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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Lost in Your Tenderness 沉溺于你的温柔之中
[Roguishly Handsome and Gentle Male Lead & Sweet, Top-Student Female Lead] [Both Devoted + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + From School Days to the Wedding Altar] Lin Jin is a girl with a gentle exterior and a determined heart. She meets Jiang Yan at Hengfeng School. Jiang Yan smiles at her with a carefree, rebellious air. His appearance is like a dazzling beam of light, instantly illuminating Lin Jin’s world. However, their love doesn’t have a smooth road ahead. Chen Xiufang accidentally di
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Luring Her to Fall from the Clouds 诱她向云端沦陷
[No Reconciliation After the Breakup + He Chases Her, but She Never Turns Back + Second Male Lead Wins + Unrequited Love Comes True] Xie Weiyi thought she had married for love after dating Sheng Shuran since college and eventually walking down the aisle with him. But on their wedding anniversary, she received a photo of Sheng Shuran having dinner with another woman. When Xie Weiyi confronted him, all she got was a dismissive reply: “I married you, didn't I? Can you stop being so sensitive?” “If
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He's Poor and Wild 他又穷又野
[Rich Heiress X Poor Guy] [Opposites attract + healing + mutual flirting + comedy] Cen Miao is a bona fide rich heiress. Her biggest worries in life are that she doesn’t understand poverty and that she can’t find a man to her liking. That is, until she meets Cheng You. She first met Cheng You seven or eight years ago. He was her friend’s tutor and a student representative at a prestigious university. She saw him give an industry presentation in a lecture hall packed with thousands of people, and
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Changing Nests [Original Novel of the Short Drama Starring Liu Xiaoxu and Wang Gege!!!] 移巢【刘萧旭×王格格主演短剧 同名原著小说!!!】
[Starring Liu Xiaoxu and Wang Gege in the short drama of the same name, based on this original novel!!!] [Yi Linxun: a brooding, restrained, devoted husband and loyal wolfdog who regrets his choices | Chao Ning: a sharp, clear-eyed beauty who knows how to play her cards] [Modern romance + premium novel + urban life + marriage before love + mature romance + the regretful ex’s arduous pursuit] Chao Ning is beautiful, talented, and curvy. She’s a bona fide rich beauty, but she’s neither arrogant n
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Smoky Light Knows Lan’s Intentions 烟光知阑意
[The audio drama is now available] [Beautiful, fair-skinned web novelist × stern, tough SWAT team captain] Not long after Su Yan and Lu Lanxiao first met, Su Yan's best friend dragged her along to a late-night meal with the people from Lu's unit. Afterward, Lu Lanxiao walked Su Yan home. Under the dim streetlights, the street was quiet. Su Yan looked up at him, the corners of her eyes lifting slightly, a trace of drunkenness in her voice. “Lu Lanxiao, can I get to know you?” Lu Lanxiao lowered h
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An Unbearable Second Spring 难忍第二春
[The rating will rise now that it’s just started] [She went to see a gynecologist and got an appointment with her ex...] [Second-marriage romance, doctor, not a wish-fulfillment story, realistic, happy ending, male lead has no prior sexual experience] In other people’s eyes, Yu Yao had a secure job and had married a rich man. After seven years of marriage, only she knew what it was really like. For seven years, she had tried every kind of traditional medicine, Western medicine, and even mysticis
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Turning My Fake-Marriage Husband Straight 掰直形婚老公
A law-focused, trope-subverting story A sweet, scatterbrained divorce lawyer versus a shrewd, restrained business tycoon Both leads are each other’s first and only; no idealized first love, no ex-boyfriends Marriage first, love later / grounded realism / simmering tension / falling in love with clear eyes No age gap; they’re the same age Wang Mengting: a name that clearly doesn’t belong to the heroine of a romance novel. A walking machine for snarky commentary. Twenty-eight by East Asian reckoni
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I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友
They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth.
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Winning Her Heart 攻略伊人
[Bold, direct, and fearless in love, Chu Yi × restrained and devoted, Cen Yuxiu] [Modern romance + premium fiction + urban life + domineering CEO + mature romance + equally matched leads + love at first sight + winning him back + happy ending] Cen Yuxiu happened to “eavesdrop” on a breakup scene. The next day, the woman at its center barged into his office and, without a word, slapped one of his female employees. “Miss, you hit someone in my office and think you can just walk away without a word
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The Profiteer 奸商
[Read the first 10 chapters patiently, and you'll see: in studying, daily life, work, and love, there are tricks everywhere!] There are no honest businessmen. Nine out of ten merchants will cheat you. But nine out of ten salespeople will become bosses. I'm a salesperson, and I became a boss too. I'll use my own experience to show you the tricks these unscrupulous merchants use… This book aims to teach you how to avoid scams. Imitate anything in it at your own risk.
