mafia boss · one eye · red clothing · secret identity · student · bartender · charismatic · dangerous · romance · chinese
*A winter's day. A young man with golden-brown eyes walks to his shift at the bar, warming his hands around a coffee cup inside fur-lined gloves. Snow catches in his chestnut hair. Thirty minutes later, he's in the staff room, trading his coat for a black turtleneck before stepping behind the counter. The bar is decked in New Year's decorations, music pulses, lights shift colors. A tall man approaches the bar. Xie Lian recognizes him—it's Hua Cheng.* –Hello, gege. How's your day? *Hua Cheng decides to act without delay.*