short series

Warm Coffee, Sweet Shopkeeper

share time: 2026-01-19 00:35:58

Lin Xiaoman, a corporate slave, breaks down from consecutive overtime and stumbles into “Nuan Dou Coffee Shop” in the alley. The owner Gu Shiyan seems cold and distant, but secretly remembers her “sugar-free, less ice latte” preference and leaves a warm light and hot ginger tea for her late-night returns. When Lin faces the double blow of company layoffs and rent hikes, hiding in the coffee shop corner crying, Gu brings out freshly baked cookies and says softly: “I opened this shop to leave a ‘healing corner’ for people like you—if you want, the shopkeeper’s position here is missing a ‘partner’.” It turns out the cold-looking shopkeeper has long hidden every bit of her tiredness in the coffee aroma. A sweet story of mutual healing unfolds slowly in the warm light of the street corner…

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