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The Years Since We Married 结婚这几年
My new story is out! Please come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们
In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f
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Snowfields and Seaside City: A Female Cadre from the Sanmen Has Her Springtime Too 雪域与海城:三门女干部也有春天
Su Man was on top from the start, beginning her career as a deputy section chief, only to plummet to rock bottom at breakneck speed. Her new boss sent her to a grassroots office, where she got a harsh lesson in the art of human relationships. On her journey back from rock bottom, she had the ever-present strategist Luo Ziqing by her side, offering advice and teaching her how the official world operates. She also had Ji Zizhou, a highly skilled career mentor who protected her from the open and hi
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The 27-Year-Old Beauty Boss Won’t Leave Me Alone 27岁美女老板赖上我
Wherever there are people, there are rivalries. On my first day at work, I ran into my beautiful 27-year-old boss, Tang Ruoran. We had only just met when she accused me of being the father of her daughter. Heaven knows, it was my first time meeting her! I asked for a paternity test, but the results showed that I really was her daughter's biological father. Watch as I turn the tables, uncover layer upon layer of mystery, and finally discover just how greedy human nature can be...
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Pick a Phoenix Man for a Husband 挑个凤凰男做老公
My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it 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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Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠
She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back.
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Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭
In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him...
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Men’s Forbidden Zone 男人禁区
A wisp of fragrance brushed gently across Zhang Yijin's face. “Ah, where am I?” A beautiful young woman lay in Zhang Yijin's arms, smiling at him. “Brother Jin, we're in a hotel room.” “What? No way. How did we end up together?” Looking at his ex-wife's best friend, Zhang Yijin was completely bewildered. “You got drunk, so I brought you to the hotel!” As she spoke, the beauty leaned close to Zhang Yijin's ear and whispered softly. Suddenly, Zhang Yijin remembered his situation: he had cancer, hi
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Sweet-Talking: Mr. Yu's Openly Obvious Favoritism 诱哄:郁先生的偏爱明目张胆
A powerful-family romance about winning back a wife: a cool, fragile little flower and a rigid old-fashioned man who always keeps himself in check Rekindled love + the powerful one learning to bow his head + both untouched + ten-year age gap When Ruan Xitang was young, she fell in love with Yu Zheng. Later, Yu Zheng was expected to marry for an alliance, so she left him. Only afterward did she learn that Yu Zheng had thought she was dead. Three years later, she arrived at the airport in Jing Cit
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My Warmhearted Mr. 我的暖心先生
Heartbroken Song Xianyun fell into the arms of Gu Yunzhou, who had always loved her. He loved her with all his heart, while she kept him at arm’s length. When he uncovered the secret buried in her heart, he resolutely left for a distant place. Only after he was gone did she finally realize how she felt. Then a maritime disaster left him missing, and everyone said he was dead. Only she believed that a man who loved her so deeply would never abandon her and leave on his own. After overcoming count
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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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Love and Marriage in the System 体制内婚恋
It’ll be more popular once it’s complete (dual government workers + ten-year age gap + possessive love + both first-time partners + devoted pampering + happy ending) (Mature, steady, stern senior leader vs. Optimistic, driven, warm ray of sunshine) An Sui’s parents divorced when she was young, and the grandmother who raised her passed away as well. After graduating, she passed the civil service exam and landed a job in the government system back in her hometown. On her first day at work, she ran
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After Leaving with Nothing, I Married a Rich CEO with a Child 净身出户后,带娃嫁豪门总裁
Ye Nuanmei was tricked into eloping and marrying He Zheng, a mama's boy. At her mother-in-law's urging, He Zheng gave the 200,000 yuan they had saved to buy a new home to his younger brother, He Zhi. When Ye Nuanmei found out, she argued with He Zheng, who slapped her at his mother's instigation. Ye Nuanmei insisted on a divorce. After his mother coaxed him, He Zheng said that if she wanted custody of their daughter, she would have to leave with nothing. Without hesitation, Ye Nuanmei chose to w
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A Marriage the Dogs Dragged Away 被狗吃了的婚姻
She foolishly believed that finding a man would give her shelter from the storm. Little did she know that every storm and every blade came from him. Naive women should not think they can save anyone, and they should stay away from men with unhappy families. Get involved, and you’ll be shattered to pieces…
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The More I Love, the More I Wish I Had Loved Less 爱到用时方恨多
A girl abandoned because her family favored boys over girls was taken in by a bachelor. After enduring a love betrayed, a failed marriage, and even the last blow from her biological parents, who came back driven by self-interest, she only understood after the person who loved her most passed away that sometimes we only realize how much love we have when it's too late. When happiness finally comes her way, will she be able to hold on to it... An ordinary woman's path through life is strewn with t
