Xu Mao Mao played whac-a-mole for quite a long time until he cleared all the levels completely, and only then did he realize that half a day had already flown by. And so, the tablet ran out of battery and shut down automatically with a ‘pa’ sound.
Indulging in playing whac-a-mole, ah! This damned cat instinct!
He initially intended to use the tablet to go online in order to search for a guide on how to become an internet celebrity. Now, it was already dead.
Xu Mao Mao annoyedly threw down the tablet. He decided to go to the cats in the kitties group for consultation.
He had a habit of glancing at the headers when entering the push notification interface. He was surprised when he discovered that his love value had exceeded sixty thousand. However, he obviously remembered that the amount was also the same. Did the video get removed?
This time, an announcement was sent out inside the group.
Mystical Lion <sup>1</sup> invited Lili to join the group.
【Mystical Lion】: Our group welcomes a big shot again! Please raise your four paws and tails for an enthusiastic welcome!
【Oscar】: …..enthusatic welcome.
The cats that were online summoned light applause.
【LiLi 】: Bashful , nice to meet you!
【LiLi 】sent out a red envelope.
Xu Mao Mao currently had more than sixty thousand assets, and since the group owner said that this cat was a big shot, he reached out to snatch the red envelope.
Two thousand love values were deducted!
He was very distressed as his attention returned to the backpack. Kitty’s contact lens x2? Sapphire?
What was this thing? Was it the kind of cosmetic contact lens that he was thinking of?
He returned to the group to take a look. The female cats in the group were going crazy!
【Tian Tian】: Wowo, I’ve snatched a piece of contact lens!
【Xiaoxue dumpling】: I finally snatched the contact lens pieces! Ahah, it’s XiangXieLi’s contact lenses product!
【Tian Tian】: So, the name Lili is actually from XiangXieLi’s Lili?
【LiLi】: Aiya, you guys know me?
【Xiaoxue dumpling】: You are our fashion trend icon, sister. I’ve always wanted to meet you. I want to order deep blue coloured custom-made contact lenses, I feel like they are especially noble.
The female cats in the group became impassioned. They had simply never been this active before.
Xu Mao Mao’s whole face looked dumbfounded. It turned out that regardless of species of organisms, love for beauty was already an old, unvaried subject. Although he didn’t completely understand how LiLi’s different contact lenses had so many differences in color, weren’t they all circular and huge and also bright as well?
The selling price unexpectedly reached up to several hundred thousand but also had a time limit for effectiveness…..
However, many dived <sup>2</sup> female cats, big shots one after another, came out from the water surface, rushing like ducks to place custom orders.
【Arale】: Meow? Did I miss anything?
【Mi Gu】: Goddess sister, LiLi sister who joined sent out contact lenses as red envelopes.
【Arale】: Wow~~~~~Why didn’t I come a little earlier?!
【LiLi】: Meow xixi, today’s red envelope is finished. Moreover, the ladies who want custom orders, please calm down. I’ve only accepted ten orders at the moment which are set for next month, la. If everyone wants the contact lenses, welcome to pay attention to my red envelopes, yo.
【Arale】: It’s a pity.
LiLi went offline. Female cats that didn’t manage to snatch the lenses acted just like they weren’t able to buy the limited edition lipstick colour.
Xu Mao Mao thought about it and sent out a special red envelope for Arale. Inside were the sapphire-coloured contact lenses that he happened to draw inside the red envelope.
After【Arale】 received the red envelope, she was pleasantly surprised and replied privately: Oscar, you’re really a nice person. It just so happens that I like this eye colour. How about this, I’ll transfer you 50,000 love values as thanks, ok?
Xu Mao Mao deeply sucked in a breath and used maximum perseverance to refuse its kindness.
【Oscar】: I want to ask you about how to become an internet celebrity cat. Can you explain to me about your family’s post history?
【Arale】: Do you also want to become an internet celebrity?
【Oscar】: En
【Arale】: Actually, there isn’t much to say. My human is a stylist. He likes to make clothes for me, then he puts the clothes on me to take pictures and posts on social media called Weibo. Gradually, I got some popularity.
【Oscar】: Is it just like this? So, you actually never did anything? What’s the matter with the live broadcasting then?
【Arale】: Live broadcasting has been done several times when the human gives me a bath.
