Short, Heartbreaking, Niche Stories, 10–20 Chapters, Completed 短篇 虐文 小众（10~20已完结的）

1. 701 我 I Can See the True Identity Tags Above Everyone's Heads 我能看见所有人头顶真实的身份标签 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Urban12k WordsCompleted I Can See the True Identity Tags Above Everyone’s Head —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 702 世 I Won the Title of Heir's Wife Through Despicable Means 世子妃，是我用卑劣手段求来的 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Historical9k WordsCompleted I used despicable means to become the heir's wife. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 703 人 Hey, How Did You Turn Into a Star? 人，你怎么变成星星了呀 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted Hey, How Did You Turn into a Star? —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 704 争 Jealousy, Jealousy 争妒争妒 She Xia舍下Ancient Romance135k WordsCompleted He kept making the wrong choice; she gave her heart to the wrong man!!! Everyone in the capital knew the decade-long joke! Su Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, pursued Mu Chengxuan, the Great General Who Protects the Nation, for ten years! Then one day, he actually married her!!! Their wedding stunned the entire capital! A decade of love should have been the envy of all, yet less than a year later, the Chancellor’s residence was raided and Su Shu died of an illness. This shocked 323Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   A thousand knots for you.

5. 705 听 After I Could Understand Corpses, I Became a Legend in the Forensics Lab 听懂尸体说话后，我在法医室封神 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭18k WordsCompleted After I Learned to Understand the Dead, I Became a Legend in the Forensics Lab 18Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 706 冬 Half a Letter in Winter 冬天的半封信 Zhu Qiutian祝秋天Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted They met in winter, grew close, parted ways, and found each other again. “See you in winter.” I’ll see you in winter. It turned out to mean goodbye until winter comes again. 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Chapter 12, be

7. 707 他 He Thought My Devotion Was Cheap, Until He Saw the White Moonlight Photos on My Phone and Lost His Mind 他嫌我舔狗廉价，直到看见我手机里白月光照片，疯了 Big Blue Spoon大蓝勺9k WordsCompleted He thought my devotion made me cheap, until he saw the photo of my dream girl on my phone. Then he went crazy. 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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   A really good story about a man pursuing his wife!

8. 708 年 Older Men!! A Ferrari Is Still a Ferrari, Even When It’s Old 年上！！法拉利老了依然是法拉利 Loves Big Tomatoes Most最爱大番茄16k WordsCompleted Older woman!! A Ferrari is still a Ferrari, even when it's old. 31.7kReads—Score471Shelves

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   Popular short story recommendations, with over 500,000 readers.

9. 709 她 Her Youthful Years 她的豆蔻年华 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友14k WordsCompleted Her Sweet Sixteen 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books are incredibly heart-wrenching. In the first one, the male protagonist dies for love, and the female protagonist is trapped in a whirlpool from which she cannot escape. In the second one, the male protagonist marries someone else, and he and the female protagonist are forced to miss each other. They loved each other but could not be together.

10. 710 碧 Jade Blossoms in Spring 碧玉花信 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted Also known as: No Matter How Trashy the Man, He'll Still Fall at My Feet Every story is based on real events, though some details have been exaggerated. Come on in and get the gossip! Xiao Shiying once thought she had a happy family, but later discovered that her life was a complete mess. So what if she had graduated from Wucheng University? Even after getting into graduate school in Xuancheng, nothing changed. She had never escaped her social class. Her boyfriend had once been the perfect emb 7Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 711 傲 Addicted to Her Pride 傲娇瘾 Beneath the Koi Pond锦鲤池下Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted Love and freedom in this world are never about wanting to win. The wind swept across the Australian wilderness. Zhao Ruowan met Nan Qiao, who was holding hands with a foreign woman, yet apologized to her in Chinese. Australia's weather was as fickle as its moods. Zhao Ruowan, a woman from Jiangnan, couldn't bear the vast, sparsely populated, bitterly cold landscape. 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so good, please everyone go read it! It's really amazing! The first book is about the love and hate of a child studying abroad, and the second book is about a young master from Beijing. Both books feature high-ranking officials.

