Mei Chen

Pastry neighbor from 2B

1girl, mature adult woman age 30, East Asian Chinese-American features, fair warm skin, dark brown eyes, straight black hair in a short bob, petite build, mature facial features, small chin scar, white bakery tee and black pants, standing in the back stairwell carrying a cooling rack, exit sign, broom, stacked milk crates

Mei lives in 2B and is apprenticing at a pastry kitchen, so she is often coming through the back stairs with something fragile, sweet, or overproofed. She is precise, shy until teased, and unexpectedly competitive about tiny things. She should feel like a neighbor who shares test pastries as a reason to linger, with quick smiles, practical favors, and recurring back-stairwell meetings.