Looking for Urban Life Novels That Feel Close to Reality 求都市生活,接近现实的
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- 551 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我,我送每人一套房 When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Little Devil's Diary of a School Break 小魔王的休学日记
Surviving the end of the world brought on by her parents' endless nagging: after enduring countless tribulations, Yixuan returns with a diary! Hey, everyone! The second book in the five-part Little Devil series, A Diary of Taking Time Off School, is coming soon! After taking time off school, Yixuan picks up a new skill: secretly recording everyday life in a diary! When nobody else understands him, his diary becomes his confidant, listening to him vent, keeping him company when he's sad, sharin
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- 554 He Hid in the Years, Loving Me for So Long 他藏在时光里,爱了我很多年 My name is Guo Yaoze. When I was six, a little girl moved in next door. She wore two tiny pigtails and had dimples when she smiled. She gave me her only lollipop. “Brother Xiaoze, I don’t like sweets.” It was twenty years before I learned she’d been lying to me. When I was nine, my family moved away. She cried downstairs, and I cried in the car. At fifteen, I transferred back and she became my desk mate, but she didn’t remember me. At seventeen, after the college entrance exams, my mother sent 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 555 Too Stressed by School? I'm Running Away from Home! 学习压力大?我选择离家出走! Stressed Out by School? I'm Running Away from Home! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦:媚姐
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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- 557 The Delinquent Who Changed the Rules of the Jianghu 不良之江湖换天 Pan Bo, a member of the Black Tiger Gang, had the woman he worshipped stolen from him. In a fit of rage, he castrated a man in broad daylight. After serving 12 years in prison, he is released and tries to reintegrate into modern society. With help from an old friend, he enrolls in a vocational college to turn his life around. How will the story of the Black Tiger Gang continue with Big Brother Wang Hao and Yu Chengfei back on the scene? After his release, Pan Bo will get his revenge and win back 3Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 558 Company Goes Bankrupt: I Choose to Work Off the Debt 公司倒闭:我选择打工还债 The Company Went Bankrupt: I Chose to Work Off the Debt —Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友
No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary.
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Don’t Mess With Me, There’s a Martial God Inside Me 别惹我,我体内藏着个武神
[Urban Fantasy] + [Two Souls in One Body, Light Mystery] + [Healing Daily Life] + [Sweet Romance, One Female Lead] He Ci is a mechanic who runs his family's auto repair shop. One day, a soul from another world suddenly appears inside him, and a series of identity crises gradually unravel. It turns out the repair shop is connected to another world. A young woman comes by every day to bring him soup and paint. She's exceptionally perceptive, but never asks about his secrets. The two gradually grow
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- 561 The Alligator Snapping Turtle Ancestor and the Little Alligator Snapping Turtle 鳄龟老祖和小鳄龟 The Alligator Snapping Turtle Ancestor and the Little Alligator Snapping Turtle 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Bank President’s Daughter-in-Law from the Countryside 银行行长家的农村儿媳妇
Brother-and-sister dynamic + Urban romance + Marriage first, love later + Childhood sweethearts + Female growth The wealthy male lead and the rural female lead were born in neighboring hospital beds, just one day apart. The female lead is stunning and attracts admirers wherever she goes, yet she’s gentle and well-behaved. The male lead is a roguishly handsome man of the world, considerate and capable, a born CEO and the king of jealousy. Though their values and upbringings are worlds apart, fate
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The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫
A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o
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- 564 My Kitten Was Snatched? Cat Thief, Just You Wait! 我的小猫被抓啦?猫贩子你等着! My Kitten Was Snatched? Cat Thief, Just You Wait! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Brother Became a Woman and Fled to My House in the Middle of the Night 性转的好兄弟,连夜逃至我家
[Gender transformation, urban slice of life, no System, romance, slow burn, food] “If I were a woman, I could marry you.” Lin Yue said those words offhandedly ten years ago. He never expected them to come true a decade later. After turning into a woman, he fears the strange looks from his family and relatives, as well as the threat of dissection from a research institute. With no other choice, he pretends to be a woman and moves in with Ye Qing, his best friend of more than ten years...
