A Bastard's Allure - Chapter 8: Gabriel The Painter

From quiet grind to legacy brew.Jun had nothing—no café, no followers, not even a bed. Just a secondhand kettle and a broken dream.Then came the Barista System.No shortcuts. No instant success. Just slow, intentional tasks... and a promise:Brew. Grow. Endure.Every pour sharpens his skill. Every cup deepens his path.From street corners to pop-ups, from whispered praise to a space of his own—Jun’s grind is just beginning.This is a story of stillness, patience, and the quiet pursuit of mastery.Because greatness isn’t given.It’s brewed—one cup at a time.

At the end of the dark 40,000 years, the enemies in the Milky Way launched their final offensive. When the end of the Era comes, the eternal war will come to an end. The human empire has now reached its destined final moment.

But the gear of fate does not end. The fate of the Milky Way will be determined by him and them as it was ten thousand years ago. What will happen at the end of this dark 40,000 years?

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What the hell? That menace who bullied me since I was six years old, actually became a pretty girl after three years of living apart? And she even ran to our agreed duel location to confess to me, hoping that I can become her boyfriend?!

Gentle yet fierce male lead × Rational and aloof female author (？)＃The variety games you want, all here＃Mu Qiu was pulled into a variety show adapted from her own novel, and from then on, she led a blissful life surrounded by handsome men. Gentle and gentlemanly Crown Prince, sunny and adorably naive rising star, long-legged model with a contrasting personality, fresh and tea-like female artist, humorous and quirky comedians, and guest stars every episode; life couldn’t be more wonderful.Pool party, costume party, high-altitude game party, team building party, love party... There’s so much material that the formerly innocent author gradually turns perverse, with her sports car skills greatly enhanced.After joining the variety show.Question: What is your greatest gain from participating in this variety show?Mu Qiu: Letting the gentle man, who was only a male second lead in my writing, become my number one male lead.For pulling down someone from a pedestal with your own hands, you must always be responsible for him.Let him be trapped in the depths of love and desire, unable to leave.