Any Stories About Ordinary Urban Life? 有没有那种都市普通生活文
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The Comeback: From Wage Slave to CEO 逆袭！从打工仔到总裁
This book tells the story of Lin Qiang, an 18-year-old from a rural village in northwest China. When his family was struck by sudden hardship, with his father seriously ill and debts piling up, he had no choice but to give up his place at a prestigious university. With just 200 yuan in his pocket, he set off alone for the prosperous coastal city of Donghai to make a living. He started out hauling bricks at construction sites, then seized opportunities to learn new skills and struggle through the
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Uncovering the Past of the ‘Third-Line’ Defense Industry Workers 揭秘:“小三线”军工人的往事
A Look Back at the Past of the “Third-Line” Defense Industry Workers
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My Father's Era of the Fortress Villages 父亲的崮时代
Yimeng Mountain is a work of documentary fiction about the second generation of military-industry workers, telling the true story of the mysterious “Third Front” military factories. It retraces how the children of Third Front workers and their parents pressed on through successive waves of change. “Good people and good horses head to the Third Front.” The companies were reorganized and moved out of the mountains... They rose from the ashes as a red-culture base, as the home of China’s peaches, a
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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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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 Freezer 冰柜
In today's restless society, people's innate kindness can easily be lost amid rampant materialism. Sometimes, love and devotion are repaid with betrayal, or even death. Based on real cases, this book warns readers that the dark side of human nature is always present, and that desire and dissatisfaction can corrode even the deepest bonds.
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Fan Shengmei Marries a Dominant CEO 樊胜美嫁霸道总裁
[Fan fiction + marriage first, love later + love at first sight + secret crush + both virgins] Fan Shengmei had always dreamed of marrying a rich man and landing herself a wealthy husband. She had a rich best friend who would stand by her through thick and thin. Her friend said her second brother was the real deal: handsome, rich, and powerful. She told Shengmei to go on a blind date with him, become her sister-in-law, and officially join the family. Shengmei's father needed money for surgery, a
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After My Divorce, I Become My Boss’s Favorite 离婚后我成了上司掌心宠
The heroine, Song Mei, and her husband, Chen Yu, were college classmates. They dated for four years and got married as soon as they graduated. So that Song Mei could have a child sooner, she never took a job. Two years later, her husband decided to marry his first love and resolutely divorced Song Mei. After the divorce, Song Mei crossed paths with Gao Jun by chance, and her fate changed completely. Born into a privileged family, Gao Jun initially looked down on the unremarkable Song Mei. But af
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Conflict and Choice 矛盾与抉择
Leng Yan was an attractive, capable, energetic woman with a master’s degree. Thanks to her looks and abilities, she became the office director at the Commercial Bureau of District X before she turned forty. By chance, she met Gao Jian, a fitness trainer. Over time, a special bond developed between them. One day, her husband, Li Mo, learned of their intimacy, and their marriage of many years came to an end. Just then, Leng Yan’s career was beset by one crisis after another, leaving her barely abl
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The Men I Met After My Divorce 离婚后，我遇到的男人们
We had known each other for 26 years and been married for 20. We went from having nothing to building an estate worth tens of millions, and from being alone to having a son and a daughter. To outsiders, our marriage looked enviably perfect. At last, after all my years of waiting, it came to a happy ending. At last, I’m divorced and completely free. Now I can observe the men around me as an outsider. Men come in all kinds. There’s a type for everyone. This is my new book. If you happen to come ac
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You Made Me Your Nanny, but Heaven Made Me the Heroine 你逼我当保姆，老天让我当女主
Because of her sweet, pretty looks, the female lead was bullied by her cousin from a young age. But fate seemed terribly unfair to her. When she was 28, a car accident killed both her parents, leaving her all alone. Her well-off cousin took pity on her and invited her to move to the city. From then on, her life changed completely.
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A Wounded Woman Doesn't Talk About Love 受伤女人不谈爱
She raises her husband’s mistress’s child! This is a story about a woman’s growth, inspired by many real-life stories. Wang Shengnan was born into a rural family that favored sons over daughters, and her mother named her Shengnan, meaning “to surpass men.” She started working as soon as she graduated from middle school. At a beauty salon, her boss sexually assaulted her, but timid and meek, she did not dare speak out. Later, she married an ordinary man, only for him to die in an accident. After
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The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男
This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way.