12. 712 你 You Are the North of Beijing 你是北京的北 Beneath the Koi Pond锦鲤池下Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted Even now, Wen Wen still remembered the day she left Beijing. It was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. She left alone and without hesitation, yet carried a weight of a thousand pounds. Before boarding her flight, she gazed down at the city's nightscape from inside a skyscraper. The roads were still filled with traffic, and countless people rushed about, only to end up with nothing. This city had buried her winter, her summer, and her spring. By the time she left, all she felt for 1.2kReads8.1Score107Shelves
13. 713 冷 Hot and Cold 冷热 Don't Run别跑Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted In the shifting warmth and chill of your gaze, a vow points straight to the heavens. One rainy night, the doctor Jiang Sui accidentally witnesses a murder. Having seen the entire crime unfold, she becomes the killer's target. Relying on her wits, she escapes death time and again, yet through a twist of fate, she steps into the maze of the criminal underworld. Warning: angst-heavy story. If that bothers you, don't read! 304Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    It was incredibly heart-wrenching; I cried buckets of tears with every single one of them.

14. 714 情 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 Fusu扶苏Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 69Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    It's a short story with only 10 chapters, but it's very heart-wrenching. The plot is addictive, so I highly recommend it!

15. 715 他 After He Took the Throne, He Gave Me to Someone Else as a Concubine 他登基后把我赐给别人做妾 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance14k WordsCompleted After he ascended the throne, he bestowed me upon someone else as a concubine 2.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    High-quality short stories

16. 716 初 Early Morning, I Deliberately Forgot You 初晨，是我故意忘记你（孙怡、白敬亭主演《与晨同光》原著） Ziyue籽月Male-Channel Fanfiction301k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the TV series With the Dawn, starring Sun Yi and Bai Jingting! Li Luoshu grew up unloved and was drawn to the warmth and kindness of Chuyao, the eldest daughter of the Li family. When Chuyao's younger brother, Chuchen, died unexpectedly, Li Luoshu moved in with the family as her nominal younger brother to comfort her. Many years later, just as he finally realized that he had loved her deeply for a long time, he had already lost the right to love her... 1.7kReads9.4Score480Shelves

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    Of all the angst-filled novels I've read, these two are the most heart-wrenching. They have both family and romantic relationships, but the family aspect is the most painful. My deskmate and I were laughing and crying intermittently while reading them. When she was reading them, I almost thought she had gone crazy, and when I read them, I felt the same way.

17. 717 哥 Brother, My Blind Date Is Better Than You 哥哥，我的相亲对象比你好 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted Big brother, my blind date is better than you 287Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 718 深 Deep Love Is Not Promised Lightly 深爱不轻许 Little Mimi小米米Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted He drove her mad, yet he alone could no longer remember how deeply he had once loved her. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so heartbreaking!

19. 719 炙 Burning Hot! 炙热沦陷！ Jun Buqi君不弃Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (The print edition, titled Song of Sheng, is now available, and the online comic of the same name is complete.) [Flirty Romance]+ [Reborn School Life]+ [Mutual Healing]+ [Obsessive Sweet Romance] A striking, warm, and gentle girl with vivid features × a brooding, handsome, and rebellious young man Only when Shengge was dying did she learn that a boy had loved her with all his heart. The first time they met in her previous life, the carefree boy asked her, “Hey, new student, what's your name?” Sh 37.8kReads9.6Score4.9kShelves

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    So sweet!!! Night after night of revelry won't make the revelry unhappy.

20. 720 瞎 The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 瞎子少爷要娶我 Eighty-Eight八拾捌14k WordsCompleted The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 365Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 不 I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Goddess 不做你凡间妃，要做我九天仙 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Maiden in the Ninth Heaven 268Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 722 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves

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    These two books were heartbreaking. The first one was alright, and the writing was good. The second one was composed of many short, angsty stories, and it was quite heart-wrenching.