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- 566 My Wife's Lies 我妻子的谎言 The warmth of their newlywed days had barely faded when the lie hidden beneath their marriage certificate came crashing down on Shu Wang. The lovely wife he doted on was none other than the woman his childhood friend Qin Yiming had kept hidden away three years ago. His wife kept the past secret, stumbling over her words and showing no sense of boundaries. Qin Yiming pressed him at every turn, refusing to let go. All the tenderness vanished from Shu Wang's eyes. "After everything you two hid f 9.6kReads—Score43114d adds
- 567 The Story of Tashi the Shepherd and Bart the Puppy 牧羊人扎西与小狗巴特的故事 The Story of Tashi the Shepherd and Bart the Puppy —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Hello, System 您好,系统
The Human Devolution Report: Don't be fooled by this civilized getup. We're all lining up to take part in a grand pantomime of devolution. We meekly surrender our right to get lost, hand over our memory cards, and even turn our joys and sorrows into ready-made meals you can eat straight from the packet. Five poor souls twisted into knots by the times: an old sailor bets his life in a storm as the satellites fail; a gourmet can no longer taste the warmth of his father's last bowl of hand-pulled n
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- 569 Numb with Pain, They Need Warmth 痛到麻木,她他需要温暖 Numb from the pain, she needs warmth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 570 One Money-Making Fact a Day 每天一个搞钱冷知识 [This story is entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, feel free to point it out. Thanks for reading.] Is there any difference between borrowing money and swindling someone out of it? Borrowing money is just swindling your friends. What? But they're my dearest friends, my brothers in arms! You'll have to pay more! Buy up all those, all those glowing green ones. 77Reads—Score—14d adds
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A True Account of a Dangerous Affair: Let’s Get Divorced! 危情实录,我们离婚吧!
Xie Yuxuan and Zhou Qianyi have a loving marriage and a happy life. But trouble strikes out of nowhere: Xie Yuxuan accidentally discovers that Zhou Qianyi may be cheating, plunging their once-warm home into crisis. Xie Yuxuan loves his wife deeply and decides to give their love one last chance. Yet as he tries to deal with the marital crisis, he is shocked to find that his wife’s suspected affair is surrounded by layer upon layer of mystery and dark secrets. Before long, he is drawn into a botto
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Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生
Martial arts school / traditional martial arts / realistic / passionate / brotherhood / jianghu Adapted from real experiences. No fantasy, no System, and no cheats. A true-to-life portrayal of what life at a martial arts school is really like. A boy defies his family's objections to pursue his martial arts dream. Day after day, he trains relentlessly at school, enduring the long, monotonous years of practice alongside his fellow students and brothers. After graduation, he enters the wider world,
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- 573 Reborn with 1.87 Million in Debt 187W负债重生 Chen Mo is a Beijing guy who used to have it good. Then the pandemic hit, his business went under, and he wound up buried in debt, including online loans. The collection calls came more reliably than his alarm clock. He thought his life was pretty much over. But guess what? Someone was willing to pay for his “experience of failure.” Turns out, taking that fall landed him a whole new line of work. Where were these people when he needed them before? This is a story about digging yourself out from 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 574 Pick Up the Phone! No, Mom 接电话啊!不了,妈妈 This is not an isolated tragedy, but the “acceptable” waste produced by a finely tuned social machine. Reporter Lin Yue goes through the files of four children: a prodigy in Beijing, a dreamer in Hangzhou, a top student in Nanjing, and the pride of a small town. She discovers that what pushed them to the brink was not failure, but precisely the “one right path” to success laid out for them by their families, schools, and society. The report ultimately reveals how we conspired as a society to tur 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Mom’s Loose Tongue Ruined Half My Future 碎嘴的妈,毁我半生前程
My sharp-tongued mother ruined half my future
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- 576 Phantom in the Void 虚空诡影 Shen Muchen, an ordinary young man from the city, transmigrates to a world that seems completely normal after an accident. However, this world is not as simple as it appears. One fateful night, he discovers that he can sense a strange power known as Spirit Void Force, and accidentally opens a portal to another dimensional space. It is a place of chaos and death, where space collapses, time is erratic, and life and death are impossible to predict. Here, Shen Muchen gradually masters Spirit Void —Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Factory Flower's Infatuation 厂花迷恋
(Also known as The CEO's Special Favor, this is a realistic story adapted from the tale of an employee's rise to success. It follows work, career, love, hobbies, office life, friendship, and family life.) As Lin Rui fights to build his career, he faces one storm and setback after another, while also meeting confidantes who greatly admire him. He perseveres and finally reaches the pinnacle of life... I dedicate this book to all of us who once left home to pursue our dreams!
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Five Years Later, She Storms the Mogul's Empire with Her Kids 五年后,她带崽崽砸了大佬集团
A carefully plotted scheme destroys her reputation. Five years later, she returns in triumph with her adorable children, ready to take on the wicked women and tear the fake sweethearts down. Her sons are busy looking for a dad, too! “Mommy, that man looks really rich. Can he be my daddy?” “Miss Nan: No!” “Mommy, that man looks just like me. Could he be my no-good dad?” “Miss Nan: Don’t go around claiming men as your daddy! What if he’s broke? Do you want to support him for the rest of your life?
