Chapter 285: I Want to See Just How Bad It Tastes
“Hey guys, a few small trucks are coming this way. I’m guessing they’re here to donate supplies too. Let’s check it out—who’s got such deep pockets to donate that much stuff?”
Du Xiaoxiao spoke to her livestream audience, her eyes fixed curiously on the approaching trucks in the distance.
She had visited the Rescue Station many tis, but this was the first ti she’d seen soone donate so much in one go.
“Damn, that’s five trucks, right? Must be a big shot.”
“Xiaoxiao only brought one truck, right? This is five tis her haul.”
“Xiaoxiao just got outclassed!”
“Xiaoxiao babe, quick—order a few more truckloads of dog food. We’ve got your back!”
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As Du Xiaoxiao turned her phone cara toward the slowly approaching trucks, the comnt feed exploded with scrolling ssages.
Before long,
The trucks ca to a slow stop at the entrance of the Rescue Station. Two young won stepped down from the vehicles.
The Rescue Station’s director had already co out to greet them.
After a brief exchange, the director led the two won into the Rescue Station, a smile on his face.
Seeing the director’s expression, Du Xiaoxiao was certain now—the trucks were loaded with donated supplies.
She thought for a mont, then picked up her phone and walked over.
“Xiaoxiao, let introduce you. These two lovely ladies are from Nanhe Coffee. They’ve donated half a million worth of supplies to the Rescue Station,” the director said with a smile as Du Xiaoxiao approached.
He was already quite familiar with Du Xiaoxiao—she ca by every few months to donate supplies.
“Hi, I’m Du Xiaoxiao, a livestrear. I’m streaming right now—hope you don’t mind?”
Du Xiaoxiao smiled at the two won.
“Not at all. We do so streaming too, but we’re not very popular,” one of them replied with a wave.
“I’m Liu ng, and this is my sister Liu Xiang. We’re both employees at Nanhe Coffee, and we’re here today on behalf of the company to donate supplies.”
Liu ng and her sister were twins, among the first to be transferred to Beijing to handle office matters.
A few days ago, they received word from Jiangcheng that President Chen had transferred 500,000 yuan to the Beijing Nanhe Coffee branch account to support the local Stray Cat and Dog Rescue Station.
After two days of preparation, they had finally gathered all the supplies and hired a few trucks to deliver them today.
“‘Nanhe Coffee’? Sounds like ‘Nanhē Coffee’—‘Hard-to-Drink Coffee’?” Du Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.
Was there really a coffee brand called “Hard-to-Drink Coffee”?
Liu ng saw the look on her face and imdiately understood the misunderstanding. But she wasn’t offended—after all, “Nanhe” and “nanhē” did sound pretty similar, and it wasn’t the first ti soone had made that mistake.
She smiled and explained, “It’s ‘Nan’ as in ‘south’ and ‘He’ as in ‘peace’—Nanhe Coffee.”
“Oh, sorry, I misunderstood,” Du Xiaoxiao said with an awkward smile.
“No worries, it’s an easy mistake to make,” Liu ng replied with a shake of her head.
“Xiaoxiao, you’re all around the sa age—why don’t you show our guests around? Take them to see the cats. They’re planning to adopt a few,” the director said apologetically. “I’ll go arrange for the unloading.”
“Sure,” Du Xiaoxiao nodded, then turned to Liu ng and Liu Xiang.
“Co with . I’ve been to this Rescue Station many tis—I know the place well.”
“Any idea how many cats you’re planning to adopt?” she asked, holding up her phone as she stread and led them inside.
“Probably around twenty to twenty-five. We’ll pick them out today, and then adopt them officially in about a month,” Liu ng replied, glancing around the Rescue Station as she walked.
“Twenty-plus cats? Just the two of you?” Du Xiaoxiao exclaid in surprise.
She had thought they were just cat lovers planning to take ho a few pets. She hadn’t expected them to adopt over twenty—how could they possibly manage that?
“Oh, no, not us personally. It’s for our coffee shop. Have you heard of Cat Cafés?” Liu ng explained.
“I have! I heard they’re really popular in Jiangcheng. I’ve been thinking of visiting there myself,” Du Xiaoxiao said.
“The very first Cat Café in Jiangcheng was opened by our Nanhe Coffee. The others that ca after only started making money because ours beca such a hit,” Liu ng said proudly, straightening up a bit at the ntion of their flagship store.
“But I heard those Cat Cafés have lots of rare and expensive cat breeds. If you’re adopting from a Rescue Station, there won’t be many of those,” Du Xiaoxiao said, puzzled.
Lately, all the buzz she’d heard was about how Cat Cafés were booming, mostly because of their beautiful and rare cats.
She’d never heard anyone talk about adopting cats from a Rescue Station for that purpose.
Liu ng sighed.
“Our first Cat Café used only cats from Rescue Stations. No rare breeds. Our founder’s original intention was to ease the burden on Rescue Stations and help more stray cats.”
“But as competition grew, people started bringing in rare breeds to attract more custors.”
“Even so, our boss insisted on sticking with stray cats from Rescue Stations,” she said firmly.
Du Xiaoxiao nodded in admiration, her curiosity piqued—not just about the Cat Café in Jiangcheng, but also about the mysterious owner behind it.
What kind of person would willingly give up profit just to help stray cats?
And the donation wasn’t small either—it was worth half a million in supplies.
What made it even more remarkable was that if she hadn’t stumbled upon it by chance, this whole thing might’ve gone completely unnoticed.
As Du Xiaoxiao was still marveling at the discovery, the live streaming chat exploded once again.
“Damn, I’m from Jiangcheng, and I’ve been to that Nanhe Coffee once. The cheapest cup was 51 yuan—super pricey. I felt awkward just walking out, so I ordered one. Tasted pretty good though, way better than Starbucks. But it was too expensive, so I never went back. Still, knowing the owner is this kind-hearted, maybe I’ll drop by once in a while to show so support.”
“Hahaha, I’ve been to that Cat Café with my partner. It was really nice. Later on, newer cat cafés opened up with rarer breeds, so we started going to those instead. But now that I know the owner of this one is so compassionate, I’ll definitely go back to the Nanhe Coffee Cat Café next ti.”
“I’m not really into cats, but after hearing you guys talk, now I’m curious about this ‘terrible-tasting’ coffee. I kinda want to try it—see how bad it really is.”
“Not bad. The owner’s got guts—naming the place like that, not afraid it’ll scare off custors? But hey, I’ve always been a rebel. Now I really want to give it a shot.”
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