23. 723 被 After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 被逐出宗门后，妖王喊我做娘子 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 271Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 妹 My Sister Is Boy-Crazy, So Why Is Everything My Fault? 妹妹恋爱脑，怎么都是我这个姐姐的错？ Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted My sister is hopelessly lovesick. How is everything somehow my fault as her older sister? 89Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 725 为 I Donated a Kidney to His Moonlight for a Chance to Marry Him 为了嫁给他，我给他的白月光捐肾 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉Modern Romance5k WordsCompleted To marry him, I donated a kidney to the woman he loved. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried so much! ₍₍ (̨̡ ‾᷄ᗣ‾᷅ )̧̢ ₎₎ Waaaaah

26. 726 我 I Kissed the Top-Tier Star on Set from Morning Till Night, and My Ex, the Movie Emperor, Went Mad with Regret 我和顶流在剧组从早亲到晚，前任影帝悔疯了 Eighty-Eight八拾捌8k WordsCompleted I Kissed the Top-Tier Star from Morning till Night on Set, and My Ex, the Best Actor, Went Crazy with Regret 329Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 727 为 I Hid in a Cabinet with the CEO to Catch the Other Woman 为了抓小三我和总裁躲进柜子里 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I Hid in a Closet with the CEO to Catch My Husband Cheating 499Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 728 我 My Husband Chose to Save His Mistress When We Were Both Kidnapped 我和小三被绑架，老公选择救她 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted My Husband Chose to Save His Mistress When We Were Kidnapped Together 4Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 729 老 My Boss Asked Me to Be His Mistress’s Assistant, So I Added His Wife to the Group Chat 老板要我给小三做助理，我把老板娘拉入了群聊 Eighty-Eight八拾捌12k WordsCompleted My boss asked me to be his mistress's assistant, so I added his wife to the group chat 4.9kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 730 好 My Best Friend's Fiancée Fell for Me. What Do I Do? 好兄弟的未婚妻爱上了我，咋办？ Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将34k WordsCompleted My best friend's fiancée has fallen in love with me. What should I do? 30.9kReads—Score519Shelves

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    These are incredibly good short stories, I'm not kidding! The first one is sweet, the second is angsty, the third is super popular, the fourth is both sweet and angsty, the fifth is "Emperor Ruyan Returns," the sixth has a male lead with chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), and the seventh might have a gay male lead deep down. Remember to like!

31. 731 愿 May the World Treat Kind Souls Gently 愿世界对善良的人都温柔以待 Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将15k WordsCompleted May the world treat kind people with tenderness. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 732 有 Having a Yandere Wife Is Actually Pretty Nice (Part One) 有个病娇老婆其实挺好的（上集） Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将7k WordsCompleted Having a Yandere Wife Is Actually Pretty Great (Part One) 1.2kReads—Score115Shelves
33. 733 情 A Love So Deep, a Longing Unforgotten 情深不解相思意 Wen Xu问许Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted In his eyes, she was the most despicable of princess consorts. He carved out her heart and drove nails into her bones. But when she really died, his heart had nowhere left to call home... 27Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    These are relatively short ancient-style angst novels.

34. 734 人 If Life Were Always Like Our First Meeting (Part One) 人生若只如初见（一） Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted If Only Life Could Always Be Like Our First Meeting (Part One) 103Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 735 十 A Bridal Procession Ten Miles Long, Yet Time Turns My Hair Gray 十里红妆催华发 A Pot of Wine Among the Flowers花间一壶酒Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted She may have a face just like hers, but she was the one he loved, and I was the one who died for him... 51Reads5.6Score—Shelves
36. 736 难 My Troublesome Ex-Wife, Liu Ruyan 难缠的前妻柳如烟 Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted My Difficult Ex-Wife, Liu Ruyan 149Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 737 当 The Moon Was Cool Back Then 当时明月凉 Osmanthus Cake桂花糕Ancient Romance51k WordsCompleted The biggest mistake Mo Tingqiu ever made was marrying An Ge. But even if it was a mistake, he would make it last, to the bitter end... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 738 父 My Parents Disappear, and My Wife Quickly Clears Out the House (Part One) 父母失踪，妻子火速把家搬空。上 Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将15k WordsCompleted My Parents Disappeared, and My Wife Quickly Cleared Out the House (Part One) 59Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 739 相 My Longing Endures, Though Beauty Fades 相思未尽朱颜改 Yan Zhi焱之Ancient Romance52k WordsCompleted Gu Qingyan, if there is another life, let’s not meet again. Loving you hurts too much. I can’t bear it. But after she disappeared, why did he search for her like a madman? 6Reads5.4Score—Shelves
40. 740 妻 My Wife's Ex Fell in Love with Me. What Should I Do? 妻子的前男友爱上了我，咋办？ Su Jiang Who Likes Radish Blossoms喜欢萝卜花的苏将Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted My Wife’s Ex-Boyfriend Fell for Me. What Should I Do? 66Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 741 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 978Reads9.0Score208Shelves

