Looking for Realistic Marriage Stories, Nothing Too Far-Fetched or Overly Sweet 求现实婚姻题材，不要太虚。也不用太甜
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Weathering Marriage 熬婚
Fang Ru wants a family more than anyone. After marrying Liu Minghua, a former classmate from a rural background, she tries her best to fit in and tolerate the conflicts that come from their different outlooks. But after she gives birth to a daughter, all-out war breaks out... The mess just keeps piling up, until she has no choice but to fight back, shake off her awful in-laws, and head toward a new life. You never know whether the person you married is human or a dog until the moment you divorce
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Carefree and Elegant 潇洒与优雅
The two childhood sweethearts had grown up together, and with their parents deliberately bringing them together, they naturally ended up married. Their married life was uneventful because there was simply no way to resist the overwhelming difference in intelligence. “Why are you here?” “I heard you calling me.” “What are you, a bat? You can hear me calling you?” “See? You don't believe me, but you asked anyway.” “How did you get here, then?” “I came by time machine.” Passing up an opportunity to
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Dumped After Graduation, I Thanked the Scumbag and Became a Capitalist 毕业被甩，谢了渣男，姐成了资本
Dumped after graduation, she thanks the scumbag. Now she's a mogul.
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- 504 A Record of Carving Jade 琢玉记 [Workplace] [Business rivalry] [A woman's growth] After years of hard work, she watched someone else reap the rewards. She could conquer a kingdom, but she couldn't beat nepotism. Luo Yuhan endured humiliation and finally kicked her way out of the heartless company, setting off on a path to success. Amid the twists and turns at her new company, she unwittingly stumbles into a business conspiracy that began years ago. But the business rivalry is far from over. As she goes head-to-head with formid 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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Little Bee 小蜜蜂
A man came from Shandong. A woman came from Guangxi. In the summer of 2025, they became desk mates at an English teacher training course at a teachers’ college in Beijing. Hu Qiming was 38, divorced for two years, with an 11-year-old son. Feng Xiaomi was 27, just one month out of her divorce, with a 4-year-old daughter. Twenty days. They attended classes together, ate together, and strolled through the garden at night. He got her food; she taught him songs. In a group photo, he held her hand beh
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- 506 Six Women Inside and Outside the City Walls 围城内外的六个女人 As Luo Fu prepares to get married, her fiancé, Lin Baixuan, makes a demand: after the wedding, she must live with his mother and hand over her paycheck. Luo Fu refuses, and the two are left with hurt feelings. At the same time, Luo Fu’s older sister, Luo Lan, discovers that her husband is cheating. His mistress is brazen enough to come to their home and provoke her. Luo Lan asks Luo Fu to help her figure out what to do. Luo Fu supports divorce, but Luo Lan can’t swallow her anger. The novel foll 14.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 507 I Mistook Someone Else for My Husband After Losing My Memory, and My Ex-Husband Went Mad 失忆后认错老公，前夫疯了 After losing her memory, she mistakes someone else for her husband, and her ex-husband goes mad. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Movie Emperor's Adoring Wife Coasts on a Parenting Reality Show 影帝娇妻靠娃综躺赢
[Celebrity-kid livestream show + marriage first, love later + married couple + adorable child + movie star + wealthy family’s stepmother] In her previous life, Lin Zhixi gave her heart to the wrong man. Unable to let go of her obsession, she caused one disaster after another for that scumbag, until she was backed into a corner. Only at death’s door did she realize how deeply she regretted it. Reborn, she looked at her movie-star husband, whom she had married by contract, and their adorable littl
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- 509 The Enemy by My Side 枕边的敌人 Luo Fangfei always thought that sacrificing her career for her family was worth it. Then, after her husband's mysterious death, she discovered that he had squandered most of their wealth on his mistresses. Fang Yi moves with ease in the world of words, yet she can't escape the psychological shackles left by her birth family. Life has no intention of letting her off the hook, no matter how hard she tries. Xiahou Qin thought she could control everything, until her husband, who had agreed to a chil 354Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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A Woman's Journey Through Marriage 女人与婚姻的经历
