I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 421

Chapter 421: Hide in the Box, Delivering Takeout, Zoom Zoom Zoom!

 

After organizing relevant materials with Xiao Mo and picking up the “little gifts” prepared last night, I came down from the second floor carrying a large bunny backpack. I happened to see Yueyue and Dolly downstairs, ready and playing with each other.

 

“This super big cardboard box gave me an idea for something fun!”

 

The large box used to transport the oranges was now being held by Yueyue. The little cat immediately draped the box over herself, placed the delivery box on top, and kept all four paws on the ground. Her tail stuck out from behind, with two holes poked in front for observation, making her look quite comical.

 

“With this delivery, they’ll never guess whether the delivery person is Yueyue or Dolly!”

 

Inside the box, Yueyue first adjusted to the feeling and then “whooshed” from one side of the gate to the other, followed by another “whoosh” back. Her speed was so fast that even the customers eating breakfast on the first floor were astonished.

 

From my perspective, it looked like… it looked like something from “Tom and Jerry,” like when Tom was trapped in a safe and then let out.

 

Even without opening the live stream, I knew that the barrage in the cafe’s official live stream chat room would be like ?wwwww??Wow, this is possible too??Yueyue is so cute, so energetic?and similar comments.

 

Previously, when Yueyue and Dolly played around in the cafe, it was always like this. These two lively characters seemed to have endless energy and vitality, garnering a large number of fans online.

 

“Good morning.”

 

Amidst the noise, I walked over. “Aren’t there any deliveries at this time?”

 

“There are!”

 

Yueyue poked her head out of the box. “But there’s an order for ten steamed dumplings. Chef Wang said they’ll take a bit longer to cook, so I thought I’d wait and deliver them together.”

 

“Alright, alright, stop messing around!”

 

Dolly looked at Yueyue running around inside the cardboard box. Even though she was usually full of energy herself, she seemed a bit embarrassed now. “With so many customers watching, if you keep doing this… it’ll be covered in cat hair.”

 

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It’s very cute.”

 

A customer at a nearby table chuckled. “We come to the cafe just to see the cats!”

 

“See?”

 

Yueyue gave us a look that seemed to say, “Can other cats do this?” and then darted back into the cardboard box.

 

“Zoom zoom zoom!”

 

“Order number 4! Ten steamed dumplings and one scallion pancake!”

 

At that moment, Chef Wang’s loud voice came from the kitchen. “Order number 4, ready for pickup!”

 

“Coming!”

 

Yueyue zoomed over again, grabbed the meal tray, and placed it on top of the cardboard box. “Alright… let’s go!”

 

Dolly also picked up a takeout box. “Master Momo, are you both heading out today?”

 

“Yeah, to address some online reputation issues.”

 

Xiao Mo, dressed in a black uniform, exuded a sense of reliability. “We need to properly punish those cuties spreading malicious rumors…”

 

“Indeed, we should deflate their arrogance!”

 

Dolly’s cat ears on her head twitched as she and Yueyue exited together. They each hopped onto their small electric scooters. “Master Momo, Master Nuo’er, take care.”

 

“Take care.”

 

Waving to them, watching as they disappeared ahead, Xiao Mo and I walked out of the cafe together.

 

In reality, Dolly and Yueyue’s electric scooters were more for show at the cafe. Typically, they only rode to nearby pickup points for deliveries and then “walked” the rest of the way.

 

Anyone who has delivered takeout knows that, aside from heavy traffic, the most time-consuming part is often the journey to deliver the meal.

 

That stretch from getting off the vehicle to handing the meal to the customer.

 

Nowadays, electric scooters are pretty fast. A few kilometers take just a few minutes. The main concerns are security guards in some communities not allowing entry and causing trouble, or complex terrain where vehicles can’t pass easily, forcing a lengthy detour in high-rise buildings without elevators.

 

The shop and the delivery point are three kilometers apart. Most small cars can reach there in about ten minutes. However, in residential areas, security guards might say, “Delivery drivers are not allowed in,” causing delays. Trying to call the customer to come down and pick up the order often results in unanswered calls or complaints like, “Why can everyone else deliver to my door except you?” When finally managing to enter the complex, it’s like navigating a World War II-era fortress underground, with complex terrain and no elevators to reach customers on high floors.

 

Thus, a trip that takes a small electric scooter ten minutes takes half an hour for delivery. But Dolly and Yueyue don’t face these issues. They park their scooters near the delivery point and use their physical agility to climb up to deliver directly.

