Looking for Urban Life Novels That Feel Close to Reality 求都市生活,接近现实的
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- 701 The Man Next Door 男邻居 Qiao Mai, a country girl, endures a rough journey from her wedding and childbirth to miscarriage and divorce. Over the course of twelve years of marriage, the special sweetness of being each other’s “darling” fades amid her husband’s disrespect and inaction. Her affection is gradually extinguished by the havoc wreaked by her mother-in-law and three sisters-in-law, until the marriage finally ends in divorce. The story begins with a man living downstairs listening to his neighbors having sex in th 84Reads9.5Score—14d adds
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Never Mess with a Pisces Woman 千万不要招惹双鱼座女生
[Workplace] [Urban Life] [Marriage Before Love] Mumu is a Pisces woman who entered the workplace with two labels already attached to her: timid and easy to bully. But no one knows that beneath the soft exterior of a Pisces lies the heart of a great demon king. When everyone thinks she’ll be swallowed up by the workplace, Mumu proves to the world through her actions: Don’t make a Pisces cry, because once she’s done crying, it’ll be your turn. This novel could also be called Mumu’s Rise to the Top
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My System Is Way Too Good at Stirring Up Trouble 我的系统太会搞事了
After Lu Shiyi cursed out his boss, he got a lottery System. It offers all kinds of items, as well as limited-time trial passes for other systems. A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story with a slow-burn plot. No mindless antics or forced showing off.
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Dragon Head 龙头
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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Celebrating Mountains and Seas 庆山海
[A new book from a veteran author, with a completed story guaranteed. He plays the pig to eat the tiger in the early chapters, then moves into the urban underworld later. Smooth, polished prose.] Calling someone a playboy is a worldly prejudice; ignorance is the root of suffering. So come closer to me, then worship me as a god!!! Qing Shanhai
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Under Currents in a Floating World 浮世潜流
A You is a brilliant top student who graduated with a law degree. Rising from the grassroots and fighting in the halls of government, he throws himself into the battle against corruption in the name of fairness and justice. Along the way, he experiences love and hate, the dangers of the world, and a life full of ups and downs. He asks only to find a little peace amid the bustle of the world, but that has become difficult to achieve. All he can do is navigate the hidden currents beneath the surfa
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My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘
[Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending.
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- 708 City of Passion (Four-Book Series) 都市迷情(全四册) Through nuanced psychological portrayals and a gripping, twisting plot, the novel lays bare the fragility and struggle of human nature in the face of power and desire. Liu Xiaoyang's innocence and rebellious streak, Luo Daqing's inner conflict and struggle, Long Wangyu's ambition and disillusionment, and Li Mengze's shrewdness and scheming form a vivid cast of characters, weaving a complex and ever-changing portrait of urban relationships. This is not merely a story of love and betrayal, but als 38.5kReads9.3Score7.6k14d adds
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A Common Man’s Reborn Years 平凡人的重生岁月
[Everyday Urban Life + Campus Youth + Making Up for Regrets + Believable Logic] A portrayal of youth as it really was: no posturing, no face-slapping. This is simply the everyday life of an ordinary person after being reborn. People remain consistent; being reborn doesn't suddenly make someone all-powerful. Their old flaws are still there. They simply get to live their lives over again with their memories and life experience intact. Everyone has a limit to how far they can go, so if you're looki
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No Mercy for the World 不赦人间
For the first twenty years of her life, Chen Qingxing lived by one rule: never count on a miracle. When someone else took the spot she had earned as a student in need, and her part-time wages were withheld, she signed a harsh sponsorship agreement. Her benefactor would pay for her to finish college, and after graduation, she would repay the debt with a marriage of convenience. There was no romance involved. It was a deal with a clearly marked price. She relied on careful calculations to plan eve
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Those Days in the Loan Business 做贷款的那些日子
Hu Donghai stumbled into the lending industry while looking for a job in the city. From then on, he witnessed the internet finance industry grow from nothing, become the hottest thing around, and finally end in a dismal bust. Many people got rich overnight, while others were left with nothing but a mess... Along the way, Hu Donghai encountered all kinds of clients, experienced workplace chaos and the shame of reality, found genuine affection, and suffered betrayal. His journey mirrored the indus
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My Years as the CEO's Daughter 我当总裁千金的这些年
CEO romance + face-slapping + satisfying revenge + youth + love + the worlds of politics, business, and the military + fierce battles A poor girl rises to become a wealthy beauty, taking on the worlds of politics and business in turn! The plot is thrilling: her secret crush confesses his feelings! A domineering CEO pursues her relentlessly! The political world treats her like a treasure! The business world holds her in awe! The heroine is clever, intelligent, emotionally savvy, and financiall
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A Wife’s Heart Is a Sea of Sorrow 娇妻心似海之沉沦
A middle-aged man’s marital crisis. A torn stocking in the bathroom shatters Chen Fan’s happy life. Has his young, beautiful wife, Wang Bingyu, really betrayed him? Seeing the bald man standing beside his wife in a photo, Chen Fan decides to take furious revenge, only to fall into another carefully laid trap of hers...