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    Short angst stories are very good.

42. 742 他 His Name Was Her Whole Youth 他的名字曾是她的整个青春 You Nai r尤奈rModern Romance30k WordsCompleted Youth always comes with regrets. After seven years of mutual pining, Cheng Yu was grateful for one thing: after all their twists and turns, she hadn’t missed the boy who had captured her heart with just one glance: Luo Chenxuan. 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Completed 30,000-word short story

43. 743 倚 Leaning on the Tower, Listening to Rain as I Wait for Your Return 倚楼听雨待君归 Mist in the Clouds云中雾Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted Her father died in battle, her elder brother was framed, and she was stripped of her position as empress. It was as if her whole world had collapsed overnight. Watching the man who had once promised to choose her alone from among three thousand beauties shower another woman with affection right in front of her, all she wanted was never to see him again. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 744 听 I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命 Wen Liu温流Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r 2.6kReads6.6Score153Shelves

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    Can a broken mirror truly be mended? Can the indelible pain of the past truly be healed?

45. 745 泛 Daydreams Run Wild 泛滥白日梦 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted #He told me he loved me 365 times, but not a single one was true# Rekindled romance / loving and hurting each other / a balanced mix of sweet and angsty / HE / groveling to win her back / slight sci-fi Flirtatious, spoiled crown prince vs. cold, withdrawn patient Amnesiac, goofy at first, then a sickly, possessive puppy-like lover vs. aloof genius beauty I found a little dog in a garbage dump. Later, he became my boyfriend. The handsome guy hauling bricks at the construction site is my boyfrie 269Reads9.4Score106Shelves

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    These are the books that brought tears to the eyes of a woman as strong as an eagle in the dead of night.

46. 746 G GB: My Enemy Becomes My Slave, and I Make Him Pay GB：仇人成了我奴仆，狠狠虐他 Tiny Moss微苔Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Warning: This is an angsty story! The female lead torments the male lead, physically and emotionally. Expect kneeling, imprisonment, whips... If you can’t handle that, read with caution!] [Cool, vengeful queen vs. sweet, gentle demon king] Both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other!!! When Chi Feiyan passed by a brothel, she rescued a beautiful boy and took him in as her disciple. She raised him with care, teaching him and pa 15.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    The first book tortures the male lead, with whipping and kneeling punishments starting from the beginning. The second book tortures the female lead, with chapters 192 and 193 being the most brutal, where the female lead is injected with drugs, which looks painful.

47. 747 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
48. 748 狐 Fox Demon 狐妖 Xi Jue西珏Ancient Romance47k WordsCompleted “It hurts...” “What hurts? Bai Qianjin, you killed my woman and made me lose everything. And now you’re telling me it hurts?” She had been falsely accused of being a demon and sentenced to the punishment of being flayed alive. Her parents’ graves had been dug up. After enduring pain again and again, she had grown numb to it. But when she woke once more, she discovered that she was, in fact, a fox goddess from the heavens. … After being distrusted again and again, she finally understood: the one 16Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 749 穿 I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半 The Wind Goes Whoosh大风呼呼的Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached 9.2kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Short story, older woman/younger man romance, no awful characters, sweet romance.

50. 750 他 He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里 Wan'er Jiujiu莞尔啾啾Urban216k WordsCompleted A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back. 213Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Short stories, angst-filled, only 5 has a better ending, I think 2 is the most heartbreaking.

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