Beijing Power-Circle Story: A Dominant Older Man in Government and a Haughty Beauty 京圈高干，男主厅气老男人，女主傲娇美人
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- 51 The Alluring Little Wildcat Has the Crown Prince Wagging His Tail 钓系小野猫，撩的太子爷狂摇尾巴 [Tense Push and Pull, Long-Laid Plan, Sweet Romance, Both Leads Sexually Inexperienced] [Wily Little Wildcat Pretending to Be Good vs. Devoted, Playful, Cool Young Master] Jiang Jiutang was never acknowledged by the Jiang family from birth. Raised by someone else, she grew up wild and free. Every year, Lu Sinian was there to celebrate her birthday in the depths of winter. The boy who had cherished her like a treasure confessed his love on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, she was bundled 386Reads7.3Score100Shelves
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The Feudal Tycoon Goes Wild Across the City After His Divorce 封建大佬离婚后，发疯全城
A powerful military, political, and business tycoon with a strong appetite + a delicate beauty in frail health + mutual devotion Jiang Qingwu was born with a special constitution. After marrying Gu Yunzhou, she was gentle and obedient, but she never dared to share a bed or get close to him. The mighty tycoon of the military, political, and business worlds had married a young wife, yet they could only treat each other with icy courtesy. At last, Gu Yunzhou could take it no longer and arranged for
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Fragrance Amid the Sound of Pines 松涛声处闻清香
[Powerful Official × Divorced Goddess | Long-Prepared Pursuit & Bone-Deep Tenderness] Known in the capital as the “Black-Faced King of Hell,” Shen Tingtao is the most unapproachable man in government circles: a proud pine on a snow-covered mountain, cool and chaste. The one exception in his life began with a glimpse through a car window after an accident: the gentle profile of Shi Feng. At the time, she was trapped in a marriage engineered against her. After decisively divorcing, she kept her di
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Desire in the Capital: Entangled at Every Turn 欲染京屿，步步缠深
[Cool, delicate beauty with a scheming little fox inside x the most extravagant, abstinent Buddha-like lord of the capital] [The capital’s elite circle + 10-year age gap + possessive to the extreme + irresistible push and pull + uncle steals his nephew’s wife + satisfying face-slapping + devoted couple HE] [Original title: Little Uncle, Isn’t This a Little Too Thrilling for Us?] Pei Jinshen is the most abstinent man at the very top of the capital’s elite circle, ten years older than Lu Yu. On th
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I Refuse to Fall for the Big Boss 才不要和大领导谈恋爱
Forced love + love at first sight + doting romance + happy ending + obsessive hero + workplace romance + powerful families Su Niannian is new to the workplace, as blank as an unpainted sheet of paper. On her first day, she takes the wrong elevator and stumbles, in a panic, into a meeting of senior leaders. Her documents scatter across the floor. In the sudden silence, the stern-faced man at the head of the table slowly raises his eyes. One glance from him, and his silent authority sends her fle
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Director, Please Behave Yourself 主任，请自重
[Government Officialdom + Age Gap + Devoted to Each Other + Forced Love] A powerful and highly capable director of the General Office unexpectedly encounters a young woman he once met briefly, setting the wheels of fate in motion.
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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A Deliberate Swap of Fiancés 蓄意换婚
[Steady, protective, powerful man + fragile yet strong little fox] [Love at first sight + deliberate bride swap + coaxed whirlwind marriage + age gap + both inexperienced in love] [A guiding lover + a little angst, lots of sweetness + devoted and exclusive love + a slow, steady romance] When her younger aunt ran away from her arranged marriage, the head of the Yun family had to choose a new candidate for the alliance. With her psychological condition, Ruan Qingsui was naturally not on the list.
