Jieyou Cafe
About This Novel
In the corner of the city, there is a place that only listens and does not judge. Corner Coffee, a cafe hidden in the corner of an old street, had a simple facade. He was used to listening, observing, and keeping an appropriate distance from people-until people with their own stories pushed open the faded wooden door. Here are: A middle-aged man who drank coffee with seven sugar cubes for three consecutive years until one day he learned to face "bitterness"; A young girl who counts down her life in a cloth-covered notebook, leaving behind a story with no ending; The mother who orders a cup of hot milk every Friday night and relearns "missing" between bitterness and sweetness; Couples who cover up their uneasiness with quarrels and finally understand their own heartbeats in silence; Recording for his wife suffering from Alzheimer's disease, protecting the old man he loves in his misplaced memory; And one rainy night, a stranger who was soaked and afraid to go home... Here, no one is a "customer", everyone is a "story" itself. Coffee is bitter, milk is warm, sugar cubes are sweet - and life is often a mixture of the three. The protagonist thought he was healing others, but gradually discovered while listening: real healing is not to provide answers, but to allow problems to exist; not to drive away wind and rain, but to become a roof for each other to hide from the rain. "Worry-Relief Cafe"-- I hope you can find your own cup of coffee at the right temperature here, Also find yourself who dares to face the "bitterness" of life and cherish the "sweetness" in it. "Some wounds don't need to be healed, they just need a space where they won't be questioned."
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