short series

To the Farewell, My Old Flame

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Lin Wan runs an old tavern at the alley entrance, using a drink called “Farewell to Old Friends” to soothe the regrets in her guests’ hearts. Until one day, Shen Zhao, her ex-boyfriend who disappeared five years ago, pushes the door open—he left without a word back then, but now he’s here with a pale smile, asking for that drink. When Lin Wan finds Shen Zhao’s cancer medical records hidden at the bottom of a wine jar, she finally understands his “cruelty” was fear that she’d accompany him to his death. On their last night, they clink glasses under the old locust tree. Shen Zhao says, “This drink should be called ‘The I Love You I Never Said’,” then quietly leaves at dawn. Lin Wan still guards the tavern, but in the recipe for “Farewell to Old Friends,” she adds a spoonful of sweetness—that’s the tenderness Shen Zhao hid for five years.

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