfortable position, and lay down on his lap.

"So clingy." Ai Qing stroked the fur on her back and smiled helplessly. "I just can't do anything with you."

Ai Qing moved the chair back to its original position, glanced at the time, and saw it was just six in the morning.

Looking out the window, one can already faintly see the first rays of dawn.

After more than a month of this ordeal, his biological clock has unknowingly been adjusted to this bizarre state.

Recently, he usually wakes up around 3 or 4 in the morning and falls asleep as soon as his head hits the bed around 9 pm.

It was only six o'clock in the morning, but he felt pretty good. He just felt a little tired after taking a walk in the park earlier.

Especially that seesaw; Ai Qing felt her legs going weak at that moment.

It's all Xiaoyu's fault for provoking him and making him go to higher intensity levels.

For now, I'll just type for a bit.

With that in mind, Ai Qing downloaded the backend of the Writer Assistant app on the computer in the internet cafe, logged in by scanning a QR code with her mobile phone, and started writing.

If readers knew that an author was still writing at six in the morning, they would surely be moved to tears.

It is the morning of April 22nd, the sixth day since "My Childhood Sweetheart Will Turn into a Cat" was released.

After the Galaxy Recommendation ended, Ai Qing also successfully made it onto the "New Book Highly Recommended" section of the homepage.

This featured spot on the homepage receives roughly the following traffic as the four featured spots: "Bestseller Selection," "Top Cover Picks," "Mini-Blog," and "Editor's Choice."

It is a highly recommended product, ranked fifth.

Don't be fooled by its fifth-place ranking.

As an app, the homepage space is always extremely valuable.

Even the previous Galaxy Recommendations were on a secondary page; you had to click on "Galaxy" on the homepage to see the books listed there.

With the support of this "new book highly recommended" spot, Ai Qing's book has now reached an average subscription of 2300.

This was a problem he hadn't anticipated before the product was launched.

He had little experience in this area. He only knew that the Galaxy Recommendation was the highest honor during the new book period, but he didn't know that once a book was featured on the Galaxy Recommendation, it would basically be guaranteed to be a top recommendation after it was released.

Therefore, generally speaking, for books that can be featured on Xinghe's recommendation list, the initial subscription figures are never just the beginning.

As long as the book's quality and content don't collapse, the average daily subscriptions will only increase with the influx of various recommendation resources, until the book reaches its bottleneck.

Ai Qing originally estimated that, based on an average of 1700 subscriptions, his royalties would be around 4,000 after half a month of publication.

But if the average subscription continues to rise, even if we only calculate based on an average of 2300 subscriptions, he should have at least 7,000 yuan in royalties this month...

A normal update would definitely not be this many words, which is 4,000 words.

However, he wrote 10,000 words on the day of its release and has maintained an update of more than 6,000 words ever since.

As everyone knows, the more updates you make, the more royalties you receive.

If Ai Qing can maintain this update frequency next month, based on an average of 2300 subscriptions, her monthly royalties would be around 13,000 yuan.

As long as his average subscription continues to rise, this 13,000 yuan in royalties will not be enough to cover his expenses.

Whenever she thinks of this, Ai Qing is always full of motivation to write, wishing she could frantically type on the keyboard, writing 10,000 words every day.

Unfortunately, romance novels require a lot of improvisation.

He can write some plot points in the form of outlines and detailed outlines, but when it comes to the daily interactions between the male and female leads, he basically comes up with ideas on the spot while writing.

This doesn't actually limit typing speed, but it does squeeze the brain's thinking ability, or rather, its desires.

In order to improve the performance of her previous book, Ai Qing wrote 10,000 words a day for a week and finally got a small recommendation spot on a third-level page from the editor.

But that small recommendation slot brought him nearly two thousand favorites.

It's worth noting that his previous book only had a total of 6,000 favorites... one-third of which came from the new book period, one-third from this recommendation slot, and the remaining one-third was the natural growth after it was released.

However, these are not the main points.

The key point is that after doing 10,000 words a day for a week, he already noticed that his mind was becoming a bit dull.

It's hard to describe the feeling, but when I sit in front of the computer looking at the typing page, I easily feel a kind of physical aversion and rejection.

But after a few days of relief, this feeling will gradually subside.

If I had to use an analogy, most young men could have sex seven times a night.

But if you do this every day for a week, you'll most likely end up looking pale and thin, as if you've been completely drained.

Therefore, Ai Qing sincerely admires and envies those authors who can consistently produce 10,000 words a day.

God knows how these people managed to do it.

Instead of dwelling on these self-conscious topics, Ai Qing focused on writing, hoping to earn a little more money for living expenses.

Before, when I was alone, everything was fine.

Now that the little fish can turn into a human, the expenses will increase somewhat.

Fortunately, Xiaoyu wasn't his girlfriend, and she was obedient and sensible, so the amount of money he spent wasn't much.

The success of this new book is more than enough to support the two of them, and they can even save a considerable amount.

We can definitely get a computer for Xiaoyu to play with then.