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A Lucky Man in Officialdom, the Leader's Trusted Aide 官场幸运儿，领导身边的红人
This is a political intrigue novel set in local government. When the young Qin Feng is appointed in a crisis through his family's connections and parachuted into Nanping County, he is met not with welcoming applause, but with constant exclusion and covert obstruction from all sides. Every step he takes is like walking on the edge of a blade. As power, money, and personal ties weave together into a web, some choose to go along with the corruption, while others swim against the current. Faced with
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After His Bedchamber Maid Faked Her Death, the Chaste Heir Searched for Her for Three Years 通房假死后，禁欲世子苦寻三年
[Powerful Man Bows His Head] [The Regret-and-Redemption Arc] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] At first, in Zhao Xuanyou’s eyes, Yu Ying was nothing more than an ordinary bedchamber maid. She was pretty, she knew how to flatter him, and she was just a plaything. Watching Yu Ying scheme her way up the ranks and bask in her success, he treated it all as a diversion. It wasn’t until she faked her death and ran away that Zhao Xuanyou realized he didn’t just covet her charms. He wanted all of her, inclu
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How Lovely the Green Mountains Look at First Sight 一见青山多妩媚
[Powerful Man Bows His Head + A Coming-of-Age Heroine + Age-Gap Daddy Type + High-Ranking Official + Sweet Romance + Bickering Couple] 41-year-old, steady-as-a-mountain senior official X 25-year-old, sheltered heiress Rao Qingshan never imagined that after the Gu family's fortunes fell, their daughter would come back to China and come after him for answers first. The first time they met, she stormed into his office and made a scene. “If you hadn’t set my father up, how would he have ended up in
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I’m Done Pretending: After Winning the Factory Director’s Favor, I’m Completely Sold 不装了，抱上厂长大腿后我真香了
When Jiang Yang opened her eyes, she was not only married, she also had a sixteen-year-old son. Her husband was the thirty-five-year-old director of a steel mill, and her stepson was a high school sophomore. A month ago, Ruan Wenli, who had been single for years, quietly announced his marriage. His lovely wife was a boiler-room worker more than ten years his junior, and the news shocked the entire third-tier city. Jiang Yang returned home and saw a tall, slender figure who had suddenly appeared
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She Fell into His Abyss 拥她入深渊
[A seemingly fragile girl who’s secretly a ruthless schemer × a gentle, doting, fatherly tycoon] [Devoted husband, age gap, love at first sight, both leads are pure and devoted, romance across borders] Everyone knows Jiang Xu, head of the Jiang family in Southeast Asia, is refined and handsome, but also cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. But one night, as the tension between them grows without restraint, the girl, bullied until her eyes are red, uses the last of her strength to prop he
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I Pray to the Gods for You 我向神明祈求你
Jin Xiangyu, secretary-general of Yunshui Municipal Party Committee, age 35. Jiang Xiangyang, a staff member at the Xiahe Town Government in Yunchuan County, Yunshui City, age 28. Jiang Xiangyang felt that a happy love life was beyond her reach. First, a gay man deceived her into a sham marriage, then she met a scumbag. She had all but given up on love when fate brought her together with Jin Xiangyu. What sparks will fly between an ordinary female civil servant from a small town and the secretar
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- 65 The Day We Divorced, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with a Young Man from the Compound 离婚当天，闪婚了大院子弟 [Period setting] [Family life] [Second marriage] In 1990, Jin Lihong was twenty-five. Her parents were rural residents without jobs. She had married quietly a year earlier, but divorced a year later, stirring up all kinds of gossip. Her ex-husband said, “She’s just a half-trained quack who graduated from a medical school for nurses. Do you really think she can treat patients and save lives? Apart from being pretty, she’s useless.” Her colleagues said, “She wanted to keep her pride, so she went 11kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 66 Where the Evening Sun Sets 何处夕落 [Female lead's growth + wealthy and powerful family] Qiao Xi, an easygoing bank teller, is pushed into marketing to bring in clients. He Zhai, back from leave with the military, spots her at a dinner with his cousin, obliviously focused on the food and ignoring everything going on around her. At first, He Zhai thinks the young woman is adorable, like a soft, squishy little bun. Whenever he gets the chance, he wants to reach out and pinch her. Later, the timid yet stubborn Qiao Xi gets under the 271Reads7.3Score—Shelves
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Love in a Small Town 情定小城
Forced love + love at first sight + doting devotion + both leads are chaste + happy ending + obsessive From the moment Meng Yuchuan laid eyes on Shu Miao, he never intended to let her go. If she agreed to be with him, they would love each other wholeheartedly, inseparable as glue. If she refused, he would keep her by his side for the rest of her life, by any means necessary. He could accept everything about her, except her leaving him.
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- 68 Boss, We're Not Close 领导，我们不熟 When they first met, he was the vibrant boy next door, and she was a sensitive, insecure girl who knew little of the world. Song Jinyan would grin and call Su Niannian “Little Stutterer,” and he would also patiently tutor her in her studies. When they met again, he was an ambitious senior leader, and she was an earnest staff member. Su Niannian thought Song Jinyan had long since forgotten the girl next door, until one day after an event, a drunk Song Jinyan stopped her in the corridor and asked 9.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
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Taming the Wild 驯野
Fifteen-year-old Cheng Yuan. She did terribly on her high school entrance exams. Afraid of being punished, she didn't dare go home. Then a torrential downpour forced her to take shelter in a convenience store. When Cheng Yuye found her, she was curled up on a chair, drenched from head to toe. She thought the man would scold her. Instead, he suddenly crouched down and took off her shoes and socks. She looked down at the hand covering her feet, and a wave of despair swept over her. Because at that
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- 70 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.1kReads7.3Score489Shelves
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Hello! My Diplomat 你好！我的外交官先生
[Bright, cheerful international student + Cool, abstinent diplomat] [Unrequited love becomes mutual + Power Couple + He doesn’t love her at first + Later turns into a fiercely protective husband + Happy Ending] At 22, Lin Shuxue, heir to the Lin Group, went to Paris to study. On the third day, at the welcome party for new students, she experienced her first crush. The cool, dignified diplomat standing at the podium was ten whole years older than her, 188 centimeters tall, and so handsome he look
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The Sinking Boat and the Evening Sun 沉舟与晚晴
[Government Insider + Powerful Official Romance + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Workplace Love] He was a powerful figure with an infinitely bright future, a dazzling yet cold star in the political firmament. Calm, restrained, and indifferent to women, he remained that way until a work meeting, when one glimpse of a girl with a smile bright as the morning sun left him utterly captivated: Su Wanqing.
