Any Novels About Everyday Urban Life That Feel Close to Reality? 有没有那种,贴近现实生活题材的小说,都市日常。
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I Wish Us Joy Forever 我愿常欢喜
[Women’s Growth + Romance and Marriage + Workplace + Relationships] Girls from different family backgrounds will all find their own happiness! A rose raised in a greenhouse will weather life’s storms, while a girl who grows like a weed will find her own spring. She is a rich girl from a big city, yet she falls prey to a gold-digging boyfriend, sexual harassment at work, and exclusion by her colleagues... She is a small-town academic who gets extorted by a fellow villager and drained by parents w
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A Heron in the Mist 一鹭尘烟
[Urban + City Life + Workplace + One Female Lead + Romantic Tension + Domineering Female CEO + Poor Nobody's Rise to Success + No System + Xiamen Attractions and Food + Both Leads Are Each Other's First] Zhao Tianyi was born destined to be a poor nobody. He drifts aimlessly through the workplace and mingles with countless women, all in the hope of finding a beauty to fulfill his lifelong dream... Why has Lin Linglin, a stunning and icy-cold female CEO, fallen hopelessly in love?
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After the Rebellious Goddess Runs from Her Wedding, President Gu Sleeps with Her Ashes Every Night 反骨女神逃婚后,顾总夜夜枕骨灰
[Not Both Leads' First Time + Face-Slapping the Scumbag + Husband's Regret and Pursuit + Coercive Love + Clear-Eyed Female Lead + BE] Everyone in their circles knows that Su Jian'an is merely an adopted daughter of the Su family, yet she's Yun City's famous, breathtakingly beautiful and aloof miracle-working doctor. She was once as humble as dust, hopelessly in love with Gu Yichen. Then Su Jian'an suddenly cheated on Gu Yichen in the most humiliating way. She called off their engagement and elop
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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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The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城
[The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca
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My Troubled Sister Just Wants Her Little Brother to Take Care of Her 问题姐姐只想被弟弟照顾
Shen Che only wanted a peaceful, ordinary college life at first, sticking to his cautious approach no matter what. Somehow, though, he began “taking care of” one troubled girl after another. The insomniac class president, the socially anxious underclassman, the hardworking girl who pretended to be strong... They each slowly fell apart in front of him, then gradually came to depend on him. But the most dangerous of them all was the “older sister” living with him, Lu Xingmian. She said, “You can’t
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Gourmet: When There's a Banquet, Every Household Joins In 美食:为了吃席,家家户户齐上阵
Gu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the top chef System. Other people who transmigrate get a food System that appears and disappears without a trace, and customers chase it down the street. But his System has just one task: cater banquets and earn ten thousand yuan a month. After Gu Ze caters a harvest feast for an entire village, his name spreads through the little town. The villagers spend every day plotting how to get a seat at a banquet. “You say you don’t know me? F
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I Was Just Running a Stall, So How Did I Become a Supplier to State Banquets? 我摆个摊而已,咋成国宴供应商了
[Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Wife- and Daughter-Doting Devotee]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [No Transmigration, No Rebirth] After turning thirty, Jiang Tian loses his job. His boss flees overseas with his sister-in-law and 80 million yuan. Comforted by his wife, Lin Wanqing, Jiang Tian decides to start a food stall. To his surprise, he binds himself to the [Supreme Street-Stall System]. A humble bowl of fried rice from a roadside stall leaves countless customers overwhelmed: "Boss Jiang's fried rice is the
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It's Just a Supermarket, So Why Are There More Tourists Than at the Scenic Spots? 就一超市,怎么游客比景区还多?
[No System] [Business tycoon] [Business warfare] [Supermarket management] [Game development] [Internet investment] [The rating just came out. Don't pay attention to it; it'll improve after a while.] After transmigrating to a parallel world, he inherits a supermarket in dire straits. Empty aisles and financial reports showing massive losses. Everything points to the supermarket closing down soon. Fortunately, every product on the shelves has been inspected and is guaranteed genuine, with standard
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Pomegranate Blossoms Meet a White Shirt 榴花撞见白衬衫
Intelligent, gentle tutoring-center teacher × kindhearted dentist CEO who defies the usual playbook [Love at first sight | The ultimate in doting and flirtation | Intellectual soulmates | Healing, swoon-worthy everyday romance] The prologue of fate began with an unexpected encounter outside a flower shop. As pomegranate blossoms scattered through the air, Lin Yifan, a 31-year-old dentist and CEO, heard his heart skip a beat. With just one glance, she threw his once-calm world into disarray. Bef
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The Girl from My Flower Shop 我的花店女孩
[A stunning first love, a devoted heiress, a cool goddess] Some say that a man will meet three women in his lifetime: the one he loves, the one who loves him, and the one he marries. The lucky ones can sum them all up with a single name. But after years of ups and downs with these women, I finally found the best answer. Even years later, looking back on it all still brings tears to my eyes. This is the idealistic story of an idealistic young man.
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The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人
The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you...