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- 714 After Divorcing, I Fell in Love with a Guy Eight Years Younger 离婚后,与小八岁弟弟相恋了 [Divorce]+ [older woman/younger man romance]+ [female lead has past relationships, male lead is inexperienced]+ [younger wolf-dog male lead with a calculating edge + play the pig to eat the tiger + deliberate seduction + older heroine] Liu Yunning, a 32-year-old deputy chief physician in gynecology, had been in love with her university classmate Qian Zhuoran for seven years. Once both their careers had stabilized, they finally tied the knot. Marrying her first love, Liu Yunning thought she would 854Reads—Score—14d adds
- 715 Those Years in Dongguan 在东莞那些年 This book tells the story of an ordinary loser who finds love while working at a factory. After his future mother-in-law demands an outrageous bride price, he works hard, sets out to build a business, and pursues his dream. Giving up a high-paying job, he leads his friends back to their hometown to start a business, transforming a place so poor that no one could find a wife into a place young women are eager to marry into. 86Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 716 The Dying Lamp Rekindled: The Prison Rose Returns 枯灯复燃,狱中玫瑰归来 Five years ago, she was the eldest daughter of the Qian family, admired by everyone. But she was framed over her family's reputation and charged with murder, falling from the clouds into the mire and ending up behind bars. Behind those high walls, she met Zhao Yi, a woman imprisoned for financial crimes who nevertheless wielded absolute power inside. In their sunless days, they became each other's light, enduring more than two thousand nights together. Five years later, Qian Xin walks out of p 31Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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Shenzhen Stories: Sister Ji 深圳往事霁姐
You resent that I was born too soon; I resent that you were born too late. Though we could not live at the same time, we can still share a grave. Mo Chou happens to meet Wu Zhiji, a beautiful, kind-hearted young widow ten years her senior. Was it that love came too early, before she knew how to cherish it, or that by the time she learned to love, they had become strangers? Disclaimer: The locations, people, companies, and events in this book are unrelated to real life!
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Escape the Captivity! My Refined Older Brother Is a Total Psycho 逃离禁锢!我的斯文哥哥太疯批
Cold CEO + black lotus + growing-up romance + exclusive devotion + obsessive, possessive love + healing Shen Shishi clawed her way out of the mud of the orphanage and learned early how cruel the world could be. The Ling family is her only lifeline, but also the cage in which she clings to life. As lowly as dust, she considers dignity a luxury. Then he returns to the country: Ling Li, heir to the Ling family, restrained and noble, like a god. He offers her his hand, giving her protection and a di
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Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面,然后她弄丢了
Borrowed respectability, then she lost it
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Notes on the Pinnacle of Power 权巅仕途笔记
[Political power struggles + three generations + one female lead + climbing the ranks from the grassroots + fighting for the people + reaching the pinnacle of power!] Ye Zhenggang, the third generation of the Ye family, falls victim to a sinister scheme and spends one reckless night with Xu Xiaoqing, the cherished daughter of another top family, the Xus. Then he listens to a close friend’s instigation, runs from his responsibilities, and leaves for Bohai City. This indirectly leads to Xu Xiaoqin
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Gu Hong, Dare to Be Happy! 辜鸿,请大胆快乐!