[Female-Oriented + Modern Romance + Workplace and Marriage + Flash Marriage + Realistic Family Life] [Women, Love, and Marriage | A True Account of Marriage | Women’s Growth | Emotional Resonance] Before the grief of losing her mother had even faded, Xinyang was pressured by her whole family to get married and rushed into a flash marriage. She found her hastily chosen partner through a radio station and gave up the career she loved to throw herself into the daily grind of married life. She thou
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The Day She Deleted the Video 她删掉视频那天
The Day She Deleted the Video
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- 512 Love, Hate, and Old Feuds Between Two Generations 两代人的爱恨情仇恩怨 She is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, but her stepmother and stepsister frame her, plunging her into danger time and again! She escapes certain doom, and is fortunate to meet business tycoon Qin Haonan, who falls for her at first sight and pursues her… People reveal different sides of themselves when it comes to love and family, and a single thought can lead to heaven or hell! Good and evil both get what they deserve, and fate always comes full circle! Those who commi 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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Repayment Countdown 还款倒计时
Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life. At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu
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Springtime Glaze 春日琉璃色
[Completed] [Professor x student + 10-year age gap + both leads' first and only love + 1v1 + devoted husband + the gentle rhythms of married life + sweeter as it goes] Male lead: Lin Hanzhou. Occupation: University professor, proper and meticulous, with the air of a refined young gentleman. Female lead: Yu Xia. Occupation: College student, mischievous, lively, and a crybaby. Synopsis: After Yu Xia gets into trouble at school, Lin Hanzhou gives her three strokes of the ruler. Yu Xia vows to get a
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Her Game 她的局
She left Beijing with her child and began living apart from her husband. She thought her in-laws back in their hometown would lend a hand, but her overbearing father-in-law pressured her to have another baby because he wanted a grandson. Her mother-in-law had spent her whole life obeying him and hardly dared to resist. After living apart for so long, her husband became infatuated with his beautiful boss. What was she supposed to do... Her parents were disabled. Her mother had risked her life to
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Fireworks at Dusk 黄昏的花火
At sixty, after Lin Li's youngest daughter got married, she suddenly called her two sons and daughter together for a family meeting. The subject: divorcing her husband, Yang Baiwan. Her two sons were both exasperated and dismayed by their mother's decision, and strongly opposed it, while her youngest daughter, Kexin, wholeheartedly supported the divorce. The entire Yang family was thrown into unprecedented turmoil.
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A Wife’s Revenge Plan 妻子的复仇攻略
[Divorce + revenge + awakening + face-slapping + satisfying moments] He thought I was still the same meek wife. That was until I played the video of him cheating with a young nurse for a room full of relatives. “Shared marital assets: 12.05 million. I’m taking 70%. Emotional distress damages: 580,000. The 370,000 you gave her, you’re paying it all back.” Mother Zhou leaped up and accused me of dreaming. That seemingly perfect husband had been scheming against me all along, treating me like a “de
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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
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On the Day of My C-Section, My Husband Forced Me to Sign Divorce Papers 剖腹产当天，丈夫逼我签离婚协议
On the day of my C-section, my husband forced me to sign divorce papers.
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- 520 With Terminal Stomach Cancer, He Forced Me to Leave with Nothing 胃癌晚期，他逼我净身出户 With terminal stomach cancer, he forced me to leave with nothing. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Awakening of a Housewife 一个家庭主妇的觉醒
When the heroine, Song Xiaoying, discovers that her daughter is planning to kill herself, she follows the clues and uncovers her husband Zhou Yang's affair. This sets off a battle of interests between the wife and the mistress, husband and wife, and parents-in-law and daughter-in-law, laying bare the calculations and compromises, darkness and ugliness of human nature. It's a rare and compelling work of realistic relationship fiction.
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The Pain of a Second Marriage 二婚之痒
At the lowest point in her life, Shen Yu met Xue Duyun. He gave her the most tender affection, and also caused her the deepest pain. Through one ordeal after another, she grew stronger, but uncovered a truth she couldn't bear to face. Only later did she finally understand: his every act of mercy toward her wasn't the result of a long-laid plan, but a reunion after years apart.