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My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘
[Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see
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My 26-Year-Old Tenant: A Lonely Sail on an Island 我的26岁女房客之海岛孤帆
What exactly is love, and where does it come from? I can’t quite figure it out. Perhaps love is just a colorful butterfly: beautiful to look at, but impossible to get close to. If you really try to hold it tight in your hands, it struggles, and in struggling, rubs away all its color, leaving it pale forevermore. I think I understand a little why I’m so careful: I’m afraid that I might fail to touch her soul, yet rub away that beautiful layer of color.
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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 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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My Blind Date Is a Treasure 相亲对象是个宝
My Blind Date Is a Treasure
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After a Blind Date with a Stunning Beauty, I Became a Dad Without Any Pain 和大美女相亲后,我无痛当爹
After a Blind Date with a Gorgeous Woman, I Became a Dad Without the Pain
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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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Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光:旧纪元,盗火,无归
Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt.
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Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事
The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out...
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I Marry the Yandere Eldest Princess Instead, and My White Moonlight's Heart Falls Apart 改娶病娇长公主,白月光心态崩了
[Men's Fiction] [Yandere Heiress to a Wealthy Family + Obsessively Possessive Wife + Sweet Romance] [Regret and Remorse + No Forgiveness + Identity-Reveal Face-Slapping] [One Heroine + Everyday Romance + Sweet and Satisfying] [Forced Love] In his previous life, the real young master, Qin Jiang, returned to his family and did everything he could to please them. But his biological parents drugged him and sent him to marry into a living hell in his younger brother's place. His five older sisters wa
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You Want Me to Kneel? Then I'll Send You All to Northern Myanmar 让我下跪?那我只好送你们去缅北
[Underdog's Comeback]+ [Trade Space]+ [Devil Fruit]+ [Multiverse]+ [the Myriad Worlds]+ [China's Rise] Also known as: Transmigrated into a Book, Trading Across Worlds, I Trade Rice for Advanced Technology Parallel-universe Blue Star. Jiang Lan transmigrates into the body of a minor cannon-fodder character and binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Trade Space. His first friend: Jiang Lan trades rice for advanced technology! His second friend: Jiang Lan gets a Devil Fruit and three kinds of Haki! His
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The Strongest Man to Emerge from Vocational School 从职校走出的强者
When Li Feng stepped into vocational school, his life began to change... Youth is meant to be lived boldly and without restraint! A legend is about to unfold! May you roam far and wide, then return still young at heart...
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You Were Supposed to Pick Up Your Little Sister, So Why Are You Dating Her Teacher? 让你接妹妹放学,你接老师约会?
[Easygoing daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] Jiang Ning is an obscure online novelist who loves writing romance. When his parents had to go back to their hometown to visit relatives, he was tasked with taking his younger sister to school to register. He thought it would be an ordinary first-day registration, never suspecting that the wheels of fate had begun to turn. Jiang Wan: “Bro, do you like Teacher Zhang? I think she’s great. I want her to be my sister-in-law!” He t
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A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情!
Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure.
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Zheng Yan, the Secret of My Youth 郑颜,我青春里的秘密
At the end of summer, at his new school, he met the person he would never forget, like the moonlight in his heart… “By the way, what’s your name?” “Lu Wenyi.” “Zheng Yan. Yan as in ‘color.’” … “After all this time, don’t you have anything to say to me?” “No. I only hope you can reach the place you want to go.” May your eyes be filled with stars, and may the road you travel lead to your dreams. The collision of ideals and reality, the unspoken secrets of youth. In his eyes, she was the best vers
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Gleaming Light, Radiant Xuan 浮光瑄盈
[Angsty Romance, Angst Before Sweetness, Rekindled Love, Defying Fate, A Decade of Love, Together in Life and Death, Healing, Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] An introverted, insecure first-year high school boy and a gentle, talented second-year girl; a traveler wandering at the gates of the underworld, a beacon lighting the darkest path, and an epic love story spanning ten years. Ten years in exile, all so I could grow old with you. If two people truly love each other, they should be together.
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A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈,破碎的家,不屈的我
[Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his
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Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓,不要命啦!
[Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake
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Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线
In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate…
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The Joys and Sorrows of Time 岁月悲欢
(Also known as The Waxing and Waning) Life offers no lucky breaks, and it is never gentle with anyone. Only when we learn to see our flaws can we hold on to wholeness. May we all stand in the sunlight and live surrounded by warmth. This is a slow-paced story grounded in reality. Bring your heart along, and let’s sit down and talk at our own pace.