 

The scooters were mainly provided to silence online critics.

 

“This Grumpy Old Dragon is at the Sankyo District of the Shenzhen Traffic College, about half an hour’s drive from here. With the words of Mobius Circle, we’ll get there in about five minutes.”

 

Walking out of the cafe with Xiao Mo, instead of heading towards the city center, I summoned a magic circle and flew towards the direction of Moon Orchid Island.

 

Now, Xiao Mo and I don’t need to take a car to find someone, we can just fly over. However, because I announced in the live stream that we were going to find someone, we can’t skip the thirty-minute journey to avoid suspicion.

 

Otherwise, people might compare the times and wonder how we went from the cafe seven minutes ago to a college in the Sankyo District so quickly, faster than a plane.

 

Therefore, Xiao Mo and my plan is to first visit the small forest behind Moon Orchid Island, and then head to the Sankyo District when the time is right.

 

“Most of the fruit trees we brought over before have survived and are growing well under the nourishment of the elf tree,” Xiao Mo remarked as we flew over the deep blue sea, listening to the mixed sounds of seagulls and waves.

 

“They still don’t have Chinese names yet. How about you come up with one, Nuo’er?” she asked.

 

The “fruit trees” in the novel refer to the “coconuts” similar to cantaloupes that lizard-girl Nida from another world offered me before, and a white one resembling cake called “strawberries.”

 

The cantaloupe-flavored “coconut” was recently added to the cafe’s second-floor beverage menu as a new drink named “Kirara,” combined with ingredients like cantaloupe and lemon water.

 

It has a refreshing icy texture and a sweet taste, which has been very popular and sold well. It even sparked considerable discussion online, with most people assuming it was made from cantaloupe, unaware of its ingredients from another world.

 

This fruit, which thrives well, has a coconut-like appearance and is cracked open to drink its juice. The juice itself is translucent, so even if there are cameras watching, we only need to prepare the fruit juice outside, and everyone would think it’s just ordinary water or sugar water.

 

Whether it’s a fruit shop or a beverage store, currently, there are no clear policies in Shenzhen City stating that new products must be “reported” or regulated in any specific way.

 

Cake shops are the same way. When you introduce a new product, like previously it was strawberry cake, and then one day you add something like a “Thanos cake,” using ingredients like “Thanos fruit,” which is the “fire ginseng fruit.”

 

This is something few people know about, and for most ordinary people, it’s also a very novel fruit. Cake shops can use this ingredient to make cakes without needing to inform the local commercial and hygiene authorities in Shenzhen City, as long as there are no incidents, the hygiene standards in the shop are met, and no regulations are violated.

 

If a fruit shop initially sells oranges, then later starts selling watermelons and cantaloupes, and then if a relative’s tomatoes can’t be sold and are brought to the shop to sell, that’s also fine.

 

For a beverage shop, if the manager wants to launch a “new product,” it’s not about violating local regulations but more about violating franchise rules.

 

Most franchise stores have very strict regulations. For example, the materials you use must be purchased from headquarters. All products sold in the store, like pearl milk tea and yangzhi ganlu, have locked-in proportions of ingredients.

 

It’s strictly forbidden for franchise store employees to independently create something like “yangzhi ganlu pearl milk tea” because this violates headquarters’ rules.

 

You must sell exactly what they tell you to, no more and no less, unless headquarters develops a new product and sends the recipe to franchise stores. Otherwise, if a franchise store is found experimenting with a “new product” on its own, it’s considered breaking the rules.

 

However, these rules apply only to franchise stores. Individual beverage shops can introduce new desserts, develop their own recipes, and sell them without issue.

 

As long as your product can withstand market scrutiny and customers find it delicious, making money means you can keep selling it. If customers don’t like it and it doesn’t sell, naturally, the boss won’t continue buying ingredients for that new product.

 

The café naturally falls under the category of “individual shop.” Although our second-floor dessert shop initially had a certain dessert template, like pearl milk tea and strawberry cupcakes, in recent days we’ve also introduced many new “café specialties.”

 

This is quite common in shops, as long as customers eat without issues, no one will come to inspect what additives or fruits are in your drink. Inspections typically involve checking if there are harmful substances or bacteria exceeding limits, or if any illegal additives are used. If everything is clear, it’s deemed compliant.

 

The “cantaloupe coconut” that Nida gave me to eat is a fruit from another world, but it’s natural and has been eaten by people from that world for millions of years. It naturally contains no harmful substances, and in the past month, I’ve been using purification magic daily to disinfect the ingredients in the shop.

