Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

"Hmm! It's completely different from the dress." Xiaoyu admired herself carefully in the mirror, and even turned around to look at her back.

Girls' clothes come in all sorts of styles, and Ai Qing searched for outfit matching videos on Bilibili before buying three sets for Xiao Yu.

These are all relatively casual summer clothes.

If the little fish wearing the dress is like a spotless little elf, as if it came out of a clear forest.

Now that she's changed into this outfit, she finally looks like a young girl who grew up in the city.

"Does brother think it looks good?" Xiaoyu turned to Ai Qing, looking up at him expectantly.

"Yes, it looks good." Ai Qing nodded in response.

A happy smile immediately appeared on Xiaoyu's face.

"But wait a little longer." Ai Qing walked out of the bathroom, told Xiao Yu to wait a moment, and went to her desk in the bedroom to take out a rubber band from the drawer.

Back in the bathroom, Ai Qing came up behind Xiao Yu, carefully gathered her long, soft, white hair, and tied it into a high ponytail with a rubber band.

Immediately, Xiaoyu's face and neck felt refreshed.

Paired with this halter top and skinny jeans, she looks even more youthful and energetic.

If you let your hair down like you did before, it will look softer and more gentle.

"Wow! It's different!" Little Fish turned her head from side to side, her high ponytail swaying back and forth. "It's so amazing!"

"Hmm..." Ai Qing helplessly pressed down on Xiao Yu's head, "Your hair is hitting me."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Little Fish said, tilting her head back sheepishly. "Where did it hit you? Does it hurt?"

"It's alright." Ai Qing shook her head. "Now that we've looked at enough sets, let's go back and try out the remaining two."

"If there's no problem with the size, just cut off the label and wash it in the washing machine."

"If it doesn't fit, we can return it to exchange it for a different size."

"Mmm!" Little Fish walked towards the living room full of anticipation, and as she walked, she couldn't wait to take off her clothes.

Ai Qing: "..."

Ai Qing, who was walking behind Xiao Yu, was speechless when she saw Xiao Yu suddenly appear shirtless again.

It's not right to look at it, and it's not right not to look at it either.

That was truly agonizing.

This time, however, Ai Qing didn't put on a pretentious one-woman show.

As long as you're still wearing your bra, everything will be fine.

Ai Qing comforted herself with this thought, then followed Xiao Yu into the living room and helped her try on two other outfits.

Both outfits feature high-waisted skirts that can be tucked inside, unlike jeans which require more tucking.

After confirming that there were no problems, I threw them all into the washing machine for a wash.

"And what about these?" Xiaoyu pointed to the remaining express delivery boxes on the table, which contained maid outfits, Hanfu, and cheongsams that she had personally selected.

"Cough cough..." Ai Qingguang couldn't bear to even think about what Xiaoyu would look like in these clothes.

So he said, "Go to the guest room and try on these clothes yourself..."

"But I don't know how," Little Fish said, distressed. "It all seems so complicated. Brother, please help me."

Ai Qing: "...Can we talk about it tonight? I'm going to start writing now."

Chapter 98 You haven't changed, don't be so sure.

In early May, Ai Qing, like with her previous book, opened a group for readers who had subscribed to all books, with a minimum subscription requirement of 500 points.

Over the next few days, several hundred more people joined.

Humans are social animals, especially online.

People who like the same things will always try to get together and share their joy; birds of a feather flock together.

After all, people like this kind of thing, so it's always better than a stranger's opinion.

Ai Qing vaguely remembered that when her previous book was finished, it only had a little over 500 average subscriptions, and the total subscription group only had about 50 people.

There aren't many people; usually only about ten people speak to them each day.

After the novel ended, only three or four people who usually chatted with him remained.

However, after Ai Qing launched her new book, she made a public announcement in the group for those who had subscribed to her old book, and quite a few people responded.

After the full subscription group was opened, because there were too many people, Ai Qing asked a book lover who had been active in the old book full subscription group to help with the review of the new group.

To be honest, Ai Qing was quite happy, even a little excited, that hundreds of people flooded into the group in just a few days.

This proves that there are indeed quite a few readers who are willing to get together and chat about his more than 3,000 average subscriptions.

However, with so many people around, Ai Qing became a little reserved.