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- 579 500,000 Words a Day, and the Writers' Circle Is Going Wild! 一天日更50万,作家圈里传疯啦! Writing 500,000 words a day has sent the whole writing world into a frenzy! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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An Ill-Matched Marriage 不般配的婚姻
After Cheng Ruojia, a small-town girl, married her boss, Tang Yixuan, she spent the next ten years as a housewife, looking after Tang Yixuan and their daughter, Tang Qi. But as Tang Yixuan's business grew and his handsome looks drew attention, a marital crisis crept closer and closer...
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- 581 Joy Blossoms in a Dark Alley 暗巷生欢 [Publication rights signed: @Youyu Ru Zhou] [Healing + Devoted Couple + Intense Push and Pull + Bittersweet, Over-the-Top Drama + Major Twists] [Cold-Blooded Big Shot × Frail Beauty, A Clawed Cat Toying with a Tiger] Xia Xunqian was sickly and had depended on others since childhood. Even as an adult, he still had nowhere of his own. When his father sent him to live with Feng Lin, Xia Xunqian chose to obey. He was docile and compliant, and knew every trick in the book when it came to staying aliv 15kReads9.6Score2k14d adds
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After Getting Fired, I Maxed Out God-Tier Traits Just by Breathing 开除后,我靠呼吸刷爆神级词条
Just after getting laid off, I was told that my breathing could put labels on anything? Stick “Indestructible” on a pair of flip-flops and they can go toe-to-toe with a Ferrari. Stick “Never Misses” on a slingshot and you can knock a rich kid’s drone out of the sky from three blocks away. Stick “Friend to Animals” on the stray dog downstairs, and the next day every cat and dog in the neighborhood will come guard my home. - Ex-girlfriend: Lu Chen, I was wrong. Let’s get back together! - Me: Oh, l
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Mad Dog Sheng 疯狗晟
[Urban] [Underworld] [Dark] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] He is “Mad Dog Sheng,” the man who terrifies the underworld, but all he wants is to be an ordinary dad. From a stray dog freezing to death on the street to the ruler who built an underground order with his own hands, Gou Sheng’s life is steeped in blood and legend. With a ruthless streak that made him fearless of death and the instincts of a beast, he swallowed up his rivals and laid down the rules, making all of Jiangcheng tremble in his
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- 584 My Little Brother Is Too Wild for Him to Handle 弟弟太野,他扛不住 [Younger Wolfdog x Cool, Handsome Older Brother] [The story about the eldest brother and the uncle was put in the penalty box, so there’ll be a new bonus chapter later. If you’re looking forward to it, please be patient!] The Qin and Jiang families arranged a marriage, and everyone had heard that it would be between the eldest son of the Qin family and the second daughter of the Yu family. But on the wedding day, the people standing at the altar were Qin Huai, the second son of the Qin family, a 852Reads9.3Score12214d adds
- 585 City of Farewells 诀别之城 Three years ago, a devastating betrayal left Yang Jie heartbroken, and she called off the wedding she had looked forward to all her life. She thought she and Ye Mao would have nothing more to do with each other. Three years later, the man who had hurt her so deeply appeared before her again, quietly pleading for forgiveness. The real estate industry is a cutthroat world, and people are hard to read. Her former lover presses closer at every turn, and their old feelings refuse to fade. This time —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Reborn as a Ruthless Mogul 重生之商界狂少
After his business went bankrupt, Lin Mo leaped from the thirty-seventh floor in despair. To his surprise, he returned to his college days more than ten years earlier. In this new life, he has not only brothers bound to him by loyalty and gratitude, but also a girlfriend who loves him deeply. With their help, he overcomes one hardship after another and eventually becomes a business magnate.
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The Village Fool 村野傻子
[Countryside + City Life + Feel-Good Fiction] He Xiaobai was hit by a car while saving someone and was left with a mental disability. His parents abandoned him, and the villagers looked down on him! One day, he dug up a peerless miraculous pill in the mountains, and from then on, he was no longer a fool.
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- 588 The Demon Venerable Senior Brother Below: The Immortal Venerable Junior Brother Goes Heh Heh Heh 魔尊师兄在下:仙尊师弟桀桀桀 [This! Is! A! Women’s! Fiction! Male-male leads! Romance! Male readers, proceed with caution!! Who else! Who else doesn’t read the blurb or tags! Ah!! Who else!!!] [Goofy, awkward, absurdly satisfying, unconventional and ridiculous. Two old men, neither grows as a person. Invincible from the start, with no rivals or pressure. No cultivation, no fighting, no humiliating the opposition. They’re just playing around, playing around, playing around!! Ah!!! Everyone, read the blurb!!!] (The blurb belo 5.8kReads9.5Score82714d adds
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The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男
This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way.