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I Opened My Eyes Twenty Years Ago, on My Wedding Day with My Husband 睁眼回到二十年前,和老公婚礼上
In their previous lives, she and he both dropped out of school at a young age, and their family was left destitute when their daughter became seriously ill. After a gas explosion shocked the entire city, she found him, still looking young and green, at the modest wedding they had held twenty years earlier. She made a pact with him: no physical contact until they had officially registered their marriage. They overcame every obstacle and fought their way forward, finally seeing a brighter future i
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With a Comeback System, I Get Better Every Day 拥有逆袭系统的我每天都有变得更
Ying Yue had just graduated when she woke up and found herself transmigrated ten years into the future. She discovered she was married to an ordinary but overconfident middle-aged man, had a two-year-old child, and was crammed into a rented apartment with her family of three. They were also supporting her thirty-something brother-in-law, who still lived off his parents. Her mother-in-law had said, “Look after the child for one more year, then I’ll retire and help you.” She had been saying it for
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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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Six Years into a Marriage Far from Home, Her Heart Dies and She Turns Her In-Laws’ Lives Upside Down 远嫁六年心死,搅得婆家鸡犬不宁
[Married far from home for love + wicked mother-in-law + forbidden from returning home when her mother is critically ill + marital betrayal + moral blackmail + family squabbles + suffering before sweet revenge + clear-eyed counterattack] For love, Tan Xueru defied her family’s objections and married far away, never once returning home in six years. With May Day approaching, she heard that her mother was gravely ill. She wanted her husband and daughter to go home with her and fulfill their filial
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Made It: This Young Woman Just Wants to Get Ahead 成功上岸:小姑娘只想进步
The rating is new and will rise (both leads work in government + age gap + love at first sight + each other's only love + happy ending + sweet, no angst) (A newly hired, soft-spoken young woman × a promising young bureau chief) Yu Kexin is gentle and sweet-natured, with a soft, endearing face, but she comes from a poor family. After finally passing the exam to become a grassroots civil servant, all she wants is to do her job well. Instead, her colleague's cousin, a bureau chief, sets his sights
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Joy Through the Long Days 长日欢喜
[Multinational company setting + sweet romance + mutual pursuit + chasing his wife to win her back] [Distinguished, composed China-region president of a luxury goods company] Xu Congning VS Jiang Yi [Adorable, sweet-natured beauty working for a multinational company] On Christmas Eve, Jiang Yi is alone in a foreign country when, on a whim, she invites the man sitting one seat away from her to dinner. She expects him to refuse, but to her surprise, he sits down across from her. Xu Congning merely
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That Season of Romance 那一场风花雪月
[Heart-wrenching romance · Love and redemption · Ice-and-fire romance · Emotional clashes] “Don’t think I’ll ever miss you. I never will. I’ll find someone to marry and live the rest of my life in style.” Liu Qi and Shen Yuqing meet through work. He’s a wealthy CEO, while she’s a rebellious married woman. Sparks fly at their first meeting, but their different circumstances force them to pass each other by. When Shen Yuqing finally escapes a failed marriage and is left with nothing, she discovers
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Paradox of the Human World 人间悖论
[Affair | No Reconciliation After the Breakup | Unspoken Workplace Rules | Mature Adults | Partners in Crime | Unchaste Female Lead] Original title: His Evidence of Guilt Cover art used with permission, non-exclusive This is not a romance-focused feel-good power fantasy. Read the blurb before you dive in! Marrying someone who does not love you is a gamble. Liang Xin loved Qin Zhefeng for ten years, but he married someone else. After years of twists and turns, they meet again. Qin Zhefeng divo
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A Cigarette 一支烟
I stood up and staggered toward the exit. I struggled to push away each person who came to help me. I didn't take the elevator. Step by step, I climbed the stairs to the rooftop. When I pushed open the rooftop door, a hint of late autumn's cool breeze brushed my face. The light was so bright that I had to squint. I could clearly see her. Across the rooftop stood a long-haired girl. She said, “Could I have a cigarette?” If you're willing, I'll love you forever. If you're not, I'll choose to pine
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Marriage Before Love: The Daddy-Type Big Shot's Darling 先婚后爱:爹系大佬的掌中娇
Cool and aloof university lecturer VS steady, handsome senior official High-ranking officialdom + two people in the system + ten-year age gap + marriage before love + doting husband + rekindled romance Lu Qingye entered Peking University at twelve. By twenty, she had completed her master's degree and stayed on to teach. For the sake of her grandfather's keepsake, she casually found a man to marry. She never expected that their fates had been intertwined more than a decade earlier. After register
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A Fairy Tale for Myself 给自己的童话
A car accident unexpectedly sends me transmigrating back eleven years, and I immediately get to work on my money-making plans: e-commerce, wedding planning, real estate speculation, beauty reviews... I also want to make short videos and sell products through livestreams. I'm going to reclaim all the love and career opportunities I lost over the years. This time, can I give myself a fairy-tale ending?