Gu Hong, why are you afraid to be happy? Is it because you make too much money? Liang Shuang, why are you afraid to be happy? Is it because you have too many boyfriends? Wu Kun, why are you afraid to be happy? Is it because getting your doctorate is too hard? Wu Peng, why are you afraid to be happy? Is it because being an executive is exhausting? Yu Yang, why are you afraid to be happy? Is it because big shots are too boring? Tell me, why are all of you afraid to be happy!
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Let's Stop Here. Any More Love Would Be Impolite 到此为止吧,再爱就不礼貌了
(Multiple heroines, no System, no golden finger, workplace, romantic tension) A down-on-his-luck young man works at a beauty salon. One night, he accidentally discovers an indecent video of his beautiful boss, and from then on, the course of his life changes. When fortune finally turns in his favor, he doesn't forget the beautiful colleagues he's left behind. He leads them all to happy lives.
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The Guixu Teahouse 归墟茶馆
The Guixu Teahouse: Make peace with yourself at the end of a dream At the end of a narrow alley, open only in moments of despair, stands the Guixu Teahouse. Its proprietress, Huang Qingyan, offers you a cup of tea in exchange for a story you dare not face. Here, a man tormented by regret drinks the “Wangchuan Draught” and returns to the scene of a car accident, only to hear his wife’s final words: “It wasn’t your fault.” An influencer drinks from the “Mirror of Suchness,” sheds layer after layer
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- 724 A Wife Fair as Snow 佳妻如雪 He happily prepares 100,000 yuan for the bride price so he can marry his wife, but while taking a shower, he discovers one of her secrets. As they spend more time together, he discovers more and more secrets about her that he can’t stand. After two years together and all the love and effort he has poured in, what will he do in the face of this ending? And what does it really mean to be a good wife? 73Reads5.9Score—14d adds
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The Alluring Woman in the Red Envelope 红包尤物
The poor guy gets cheated on from the start by his breathtakingly beautiful fiancée! How will Ye Xiu make a comeback against all odds? Watch him climb step by step to the pinnacle of life. This is a fresh, one-of-a-kind novel. Set against the dramatic rise and fall of the real estate market, it tells a compelling and tangled story of buying, selling, renting, planning, researching, building, renovating, investing in, expanding, and beautifying property, as well as workplace struggles, marital up
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A Post-00s Kid Helps Mom Take Down Her Scumbag Husband 00后帮妈妈整渣斗三
[Modern urban life + inspirational + slice of life + feel-good] Wu Jie is a poor student who loves gaming. After his parents' marriage falls apart, he defies fate and changes his life. First, he helps his mother take down her cheating husband and his mistress. Later, he helps his motherland root out scoundrels and traitors. Step by step, he rises to the brightest peak of his life...
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Urban: Marital Desire 都市:婚欲
[Urban life + romance] Cheng Yang once had a stable, happy family. But after his wife went away on a business trip, her friend Li Xiaoya came to him and revealed his wife's secret, setting off a chain of events…
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- 728 What If She Fell Out of Love? 假如她不爱了 If one day she tells you she no longer loves you, can you keep a family like that together? In today’s fast-paced world, this kind of thing happens far too often. How to deal with it is a question worth thinking about. 47Reads5.5Score—14d adds
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I Married a Comatose Soldier in the 1970s, and My Future Was Bright 穿七零嫁植物人军官前途一片光明
[Period setting + transmigrate into a book + satisfying wish fulfillment + devoted couple + love of country and family + patriotic themes + heroine pursues scientific research + no System + no pocket dimension + fictional period setting] The heroine, Lin Yu, is the daughter of a renowned scientist. After being kidnapped and sold to the countryside, she is forced to take another woman's place as the wife of a man in a vegetative state. She defies fate, finds her birth parents, and the whole fami
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- 730 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 135Reads—Score—14d adds
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This Security Guard Turns Out to Be Scum 这个保安原来是个人渣
Just a little scumbag, but a brave security guard. Put on the uniform, stand at the door, and pop on the hat: now I'm security. Don't listen to me? You're not coming in. No food deliveries allowed, and couriers aren't even worth discussing. This resident looks familiar. One look at those thighs and I know who it is!
