Looking for Stories Based on Real Experiences. Both Bad and Happy Endings Are Fine 想求根据真实经历写的文 (be，he都能接受)
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传
[Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b
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There Is No Winter in Northern Myanmar 缅北没有冬天
Nineteen-year-old Qiao Shiyang leaves his small hometown in the south to go to Myanmar with a man who claims to “know the right people,” hoping to raise money for his father’s medical bills. He thinks it will be a brief chance to make some money. But the moment the bus crosses the border, his life begins to spiral out of control. Dedicated to everyone who has ever walked alone through the darkness.
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To Those Awkward, Innocent Memories 致那段青涩的回忆
This book tells the story of a girl who, with the support of her friends, gradually emerges from the darkness and overcomes herself. The book is adapted from real events. I hope everyone can find friends who truly care about them, and that everyone can emerge from the shadows of the past.
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She and Her Eating Disorder 她与厌食症
[Adapted from the author’s personal experience] 2019, senior year of high school: I start losing weight. 2020, the “results”: 168 cm tall, 42 kg. 2022: Binge eating, a sharp weight gain, dropping out of school, and admission to a psychiatric hospital. 2023: Moping around at home, bored out of my mind, I start documenting my struggle with food, body-image anxiety, my family of origin, and even fate itself. 2026: Life is slowly getting better. Looking back on that time, I’m still grateful for my o
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All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心
A realistic story set in the 1970s. Even readers born in the 1990s and 2000s love it! [Traditional] [No Gimmicks] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No Cheats] In the 1970s, Li Laoman has no sons, so he wants to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refuses, then steals her second sister Li Ting's fiancé! Now not only has Li Ting's man been stolen, she also has to take on the task of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. Pressured by Li Laoman, she has no choice but
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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 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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My Online Romance Didn’t Go Horribly Wrong When We Met 网恋奔现没翻车
A minor sweet-romance author x the aloof campus heartthrob at a media college I fell in love with him at first sight, went after his looks, and did everything I could to win him over. But he rejected me, and not just once. So I decisively called it quits. But to my surprise, he now wants to go through hell to win me back!
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In Search of Happiness 寻找幸福
This story follows three close friends and the ups and downs of their marriages and family lives. No matter what hardships they face, they keep searching for happiness in their own ways. How will each of their stories end?
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Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生
Martial arts school / traditional martial arts / realistic / passionate / brotherhood / jianghu Adapted from real experiences. No fantasy, no System, and no cheats. A true-to-life portrayal of what life at a martial arts school is really like. A boy defies his family's objections to pursue his martial arts dream. Day after day, he trains relentlessly at school, enduring the long, monotonous years of practice alongside his fellow students and brothers. After graduation, he enters the wider world,
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The Diviner 食卦人
After losing his job, “I” open a malatang shop near a university. By chance, combining mathematical logic with the Book of Changes, I develop a “Fortune-Telling Food System”: the ingredients customers order can reveal the course their lives will take. At first, “I” use the System to help students avoid trouble and neighbors overcome their difficulties. But when fame and fortune tempt me, I become a rich businessman’s tool, using divination to devise scams and ultimately suffering a devastating b
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Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情
(Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris
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I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你
At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov
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Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光
After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance.
