Meanwhile, Zhao Yao had been making preparations for the upcoming Star Cats" Night.
Besides distributing flyers, Zhao Yao even went to the extent of informing every customer who entered the cafe personally.
As the illusion only took effect within the cafe, it would result in complications if someone took a photo inside the cafe and brought it out. Hence, Zhao Yao deliberately hung a "No Photography" sign outside the cafe and reminded Baiquan and Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu to keep a lookout.
If someone still decided to take a photo, it would leave him no choice but to use his illusion power to steal his phone away and delete the photo.
He couldn"t take the risk of someone realizing that the photo was different from how the cats looked like in the cafe.
After having their lunch, An Xin brought Yan Xiao Qing along and rushed towards the cat cafe.
Ever since she visited the cat cafe, An Xin was even more eager than Yan Xiao Qing to visit the cafe again.
Yan Xiao Qing yawned, tired from playing PlayerUnknown"s Battlegrounds all night. Although she had been visiting the cafe frequently, Xiao Qing still felt a little lethargic from staying up that late.
"An Xin, I thought you were about to use up your living expenses. How could you still afford to come to the cafe?"
An Xin was pet.i.te in size and looked simply adorable; for a moment, An Xin looked exactly like Yan Xiao Qing"s younger sister.
An Xin turned her head around to look at Yan Xiao Qing and blamed her, "It"s all your fault! You told me from the start that you don"t really spend that much in the cafe. Now my whole family thinks I"m taking drugs..."
Yan Xiao Qing stuck out her tongue and replied, "How did you even get money to visit the cafe?"
"I"ve been teaching tuition for the past two weeks!" An Xin gestured to the book on her hand and continued, "I feel that the cat cafe is a very conducive environment for me to do my revision. I plan to teach tuition every week from now on and use that money to visit the cat cafe. You know, I might even have a chance to get the scholars.h.i.+p this semester!"
"Is it?" Stunned by what An Xin just said, Yan Xiao Qing thought to herself. "After visiting the cat cafe, I only find myself spending more time on games and dramas..."
For a moment, An Xin gave the vibe of a Straight A student. Yan Xiao Qing had been slacking all this while and she could feel herself being outshone by An Xin. She felt really lousy about herself and mumbled under her breath, "As long as you"re happy..."
As soon as they arrived at the cafe, they could see a huge poster on the front door.
The poster was advertising the upcoming Star Cats" Night. Yan Xiao Qing"s eyes instantly lit up. "Wow, so many adorable cats!! Ragdolls, Exotic Shorthair, Scottish Fold, Leopard Cat, British Shorthair, American Shorthair and Chinchilla..." She almost drooled from seeing all the different types of exquisite breeds.
"Hey An Xin, the Star Cats" Night is tomorrow. Why not we go back today and come again tomorrow?"
An Xin knitted her eyebrows in disagreement and gazed in the direction of the cafe. It seemed like a group of university girls were surrounding a guy who was sitting in the cafe.
She asked, "Who is that? Why are there so many people surrounding him?"
She entered the cafe and instantly felt the soothing effects of celestial beats. She gasped in surprise when she saw the person who was surrounded by the girls.
An Xin stared in the direction of Zhao Yao and covered her mouth with her hands as she exclaimed in disbelief, "Kris Wu??"
Yan Xiao Qing took a look at the person as well but questioned, "Who is Kris Wu?"
"Are you serious? You don"t know who Kris Wu is?" An Xin dragged Xiao Qing along as she continued, "Let"s go! I want to get his autograph!"
Being surrounded by a dozen of university girls, Zhao Yao waved his hand about and kept on repeating, "I"m not Kris Wu!"
"I"m just handsome and good looking."
"No, I don"t plan to date anyone as of now."
"Sorry, no photography in the cafe."
The illusion worked by manipulating one"s senses to see what Zhao Yao created with his imagination. However, this also meant that it could not change whatever that was recorded in cameras. Once they leave the cafe, the truth would be exposed as the photograph would not tally with the illusion created by Zhao Yao. Hence, Zhao Yao naturally didn"t want this to happen and banned photography within the cafe premises.