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How Dare You Steal My Takeout? 你敢偷老子外卖
Deng Xia hated two kinds of people more than anything: those who stole umbrellas from outside the classroom, and those who stole takeout from outside the school gate. A takeout theft led to a disaster when Deng Xia mistook Chen Jingyuan for the “little thief” who had stolen it. The facts were clear and the evidence conclusive, so Deng Xia beat him up, only to discover that someone else had actually stolen the food... Chen Jingyuan had always hated people with no sense of boundaries. After meetin
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Maybe Turn Back, Maybe Be Free 或许回头或许自由
Everyone has a different view of love, and the love stories between any two people are all different. I've always believed that if two people don't end up together, or don't make it to the end, it's because one of them wasn't the right person, or because their love wasn't the kind that could suit them for a lifetime. Some love is calm and ordinary, some is passionate and tumultuous, but who can guarantee which kind will last until old age? Maybe youth comes with regrets. They might be brief, or
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A Good Match for Marriage 宜嫁宜娶
Welcome, drama fans! Two storylines: [son of a bureau chief x daughter of a deputy director] & [high-ranking official’s family x heiress] Ji Yunjia found Song Jiming holding her camisole, looking puzzled. “How is this so padded when you haven’t even put it on?” His gaze drifted to her chest. It wasn’t big, but it didn’t look small either. He chuckled. “Ms. Ji, you’ve got quite a lot of padding there.” Ji Yunjia’s face burned. She hurriedly snatched it from him. “What do you know?” She was wearin
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Steal Her Away for a Kiss 拐走亲一口
Puppy-boy romance! The rating is low because the story is new, so please don't be put off by it. “A slow, steady romance + love at first sight for the male lead, who's a lovestruck straight shooter.” Both leads are sexually inexperienced! “Chu the Tease × Lin the Feisty One” Lin Beian was still single at 28, and Guo Xia was more desperate to marry off her daughter than a rainmaker praying for rain. Then she ran into the doctor who had treated her just yesterday at a blind date? Lin Beian never d
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The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇
In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from
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The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹
This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that
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One Glance, A Lifetime of Love 一次回眸,一世情
[Workplace Romance] + [Modern Romance] + [Family] + [Love at First Sight] + [Secret Crush] This is a tangled love story between one woman and three men. Ouyang Bo, a top student from a prestigious university, gives up his promising future to follow her to a remote mountain village and continue a love they both chose. Cheng Xi, the city’s top official, remains true to his first love for twenty years, letting the feelings sparked by their first meeting deepen into a profound love. Rich and handso
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Willow Branch, For You 柳枝予你
[Mostly set at school, with some urban life + 1990s + mutual devotion + healing each other + cozy everyday moments] [A slightly insecure wallflower | A sharp-tongued, warm-hearted ray of sunshine] On the first monthly break of high school, Liu Han hurried onto the bus home and was surprised to find that Yang Qi had been sitting there for quite a while. She was both delighted and a little embarrassed, but he was perfectly at ease and invited her to ride home on his bicycle after they got off.
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Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生
[A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes
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Climbing the Official Ranks from Humble Beginnings 官场之寒门逆袭
Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top.
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What Does It Have to Do with You? 有半毛钱关系吗?
What’s it to me? What’s it to you? It’s nobody’s business! These three phrases are all you need to put an end to overthinking! What’s it got to do with you? What’s it got to do with me? What’s it got to do with anyone? Whenever you face a person or a situation, just ask yourself these three questions, and there won’t be a problem. May everyone live true to themselves, independent and beautiful! A coming-of-age story about four girls with very different personalities. This isn’t a story. It’s bas
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A Northeastern Woman’s Story in Macau 东北女人的澳门故事
Once you've been to Macau, it's yours for life! What kind of city is A-Ma-Gau? Why are so many people obsessed with it? What kind of tumultuous life awaits a naive young woman who ventures into Macau alone? Here, stories unfold every day, and miracles happen every day. In these most authentic stories, you'll see human nature at its rawest, the most insatiable desires, and the cheapest emotions. Welcome to my life in Macau.
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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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Beneath the Splendor 繁华之下
In the winter of 1994, the third sister, Hao Xiaocao, fell like a withered leaf into a snowdrift on North Mountain. The police ruled it a suicide. The truth was like fish beneath a frozen lake, their scales glinting in the dark waters. It took fifteen years for three men's fragmented memories to piece together the complete picture. The eldest brother's back was no longer straight. The year he was laid off, he welded an old bicycle into a reverse-riding tricycle. From then on, it rolled back and
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Summer and Fate 夏季与天意
An ordinary encounter: one is a talented young woman at a crossroads in her life, and the other is a dedicated high school teacher. A sweet story about down-to-earth life and love. Xu Huanyi met Xu Tian in the summer. Once lost and uncertain, she gave up the job she already had and came to this small town for a fresh start. To her delight, she discovered that Xu Tian was part of that new beginning. Back in high school, Xu Tian had inexplicably taken a liking to a girl, though all he did was wa
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The Little Prince's Honey 小王子的蜜
[Sharp-tongued devotion × emotional push and pull × rekindled love] After ten years apart, he hates her with all his heart; She treats him like a stranger. He coldly draws a line between them; She thinks to herself: This man is like a pickled vegetable I’ve already stepped on. I’m destined to get my revenge in this lifetime. Then their tension turns into flirtation. She teases him with her fingertips and slowly loosens her clothes. He fights down his desire, but his composure shatters. “I don’
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Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某
There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they?
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No Lamps, No Moon, So What? 无灯无月又何妨
If two hearts understand each other, what need have they for lamps or moonlight? If one day we’re caught in the same snow, then we’ll have shared a lifetime of gray hair. Even if we lived together in perfect harmony, there would still be regrets! May you weather every storm and still keep the light in your eyes, never straying from your original purpose.
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