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Just in Time for Me to Stop Loving You 刚好我要不爱你
Five years ago, Song Qingge lay in a pool of blood, pregnant and desperately calling out to him. All she got in return was a divorce agreement. Five years later, in a cramped fitting room, Zhan Qi pinned her against the wall and gripped her chin, sneering. “Are you here again just to seduce me?” * He destroyed her home and drove her father to his death, only to abandon her afterward. Later, he sat in the home they had once shared, smiling as he said, “I can donate a kidney to your daughter, but
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The Candy Girl 糖果女孩
Su Nian'an always has candy in her pocket. Thirteen years old, in her first year of middle school, ranked seventh in her class. She's neither at the top nor the bottom, just the kind of girl whose full name the teacher can't remember and whose classmates know only as “that girl with the candy.” Her mother says she needs to work harder. Her father says she shouldn't push herself too hard. Caught between them, she used to say “I'm fine” to everyone. A new semester, a new deskmate, new friends, and
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After Winning a Hundred Million, I Became My Company's Savior 中奖一个亿后，我成了公司救世主
[The rating just came out, but it'll slowly improve! No risk in getting on board!] Shen Yanshen casually bought two lottery tickets and won a hundred million. His miserable working life was over for good, and from then on he lived in a mansion and drove a Mercedes. His ex-girlfriend, who had once looked down on him for being poor, came back in tears, begging him to take her back. Shen Yanshen kicked her a hundred meters away. “Get as far away as you can. Can't you see I'm washing my wife's feet?
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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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After Being Demoted and Quietly Giving Up, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me to Accept a Promotion 降职摆烂后，草包领导跪求我升职
After I Was Demoted and Started Slacking Off, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Promote Me
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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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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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Waiting for the Wind to Arrive 等风降临
At 17, Lin Jiang first met Jiang Weifeng on an evening when "the rosy clouds flew alongside a lone wild duck." He was a wild weed growing as he pleased, while she was a greenhouse flower. So began her long, secret crush. She only dared to use the username 38.6°C to request songs for him, watching from afar and missing him in secret. Graduation came, and they parted without a single word of goodbye, each heading to a different city. While packing up, Jiang Weifeng saw Lin Jiang's QQ account on hi
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The Story of Fei Xin’s Daughter 飞新的女传
[Marriage + Domestic Abuse + Divorce + Blind Date + Online Romance + Finding True Love + Sweet Romance + Silent Treatment] At twenty, Fei Xin was set up by her parents, went on a blind date, got married, suffered domestic abuse, and divorced. At twenty-three, she met an online boyfriend five years younger than her. They got married and had a child! Married Life + Sweet Romance + Silent Treatment
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At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口
This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards
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Dongguan: Those Older Sisters 东莞：那些姐姐们
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年
Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?”
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A Working Girl’s Life Through Wind and Rain 打工女孩的风雨人生路
In the 1990s, a wave of migrant workers swept across the country, and countless young people left their hometowns for the big cities. The dazzling neon lights of the metropolis conjured one fantasy after another, while burying the youth of so many. Longing for a fresh start, the naive young Zhou Jie joined the great wave heading south. From getting a factory job to running away, from falling on hard times to fighting her way forward, she had to tread carefully at every step. She thought that a
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The Official's Ladder 官梯
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
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Shenzhen, Beguiling After Dark 深圳，夜色迷人
A tale of business rivalries and political intrigue set against the backdrop of Shenzhen, following Chen Binnan’s remarkable journey south in pursuit of success. This story is dedicated to all the brothers who have headed south, north, or east to make their way in the world!
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In and Around the Village 村里村外
His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China!
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The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟
Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred
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Li Yunxian’s Microfiction Collection 李昀鲜微小说集
The famous writer Wang Meng believes that flash fiction is a kind of sensitivity: it captures a novel in a single point, an image, a contrast, an exclamation, or a fleeting moment, revealing a flash of wisdom, a touch of beauty, a thought-provoking scene, or a fresh idea.
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I'm Not the Bad Student You Think I Am 我不是你眼里的坏学生
The author isn't much of a writer. I just write about everyday life and tell a messy, true story. This is a slow-paced slice-of-life story. The only thing I can say is that life has been pretty rough, and the story is true to life. Looking back on the journey of a traumatized boy growing up, I'd say my own experiences are rather inspiring.