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After Tearing the Scumbag to Shreds, the Heroine's Life Goes into Overdrive 手撕渣男后，女主的人生开挂了
They once loved each other so deeply, from their school days to their wedding. But even the strongest love can apparently be no match for temptation. The male lead betrays the female lead, who, lost and confused, searches for a new direction in life. This is a slow-burning story. I hope you enjoy it. The story is entirely fictional, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please don’t assume it’s about you.
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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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A Small-Town Lawyer's Journey to Level Up 小城女律师打怪升级记
After graduating from college, Lin Jia chose neither to stay in the big city nor to return to her hometown. Instead, she packed her bags and headed for the small southern city she had always dreamed of. A lively young lawyer sets off on a journey of challenges and growth.
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A Favorable Wind at My Back 好风凭借力
With a little help from the wind, I’ll soar to the clouds. In life, some things are worth trying as you go. Perhaps a pleasant surprise is waiting just around the corner. Come follow the journey of a “leftover woman” as she makes the most of every opportunity.
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Hello, System 您好，系统
The Human Devolution Report: Don't be fooled by this civilized getup. We're all lining up to take part in a grand pantomime of devolution. We meekly surrender our right to get lost, hand over our memory cards, and even turn our joys and sorrows into ready-made meals you can eat straight from the packet. Five poor souls twisted into knots by the times: an old sailor bets his life in a storm as the satellites fail; a gourmet can no longer taste the warmth of his father's last bowl of hand-pulled n
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Reborn with 1.87 Million in Debt 187W负债重生
Chen Mo is a Beijing guy who used to have it good. Then the pandemic hit, his business went under, and he wound up buried in debt, including online loans. The collection calls came more reliably than his alarm clock. He thought his life was pretty much over. But guess what? Someone was willing to pay for his “experience of failure.” Turns out, taking that fall landed him a whole new line of work. Where were these people when he needed them before? This is a story about digging yourself out from
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Pick Up the Phone! No, Mom 接电话啊！不了，妈妈
This is not an isolated tragedy, but the “acceptable” waste produced by a finely tuned social machine. Reporter Lin Yue goes through the files of four children: a prodigy in Beijing, a dreamer in Hangzhou, a top student in Nanjing, and the pride of a small town. She discovers that what pushed them to the brink was not failure, but precisely the “one right path” to success laid out for them by their families, schools, and society. The report ultimately reveals how we conspired as a society to tur
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The Woman Next Door 邻家女人
The lives of women in an old Shanghai mansion [A self-conscious, bullied high school beauty who draws everyone in + a devoted childhood sweetheart who is her pure first love] [A chaotic, troubled painter + a refined, domineering gallery owner, drawn to each other] [A despairing housewife with depression + her cold doctor husband, who has to fight to win her back] [Urban romance + sweet campus love + an ensemble of women] In an old French-style mansion in Shanghai, Zhang Yajing has just signed a
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A Fox's Glimmering Shadow 狐光掠影
Mistresses have always been a desperate lot! No praise, no blame. I'm just telling their stories. In the eyes of the public, they're like rats crossing the street, hated by everyone and living in dark corners where the sun never shines. The smart and capable ones manage to get out in time. The foolish ones are left, bobbing up and down in the dark abyss... There are many ways to live a long life, yet this particular group chooses this one, and there are quite a few of them. At least, there are s
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Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活
Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years.
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An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路
An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard...
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Zhao Jiji’s Love Story After Divorce 赵吉吉离婚后的爱情故事
To be loved is an extension of self-love! I thought I'd shut myself off from love for good, but I never expected to meet him in my forties... After her son takes the college entrance exam, Zhao Jiji divorces her ex-husband. She delivers food, works as a real estate agent and caregiver, and writes novels, doing her best to make a life for herself. While working as a caregiver, she meets a man she once went on a blind date with, and the two begin a beautiful relationship.
