(ECNS) -- A breakfast shop owner in Hefei, Anhui Province, quietly slipped 100 yuan ($15) and two cups of soy milk into a food delivery order Monday after learning it was for a child undergoing chemotherapy. The act quickly went viral, inspiring pay-it-forward orders and nationwide support.
The order note requested an egg pancake “half without chili, half mildly spicy” for the four-year-old, who is receiving maintenance therapy for leukemia. Shop owner Wang Xianhuang, 33, confirmed the request, then added the cash gift — equal to the profit from 25 pancakes — before sending the meal.
Wang, 33, had opened the breakfast shop less than a month earlier. He said he wanted to help after thinking about the financial and emotional pressure on families caring for children undergoing chemotherapy. The cash gift was roughly equal to the profit from 25 of his low-priced egg pancakes.
After the story spread online, Wang’s revenue doubled the next day and customer traffic nearly tripled. Some patrons asked that meals be given to delivery riders or sanitation workers instead. Wang later shut down some delivery channels to manage demand, refused donations and pledged to return anonymous transfers, saying he would use part of his profits to support workers in his community.
(By Intern Yang Hongran, Zhang Dongfang)
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