About that QQ group forwarding incident—my gut said Flower Cat’s ops team pushed it.
No hard evidence, but a girl’s intuition doesn’t lie. They orchestrated it.
In this hyper-connected age, anything slightly off mainstream aesthetics or morality—or just eye-catching—blows up fast. Shared nationwide across hundreds of millions, whispered mouth to mouth until everyone knows.
QQ groups? Massive hubs for info exchange and marketing.
One image, one clip, some quirky chat logs—someone finds it funny, forwards it. A few in that group reshare. Ten seconds per forward: small groups to big ones, anime clubs to class chats, family groups. Shares multiply exponentially. Whoever’s in that pic or video goes viral in hours. Totally normal.
I knew photos would spread when I wore Rem’s cosplay to help Grandma sell desserts. Unavoidable. These days, cosplay = implied photo consent. No stopping shares. I expected the pics to circulate—my looks and figure did Rem justice, no “ruin.” But I never guessed my Flower Cat rental gig would get dug up too.
Flower Cat’s still niche in market share. Normally, even if someone got curious about the cosplayer, they’d just hunt for her blog—not trace it back to Flower Cat.
So yeah. Their ops team saw their signed user go viral, slipped in lines like *“She’s on Flower Cat—download to book!”* Repackaged the posts. Reshared.
Zero cost. Free promo for them, more income for me, indirect gains for the platform.
Their contract even allows using user likenesses for promotion within reason. Honestly? If I ran ops, I’d do the same.
Still… kinda sudden.
Like Forrest Gump said: *“Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re gonna get.”*
I’d been stressing over no clients. Now promo arrived, clients came, workload and cash followed—should be great! But… my classmates, dormmates, the whole Vanilla Vocational College now know I’m a rental girlfriend. Most won’t care, but some’ll view it with prejudice. The buzz around my “river-jump incident” just died down… campus whispers incoming.
Well. I usually ignore gossip anyway.
I laughed off a far worse past life. Now I’m a pretty, cute girl over a decade younger—by any measure, I’ve “gained.” Why sweat these kids’ opinions or side-eyes?
*“Welcome aboard Vanilla Rail Transit Line 1. Final stop: Oriental Sports Center. Next stop: Dadong Commercial Street…”*
Packed subway. No seat. I swung my backpack to my chest, grabbed an overhead handrail, and opened the SkyFire Novels app.
SkyFire’s main site had 14 categories. Xianxia led with 790k books, Urban 490k, Light Novels at 353,070. Homepage recs confirmed: male-oriented.
Novels are service. Authors create joy; readers pay. Sites like Flower Cat serve readers.
Tianhuo Novels—the nation’s biggest—caters to men. Like clothing stores: some for men, some for women.
Male sites? *Return of the War God*, *I Don’t Want So Many Harems*, *Tides of Fortune Turn*. Female sites? *Domineering CEO*, *Ming Dynasty Consort: Palace Intrigue & BL*.
Publish blindly without knowing the site’s vibe? Like demanding men’s wear at a women’s boutique. All effort wasted.
*As the Villainous Master, I Lead My Disciples to Invincibility. As the Junior Uncle, I’m Always Chased by My Juniors…*
Same as the morning bus ride—I browsed homepage recs and the “Bestsellers” list. Skimmed first 30k–40k words per book: gauging popular genres, comedic vs. serious tone. Essential prep if you wanna earn writing.
Can’t rush it. First ~200k words = new book phase. At 3k/day? Two months of near-zero income. Earnings start only after monetization and subscriptions. Even if I published in October, November cash would be negligible.
So writing’s not in my “Oct–Nov income plan.” No pressure to earn X amount. Too many unknowns.
*“Hello, sir. I’ll reach Minsheng Didong Intersection Station around 2:45 PM. Head straight to Feiyu Internet Cafe?”*
After reading awhile, I looked up to rest my eyes—glanced at office workers, blinked slowly—then tapped Zhang Haosen’s profile on Flower Cat.
*“Mm. Text when you arrive. I’ll come down.”*
*“Feiyu’s on floor two. Wait by the main entrance on floor one.”*
*“Got it.”*
Just as I closed Flower Cat—*ding!*—a new rental alert popped:
【You’ve received a new rental invitation】
【Oct 25, 2030 | 6:00 PM–9:00 PM (2 hrs) | Est. ¥100. Review profile. Accept/decline within 1 hr.】
【Note: Client selected “Rejection Penalty.” Time fits your availability. Unjustified refusal may deduct credit points.】
Sigh. I opened it.
Client: Wang Zhong (VIP 2)
Profile: Male, 32, Aries, 168cm, 61kg. Occasional smoker/drinker. Volleyball hobbyist. GM, Vanilla Poseidon Technology Co., Ltd. Hometown: Vanilla City, Longan Province.
Message: *“Our company has weekly Sat volleyball sessions. Xiao Huang’s sick—short a player. Do you play? Come fill in. I’ll pick you up. Location: Oriental Sports Center, Rong District.”*
My brain short-circuited—*Wait, this is allowed?*
Rent a girlfriend… to play volleyball?
With slender, slightly trembling fingers, I searched “Wang Zhong” and “Poseidon Technology.”
Results matched perfectly. Legit company—pile driver chips, routers, signal boosters. Wang Zhong was indeed GM. And not his first time.
Checked his Flower Cat history: 10+ rentals. Ten were volleyball—1v1 or group. That’s how he hit VIP 2. Flower Cat’s veteran “Volleyball Prince.”
*Ding dong!*
Another alert right after:
【You’ve received a new booking invitation】
【Oct 26, 2030 | 9:00 AM–9:00 PM (12 hrs) | Est. ¥600. Accept/decline within 1 hr.】
Twelve hours straight? Who’s this rich…
Probably the viral QQ posts working. I opened the profile.
And froze.
Client: Liang Zhiming (VIP 1)
Profile: Male, 21, Scorpio, 173cm, 60kg. Non-smoker/drinker. Anime lover (self-proclaimed otaku). College student. Hometown: Vanilla City, Longan Province.
Message: *“Saw the QQ forwards. Your Rem cosplay was gorgeous! App shows you’re booked today. Free tomorrow? Movie + dinner… wearing that Rem cosplay outfit? 😊”*
Oh my…
After a long pause, I tapped “Accept Booking.”
Minimized Flower Cat.
As for Volleyball Prince… I’ll check with Zhang Haosen after half an hour. See if he extends. Then decide.