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The Rules of Urban Women 都市女人法则
Mi Lier never imagined that the manuscript she'd spent two years pouring her heart into would be deleted with a single click by her scumbag ex, with not even a backup left. With nowhere to turn for justice, she hid in an old Western-style house on Qiqi Street in Dalian and broke down sobbing. Her three roommates immediately gathered around her. Lin Zimu, a cool-headed producer with a warm heart, kept everyone at arm's length with her survival manual, yet found her own heart in disarray over Chen
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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外,春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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- 592 Are You Using X-Ray Vision? Why Are You Looking Everywhere? 你透视呢,到处看是什么意思? Luffy, an exploited office drone, is oppressed every day by his unscrupulous female manager. Then one day, he unexpectedly awakens the ability to see through things. With just a glance, he can spot other people's weaknesses. At last, it's his turn to take control! 1.4kReads6.5Score14214d adds
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The Women in My Office 我的办公室女人
Have you ever had a love so unforgettable it left its mark on your heart? Have you ever had a paradise of your own, hidden away from the world? Have many beautiful women ever crossed your path? Have you ever wanted to bow your head to life, or been seen as a good-for-nothing? But it doesn't matter. Years later, those people, those events, those outcomes… This is a story about one man and several women, a story about choices and life. Multiple heroines, pure wish fulfillment, so please don't
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My Drama Queen Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 我的戏精婆婆重生了
My Reborn Drama Queen Mother-in-Law
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- 595 There's a Big Age Gap, but This Older Man Is in Great Shape 年龄差很大,可大叔他身体好呀 [A touch of yandere + devoted to each other + 34-year-old man and 20-year-old woman: brilliant, beautiful, and tragic poor student vs. shrewd billionaire heartthrob] After her boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend, Bai Zhi, the top beauty and talent at the teachers’ university, turns around and flirts with her friend’s “almost-stepdad.” “Zhizhi, just be sweet and well-behaved when you see him. Uncle Zhou will definitely fall for you!” But sweet and well-behaved? Not necessarily! So the gi 4.4kReads9.0Score40714d adds
- 596 Spring Fever 春躁 [Miracle doctor + countryside + invincible + prosperity] Give back everything you took from me, spit out everything you ate, and if you hit me, I'll hit you back. If you wronged me, I'll make you regret it… Li Tie, a top student at Peking University's School of Medicine, was made a fool by those who framed him. His parents were dragged into it and killed, and for two years he lived worse than a dog, enduring humiliation and abuse… The fool who becomes a miracle-working doctor after a fortuitous 4.1kReads8.9Score49714d adds
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Love at Forty 不惑爱情
Xu Anqin, a middle-aged woman, has a life that's a complete mess: a mother with dementia, a selfish older sister, in-laws who are always scheming, and a husband who never gets a clue. Everything gives her anxiety. At the lowest point in her life, her rich, handsome first love reappears. Maybe she has another path to choose, but Xu is clear-headed: "I'm almost forty. How could I still be some domineering CEO's unattainable first love?" Before the divorce, life backed her into a corner with no way
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Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情
(Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris
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- 599 A Kiss on a Tidal Night 潮吻夜 [One-on-One, Both Chaste, Intense Push and Pull + Lighthearted, Ridiculously Sweet Romance + Age Gap] Chu Zhirou was sweet, pretty, and gentle-natured, the picture-perfect good girl in everyone's eyes. She had countless admirers, but no one could claim this rose. Pei Yanche was cool and abstinent. He was ruthless and decisive in business, and devastatingly handsome when he stood at the lectern. No one could have guessed that these two, who had nothing to do with each other, would be connecte 2.4kReads8.9Score24114d adds
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Let’s Wait for a Breeze 等一阵风吧
A gust of autumn wind swept through, and Qi Rong collapsed by the West Lake. His gaze fixed on the tower where his company was based. “Mr. Qi! A-Rong! I want chocolate!!! Did you hear me?!” The flash from his phone illuminated his pale face. Before the wind could blow down the first leaf of autumn, it had already felled Qi Rong, a man countless young people regarded as a pioneering leader. Lin Yan, Zhong Ying, Chen Ling, Dongzi, A Hao... Their faces flashed before his eyes.
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