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The Restaurant After Hours · Reunion 009

Before the restaurant closes for the night, a customer orders a dish long since removed from the menu, and head server Cheng Lan recognizes him as Meng Qiao, an old friend from the days when the two of them prepared to open a small restaurant together. Each once blamed the other for the venture's failure, yet this time they must resolve a booking mistake together. After finishing with the last table, they speak for the first time about the real losses and pressures, and decide to return the old deposit, leaving the dream of their partnership in the past.

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