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A True-Love Warrior's Adventures in Society 纯爱战神社会历险记
Beijing suburbs, 2006. A beat-up van, a guy at the wheel, the school beauty in the front seat, and 17-year-old Chen Mo in the back. He didn't dare look at her. All he could do was breathe in the scent of cream-cake shampoo in her hair. Whenever the van jolted, her hair brushed his face, and he sat rigid, afraid to move. Back then, he thought liking someone was enough. Then the school beauty pulled out a brand-new tarot deck and asked him to read her love fortune. He thought she was finally looki
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The City’s Masked Man: Go Ahead, I’m Watching You Act 城市假面人，演，我看着你演
An ordinary person acts so convincingly that he could win an Oscar, living behind a mask as marriage, family, and career all deal him blow after blow. Like a cockroach, he is reborn against all odds. See how he copes with the chaos of everyday life and becomes a master of life's many skills!
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Xu Xue’er 徐雪儿
The everyday work life of Xu Xue'er, an ordinary office drone and medical student, and the sweet romance that blossoms between her and engineer Zhou Dongyang... A warm, down-to-earth story filled with delicious food and all kinds of sweet, thoughtful interactions!!!
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Drenched in Glamour 染指浮华
Let me tell you some true stories. After Yu Xiaobei and Chen Chen divorced, he found it hard to let go of his feelings for her, and it made him miserable. He didn’t want to keep hurting, so he decided to try accepting a new relationship. He met Xu Jing at work and Cheng Chen in his day-to-day life. Yu Xiaobei went through a number of romantic entanglements with each of them. Meanwhile, spring came at last for his friend Lao Wai, who also found himself caught up in a complicated situation. Lao Wa
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My Fleeting Days of Dew and Clouds 我的浮云朝露
Let me tell you some true stories. Ever since I started writing novels, I’ve gradually heard friends, and friends of friends, tell me their stories. This time, my friend Lu Bin invited his college classmate Yu Zhou to join us for drinks and a chat. I based this story on Yu Zhou’s own experiences. Yu Zhou told me about his first love, his childhood sweetheart, and some of his college classmates and friends. There were happy comedies and heartbreaking tragedies...
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Moonlit Evenings and Blossoming Mornings 此间月夕花晨
Let me tell some true stories. After finishing My Fleeting Days, I was eager to find out what happened afterward. So, with Lu Bin and Yu Zhou acting as intermediaries, I met Jiang Le. Talking with him not only filled me in on what happened later, but also helped me learn about the changes in Jiang Le’s life over those years, and hear a brief story about a girl who played a very important role in Youth Diary: The Years Gone By...
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Love at Forty 不惑爱情
Xu Anqin, a middle-aged woman, has a life that's a complete mess: a mother with dementia, a selfish older sister, in-laws full of schemes, and a husband who can't see the bigger picture. Everything fuels her anxiety. At the lowest point in her life, her rich and handsome first love reappears. Maybe there's another path she could take, but clearheaded as ever, Xu says, “I'm almost forty. How could I still be some domineering CEO's unattainable first love?” Before her divorce, life had backed her
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These Years, These Things 这些年，这些事
Campus + urban life + everyday moments + a hint of mystery + the underworld + romance + explosive plot twists He should have been destined for greatness, a top student in everyone's eyes. But one unexpected incident made him destroy his own promising future. The consequences changed not only the course of his life, but the lives of many others as well. All characters, places, and events in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.
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The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路
A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w
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My Greatest Love, My Deepest Pain 挚爱，至痛
Lin Nan was born into a highly educated family. Beautiful from birth, she was her parents’ cherished darling. Why, then, did she eventually lose her father’s affection? Sent away to board at school in another city, she was lucky enough to meet a kindred spirit. The two soon became inseparable, with nothing they couldn’t talk about. But then, without warning, her good friend suddenly vanished without a trace. Lin Nan grew into an accomplished young woman, graceful and admired by all. Then she was
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A Crooked Road Through Life 歪歪人生路
University admissions send Lu Xiaojun and Liu Yajuan down different paths. He follows her to her city for love, fighting his way up from the bottom, while she leaves without a word because of her own troubles. Years later, they meet again and rekindle their relationship, but their marriage soon faces another crisis. After their divorce, fate brings them close once more… Can this tangled half-life finally lead them to stay together?
