Are There Any Novels About Real Rural Life? 现实农村生活小说有没有
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The Carefree Divine Healer Li Gangpao 逍遥神医李钢炮
Ever since Li Gangpao inherited the gift of medicine, all the villagers who stayed behind have been coming to him for treatment... With his heaven-defying medical skills and god-tier cultivation techniques, he lives carefree in the countryside, becoming the village miracle doctor everyone envies.
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Qingxi Is Where My Heart Finds Peace 吾心安处是清溪
Reader’s guide: This book is for anyone feeling mentally exhausted. Perfect for readers who love stories about green hats. A purely healing story, with no CP, no romantic tension, a mild tone, no angst, a slow pace, ordinary cats and dogs, and no golden finger. There are occasional illustrations at the end of chapters. Click to view them. At thirty-five, Lin Zhi was struck by a double blow in love and in her career. She fled Shanghai and returned to Chizhou, shutting herself away in a dilapidate
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One Person, One House, One Mountain 一人一屋一座山
(This is a sentimental book, written for my own enjoyment. If you’re looking for dramatic conflict or feel-good stories about lying flat, you can stop here.) After growing tired of city life and marriage, Wang Nan decided to stay in the mountains and live alone after arranging his grandmother’s funeral. From then on, it was one person, one house, three meals a day, and all four seasons: farming and good food, with a calm and unhurried life.
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I Flash-Married a Tycoon's Son, and Now He Begs for Affection Every Day Back in My Village 闪婚豪门公子，回村后他日日求宠
[One devoted couple, 1v1 + marriage first, love later + witty, affectionate relationship + warm and healing + everyday family life + adorable cutie] A rich woman who keeps forgetting she's rich ✖️ a sweet, naive young master Lin Chule finally gets married in a whirlwind romance after her eighty-eighth blind date, just to have someone keep her company and claim her inheritance. Now that she's rich, who'd keep working that lousy job? Lin Chule decides to take her new husband back to her rural h
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Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医
In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life.
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The Wild Boy and the Wild Lily 野小子与野百合
A little guide to this book: The pacing is slow, and the story leans toward an ensemble coming-of-age tale set in a bygone era. The children grow up step by step, becoming lovely, brave, and brilliant adults~ From elementary school through the teenage years of middle and high school, then reuniting after years apart and falling in love. Each part takes up roughly half the book. If you don’t like a slow pace, think carefully before diving in. If you do, come join us for a look through Yaoyao’s co
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A Widow Is Hard to Woo: The Toughest Brute Insists on Marrying Into Her Family 寡妇难撩：最猛糙汉非要倒插门
Career-driven heroine // adorable kids // farming, raising pigs, and falling in love // two strong leads // helping each other succeed // sweet romance A story about a beautiful, self-reliant young widow and a rough-and-tumble butcher. No rebirth, no golden finger, just a heartwarming tale of country life and getting rich in the old days. · Qiu Hong becomes a widow overnight. With no other choice, she takes her two children back to her late parents' home on New Year's Eve and becomes neighbors w
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Village Blossoms 小村花事
A lot of things that shattered our worldview happened in our village. A lot of strange events that science couldn’t explain happened, too. Our village once had seventy-two temples, and every single one had an unbelievable story of its own. [This book is extremely shocking. Read with caution.]
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Farming Begins When the Whole Family Transmigrates 种田从全家穿越开始
[Beloved by the whole family + entire family transmigrates + cute pets + farming] Other people transmigrate one at a time. This whole bunch transmigrated together, and every one of them is a major villain! Staring at their new home, stripped bare of everything, the one thing they could be glad about was that they hadn't all been wiped out! Fortunately, Lord Bai Wuchang said there'd be compensation. But was a tiger really supposed to be a pet? Grandma came barging in. The supposed menace wasn't a
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Left Behind in Taoyuan Village 留守桃源村
Zhao Xiaotian takes shelter from a torrential downpour in a Temple of the God of Wealth and unexpectedly inherits the god's legacy. From then on, he heals the sick with miraculous skill and cultivates the land, while all kinds of local big shots scramble to befriend him. Looking at the idyllic village he built with such care, Zhao Xiaotian lets out a long sigh. I really don't want to show off... But my strength won't let me keep a low profile.
