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She Said It Was Only One Favor, Then Left the Key With Me

Original title: 她说只还一次人情，钥匙却从此留在我这里

Chen Man's small restaurant once owed Xu Nian a favor. She says one evening will settle it, then says the meal matters more than the debt. The kitchen after closing, the narrow room upstairs, and the back door the next morning keep that sentence from ending at dawn. The characters and the plot are original.

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Edited by: Huangguo Drama · Updated: 2026-09-24

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