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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The Handsome Young Man 帅小伙
The Wang and Hai families had been neighbors and friends, but a dispute over building a house turned them into sworn enemies. Wang Xiaoshuai, a third-generation member of the Wang family, became a thorn in Haitang’s side. Every day after school, Haitang would block his way and beat him to a pulp, never tiring of it. Desperate to escape Haitang’s shadow, Wang Xiaoshuai racked his brains, and Haitang became the goal he was determined to surpass.
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Reborn: Starting with Winning Over My Childhood Sweetheart 重生，从从忽悠小青梅开始
When Lu Ping’an woke up, he had returned to the year 2000, emerging from his mother’s womb. This time, he would hold on tight to everything he had regretted losing with his childhood friend, Fang Xiaoyu. “Lu Ping’an, don’t die!” “I just have chickenpox. I’m not going to die.” “If you’re not dying, why won’t you open the door?” “Because chickenpox is contagious, and I don’t want you to get sick.” “Xiaoyu isn’t afraid of getting sick. Let Xiaoyu come in and see you!” “No. You’ll catch it.” “Waaah!
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I, Qi Tongwei, Refuse to Curry Favor With the Powerful. I'll Start as a Village Official 我祁同伟，不事权贵，从村官干起
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Art of Not Competing 不争之争
This book says that, in the end, it doesn’t matter whether you fight for something or not. Just be yourself! The ancients said, “Because he contends with no one, no one in the world can contend with him.” Chinese people place greater value on not contending... Not contending brings peace of mind, the source of all strength, like the sea... In modern society, even not contending can be seen as a kind of struggle, born of helplessness...
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The Man Adopted by a Widow 寡妇收养的男人
[Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen]
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Zhining’s Winter 芷宁的东天
At thirty, Zhining had long since stopped believing in love and decided to live alone, freely and on her own terms. Then a chance game of murder mystery brought the forceful, passionate Shao Dong into her quiet life. His overwhelming possessiveness and affection threw off her familiar rhythm. She had thought she would never fall in love again, but when faced with someone willing to do anything for her, The resolve she had held for years to never marry began to waver. At the halfway point of life
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The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界
In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction.
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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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Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模
The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins!
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Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱
Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l
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Ten Years After Our No-Frills Wedding 裸婚10年后
For ten years of marriage, Qin Xiaoxiao has been working toward buying a home and putting down roots. She and her husband scrimped and saved until they had 100,000 yuan, hoping to buy a secondhand house. Then her father-in-law fell seriously ill, and the medical bills wiped out every last penny. Their home-buying plans fell through, their hopes were crushed, and conflicts between the couple and between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law grew more frequent. She was desperate and full of regret. Bu
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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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Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！
Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life!
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When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之
As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care...
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As Though Polished 娟然如拭
Guiding Romance + Workplace Marriage + Healing + CEO + Long-Running Scheme + Personal Growth Wang Juan had known her first love for ten years and been married to him for five, but then she suddenly discovered that her husband was attracted to men. As an HR professional, she thought she was good at reading people, yet she couldn't see through her husband. And somehow, she ended up hiring a marketing director who claimed he'd been in love with her for years. Faced with a marketing director who was
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My Angel Investor Is My Adorable Husband 天使投资人是我的小娇夫
Told from the heroine's perspective, this story follows her journey from an innocent, inexperienced newcomer to the working world to a successful professional woman. Fang Yuwei and the hero, Lin Peifeng, meet on campus. He falls for her at first sight and takes care of her and stays by her side, but Lin Peifeng's identity is not so simple. As the heroine makes her way through the workplace, she encounters all kinds of unwritten rules, both obvious and hidden. She changes jobs several times and m
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The Rest of My Life Was All Part of the Plan 余生，蓄谋已久
Lawyer Chu and Lu Kuo ultimately broke up, and almost everyone mocked her for being a sparrow who thought she could marry into a rich family. Years later, she returned with her son. When she saw Lu Kuo, she merely greeted him coolly: "Mr. Lu." At that moment, Lu Kuo, a playboy for years, couldn't hold back his tears. His voice hoarse, he said, "Who wants to be just Mr. Lu?"