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My Years in Dongguan 我在东莞的岁月往事
It was the year 2000, in a luxury KTV room in Guancheng. Looking out at Guancheng's bustling nighttime streets and prosperous cityscape, Wang Lei raised a glass of XO, then set it down again. He was already used to the fine liquor in his glass. The Cuban cigar between his lips had burned down until it was almost too hot to hold. Thinking back on the hardships and setbacks of his entrepreneurial journey, Wang Lei was overcome with emotion.
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The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天
After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br
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Immortal Farming Sets the Plains Ablaze 仙农燎原
The Immortal Farmer’s Prairie Fire is an epic about safeguarding: protecting medicinal fields, traditional methods, and the convictions we hold dear. It is also an epic about passing on a legacy: putting down roots in the soil and carrying the flame far and wide. The story begins with three mu of medicinal fields in Xishan Village, deep in the mountains. His mother leaves him one last instruction before she dies: “Hold on to it.” Li Jianliang doesn’t understand the weight of those words. He only
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After Being Laid Off, My Wife and I Returned to the Village to Raise Pigs 下岗后，我和老婆回村养猪
[Farming]+ [Rural Life]+ [Period]+ [Family Matters]= [Rural Prosperity] Why leave a perfectly good factory job and return to the village to farm? The whole village is waiting to laugh at him, but he'll prove them wrong. His road to prosperity begins with raising pigs. Watch him transform from a laid-off worker into a “leader in rural revitalization.”
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A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我
[Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his
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The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事
This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong!
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The Peerless, Carefree Little Miracle Doctor 绝世逍遥小神医
[Rural life + urban cultivation + building wealth + plenty of heroines] The fool Zhao Tiezhu was thrown into an ancient well after rescuing Li Mei'e, a village woman being bullied by the local tyrant. By chance, his blood awakened the remnant soul of a Dragon Maiden inside the well, and he inherited her legacy. With secret medical arts, he heals the sick and saves lives, builds his fortune, cultivates immortality, and grows stronger. From then on, he rises to the pinnacle of life!
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The 1970s: A Rugged Veteran Returns and Coddles His Sweet, Gentle Young Educated Youth 七零：退伍糙汉抱哄软娇小知青
Completed [A sweet, charming young educated youth who has no idea how irresistible she is VS a stern-faced, warm-hearted, brooding and crafty veteran] Period setting + doted-on heroine + farming + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + personal storage space + transmigrate with her body + age gap Overnight, Qin Li transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she’s bitten by a snake and caught in a mudslide. To make matters worse, her scheming stepsister is constantly
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Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放
By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life?
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The Freezer 冰柜
In today's restless society, people's innate kindness can easily be lost amid rampant materialism. Sometimes, love and devotion are repaid with betrayal, or even death. Based on real cases, this book warns readers that the dark side of human nature is always present, and that desire and dissatisfaction can corrode even the deepest bonds.
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I Quit! Back to the Village to Herd Cattle 辞职！回村放牛
[Not a wish-fulfillment story + no transmigration + no System + no superpowers + character growth + lighthearted humor + everyday family life + hard-core cattle-farming know-how + a completely new premise you’ve never seen before] First release anywhere online. If you want to get in early, this is a must-read! “If you don’t study hard, what are you going to do when you grow up?” “If you won’t study, then quit school and come help your dad herd cattle!” Liu’s mother clutched a broom broken in ha
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The 1960s: The Little Kid Who Gave the Heroine a Space Is Done with It 六零，送女主空间的小崽崽不干了
When she opens her eyes, Miao Qing has become a random supporting character in a period novel. The scene is about to shower the heroine with gifts and hand her a golden finger, but Miao Qing kicks off a life completely different from the plot with a loud, piercing wail. Who would have guessed that after she'd just finished training her underlings, Miao Qing would suddenly learn that the commune she's in is called Hongqi Commune, with Qingshan Brigade, Hongxing Brigade, and Kaoshantun Brigade nea
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Rooted in the Countryside 根在乡土里
Rooted in the Countryside tells its story through a village in Lingnan where everyone shares the same surname. It weaves together vivid accounts of ancestral halls, grand ancestral rites, wedding customs, funeral rituals, religious beliefs, education, rural revitalization, clan elders giving back to their communities, and the continued revision of genealogies. With delicate detail, it portrays the many ways traditional clan culture is passed down, showing how these cultural roots, deeply embedde
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An Ordinary Small Farmer 平凡小农民
I'm an ordinary country boy, a small-time farmer who got into university but couldn't attend. No one knows how bitter that makes me feel. Helplessness, uncertainty, confusion, and the feeling that there's nothing I can do are enough to drive anyone mad. When you have no one to rely on, what good is confidence? When you have no power or influence, what good is money? Only women can be my cure...