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- 732 The Political Ladder: My White Moonlight Chases Power, So I Turn Away and Shine 仕途:白月光攀权我转身万丈光芒 New book, and the rating has only just come in. It’s sure to rise! I write patriotic stories. My completed novel, Helping Mom Deal with Scumbags and the Third Party, is that kind of story, and so is this new one. [Positive energy + down-to-earth characters + realistic urban fiction + love of country and family] Jian Yifan was raised in the countryside by his grandfather and 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋
[Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes
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- 734 Urban Special Forces 都市特种兵 A legendary soldier king quietly returns to the city and takes a low-key job as a landlord. But when a mysterious heiress suddenly moves in, she draws him into a maelstrom. As the underworld is swept up in turmoil, can the man who once shook the world fly into a rage for the woman he loves? 4.2kReads8.1Score29114d adds
- 735 I’m a Little Leek, and I Love Stock Trading 我是小韭菜,我就爱炒股 I'm just a little retail investor, and I love trading stocks. I excitedly went to open an account, and the stock immediately hit its daily limit. I was over the moon. No matter how fast the big players swing their scythes, I'm not afraid, because I'm a patriotic little leek. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 736 The City's Miracle Physician 都市奇门医圣 Intern doctor Ye Haoxuan unexpectedly comes across an ancient book containing the legacy of mystical arts and medicine. From then on, his life takes an extraordinary turn. He heals people with silver needles and exorcises ghosts with magic, devoting himself to helping the world while enjoying a carefree life in the city! 4.3kReads8.7Score39714d adds
- 737 Since I Stopped Putting Up with My Marriage, I've Been Living My Best Life 自从婚姻不再忍着过老娘我爽爆了 Hua Roulan stayed in the big city of Hailing after graduating from university. Her husband, Cheng Chuanhe, had a doctorate and ran a company. “You don't earn as much as I do. What gives you the right to make me do the housework?” Whenever Cheng Chuanhe flew into a rage, he erupted like a landslide, completely hysterical. Arguments between married couples are inevitable, but he resorted to verbal attacks and emotional abuse... She really couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to keep enduri 49Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 738 Urban Soldier King 都市兵王 [A finished classic] [Special Forces Soldier] [Campus Belle] His surname was Chen, his given name Sheng, and his courtesy name Bahuang. Once the mightiest special forces soldier alive, he was imprisoned after an accident. The prison was full of talented people, and he was fortunate enough to inherit an incredible legacy. Returning to the world of pleasure, he set out to protect the campus belle. He drew his blade time and time again, climbing ever higher. When he finally looked back, glory lay a 6.2kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 739 At Fifty, She's No Weed, She's a Treasure 50的她不是草其实她是块宝 [Silver-haired wish fulfillment + No rebirth + No System + No pocket dimension + A story focused on positive values] #A 50-year-old farmwife seeks a new beginning# After Lin Meiru discovers her husband has been cheating, she insists on getting a divorce. “You can’t even earn money. How will you survive without me?” Lin Meiru defies the odds and learns to sell things from a street stall after her divorce. The wheels of fate begin to turn... 52Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 740 The Supreme Soldier King in the City 至尊兵王在都市 The strongest soldier king of his generation returns to the city, hoping to live an ordinary life. But he never expects one “trouble” after another to come his way: the campus belle, a CEO, a police beauty, a flight attendant, a delicate young nurse... Watch as this soldier king takes the city by storm. 4.1kReads8.3Score40814d adds
- 741 The Three Beauties of the Su Family 苏家三美 [Contemporary Urban Fiction + Uplifting + Down-to-Earth] The love stories of three sisters: Marrying up, marrying on equal terms, or marrying down? What does it really take to marry happily? If you've run out of shows to watch lately, come read my book! Reading it is just like binge-watching a TV series. You'll definitely fall in love with the three beautiful Su sisters! Su Yimei marries into a wealthy family. She's a clever, strong female lead, and I'll do her justice! Su Ermei is physically di 1.2kReads8.8Score11414d adds