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People from a Small City 小城市的人
[Two Male Leads + Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + A Cross-Section of Society + Angsty Romance + Workplace + Realism] One is a sunny young man who grew up in a government compound; the other is a poor boy from the countryside. They spend several years as classmates, parting and reuniting as their lives intertwine and they grow along different paths. After weathering one trial after another, and experiencing the clamor, loneliness, and pain in their respective lives, they search for meaning in th
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The Story of Brother Dog’s Struggle 狗哥奋斗史
Zhou Degou, the “stray dog” of the urban village, clawed his way from real estate agent to capitalist with a pair of ruthless eyes. No education, no connections, just a cheap life and a quick mind. The dirty tricks of urban strivers, the brutal underworld of little people. The story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.
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Reborn: The Gilded Years 重生之鎏金岁月
Also known as: Reborn: Saving My One True Love with AI Li Heng was reborn. Back in 2011, he was still a handsome eighth-grader. He had no money or power, just an offline version of DeepSeek and a nightmare he couldn't forget. In his previous life, a girl took the brunt of everything for him and died that summer during their ninth-grade year. He remembered her open eyes for fifteen years. This time, he swore he would save her. But what he hadn't expected was this: The childhood friend who used to
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The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光
That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?”
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Half a Life as a Boy 男孩子的半生
It's strange, they say that those with no close relatives are destined for a hard life. Zihan never knew who his father was, and when he was six, his mother secretly hopped on a train and ran off to Shandong. From then on, Zihan was raised by his grandmother. She was running a steamed-bun shop with his eldest aunt, so neither of them really had time to look after him. When he reached school age, his uncle by marriage rode an old bicycle, taking Zihan and his older sister to preschool. From then
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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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What's Got You So Proud? 你牛什么牛
Also known as The Yueyue’s Terrible Mother-in-Law. Through the story of an unusually strong-willed woman’s life, this novel offers a profound look at the dialectical relationship between personality and fate. From many angles, it examines the rise of extreme feminism in contemporary society. It also gives serious thought to marriage and romance, raising children, and human relationships in the modern world. It offers important guidance for a new generation in the twenty-first century on developi
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City Romance: 101 Heart-Pounding Moments 都市恋语：101次心动瞬间
In this bustling city, love quietly takes shape in a thousand different ways. Some feel their hearts race as they pass a stranger in a subway station. Some rediscover their courage after a chance encounter in a cafe. And some use words across a screen to keep each other warm through lonely nights... This collection brings together 101 short stories, each a vivid, self-contained glimpse of love. Some are sweet, some bittersweet, some absurd, and some healing. Together, they capture the excitement
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A Post-00s Kid Helps Mom Take Down Her Scumbag Husband 00后帮妈妈整渣斗三
[Modern urban life + inspirational + slice of life + feel-good] Wu Jie is a poor student who loves gaming. After his parents' marriage falls apart, he defies fate and changes his life. First, he helps his mother take down her cheating husband and his mistress. Later, he helps his motherland root out scoundrels and traitors. Step by step, he rises to the brightest peak of his life...
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A Second New Beginning 二次新生
[No System] [Not Reborn] [Realistic Urban Life] [Restaurant Startup] [Slice of Life] It wasn’t until the day I got divorced that I understood: closing the noodle shop wasn’t the hardest part. The hardest part was watching my ex-wife get into someone else’s car, then having to smile as I served the last pot of bone broth to my summer customers. Later, I won a bet to take over a restaurant. I thought my life was finally turning around. Until I realized that every step I took was a square on someon
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My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子
As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times.
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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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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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The Retired Soldier King and His Sweet Southern Girl 退役兵王糙汉与南方娇软妹子
(Mutually faithful, one-on-one romance: a rugged former special forces soldier and a sweet, gentle girl from the south) Cheng Ye was once the king of the special forces. He was wild-looking and lived a rough, carefree life. After leaving the military, he started a renovation crew. Ruan Ruan was just like her name: sweet-looking and gentle by nature. What kind of story will unfold when a soft-spoken southern girl meets a rough northern man? Former Special Forces Soldier × Heiress to a Pastry-Ma
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