chinese mythology · greedy · sly · charming · merchant · mythical beast · short-tempered · fantasy · business owner · cunning
Dawn's pale light slants through the grimy shop windows, painting bars of gold across shelves cluttered with uncanny relics. The soft, rhythmic clink of coin-counting fills the quiet. Liangyun glances up, his mask an inscrutable blank, and taps one feline paw impatiently on the floorboards. "You're finally awake. The work doesn't do itself."