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Taking the Road No One Has Taken 走别人没走过的路
Life's road is full of hurdles. Getting over them means moving forward; failing to do so means falling behind. On an untrodden road, there are no boats to cross the sea of life and death, and no lamp to pierce the endless night. To grow beyond yourself, you must pass through self-awareness, the comfort zone, the fear zone, the learning zone, the growth zone, and the freedom zone. Those at the bottom live in their emotions, those in the middle live for their worth, and those at the top live with
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A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事
In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when
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Out of the Mountains 走出大山
Leaving the Mountains
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The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农
An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element
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Everyday Life of a City Dweller Who Quit and Returned to Farm 辞职后回乡种地日常
[A heroine with an extraordinary palate and amazing cooking skills x a hero who says one thing but means another] Without realizing it, she wins his heart with her cooking, and food brings them together. Overview: Xu Lai has worked at her company for three years. Her boyfriend has stolen credit for her work countless times and been entangled with their coworkers. Then one day, he takes credit for her project proposal again. Xu Lai has had enough. She takes off her company ID badge and declares,
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I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑
Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young.
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Remembering My Childhood 忆余童稚时
I feel like the pace of society is too fast these days. So many things I want to hold on to slip away, including memories. I'm afraid I'll forget them one day, so while I still remember, I'd better write them down. You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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A Poor Mountain Boy Is Bullied from the Start, Then Races to Become a Billionaire 寒门山娃开局被欺一路狂飙成首富
Born into poverty and raised deep in the mountains, he grew up looked down on, bullied, and trampled into the dirt. Everyone thought he was destined to rot away in the mountains. But no one could have imagined that the moment he was bullied, his life would turn around completely. He endured the harshest hardships and bore the most painful wounds, climbing up from the bottom one step at a time. He bowed to neither heaven nor earth, and relied on no one. Fueled by a fierce refusal to give in, he
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Professor Lin from a Poor Family 寒门林教授
[No System + No Rebirth + Poor Family + Inspirational + Tearjerker + Passionate + Nostalgic + Suitable for Middle Schoolers] Education is the fairest thing in the world. Lin Dongsheng, a student from a poor family, unexpectedly discovers that he has an extraordinary memory. Though he usually doesn't even dare eat his fill, he changes his fate through his studies, achieving one miracle after another. He wins prize money at all kinds of competitions, eventually gets into Tsinghua University, becom
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You City Folk Just Don't Get It 跟你们城里人说不清楚
There's no getting through to you city folk.
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After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅
After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night
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My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了
My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker
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The Absurd Goings-On in Yeling Village 野岭村的荒唐事
All kinds of ridiculous things happen in Yeling Village, nestled among barren mountains. By chance, Ma Xiaomao comes into possession of a heavenly book and gains ancient medical skills. He makes his mark in medicine and pharmacy, devotes himself to healing the world, wins the village chief's daughter's heart, and becomes famous for punishing evil and promoting good!
