《Boss 的第一天登場》

文化街的早晨一向安靜。 陽光剛落在瓦片上，巷子裡只有鳥叫聲和 Koala 泡茶的水聲。 就在這時—— 一陣輕快又低調的單車聲「喀噠、喀噠」穿過文化街。 是新鄰居。 也是 Koala 還叫不出口的名字—— 大家只喊他 Boss。 他住在文化街，但每天都往醫療街去上班。 一個帥氣、話少、像一陣風的男人。 那天他停在 Koala 家門口，敲了敲門框： 「有蔥嗎？」 語氣平淡，但像是說什麼都不會麻煩別人。 Koala 把蔥遞過去。 Boss 接過時，像是順手附贈一樣說： 「你知道嗎？蔥切完泡冷水，味道會更甜。」 語氣輕得像風從窗邊掠過。 說完，他頭也不回地騎走了。 留下一個仍握著門把的 Koala，和飄散在空氣裡的……少少的神秘感。 從那天開始，Boss 偶爾會來借醬油、借糖、借什麼都不奇怪。 每一次，他都會順手帶來一小段知識： 有時是料理的，有時是健康的，有時 Koala 根本聽完會忘記的那種。 但文化街的居民都知道—— 那是 Boss 的打招呼方式。 只是他的方法，比別人安靜了一些。 --- English Version Morning in Culture Street was always quiet. Sunlight rested gently on the roof tiles, and the only sounds were birds chirping and the soft bubbling of Koala’s tea kettle. Then came a familiar sound— a light, steady ka-dak, ka-dak of bicycle wheels rolling through the narrow lane. The new neighbor. The one Koala still didn’t know how to properly address. Everyone simply called him Boss. He lived on Culture Street but worked all the way in Medical Street. Handsome, quiet, moving like a breeze that never stays long. That morning he stopped at Koala’s door and tapped lightly on the frame. “Do you have some green onions?” His tone was flat, as if nothing he asked for could ever trouble anyone. Koala handed him the onions. Boss took them and, as if it came packaged with the vegetables, added: “Did you know? If you soak chopped green onions in cold water, they taste sweeter.” His voice was soft, drifting past like wind at the window. Then he without looking back. Leaving Koala holding the doorknob... and a faint trail of mystery in the air. From that day on, Boss would occasionally come by for soy sauce, sugar—honestly, anything. Each time, he brought with him a small piece of knowledge: Sometimes about cooking, sometimes about health, sometimes… the kind Koala would forget five minutes later. But everyone on Culture Street knew— that was how Boss said hello. Just quieter than most.