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- 523 On the Seventh Day After My Husband's Death, My In-Laws Forced Me to Give Up My Room for Their Nephew 丈夫头七，公婆逼我腾房给侄子 On the seventh day after my husband’s death, my in-laws forced me to give up my room for their nephew. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Apocalypse Rebirth: My Evil Mother-in-Law Shoved Me Into a Horde of Zombies 末世重生：恶婆婆把我推进丧尸群
Apocalypse Rebirth: My Wicked Mother-in-Law Shoved Me into a Horde of Zombies
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- 525 After the Wedding 婚后 Wang Miaomiao and Xu Mingchang have been married for two years. Xu Jing, her husband’s older sister, had twins out of wedlock and has been living at her parents’ home ever since. As Wang Miaomiao becomes pregnant, she gradually discovers something strange about her sister-in-law. A shocking secret is hidden within their little family. She complains about her mother-in-law, and her husband jokes, “Then should I go beat up my mom?” “If that’s not enough, I can beat up my dad too...” Wang Miaomiao 6Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 526 The Wind Kissed His Profile 风吻过他的侧颜 Love that can be cast aside was never true infatuation. He had witnessed the grandeur of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, felt the bone-deep chill of the Qinghai grasslands, and made a legendary courtroom defense that turned the tide. Then, without warning, he was swept into the floodwaters of his past. Three years ago, a forceful demand for a kiss in a wardrobe turned him into the owner of HELL, an inn on the streets of Lijiang. Glamorously made-up women in red dresses carried cherry wine and came on 56Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 527 Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, I Watched My Husband Run Off with His Sister-in-Law 确诊乳腺癌，丈夫带着小姨子跑了 After I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my husband ran off with my sister-in-law. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 528 You Should Fall for Me Soon 劝你趁早喜欢我 A sweet, restless coming-of-age romance you’ll want to devour in one sitting. A timid, struggling student heroine meets a seemingly aloof top student hero. Also known as The Boy Next Door’s Brother Is So Amazing, I’m at My Wits’ End. Tell me, if the boy your childhood sweetheart is dating is lively, cheerful, and devastatingly handsome, could you still fall for anyone else? Jiang Youlu says, of course not! The problem is, her childhood sweetheart doesn’t like her, and his older brother has set h 414Reads9.6Score128Shelves
- 529 Fed Cold Porridge During My Postpartum Recovery, I Opened a Restaurant That Took the Whole City by Storm 月子里喝冷粥，我开餐馆火遍全城 Fed cold congee during postpartum recovery, I opened a restaurant that took the whole city by storm. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Lovely Military Wife of the 1970s 七零年代俏军嫂
[No Golden Finger + No Business Ventures + No Buying a Courtyard House] Wen Yu and Shao Wen Ye are complete opposites: one is a pampered young woman from Shanghai, the other a soldier stationed at the border. They have nothing in common, yet their parents' arranged marriage binds them together. Little do they know, this is exactly what Wen Yu wants. To marry the man she's been dreaming about, Wen Yu travels thousands of miles to the southwestern border. At first, Shao Wen Ye takes things as they
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- 531 Ten Years of Teaching in the Countryside, Then I Returned with an Inspection Team 支教十年后，我带督查组杀回来了 After Ten Years of Teaching in the Countryside, I Returned with an Inspection Team —Reads—Score—Shelves
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She Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, and Now High Society Can't Get Enough of Her 裸辞做保姆，她成上流社会香饽饽
[Cold-faced wealthy CEO who knows nothing about everyday life × gentle, resilient housekeeper who can do anything] Before she was reborn, her family of origin clung to her and drained her dry. She worked herself to the bone, only for her selfish relatives to reap the rewards. By the time she died of overwork at thirty-three, she still had no money, no home, and no one to rely on. After being reborn, she’s done with it. Her parents, who favor sons over daughters, and her spendthrift younger broth
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- 533 Transmigrated to the Modern Era to Raise a Child 穿到现代养娃 [Marriage Before Love] To escape an arranged marriage, Shen Yin, the daughter of the Prime Minister, jumped into the water in protest. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a bizarre world. She was naked and lying in a white vat. Just as she thought she was dead, someone told her she had a child, a husband, and more. She had to take a moment to process it. 1.7kReads9.2Score175Shelves
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A Little Bit of a Crush 有一点心动
[Marriage Before Love + One-on-One Romance + Sweet Romance + Modern Romance] Overbearing CEO vs. sweet, innocent college student Also known as The Blush-Worthy Everyday Life of Marrying a Rich Husband Song Chiqian: “Some things in this world are hard to explain. Like meeting you. It wasn’t love at first sight, or falling for you the second time around. I just fell in love with you!” Xu Miao: “Little by little, I found myself falling for you. I don’t know whether to feel sad or happy.” Only later
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- 535 My Paralyzed Husband's Ledger Listed What He Paid Me to Be His Caregiver 瘫痪丈夫的账本有我当保姆的价码 The ledger of my paralyzed husband listed the price of my work as his nanny. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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If It's You, It's Never Too Late 如果是你再晚也来得及
A sweet romance with no angst. “By the time I was your age, you were already five,” Late Late’s mom had turned this into her catchphrase. But did being 28 already make her an old maid? Ye Wanwan thought she was still young. When it came to love, she’d rather have nothing than settle.
