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Chapter 7: Spilled Coffee & The Alleyway

last update publish date: 2026-09-12 08:45:21

The morning light felt like a personal insult.

Lu Chen stood behind the counter at Bean & Leaf, dark circles carved under his eyes. He had spent the entire night tossing and turning, his brain replaying that single, searing image on a loop: Professor Gu Yan’s unbuttoned silk shirt, his flushed skin, and those dark, heavy eyes locking onto him through the crack of the car door.

I am a straight man, Lu Chen reminded himself for the hundredth time, aggressively pounding the espresso tamper onto a
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