The wooden floor creaked in protest to Shantal's weight as soon as she stepped on it. However, that did not stop her from advancing forward and it did not take that long before she was able to reach the doorway. At first, she hesitated to turn its knob. But since she figured that she have no other choice, she still did it in the end anyway. She was surprised, however, when she realized that the door was not locked at all. 'Does it mean that this tea shop was indeed fully operational for real?' She wondered to herself in confusion. Nonetheless, Shantal braced herself from disappointment ready to see nothing inside. She did not have high hopes, in the first place. But to her shock, as soon as she went inside, she realized how completely mistaken she was. Outside, the place could easily fool anyone into thinking that if not empty, then there were only a customer or two inside, at most. But if only one would be curious eno
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