ARIOCC Chapter 79

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Weekend chapter: 5/10

By the end of January, before the Lunar New Year arrived, the cat café had already surpassed one million followers on Bishui Station.

During the week it crossed the million-follower mark, fans eagerly anticipated the million-follower celebration while also clamoring for the week’s update. Would there be little birds this week?

Although the cat café’s super topic was filled with various videos or images of cats and birds interacting, fans still preferred the official videos, which always managed to capture the “personalities” of the cats and birds.

And this week’s video cover actually featured a bird! It was the red bird that had appeared once before.

The video opened with a red bird spreading its wings and flying across the screen, its graceful wings and beautiful tail feathers sweeping past the camera. Flaming red and vibrant, it occupied most of the screen.

When the red bird perched on a blanket, it lowered its head and lifted one wing, gently preening its feathers.

Comments:

“I really want to rub my face against these feathers!!”

“Agreed. It must feel as comfortable as burying your face in a cat’s belly!”

“I rewound it. I could replay this preening action a million times!”

“So elegant and dignified, is this a phoenix?”

The bird raised its head and called out toward the opposite side. The camera immediately shifted to a tall man standing there, towering over the crowd behind him. His right forearm was extended in front of him, and a warm, yellow little bird perched on his outstretched finger.

Hearing the adult bird’s call, it fluttered its wings and flew down.

The little bird’s flight feathers had grown a bit, but it wobbled unsteadily as it flew, half-falling, half-flying toward the adult bird. The viewers’ hearts swayed along with the little bird’s shaky flight.

The warm-yellow little bird landed some distance from the adult bird. The viewers collectively sighed in relief. Immediately after, a group of little birds chirped and rushed toward the adult bird.

The yellow little bird hopped a couple of steps, its movements still soft and unsteady. Its thin little legs weren’t quite used to supporting its body weight, causing it to wobble both while walking and flying. It could only watch as the other little birds overtook it.

The yellow bird tilted its head and chirped.

Comments:

“Ahhhh. So cute! Hurry and send it over!”

“Don’t bully the little baby! Send the birdie over!”

As if responding to the comments, the tall man leaned down and blocked the little birds rushing toward the “elder”. The rushing birds bumped into the back of his hand, plopping down onto the low table a few times, stretching their short legs and tilting their heads.

The tall man knelt on one knee in front of the low table. The hand that had blocked the birds was now withdrawn, resting against his chin as he expressionlessly watched the little birdies on the table. Against the man’s imposing figure, the little birds appeared especially tiny and delicate.

Only then did the yellow birdie flutter over unhurriedly, tumbling into the adult bird’s fluffy belly. The adult bird’s abundant feathers even bounced a couple of times.

Comments:

“I want to hold it in my hands and kiss it. I’m so jealous. I wish I had so many little birdies, too.”

“That bird’s belly is amazing! I want to snuggle into it!”

“I can do it! I can!”

While the viewers were obsessively admiring the bird bellies, the long-absent subtitles suddenly appeared on the screen. Several red circles of different sizes appeared, each highlighting a cat’s head.

On a platform on the wall, Song Gao’s golden ears, round forehead, and emerald-green eyes peeked out.

Dan Huang quietly emerged from behind a customer.

In the corner, a stack of cats was piled up, with eight cat heads visible from top to bottom: Mang Zhong, Xiao Man, Ling Ze, Gu Yu, Meng Xia, Qing Ming, Da Shu, and Jing Zhe. The larger cats supported the smaller ones underneath, all secretly observing.

From the cat bed on the climbing frame, two large black-and-white heads peeked out quietly—Yin Zhou and Tong Qian.

Inside the wooden cat house, a pair of lake-green eyes blinked. The stunningly beautiful Miss Penny bit her scarf and poked her head out, while inside the scarf, Sui Shou, Shang Qiu, Ru Fu, and Xia Zhi suddenly emerged.

At the stairway, two fluffy, affectionate furballs—Yun Chao and Fondant—cuddled together. Fondant, a shy little girl, hid behind the bold Yun Chao, her sea-blue eyes blinking.

All the cats in the cat café had made an appearance in this small screen. Most of them probably thought they were hiding well. But for the viewers in front of the screen, the red circles had already given away their positions.

No matter where the fluffy creatures were hiding, their eyes were fixed on the adult bird on the table.

The entire scene was a perfect depiction of “secretly observing”.

As the adult bird let out a clear and melodious chirp, Song Gao, the one on top of the pile, seemed to receive some kind of affirmation. He jumped down from the platform and dashed straight toward the adult bird, only to be gently covered by its magnificent wings.

Bullet comments:

“I’m dead, I’m dead. Why do I feel like this bird has the aura of the boss? So affectionate!”

“It’s not an illusion. This bird is really affectionate. It even grooms the cat!”

“My bird only chases me around and pecks me QAQ.”

“So heartwarming! I want Song Gao to jump into my arms, too! I want to bury my face in the bird’s belly!”

“I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like the cats are looking at the bird so tenderly.”

What made them even more envious and jealous was that the man who had been used as a chest pillow by Song Gao in the previous video actually cuddled the affectionate cat and bird furballs into his arms.

Viewers: Aaaaah, let me do it!

As the adult bird held Song Gao and groomed his feathers, all the other cats rushed out from their hiding spots and dashed toward the adult bird.

Perhaps because the target wasn’t the boss, the cats unceremoniously plopped onto the man, creating a chaotic mess of fluff. Crisp bird chirps mingled with various meows, while the aloof Yun Chao simply perched on top of the man’s head, looking down on everyone.

The man serving as the climbing frame below still wore an icy expression, but his eyes seemed to say, “I’m done with life.”

The viewers in front of the screen were both jealous and laughing hysterically: Hahahahaha.