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During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆
I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month
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Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富
Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He
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My Husband Has a Spirit Spring Space 我的老公有灵泉空间
Female lead: After returning from her slow-paced transmigration, Zhao Han takes her cat and moves back to the countryside, where her grandparents built her a utopia. She tends the garden and orchard and makes things every day, accompanied by adorable pets. Though she sometimes gets exhausted, her inner world is deeply fulfilled. Male lead: After the pandemic ends, Xiang Zheng discovers a spiritual spring dimension, something previously found only in legends and novels, during a company retreat.
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Period Novel: Qingxiao at Spring Mountain 年代文：清晓临春山
(Era fiction x Rural life x Slow-paced romance x Gentle and cozy x No angst) In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a small village deep inland was extremely underdeveloped. After Lin Qingxiao married through a match arranged by their families, she struggled to come to terms with it. Fortunately, Li Chunshan waited for her and devoted himself to her, and their feelings gradually deepened... The ups and downs of life, and conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The support and affect
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The Flowers Have Bloomed on Nanshan 南山花已开
Feng Jinqing only realized later that the leap in his heart when he saw Ye Ya, eyes brimming with tears beneath the Chinese wingnut tree, was the feeling of falling in love. From that moment on, he couldn't help wanting to treat her well, just as he had when they were children, and even better: to spend a lifetime making up for the four years he'd been gone.
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Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子
In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married.
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I'm a Bachelor, Not a Fool 我是光棍汉，不是傻瓜蛋
Told in the words of a lifelong bachelor, this novel depicts a century in the history of an ordinary family from a unique perspective. It reveals the tragic lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society, especially older bachelors who have never married; condemns the selfish and despicable side of human nature; and celebrates sincerity, kindness, and moral character. One of the few literary works in China to focus early on the tens of millions of lifelong bachelors, it hopes to inspire peopl
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I Keep My Sect Afloat Through Livestreaming 我靠直播养活宗门
In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu reign, the Northern Barbarians raid the border, shaking the Central Plains. Unable to escape in time, fourteen-year-old Lu Wanjun loses his entire family. He watches helplessly as his childhood sweetheart Qin Wanrou’s family is slaughtered as well. Rescued by his master, the eccentric Daoist, he sets out on the path of cultivation and immortality. His master seals him inside a blessed grotto realm and warns him not to leave until he reaches the Nascent Soul re
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Secrets in the Rose Villa 蔷薇别墅里的秘密
Chen Xiaorong was born in the countryside. Her parents didn’t love her, and her prospective in-laws were all awful people. She was clever and decisive, beautiful and poised, and brimming with ambition. She earned top marks to get into university, but nobody supported her. She was willing to run away from her wedding and travel far from home to study on her own. The road ahead was difficult. When she faced endless darkness, the warmth he gave her became a ray of light that illuminated her heart.
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The Secret of Huaxi 花溪的秘密
The late 1980s [The values are somewhat questionable; not devoted to each other; no blood relation, so it’s not incest; already divorced; the heroine doesn’t cheat while married. Read with caution.] Can anyone really not live without someone else? Can you live after getting divorced? Hua Xi thinks you can. Can you live after your husband dies? Hua Xi thinks so too. It’s just that without someone by her side who knows when she’s cold or warm, she’s always running into one problem after another. T
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Early Spring Frost 小春霜早
Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published]
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The Unhinged Woman of the 90s: I Started Getting Rich Working in Dongguan 九零女疯批：致富从东莞打工开始
A realistic story set in the 1990s, with no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger. Everyone in Anziping knows An Xiaowu is a total psycho. She's not only crazy but vicious, picking fights that turn into life-or-death struggles at the drop of a hat. But no one expected her to be so ruthless that she wouldn't spare even her own family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she fights her father for her life. "What's so special about New Year? If you mess with me, I'll dig you out of your cof
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Her Walled-In World 她的围城
This book is based on a true story. It's not a wish-fulfillment novel, and it is slow-paced. In the 1990s, Jing An gets married. Unsure yet hopeful about marriage, she endures her in-laws' schemes and her sister-in-law's attempts to drive a wedge between her and her husband. At last, she and Jiuguang make it through their difficult adjustment period, and she thinks a brighter future is finally within reach. But that light is stolen by another woman. And so begins a battle of schemes and rivalr
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