I don't talk much in the group chat, occasionally cracking a joke, and when readers urge me to update, I quickly disappear into the background.

This morning I sneaked back to my bedroom from Xiaoyu's place to write. Before I started, I briefly chatted with the full subscription group, but after being caught and interrogated, I quickly excused myself by saying I needed to write.

The clattering of the keyboard echoed in the bedroom.

Xiaoyu didn't go into the bedroom to disturb Aiqing. Instead, she sat obediently on the sofa in the living room, opened her phone, and started buying groceries through the Meituan mini-program on WeChat.

She jumped off the sofa with a whoosh, looked at the menu on her phone, and went into the kitchen to open the refrigerator to see what she needed to buy.

Anyway, she only knows a few dishes, so there's not much to worry about when to eat.

After glancing at it for a few seconds, I successfully placed an order on Meituan and waited for the delivery guy to bring it to my door.

Afterwards, Xiaoyu returned to the living room sofa, picked up a bag of potato chips from the coffee table, opened it, and started munching on them while curling up her legs. She then opened the Qidian Reading app and began reading Ai Qing's novel.

Even the author's own novels cannot be read for free.

However, Ai Qing has always had the habit of subscribing to all of her own novels.

Firstly, the Writer Assistant didn't have a full-text search function before, but Qidian Reading does, making it very convenient to find some previous content.

Secondly, he prefers to use the main text interface of Qidian Reading to see readers' comments on each chapter, as reading comments in the background ultimately lacks a certain charm.

So after Xiaoyu logged into the account Ai Qing gave her, she was able to read Ai Qing's novel for free.

Unlike pirated websites.

Xiaoyu discovered that when reading novels on Qidian Reading, there were no annoying little ads on either side.

It does look much more comfortable.

Moreover, some of the sentences had small boxes with numbers after them. Out of curiosity, she clicked on them and found that someone had posted a comment on the sentence.

She found this interactive method quite interesting.

But as she watched, Xiaoyu came across a certain scene.

Because the female protagonist had been a cat for a long time, after turning back into a human, she would sometimes unconsciously lick her hands when she was spacing out.

One reader commented—

[This is a bit much, and licking one's own hands is disgusting. A normal person wouldn't develop such a habit just because they've turned into a cat, would they?]

Other comments are fine, but looking at this one, Xiaoyu couldn't help but want to refute it.

She glanced at the page and noticed a small "Reply" button on the side.

After clicking, an input box will pop up.

Seeing the virtual keyboard pop up on her phone, Xiaoyu carefully considered her limited vocabulary and replied with a serious expression.

This is very common, especially at the beginning. It feels very strange, and then you subconsciously make this movement. If you haven't changed, don't be so sure.

After carefully reviewing her content and finding no problems, Xiaoyu nodded and clicked "post".

After sharing her thoughts, Xiaoyu felt much better and continued reading happily.

But as she read on, Xiaoyu noticed that there seemed to be a hint at the end of each chapter—

Welcome to join the book's fan group!

[Full Subscription Group (Applicants with 500+ Fan Points)]

[613***879, request to join the group]

Out of curiosity, Xiaoyu clicked on the highlighted link for "Apply to Join Group," and the entire page immediately redirected.

Then, her QQ was automatically opened and she was taken directly to the homepage of a QQ group.

"My Childhood Sweetheart Will Turn into a Cat Full Subscription Group." Xiaoyu read the group name aloud, then seemed to realize something.

Is this the QQ group that Ai Qing mentioned before?

Moreover, it's related to the novel written by Ai Qing.

Xiaoyu glanced at the information at the bottom of the group's homepage again.

[Group tag: Reading]

[Member Overview:]

[Active users: 103 (15%)]

[Male: 589 people (90%)]

[Guangdong: 76 people (11%)]

[Post-00s: 408 people (62%)]

It's a classic example of a dating literature group.

Little Fish didn't understand what these data actually represented.

She then clicked into the administrator directory below and saw Ai Qing's QQ number, which was marked with the title "Group Owner".

Without further hesitation, Xiaoyu clicked "Apply to join the group".

If you can jump directly from the starting point link, it means you definitely have enough followers.

After Xiaoyu clicked to apply to join the group, the system automatically approved her application.