Taipei Stories

As the seasons pass in 1990s Taipei, a two-decade-old family-run braised food shop faces its greatest challenge as patriarch Mr Lin begins to lose his memory. Lin Chun-sheng, the restless daughter, yearns to pursue her studies abroad. Yao En-hsia, the young apprentice, puts his ambitions on hold to inherit what isn't his. Chiu Mei-hsien, the longsuffering mother, juggles the shop and her husband's declining memory as she becomes a full-time caretaker. Lin Dong-yong, the patriarch, struggles against the tide of oblivion that is slowly dragging him under. Spring, summer, autumn and winter intertwine, weaving a tapestry of time and family bonds, amidst the four seasons of Taipei.

[viceion au] Ang sabi ko sayo, sana hindi magbago ang tingin mo. Hindi nga nagbago. Pero sa iba na nakatuon ang mga mata mo. prompt by: exolilpony picture used in the cover: rosyvice

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The Halfway Coffee House is a seemingly ordinary coffee house located in the suburbs of Taipei. However, the coffee house is no ordinary coffee house. The staff are no ordinary staff, and the coffee is no ordinary coffee. The Halfway Coffee House serves as the bridge between the living and the afterlife, and the living again, with the staff serving as the gods and grim reapers sending customers off and letting them return. This is the coffee house, where invisible tearful goodbyes exist for one second, and fade away the next. "The Halfway Coffee House" showcases the stories of the staff and patron during the day-to-day operations of this little coffee house.

The story takes place in near-future Taipei. The protagonist, **Alan**, is a "Digital Mortician" specializing in cleaning, organizing, and transferring digital assets (social accounts, private data, cryptocurrency, etc.) after a client's death. Tech tycoon **Lin Zhendong** dies unexpectedly, and his will designates Alan to handle his massive private cloud data. The Lin family is rife with internal conflict: the eldest son, **Lin Ziheng** (capable like Johnny but burdened by heavy expectations), is eager to take over; the daughter, **Lin Xiao** (rebellious and sharp like Lydia), suspects foul play in her father's death; and the widow, **Su Wan**, just wants to close the case as soon as possible. While organizing the data, Alan discovers a hidden encrypted layer named "Ghost Sector," containing an AI personality backup that completely contradicts Lin Zhendong's public image and is attempting to contact the outside world. **Part Two: Memory Reconstruction [Chapters 41-80]** The AI in the "Ghost Sector" claims to be the real Lin Zhendong and asserts that the "father" who died in reality was actually being manipulated by an algorithm long ago. Alan faces a dilemma: abide by professional ethics and destroy the data, or seek the truth? Meanwhile, strange things happen in the Lin household: smart home devices play Lin Zhendong's favorite music late at night, and unsent emails are automatically dispatched to competitors. Lin Ziheng tries to block the news, while Lin Xiao teams up with Alan to solve the code puzzles left by her father. They discover that Lin Zhendong was involved in a secret experiment called "Project Immortality," attempting to upload human consciousness to the cloud, but the experiment failed, producing uncontrollable consequences.

In which Jiang Ying Yue, daughter of Taiwan's richest family, meets a baker's son who shows her how the other half lives.

Hazel Yuen was excited to head home to Taipei for the holidays and to celebrate her sister's wedding until her childhood friend slash old crush, announced that he was bringing home his girlfriend. A sucker punch straight to the heart, great aim, Noah. What's worse, her parents were still asking her for a grandkid, digging the nail further into her chest. She walked into the family dinner all hope lost, until she locked eyes with him, is that Thomas Lan? When Crazy Rich Asians meets Love Hard and The Proposal. A delightful, tasty blend with candy canes and Christmas trees.