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A Soldier Moved In Upstairs 楼上来了个兵哥哥
She was full of energy, and got into an argument with an unreasonable old woman. He stood to one side and watched the whole thing. He laughed, saying he hadn't known she could apologize as well as yell at people. She called him a woman, good for nothing but watching the show. He was the first to fall for her and wanted to get closer, but she was afraid of being hurt again and put up her defenses…
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- 538 Slowly, Falling for You 慢慢，喜欢 One-on-one romance, mature adults. Neither lead is a virgin, so stay away if that's not your thing! Taking it slow is a beautiful thing: slowly meeting, slowly falling in love, slowly growing old together. Everything begins after I meet you! Bian Yue never expected to get divorced less than six months into her marriage! Wen Chaoshen never expected to be unable to forget a married woman! Bian Yue: “What do you want?” Wen Chaoshen: “We've hugged and kissed. Obviously, what's left is for me to slee 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 539 My Brother Was Dying, but My Husband Transferred 500,000 to Save His Gambling Addict Brother 弟弟病危，丈夫转走50万救赌鬼弟 My Brother Was Critically Ill, but My Husband Transferred 500,000 to Save His Gambling Addict Brother —Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Beautiful Sick Girl in the Garbage Heap 垃圾堆里的美丽病娇
I write for people with trauma and psychological disorders. All my books are trauma narratives aimed at a niche audience. If you complain that the candle at the bottom of the pit doesn’t shine as brightly as the sun, or that the plot isn’t satisfying enough and the characters aren’t impressive enough, it’s not me pushing these books on you. You picked the wrong genre. I’d like to take them down and be done with it too, but the rules are different for completed novels. Niche books aren’t affected
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Eight Years of Marriage, and He Still Says I'm Overthinking 结婚八年，他总说我想多了
[Strong Female Lead] [Groveling Ex] [Revenge and Punishment] [Clear-Eyed Heroine] [Divorce] [Satisfying Read] [Scumbag] [Other Woman] [Emotional Cheating] [Based on a True Story] Eight years into our marriage, the phrase Lu Chengze said to me most often was: “You're overthinking it.” The long hair of another woman in the passenger seat? I was overthinking it. The perfume smell that lingered in the car for days? I was overthinking it. The 5,200 yuan he sent his “big sister” on Valentine's Day?
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After the Divorce 离婚之后
[An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni
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My Wife's Secret: A Love I Can't Understand 娇妻的秘密，无法理解的爱
We had been married for two years, but my wife still wouldn't sleep with me. Then one day, I saw her go to a hotel alone while she was supposed to be at work, and discovered her shocking secret...
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The Scumbag Takedown 擒渣记
Based on a true story: a woman escapes a marriage marred by infidelity, defeats the shameless homewrecker who knowingly became the other woman, and goes on to live life with her head held high. No golden finger, no miraculous help from above. She wins through her own efforts!
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- 545 The Runaway Housewife 逃跑的家庭主妇 At forty, Su Meng was manipulated by her husband into having a second child. Her younger daughter’s birth was an impulsive decision, and the start of a nightmarish life. Standing on the balcony of her home on the eighteenth floor, she suddenly thought that jumping might be the only way to find true release… The loneliness, helplessness, pessimism, despair, and weariness with everything made her realize she was ill, seriously ill. And the only thing that might cure her was to run away… Escape, ge 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
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That Red Land 那片红色的土地
[Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr
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Lovebird: A Phoenix Girl Has Phoenix Blood 爱情鸟：凤凰女有凤凰女的血液
[Hard-Luck, Determined Heroine VS. Disabled, Down-on-His-Luck Rich Heir] [Teacher-Student Romance + Second Chance at Love + Through Thick and Thin + High-Stakes Business Warfare] Yu Xiaolei, formerly known as Tang Yishan, bears the weight of a painful past. Her mother, Yu Rui, gave everything she had to selflessly support Tang Zhengze, only to be abandoned. Yu Xiaolei was left struggling to find her place as an illegitimate daughter. Growing up dependent on others, Yu Xiaolei experienced the wor
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Cotton Trees Facing the Sun 木棉向阳
[Realistic Story + Workplace and Marriage + Independent Woman + Not Reborn, Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [The heroine has genuine feelings, pursues her career, and is independent and resilient] After accidentally discovering that her husband was always hanging around dating websites, she covered half her face and chatted with him online, hoping to find an answer...
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The Day I Finally Got the Wanwan-as-Lady-Hua-Fei Thing 那天我终于get到了莞莞类卿
[Rekindled romance + lookalike substitute romance + love-triangle showdown] A celebrity guitarist as the male lead × a gentle, Japanese-style second male lead She meets a sweet, innocent, handsome office worker on the streets of Tokyo who looks just like her ex. She can’t resist her new crush’s intoxicating beauty, his innocent charm, and his tipsy allure. Then her ex, now a hugely famous star with a prickly, scheming streak, appears out of nowhere. A carefully planned reunion, one probing tes
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The Quagmire of Marriage 婚姻的泥泞
Everyone struggles through the mud of marriage. Some manage to crawl out, only to fall into another patch of mud. Others spend their whole lives struggling in it. To escape the marriage her parents had arranged for her, Su Guo ran away with a blond punk. At nineteen, she got together with Deng Guangming and bore him a son and a daughter. Su Guo had thought that escaping her parents’ arranged marriage would let her live the life she wanted, but things only got harder afterward. She kept strugglin
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