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A Marriage of Money 钱婚
To become the dutiful daughter, good wife, and loving mother everyone expected, Liu Xiaoqing buried her youthful dreams and deepest desires before the age of thirty-three, living a life of constant compromise. After graduating, she painfully gave up her dream of becoming a writer and took the civil service exam, becoming a government employee. At home, she endured her in-laws' repeated provocations, again and again, just to preserve her marriage. At work, she likewise chose to put up with her
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His Puppy-Dog Eyes 他的狗狗眼
[Younger man’s secret crush + grown-up flirtation and entanglement + an affectionate puppy who loves to cuddle] [Sincere, green-tea-flavored veterinarian × beautiful top student and lead singer of a band] “Big Sis, you’re the only one with the key to this collar. If I could, I’d hope you never opened it for the rest of your life, because I only want to be your good little dog, and yours alone.”
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Designing Love: My Dream Guy Insists We Get Married 设计爱情！男神非要跟我结婚
[A designer's workplace romance and daily life + women's workplace story + escaping a small town] [Sweet romance + one-on-one pairing + no angst + no misunderstandings + no golden finger + no face-slapping] [Scheming architectural designer + naive newcomer to the workplace] Architectural designer Lu Yuan is known in the industry as an irresistible dreamboat of a designer. Every project he designs becomes a hit, and people never stop talking about his work. But nobody could have guessed that behi
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Spring Trees in the Mu Clouds 慕云春树
College campus + both leads are each other’s one and only + secret crush becomes mutual + sweet romance The male lead is cold on the outside but warm inside. He starts off arrogant, then gets humbled and turns into a lovesick puppy. One day after they’re married, Sun Chunjia confronts Jiang Qiuyuan. “Didn’t you say dating was a hassle and that we should just go straight to matchmaking?” Jiang Qiuyuan gives her an innocent look, says nothing, and kisses her like a puppy. The proper blurb: Wha
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After Tricking My Husband into a Divorce, I Was Fleeced for a Million by a Puppy-Like Boy 骗夫离婚后，我被小奶狗掏空百万
Urban suspense + marriage in name only + tender trap + younger sweet guy + a battle of wits A cold marriage and a suffocating life: Liang Qiuyue has spent half her life struggling through it, asking only for a peaceful existence. Then the warm and gentle Jiang Zhihao appears, pampering and protecting her, and helping support her family. She believes she has found salvation, and bravely divorces to start her life anew. Little does she know: Every tender gesture is a trap, and every act of favo
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The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活
[No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital.
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The Storms of Beicheng 北城风云
Synopsis: (This story is entirely fictional. Its original title was Northern City’s Turmoil.) What is the jianghu? Wherever there are people, there is a jianghu, and wherever there is a jianghu, there is conflict! The jianghu is about fighting, killing, and the law of the jungle, but it’s also about human relationships and social conventions. This book will take you back to the jianghu of the 1980s and 1990s, where you’ll witness the extraordinary path of Chen Yanan, a generation’s ruthless hero
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The Detective's Glory 刑警荣耀
Wang Wei is a veteran detective with twenty years of police experience and a three-time champion of the Tian Nan Provincial Police Academy’s grappling and combat tournament. By a twist of fate, he is reborn twenty years in the past, just after graduating from the academy and starting his career. From then on, he makes a name for himself. No major case, strange case, cold case, or decades-old case is too difficult for Wang Wei. Give him a moment, and he’ll crack it! If you’re a criminal, no matte
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Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村
[Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha
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An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家
I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv
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At Dusk 人到黄昏
Family love, romance, friendship, and neighborly affection. The ordinary, uneventful lives of everyday people; the changing times reflected in rural life; the differences between two generations in their views on elder care; and how the elderly and children of the new era should face the twilight years of life.