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A Career in Public Service 为民官路
[A gritty, realistic tale of ambition and struggle in the government ranks] In 1990, top student Zhen Weimin offends the wrong people and gets kicked down to a poor rural township. Everyone thinks his life is over. But he is determined to make flowers bloom among the thorns. He breaks through obstacles with his knowledge and grounds himself in his conscience, with every step in sync with the pulse of the times. Starting in the township, he moves forward one step at a time. This is a true chronic
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Whose Daddy-Type Boyfriend Is This Scheming, Brooding One? 谁家爹系男友这么心机阴湿啊
[A seemingly fragile but truly haughty little fox + a possessive, fatherly tycoon] [Long-planned pursuit + age gap + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + sweet romance + happy ending] Word has it that Huan Ting'an, heir to the top-tier Huan family, is refined and elegant, aloof and abstinent, and has a beloved woman he can't have whom he's searched for in vain for years. After hearing this, Sheng Wen'ying looked in the mirror, then at a photo of the woman he loved, and thought long and har
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Sinking into Rouge 沉沦胭脂色
[Ruthless courtship + marriage first, love later + the regretful chase] That stormy night, kidnappers were right behind Gu Ci. She clutched the crisp suit trousers of the man in front of her. “Please, save me...” Jiang Qiyun stood beneath his bodyguard's umbrella and kicked her fingers away with the tip of his shoe. “Why should I save you?” She gritted her teeth. “Save me, and I'll do anything you want.” Jiang Qiyun crouched down with an air of refined aloofness, pinched her chin between his fin
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- 76 Only Jing 唯京主义 The short drama is now streaming: The Spoiled Heiress of Hong Kong City x The Powerhouse of the Capital *One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s one and only, push and pull with mutual flirting, happy ending &When they meet again, she is wearing a long black velvet dress with a thigh-high slit, leaning lazily against the railing on the bar’s second floor. Her eyes are lowered as she coolly watches the wild crowd dancing in the hall below. As if she spots someone, a playful smile curls h 39.9kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
- 77 Yearning, Yearning! 念念，念念！ [Extra Sweet + Campus + Wealthy Families + Entertainment Industry + Both Pure] On the day Xie Yanwen turned nineteen, he suddenly gained a daughter. The little girl sat in the police station and pointed at him, telling the officers pitifully, “He’s my dad.” Looking at the pitiful little girl, Xie Yanwen kept a blank face while screaming internally. How could he have a daughter only a year younger than him? But from then on, he had a little shadow following him everywhere. The girl was especially 5kReads9.1Score404Shelves
- 78 After Flirting with the Wrong Big Shot, She Became the Top Lady of the Capital’s Elite Circle 撩错大佬后，她成京圈第一夫人了 Fu Guidu, a giant in the medical world, was aloof by nature, like a lofty Buddhist saint. Cold and desireless, no one could drag him down to the mortal world. But Xu Ni refused to believe he was untouchable. She tried every trick in the book to tease him, stirring up trouble late at night in nothing but his white shirt. Fu Guidu simply tugged down the hem of her shirt. “Miss Xu, to me, your body is no different from a patient’s. I don’t see you as a woman.” But later... When Xu Ni was trapped in 22.9kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
- 79 Tenderly Coaxed and Seduced 深情哄诱 [Marriage first, love later + long-planned romance + the second male lead gets the girl + the ex regrets it and tries to win her back, but she never turns back + both leads are each other's only partner] [Shrewd business tycoon × sweet, energetic jewelry designer] - Shen Tingyue has loved Song Wenjing since childhood. She is the Song family's adopted daughter and his childhood sweetheart, promised to him in marriage long ago. Then, the day before they were supposed to register their marriage, 20.5kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
- 80 His Iris 他的鸢尾 [Marriage Before Love] [Long-planned scheme] [Secret crush] [Sweet romance] [Devoted one-on-one couple] Pei Chi was a notorious playboy in the capital, a real ladies' man. Then, quite out of character, he agreed to the arranged marriage that the other privileged young heirs looked down on most. After the wedding, he came home late and left early every day, as if marriage had completely chained his freedom. The privileged young heirs were in an uproar. Ruan Yuan must be a tyrant! They had thought 36.5kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
- 81 President Lu, Stop Acting So Arrogant. Miss Jian Is Engaged to President Gu 陆总别傲了，简小姐和顾总订婚了 [Love after marriage + regret and groveling + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Three days before their engagement, Lu Chengze leaves Jian Yao to visit a delicate beauty and announces he might not make it back in time for the ceremony. After drinking herself senseless for a night, Jian Yao stops the young heir of the capital’s most powerful family as he passes by. “Get engaged to me.” Everyone knows Lu Chengze means everything to Jian Yao. They assume she’s only acting out in a fit of anger 6.7kReads9.1Score747Shelves