- 742 An Unconventional Bodyguard: The Beautiful CEO Falls for Me 另类保镖:美女总裁爱上我 [Live-in Son-in-Law + War God Son-in-Law + Urban Life + play the pig to eat the tiger + Comeback + Beauties + CEO + Bodyguard] Also known as: A Different Kind of Bodyguard: The Dragon Lurks in the City The story is similar to the motion comic The Bodyguard of the Iceberg Beauty Wife. Ye Lingtian, a veteran of a mysterious military unit, has no choice but to become the personal bodyguard of Li Yuxin, heiress to the Sanyuan Group, in order to raise 500,000 yuan for his younger sister’s medical tre 14.2kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
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Those of Us Born in the ’80s 八零后的我们
We, the post-80s generation, have weathered life's joys and sorrows and suffered enough from the hardships of life and marriage. Amid the daily grind, our days have been steadily dwindling, and before we knew it, our generation had reached middle age...
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- 744 The Demolition Compensation Just Came Through, and My Daughter-in-Law Threw Me Out. I Struck Back and Left Her with Nothing 拆迁刚到账,儿媳就把我扔出门,我反手让她一无所有 The Demolition Compensation Had Just Arrived When My Daughter-in-Law Threw Me Out. I Struck Back and Left Her With Nothing —Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Young Matchmaker 年轻的媒婆
Lin Yanzi got married and divorced in a flash at the age of twenty, but she still believed in love. As she searched for her other half, she kept accidentally giving the men she liked away to other women, earning herself the nickname of matchmaker. Finding the one was still a distant dream, while she ventured further and further down the path of matchmaking.
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- 746 Future Emails: The Sweet Revenge on My Cheating Husband and Best Friend 未来邮件:爽撕出轨老公和闺蜜 Future Emails: I Tear Into My Cheating Husband and Best Friend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Bad Girl 坏女孩
Six years ago, she was abducted and taken to a remote village. Six years later, she nearly found herself forced into marriage. With her life on the line, she risked everything to escape the countryside and make it back to the city. But waiting for her were the cold-blooded parents who had sent her away with their own hands, and an adopted younger sister with no blood ties to the family. After enduring six years of captivity and being abandoned by her own parents, she fights alone to reclaim ever
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Junior Brother, Don’t Be Like This 师弟,你别这样
The day Ye Xiucheng reports for duty at Qiaonan Community Clinic, everyone asks him, “Why would a graduate of a top medical university come to a poor, remote place like this?” He just smiles without answering. He can’t tell them why he came here: It’s because of his beliefs, and because of his senior, Su Xixi. He thought she would always be by his side. That is, until the new vice president, Liang Shuo, tells her, “If something’s weighing on you, you can talk to me.” Ye Xiucheng finally panics.
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- 749 My Doctor Lin 我的林医生 [A blend of sweetness and heartbreak + slow burn + delicate prose + a working woman’s growth + episodic format] Radiologist Lin Xiaoya can see every bone in the human body, yet she can’t read the heart of the person in front of her. Other people’s love is a two-way journey, but theirs is a tale of mutual misunderstanding... 108Reads—Score—14d adds
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Come Here! The Mosaic Master's Life 你过来呀,马赛克的大师生活
He has just gotten out of prison. Taking the civil service exam? Going to grad school? Neither seems like an option. To get famous, he goes to Japan to become an actor and makes adult films. Now he wants to become a master, so first he latches onto famous people and established masters to build his name. Taking powerful bigwigs as disciples is another way to enjoy life.
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