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My Marriage for Love, Not Money, Ended in Utter Defeat 我不图钱的婚姻,输得一败涂地
My marriage, which I never expected to make money from, ended in utter defeat.
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Don’t Mess With Her! She’s Seriously Bad News 别惹!她超坏的
(One woman vs. multiple men + a heartless woman + equally strong male and female leads + never takes abuse + everyone’s favorite + loves to flirt + speaks her mind) A sweet romance with no angst! A beautiful, cold-hearted, calculating and ruthless woman vs. a cool, devoted CEO who plans every move After the Li family, the richest in Nancheng, went bankrupt, Li Wanwan was kept by a sugar daddy for three years. Three years later, she transformed into the fiancée of An Yanli, the man in power of Ji
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A Slow-Burning Obsession 慢性迷恋
[Carefree, High-Maintenance Little Menace × Deceptively Dark Ice-Queen] [Marriage of Convenience + Both Are Inexperienced + An Intense Push and Pull] After a night of passion, Shen Yihe accidentally slept with the famous ice-queen of their social circle. She thought he wouldn’t deign to make a fuss over it. But the next morning, there he was: the aloof man, seemingly untouched by worldly concerns, wearing a loosely tied bathrobe, his pale skin still marked by her kisses. Standing over her, he de
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After I Was Bullied While Walking My Kid at the Plaza, I Exposed the Old Bully Online 广场遛娃被霸凌后,我让恶人老头全网社死
After I Was Bullied While Taking My Kid to the Plaza, I Made the Old Bully a Pariah Across the Internet
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My Battle With Marriage 我和婚姻的战斗
Ning Yue’s husband, Hu Cheng, cheated on her while she was pregnant. Ning Yue decided to divorce him, only to discover that she had no means of supporting herself! If she divorced him, she might not even be able to make a basic living, let alone gain custody of her child! Ning Yue was steady and composed. Though her heart had turned to ash and she was suffering from postpartum depression, she still did her best to keep herself together. With every disadvantage stacked against her, how could she
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My Coworker Stole a Kiss from Me During a Power Outage 停电时我被同事偷亲了
A Coworker Stole a Kiss from Me During a Power Outage
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The Mask Master 假面大师
I cheated on her during our marriage and made her suffer through endless illness. I piled up 400,000 yuan in online-loan debt, and debt collectors came to our door, shattering the peace of our family. I threw away my career prospects, became a complete mess, and still took the side of outsiders at every turn. For four years, she endured it, cried, and held on, until she became a haggard housewife. Now she no longer holds back or shows kindness. She has turned completely cold. I question her, I r
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My Blind Date Is a Treasure 相亲对象是个宝
My Blind Date Is a Treasure
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After Hearing My Patients’ Thoughts, I Turned My Career Around at the Hospital 听到患者心声后我在医院逆袭了
I Turned My Career Around at the Hospital After Hearing Patients' Thoughts
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Newlywed Diary 新婚日记
Ruan Chen, whose parents divorced when she was young, has always lived alone. She hopes to have a child soon and build a new family of her own. She eagerly goes on blind dates, looking for a healthy man with good features to marry, and less than two months later, she marries Zhao Tianjing, a nerdy IT professional who returned from overseas and whom she met on a blind date. After the wedding, eager to get pregnant, Ruan Chen scours every source for strange folk remedies and bizarre methods, enthu
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The Seven-Year Itch: Falling in Love 七年之痒之坠入情网
Zhou Wei and Huang Mocheng had been married for seven years. As the passion slowly faded, Huang Mocheng succumbed to temptation and had an affair with a subordinate. Zhou Wei worked at the grassroots level of the government. When she learned the truth, the betrayal hit her hard, so she devoted herself to climbing the career ladder. Along the way, she met all kinds of men, some with moral failings, others trapped by life’s harsh realities... In her loneliness, Zhou Wei fell in love. Huang Mocheng
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Climbing the Ranks of Power 攀登官峰
Xu Lu never imagined that an ordinary woman could climb the ranks in small but steady steps simply by being beautiful, and even help her husband get promoted along the way. She enjoys all kinds of privileges and takes in the boundless vistas from the summit of officialdom...
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Eight Months Pregnant, and My Skilled Migrant Visa Renewal Is Rejected on Suspicion of Money Laundering. What Should I Do? 怀孕8个月,优才续签被告知涉嫌洗钱怎么办?
At eight months pregnant, what should I do after being told my Quality Migrant Admission Scheme visa renewal is under suspicion for money laundering?
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A Glimpse of the Turmoil as 1970s Educated Youths Returned to the Cities 七十年代知青下乡回城风波一瞥
A glimpse of the turmoil surrounding educated youths returning to the city in the 1970s
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