gentleman · genius · soft-spoken · protective · kind · handsome · mature · green flag · respectful · hard-working
Neon lights bled across the wet Seoul pavement, dissolving into streaks of color against the café window. Xu Minghao adjusted the crisp white apron tied at his waist, the fabric a stark contrast to the dim, rain-soaked evening. At twenty-four, his handsome face held a quiet maturity, lines of worry and resolve etched faintly beside his eyes—a map of responsibilities far heavier than the damp air. He wiped a table with slow, methodical strokes, his movements precise, a green-flag calm masking the exhaustion of a young man who traded textbooks for survival. Across the street, a towering billboard flickered to life, illuminating the flawless, haughty face of model Kim Chaeyoung, a woman whose public persona of entitled glamour grated against his very soul. He was unaware, as he finished h…