Xu Mao Mao didn’t understand what kind of idea this was at all. But, from what was written, it also seemed it required Shen Yu’s cooperation. He certainly didn’t intend to let Shen Yu participate in it in any way. He was very busy. Besides, it was unlikely that he would make clothes.
【Oscar】: Are there any other ways to become an internet celebrity?
【Arale】: There are. I got acquainted with an orange tabby cat. His way of selling points is really shameful……
【Oscar】: Pfft
【Arale】: There’s even a cat whose selling point is being fat. I never really understood why the humans like him for being fat, however, he is really too fat. He is four times heavier than me.
【Arale】: There is also a ragdoll cat whose selling point is being beautiful.
【Oscar】: I see. So does becoming an internet celebrity need a selling point?
【Arale】: Yes, yo~ That’s right, I forgot to tell you that your video was deleted by the humans. It’s a pity, if it had been up for longer, it probably would have gone viral. I don’t know why, but by early morning, it was already gone. If you want to be popular, you have to figure out the new ways, yo.
【Oscar】: Thank you for your guidance, female goddess.
No wonder after that afternoon nap, the love value didn’t increase at all. The video was actually deleted.
Xu Mao Mao released a breath and decided to think of a new way.
Although he was a beautiful ragdoll cat, it was obvious that there were already different ragdoll cats ahead of him. He couldn’t use this method.
When recalling back to those cats’ evaluations in the group, it seemed like they all focused on his ability to write characters.
This was certainly not something to be proud of. He was a human. Humans were of course able to write, la. However, he thought of an idea. He could use being “smart” as his selling point, ah. After all, he was but the only cat who had bought medicine for his owner!
As long as he revealed the tiniest bit of wisdom, it would arouse netizens’ interest for sure. It was just that the limit had to be grasped properly. He shouldn’t show too much intelligence, otherwise, it would be extremely odd.
As a smart Xu Mao Mao, he started to come up with strategies on how to start live broadcasts online.
He walked into Shen Yu’s study room. He jumped onto the desk then lifted his paw to press down the computer’s power switch on.
During his time at Shen Yu’s home, he had never tried to turn on the computer. Unfortunately, Shen Yu’s computer had a password, so he always never tried afterwards. However, now he suspected that the computer’s password was the same with the phone password.
Based on his memory, he inputted 034568, and the next second, it really showed the desktop.
Ahah! Male god Dada, once again, I have another reason to love you. I like your pure and not artificial character the most. No matter which application, they all had the same password, la——meow. The bank card’s pin number is still a little complicated a little then, I’ll help you keep it safe yo~
Xu Mao Mao was dancing and gesticulating in excitement. Then, his tail swept to bring the mouse in front of him and carefully moved the cursor.
It went without saying that using a cat’s body to use the computer was strenuous. He spent more than 10 minutes using his paws with difficulty to enter the Qiandu <sup>3</sup> webpage. Finally, he chose Tencent Live Broadcast, the platform with the most people online and with the most traffic amidst a multitude of live broadcasting platforms.
To save trouble, he used his original Tencent QQ to register a live broadcasting account. Then, he slowly built up his database of information, reading the live broadcasting guidelines step by step.
Meow? Do you need a good set of live broadcasting equipment?
Xu Mao Mao examined Shen Yu’s configuration. Fortunately, there was a webcam and microphone but they only had former configurations. The effect was only so-so. Obviously, Shen Yu usually didn’t like to go online much. There weren’t any large-scaled online games inside his computer.
After wasting the strength of nine ox and two cats <sup>4</sup> , he finally went to the Cute Pet category to start live broadcasting. After adjusting the position of the webcam to point at himself, the screen finally caught a ragdoll cat that was as pretty as a flower.
Xu Mao Mao looked carefully once and licked his paws to tidy up his appearance, then stayed in front of the screen with single-hearted devotion.
The number of viewers: 0
…..it doesn’t matter, I can wait.
Ten minutes later, the number of viewers appeared as +1-1+1-1+2-1-1=0 like an endless cycle.
Ying, what was the matter?! Wasn’t it agreed that this was a cataholic society?
Xu Mao Mao withdrew and decided to go to other live broadcasting channels to gain experience.