Zhao Yao felt great about himself after being surrounded by all these university girls. Despite his many attempts to convince them that he wasn"t Kris Wu, the girls still stayed in the cafe and kept on talking to him.
This was the first time Zhao Yao ever felt so popular in his life.
"d.a.m.n it, is this how handsome people live? How lucky." As the beautiful girls put on their sweetest-looking smiles and tried to strike a conversation with him, it suddenly felt like the world was such a wonderful place to live in.
"It feels like I"m back to my younger days. I can even feel the blood coursing through my veins."
Meanwhile, Matcha, Roly Poly, and Dust Ball sat together on the kitty tower as they leaned against the wall. It was a rare sight. They glanced at the most popular living creature in the cafe from the corner of their eyes.
"Zhao Yao seems a little arrogant, don"t you guys think?" Matcha commented. "Look at him! He"s smiling so much that I can barely even see his eyes."
"And he still told us that it was tiring to sustain the skins... Look at what he"s doing for himself." Roly Poly lamented. "He"s having the time of his life."
"Are these girls stupid or what?" Dust Ball squinted her eyes and stared at Zhao Yao. "What"s the difference between Zhao Yao then and now? He didn"t even change his fur color. Why would they be so mesmerized by him?"
"These two cats are so shallow..." Elizabeth thought to herself as she licked her paw.
An Xin appeared in front of Zhao Yao and asked politely, "Hi, can I have your autograph please?"
She blushed as she stared at Zhao Yao with a bashful look. Zhao Yao felt even better about himself and responded, "I think you must have mistaken me for someone else. I"m not Kris Wu, I"m just as handsome as him."
"Ah." An Xin uttered in disbelief. "But you look too alike..."
A random girl popped out of nowhere and asked, "Do you study nearby?"
"How old are you?"
"What"s your name?"
"Can you add me on WeChat please?"
An Xin was quickly pushed away by all the other girls because of her pet.i.te size. She hugged Mango and sighed, "What"s wrong with them? Why are they getting so pushy all of a sudden?"
As she hugged Mango, she frowned and asked Xiao Qing, "Is it me or does this cat smell slightly stinky?"
"It does?"
Because of Zhao Yao"s transformation into Kris Wu, the number of customers who visited the cafe increased tremendously with most of them being university girls. Some of them peeped into the cafe from outside the door; they probably heard the news from their other schoolmates.
Within a mere few hours, the number of customers in the cafe exceeded 50 customers. As expected, all of them were young women.
As he continued to receive attention from the girls, the cafe"s profits increased significantly and Zhao Yao was happier than ever.
"Remember to come over to the cafe tomorrow as well girls! The cafe will be hosting the Star Cats" Night and there"ll be plenty of adorable exotic cats." Zhao Yao bid the girls goodbye as he waved his hand.
Zhao Yao turned around and saw Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu standing right behind him, staring at him with a look of disdain.
"You have the power to transform?"
Zhao Yao faked a laugh and stroked his head, "Haha yeah... How is it? I really look like the real deal, don"t I?"
Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu had been observing Zhao Yao the entire day. She curled her lips and asked, "Are you that happy?"
Zhao Yao responded sheepishly, "Is it that obvious?"
"Your face spells happiness. Is that obvious enough for you?"
"Ah?" Zhao Yao immediately explained. "I"ve never once spoken to so many girls since I was young. It"s natural for me to feel slightly excited about it, don"t you agree? It"s a man"s instinct."
She fired another question at Zhao Yao. "So are you going to transform to the same face every day?"
Zhao Yao looked into the mirror and replied, "I"ll imitate Kris Wu for now. Maybe next time I"ll change into Daniel Wu, Li Yifeng, Lu Han or anyone who is popular. Next time, the cats could also transform into different breeds as well." All these efforts made by Zhao Yao were solely for maximising the cafe"s profits and increasing the number of experience points he could gain at the end of the month.
Upon hearing what Zhao Yao said, Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu"s eyes lit up as she came up with an idea.
"Does that mean you can transform people as well?"
"Yeah."
"In that case, can you transform me as well?"