 

“I haven’t decided on a name yet.”

 

Soon, Xiao Mo and I arrived at Moon Orchid Island. I gently jumped down from the Mobius Circle and followed the familiar uphill path to the “Dragon King Temple” halfway up the mountain.

 

“Let’s decide on the name when we come back this afternoon.”

 

By now, the small house behind the Dragon King Temple has become the den for those several fiery red foxes.

 

“Ying ying ying ying…”

 

“Ahhhhh—”

 

A little over a month ago, the small foxes that couldn’t even walk steadily have grown up. Now they can run and jump, and when they see Xiao Mo and me approaching, they trot over warmly and then flop down on their backs, showing their bellies for us to pet.

 

“Ying ying ying…”

 

“Today we’ve come just to check on those few trees. You haven’t eaten all the fruits, have you?”

 

After casually rubbing the bellies of a few small foxes, I scanned around the Dragon King Temple.

 

“Where’s your mother?”

 

“Ying ying ying…”

 

The little foxes didn’t react much, just enjoying the moment with half-closed eyes. I feel like foxes at this age are similar to puppies. After all, they are both babies.

 

“Let’s go!”

 

After bidding farewell to the little foxes at the Dragon King Temple, Xiao Mo and I came to the back mountain. By now, under Xiao Mo’s care over the past few days, this area has turned into a super beautiful large garden.

 

At the center of the garden is the small World Tree where Xiao Mo conducted the ceremony of the Elf Queen with me before. Now, this Elf Tree has grown into a large tree about seven to eight meters tall, adorned with some cherry-red petals among its green leaves, looking especially beautiful under the sunlight.

 

“This white strawberry plant, just like tomatoes, can produce so many white strawberries at once. If it were really promoted on Earth, the price of strawberries should drop somewhat, right?”

 

As usual, Xiao Mo and I tasted the “white strawberries” in the small garden behind the Tree of Life, recorded their growth conditions, and watered them with water magic. When it was about time, we boarded Xiao Mo’s magic circle, ascended in height, changed the color of the magic circle to an extremely inconspicuous sky blue, and then rushed towards the Sankyo District in Shenzhen City.

 

“Here we are, Shenzhen Technical College of Transportation Technology.”

 

With Xiao Mo’s powerful perception abilities, we arrived at our destination. Taking advantage of the pedestrians around us not paying attention, we descended in a secluded area, quickly adjusted our clothes, and entered the school.

 

As our investigation indicated, this school did not impose strict restrictions on outsiders entering. Moreover, with Xiao Mo dressed like a college student and me resembling her younger sister, we passed through the school gate without any hindrance.

 

The reason we chose today to deal with the guy nicknamed “Grumpy Old Dragon” here in Shenzhen is not only because he resides here in the city, but also because four out of his five roommates know about the “Shangjing Cat Maid Cafe.”

 

Two of them have even visited our cafe and interacted with some fans under the cafe’s official account on Tongmeng Net. Based on their conversations, it’s clear these two roommates really like the cafe and are fond of both me and Xiao Mo.

 

Yes, that’s right, it’s quite miraculous. Even with four out of five roommates being fans of the cafe, this “Grumpy Old Dragon” still uses his alternate account online to smear the cafe, generating illicit traffic for profit. I wonder if he’s doing it deliberately or genuinely unaware of his roommates’ affiliations.

 

“How much are these oranges? … Okay, give me a kilogram.”

 

After entering the school, Xiao Mo and I casually bought some fruits from a fruit shop. Then, we opened the live stream channel “Little Xia Nuo Does Not Hide in the Cardboard Box” and selected “automatic face mosaic detection.”

 

“Alright, we’ve arrived at the university of this ‘Grumpy Old Dragon’. We’ll confront him directly in their dormitory shortly.”

 

I put on my earphones, secured my phone to the belt strap already prepared, allowing the camera to capture the scene ahead. From this angle, the audience in the live stream should see the lower bodies of the people we talk to, and even if the camera occasionally captures a face, it will be mosaic processed, so there’s no concern about privacy rights.

 

“Auntie, we’re going upstairs to deliver some fruits to our brother.”

 

Under the target dormitory building, Xiao Mo and I found the administrator.

 

“Oh, go ahead then.”

 

The administrator, busy on their phone, glanced at us and waved us off casually.

 

“Most people are probably asleep at this hour. Just knock on the door directly.”

 

“……”

 

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