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The Good Girl Marries a Powerful Man in the Capital 乖乖女二嫁京圈大佬
[Older, fatherly man x sweet, obedient girl + Second Male Lead Takes the Girl + face-slapping the ex-husband + building a career + sweet romance + the powerful one bows his head + quality comfort food] __ Yu Shu is a sweet, obedient girl. She got married right after graduating, to a man her parents had chosen for her. Her scumbag husband was sure she would be easy to control. Not only did he deceive her into marriage, he also planned to live off her. Driven into a corner, the sweet girl turned o
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The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡
[The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the
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The Golden Canary in a Cage 笼中金雀儿
[The story uses flashbacks] [The aloof male lead falls from his pedestal] [Orphan × Scion of the powerful] [Happy ending] The He family grew up under the red flag, and their grandfather wielded considerable influence. He Junqing, the third son of the He family, went into business. The He family has produced two powerhouses in politics and business in this generation, and they're riding high. Lin Ge graduated from Kyoto University. She wasn't exactly outstanding, and ended up working as a junior
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A Lip-Biting Addiction 咬唇瘾
[Heiress from a prominent family vs. retired big shot of the capital’s elite circle] An Yangxi, heiress to a financial conglomerate in the capital, was born into a prominent family. Her father was a businessman, and the family’s enterprises spanned the country. Her mother came from a distinguished century-old family in the capital, with deep roots and an exalted standing. - A highborn heiress and qipao beauty, she had been carefree and spoiled since childhood, longed for freedom, and had a rebel
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Meeting He at Summer's End 暮夏逢禾
[A restrained, gentle power player in Beijing’s elite circles × a cool, resilient fashion student] [Reunion after years apart + six-year age gap + mutual devotion + devoted husband + happy ending] A serious illness at the age of seven left Xu Heqiu with gaps in her childhood memories. After eleven years apart, they meet again in the height of summer, and one glance throws their lives into disarray. Xu Heqiu returns to China and gets into Jing University, where she meets Gu Shuo, the aloof, dista
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In the 1980s, I Opened My Eyes and Pounced on the Broad-Shouldered, Slim-Waisted, Cold Military Officer 八零睁眼就扑倒宽肩细腰高冷军少
[Military Marriage + Satisfying Revenge, No Taking Abuse + Devoted Hero + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Family Life + Officers + Commanders + King of Soldiers] When Shen Xia wakes up after getting a second chance at life, there’s a man with an eight-pack beside her, his arm wrapped around her waist. She tries to slip away quietly, but he pulls her closer until their noses are almost touching. “Don’t move.” He holds her wrist, leaving no room for resistance. She lies against his strong chest
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Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事
Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d
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Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢
[Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i
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- 90 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 318Reads—Score—Shelves
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Under Currents in a Floating World 浮世潜流
A You is a brilliant top student who graduated with a law degree. Rising from the grassroots and fighting in the halls of government, he throws himself into the battle against corruption in the name of fairness and justice. Along the way, he experiences love and hate, the dangers of the world, and a life full of ups and downs. He asks only to find a little peace amid the bustle of the world, but that has become difficult to achieve. All he can do is navigate the hidden currents beneath the surfa
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Only the Southern Star in Sight 惟见南星
Yinglin County welcomes its new county chief, Zhou Weiqing, a hands-on leader carrying old wounds and devoting all his energy to the fight against poverty. Meanwhile, Jiang Nanxing, a highly accomplished agricultural graduate, puts down roots at the grassroots level, using her expertise and passion to drive change in the rural economy. Their work brings them together again and again. They visit fields and villages, tackling problems such as abandoned farmland and the disconnect between productio
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From Clerk to the Central Office 从科员到中枢中心
Male lead: Chen Zhengdong, an orphan who graduated from a prestigious university at twenty-three with a degree in economics and management. A man of integrity, he had dreamed since childhood of becoming a good official who would serve the people wherever he was posted. Throughout his long and winding career in government, Chen Zhengdong weathered countless storms and experienced every kind of hardship and joy. Faced with obstacle after obstacle, he never forgot his original purpose and was never
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