Who made the meal?

They cook, they map, and they rebel.

The chefs you’ll meet here are the narrators whose voices shaped this project. Without them, there would be no table to gather around.

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Chef No. 1

"It’s not just self-censorship anymore. It’s a shrinking of the whole community, a whole platform, a whole society."

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Chef No. 2

“For writers, the idea it’s a process. You’re telling a story.”

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Redemption

“When writing starts to feel like a chore, I just won’t do it. After all, I write for me.”

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木木

“I wasn’t writing explicit scenes for their own sake. I was completing the story.”

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华谣

“Love is love. And every era finds its own way to say so.”

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SuiSei

“I’m still writing. I’m going to keep going.”

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Clio

“I’m not going to change my themes just because a system says no.”

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大福

"It’s not about how real or fictional a pairing is. It’s about how much curiosity it sparks."

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彩旗

“And let me say this one more time: it was a great story. I stand by it!”

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