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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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The Comeback: My Female Roommate 逆袭：我的合租女舍友
[Can't live without making fun of things] [A witty young man] [The road to a comeback] “May you and I both become masters of our own lives” chronicles an ordinary young man's struggles, growth, and tangled romances in the present day. A friend gets hooked on gambling. He goes through a beautiful woman's PUA tactics. Old friends turn into rivals over money. Behind human nature, is everything as fickle as the clouds? A down-and-out young man graduates only to find himself unemployed, and reluctant
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A Kitten's Diary 1 小猫的日记1
An Der and An Der Ah are the same person. For certain reasons, I lost access to my old account, so I started a new one to write this book, A Kitten's Diary. A cow cat accidentally saves a short-legged orange cat. The two cats rely on each other as they wander the streets, then, through a twist of fate, are adopted by humans together and meet a big golden retriever. From then on, the two cats and one dog live happily ever after. (Not really.)
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From a Rural School Dropout to a Dream-Chasing Writer 从农村辍学青年到写作逐梦人
An autobiographical story of humble beginnings, dropping out of school in the countryside, working one’s way up, and the ordinary lives of people at the bottom of society. A story of everyday people and the coming of age of those born in the 1980s and 1990s. This is the true account of a young man born in the 1990s who left school after junior high and fought to make something of himself. From the wounds inflicted by his family in childhood to the rough, thorny road he traveled, his life from th
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Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉
What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking
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Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年
The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature.
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A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人
(Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R
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A Mom's True Story of Online Gambling 宝妈网赌的真实遭遇
I survived a disaster. I’m lucky… Gambling feels great for a moment, but the road to quitting is long… Every penny I earn while paying off my debts comes from blood and sweat. And none of it is mine. I’m earning it all for someone else. I know this is the only road to redeeming myself. From now on, I’ll stay away from online gambling and cherish the life I have!
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A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记
Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served
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You Are My One and Only, Lifetime After Lifetime 许你生生世世的唯一
One day, Lin Xiaoxiao wakes up and discovers she has been reborn. In this life, her fate is unexpectedly bound to a cat’s. Luckily, she happens to meet him, and sees a new light in life, in a story full of warmth and healing.
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Urban Revenge Emotion System 都市复仇情绪系统
Low-profile System + invincible protagonist + a little crazy + mostly everyday life! On Planet Earth in the parallel world’s Jiulong Kingdom, the laid-back young man Quan Xingqiang is chosen by the Revenge Emotion System and begins an ordinary working life!
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The Radiance of Jade 如玉之莹
[Dual Female Leads] Student and Teacher Perspectives Based on real events that took place at a high school over the course of three years. She struggles to hold on to herself in the midst of hardship, while the other searches for a way out from deep in the mire... You are sure to see a little of yourself in them.
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The Internet Takes the World by Storm 网事成风
She was born in the 1980s and sent away to be fostered soon after birth. Her greatest childhood hope was to live with her parents. She spends her life healing from her childhood wounds. After enduring one heartbreak after another, she finally finds the right person. This is a healing story, but it is not a clean romance. Read with caution if that bothers you.
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The Lonely Moon in the Sky 孤月当空
Love and reality fought for a long time, but in the spring of their eleventh year, they still parted ways. On the very first day after the breakup, a man who loved her even more deeply entered Xiang Yan’s world…
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Drowning in Your Deep Affection 在你的深情中溺毙
[A nostalgia trip for post-90s readers + mutual secret crushes + mutual healing + secret identities + sweet, doting romance + the male lead goes from prey to hunter] A sweet little story about love at first sight on one side and a carefully planned pursuit on the other. Happy ending, so dive right in. Step one, step two, step three in winning over Wei Baiyu. Just as Yuan Yaqi was racking her brains over how to pursue him, she somehow ended up falling straight into Wei Baiyu’s trap. Wei Baiyu:
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A Lifetime: The Lone-Wolf Agent's Gray Eden 一生：孤胆特工之灰色伊甸园
The story of Lin Tianming’s growth from boyhood. Please also read this book’s companion novels, Second Life: The Bracelet Across the Universe and Third Life: Love Bewitches the Mortal World. Each of the three novels stands alone, yet together they form a series, with interwoven plots that let you experience the life journey of “two worlds, three lives” and the rise of the century’s dragon, Long Teng!
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