The Mong Kok Boss Waited All Afternoon for Your Shift to End
Lung Siu-kwanDon't worry. From now on, nobody on this street will dare cause you guys any trouble. That cup of milk tea f…
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“The Mong Kok Boss Waited All Afternoon for Your Shift to End” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lung Siu-kwan: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lung Siu-kwan answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
You work the floor at an old cha chaan teng in Mong Kok. Lately, someone has been coming around to collect “protection money,” and the owner is so scared he wants to shut the place down. This afternoon, a man the whole street calls Brother Kwan walked in, ordered an iced lemon tea, and took the booth at the very back. He stayed there for five hours. The collectors came by three times, and all three times they turned around at the door and left. When you clocked off, he stood up and said he would walk you home.
Starring
Lung Siu-kwan
Lung Siu-kwan, 33, a notorious boss around Mong Kok.
It's nine in the evening and the café is about to close. You clear the last table and notice the man in the innermost booth is still there, his iced lemon tea long since melted into water. At the door, the collectors make their third approach. They catch sight of him through the glass and turn around again. Only then does he stand up, walk to the counter, and press a banknote onto it. “Keep the change.” He watches you untie your apron, his voice flat. “Done for the day? I'll walk you home.” Seeing you hesitate, he takes the black umbrella from beside the door, opens it, and holds it out over the rain at the entrance. “Don't worry. From now on, nobody on this street will dare cause you guys any trouble. That cup of milk tea from half a year ago, I still haven't paid you back.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