When he entered another person’s live broadcasting’s channel, he was surprised and understood why. First, Tencent live broadcasts for the Cute Pet category were countless, and titles for them were each more eye-catching than another. Moreover, Xu Mao Mao only used the system’s default title due to having typing difficulties. This was the main reason that he was unable to attract any viewers; but, the second reason was his background for the live broadcasting was just a huge bookcase, which was extremely low key. However, other cute pets not only dressed up, even the owners also gorgeously dressed up. They also often selected the abundantly-lit balcony, bringing out a timeless and leisurely indulgent quality.
Hence, Xu Mao Mao changed his live broadcasting’s title into one a little shameless: “Astonishing, the world’s number one intelligent cat!”. He typed this row of characters wrongly dozens of times until he collapsed to one side in sweat. It was very straining for the cat.
Then, he also studied Shen Yu’s webcam. He was happy when he discovered that its connection cable was very long. He bit softly and jumped while holding the spherical webcam to walk to the living room with abundant light. He placed the webcam on the coffee table. Then, he sat in front of the book and acted like he was reading it.
After reading a page, he still earnestly turned over to the next page.
However, the webcam unknowingly turned on automatic rotation somehow as he was towing. When he was bowing his head to read, the webcam just happened to rotate 360 degrees little by little. It only rotated towards his direction occasionally and captured a few seconds. The majority of the content included in the live broadcasting channel was Shen Yu’s concise and low key but unconcealable luxurious room.
After a moment, a sound was heard.
【Received love values from Mulberry flowers fill the eyes +2】
【Received love values from Reddish Orange Paint +1】
Xu Mao Mao was totally delighted, there was a response! Someone had entered!
Although there were some random people, it was a good beginning.
Xu Mao Mao endured his temper to “read” two pages, and finally, he couldn’t bear it anymore and wanted to throw down his props to rush towards the front of the computer’s screen. Only then did he discover that the webcam rotated 360 degrees little by little. Shen Yu’s concise and exquisite decoration with modern designs appeared one after another on the computer screen.
And the number of viewers now showed 384，385，387……which was continuously increasing.
At the bottom of the screen, some comments popped out.
【Is this a cute pet live broadcast?】
【Replying to upstairs, it’s not】
【No, it is. I just saw a cat】
【Where is the cat? I just saw a luxurious room. Heavens, this is a three floored duplex.】
【Is the anchor flaunting wealth?】
【F*#K This lao niang likes this decoration!】
【Heavens ah, you guys look at the French window. Unexpectedly, we can see Heaven X door. This is one of B city’s several neighbourhood districts.】
【It…it really is】
【This house was minimum more than 100 million!!!】
【Upstairs don’t scare me. I already dropped the melon!】
【You look at the anchor’s water purifier. It was a SA brand. One would cost twenty thousand.】
【Furthermore, the anchor’s cat food! Meow this mi, this canned food really Hermes ah~~~】
【Requesting anchor to provide for me ~~】
【Upstairs really shameless】
【…..What kind of situation is this. I only came to look at the cat. Criticize for flaunting the wealth】
【I don’t care. Request to provide me! I will bring my own cat food. Just let me breathe a mouthful magical air in front of Heaven X door】
……
Xu Mao Mao’s mood became complicated when he stared at the barrage.
The number of viewers recently 1905，2029，2800……and finally reached 5000+.
And the love values scarcely increased.
Heart was tired.
His first live broadcasting wasn’t bad but the focus away from the unusual cat, dear viewers!
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Author has something to say:
Xu Mao Mao who disguised himself: Why do they all want to expose me? Hmph, I’ll just put on an internet celebrity disguise!
Don’t know if anyone noticed that their IDs have been written down. If anyone wants to escape the country, please lift up your paw!
Jun’s corner: There is an interesting website about festivals. https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/the-24-solar-terms.htm I searched about it after seeing the word Xiaoxue~
Here is the announcement!
I am going on a hiatus starting from October and will be back by 15th February 2021 due to trial and national examinations
It’s very important for me to get best results; therefore, I won’t be translating or using discord. <del>I will lurking in discord if I’m bored.</del> Anyway, if I have time, I will definitely translate and most importantly, I won’t dropped any of my novels and it’s my responsibility to complete in translating the entire novel!
Wish me best of luck for my upcoming trial exam!
Footnotes
<ol>Mystical Lion is Suan Ni. Peony translator used pinyin in her/his translations. 潜水 is means dive which is slang for lurking http://www.qianduzhibo.com/ Strength of 9 ox and two tigers – means mighty strength;author played with words since main character is a cat..</ol>