Love Is the Eighty-One Trials: Ten Stories of Love-Struck Souls

爱情就是「九九八十一难」：十个为爱痴狂的故事

by Ask the Cold (问冷)

Status: Completed
Length: 74k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 1y ago
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[Anthology stories + women's psychology + women's growth] A woman's world isn't made up of love alone, but the ups and downs of love and relationships between men and women have never left women alone. It's like a nightmare, laying traps along every path that doesn't go smoothly, waiting for those consumed by love to step into thin air and fall. Every time a foolish woman wakes from a nightmare, she realizes that life is short, and loving too deeply hurts the most. When all is said and done, a woman's sincere love might not be worth its weight in gold, but in a scumbag's eyes, there are plenty of ways to make money from it. Long-distance relationships are hard enough, yet he used their intimate photos to make extra cash. What is that saying? Since ancient times, the human heart has been hard to fathom: you can know someone's face but not their heart. The cruelest person may be the one you hold closest to your heart, the one lying beside you. There's nothing wrong with having a small chest. People say small breasts are fashionable and large ones are a burden, but some men really do start picking fights over their girlfriends' bodies, even resorting to the absurd logic that cheating is justified. All you can say is that if someone is a scumbag, nothing can stop him, not even clinging to his leg. And nothing can stop a foolish girl from taking the irreversible path of plastic surgery to keep a scumbag around. Beyond a dry laugh, there's really nothing left to say. The innocence of college is just something young men and women imagine. Once every forbidden fruit becomes an everyday affair, things like premarital pregnancy and bitter confrontations in the operating room become a tangled mess. Trying to sort it out will only leave you with prematurely gray hair. How do women in sexless marriages change their mindsets? Even if it's hard to talk about, there should be a chance for two people to sit down calmly and show each other care. Are the hardships of adulthood really something that can only be endured in silence? Or can two people who love each other really spend a lifetime together, even if all they do is hold hands? Human emotions are complicated because people have desires. When people have no wants or needs, is their love truly purer and more worthy of reflection? And contemplation...

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