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The Way of Heaven Is Strong 天行健
In his early thirties, he was betrayed by his wife and left his hometown in a rage. After enduring the hardships of survival and facing the harsh realities of society, he made a comeback and became a legendary business magnate. Through countless rises and falls, love and heartbreak, he ultimately became a king who could shape the course of the world.
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The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲
Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a
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A Fairy Tale for Myself 给自己的童话
A car accident unexpectedly sends me transmigrating back eleven years, and I immediately get to work on my money-making plans: e-commerce, wedding planning, real estate speculation, beauty reviews... I also want to make short videos and sell products through livestreams. I'm going to reclaim all the love and career opportunities I lost over the years. This time, can I give myself a fairy-tale ending?
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A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常
After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit,
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Official Fortune: Soaring to the Top 官运：扶摇职上
When Chen Fu makes a delivery to his wife Luo Yao's shop, he unexpectedly sees something he shouldn't have. After a huge fight with his wife, he decides, for the sake of their marriage, to rethink his career. As he makes his way through the workplace, he gradually discovers a side of his wife he never knew existed...
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They've Got It All Under Control Ta手拿把掐
Shen Qing has no grand ambitions. She’s young, but all she wants is to take it easy. She doesn’t really care whether her guesthouse makes money, as long as she has enough to eat, warm clothes, and a good night’s sleep. That is, until she meets Xu Wang in a town called Zaosheng, where there isn’t a single jujube tree. He can do just about anything under the sun... The first time they meet, he’s a tricycle driver giving people rides, and his bizarre driving nearly throws her out of the vehicle. Th
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Husband and Wife at the Factory 工厂里的夫妻
Chen Yishan’s husband, Sun Hai, was good for nothing, leaving her to shoulder the entire financial burden of the family. To improve their circumstances, she decided to leave her six-year-old son, Sun Dabao, in the care of her parents-in-law, then go to Guangdong with her cousin to work in a factory.
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The Detective Has No Idea the Two Male Leads Eloped 侦探死都不知道双男主其实私奔了
[Dual Male Leads · Multiple Perspectives · Ensemble Cast · Campus · Mystery] (Not a power fantasy, subverts expectations, demanding to read, plenty of foreshadowing, proceed with caution if that bothers you, and expect heartbreak) A detective only needs to explain why people die. A writer, however, has a responsibility to tell everyone why people should live. A cave, an elopement. They left behind an unidentified corpse, a utility knife, and an investigation steeped in heartbreak from beginning
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Fate’s Echo in a Sea of Blossoms 逆袭繁花里的宿命回响
When her entrepreneurial dream crashes against the iron wall of reality, Lin Wan is determined to fight against the odds. She starts out in a rented room barely ten square meters wide, races all over the city to win orders, and gives up every shred of pride to raise money. Just as success in landing a contract seems within reach, a rival’s malicious scheme strikes without warning. A client is stolen, the whole internet turns against her, and her reputation is ruined. Overnight, all her hard work
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The Campus Belle Had Never Been Linked to Anyone, Until I Went to College 校花学姐从无绯闻，直到我上大学
[Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t
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They Stole My Credit, So I Slacked Off and Made the Whole Industry Panic 抢我功绩？我摆烂后卷哭全行业
When your boss takes credit for your work, when the results of your all-nighters become someone else's reward, what do you do? Lin Zhou's answer: he slacks off on the spot! He refuses 996 work schedules and empty promises, and vanishes the moment quitting time comes. Everyone thinks he's washed up, but little do they know that the instant he smashes the sign proclaiming him a "workaholic," he awakens the [Anti-Grind God-Tier System]! The harder he slacks off, the bigger the rewards! He uses a te
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I Met You in Winter 在冬时遇见你
[Sweet romance, no angst] [They choose each other] [A slow-burning love] [Gourmet] After Lin Xiaoxi moved to Qingcheng, a small coastal city, she discovered on the night she got her tooth filled that her next-door neighbor was Xie Jingzhi, the dentist who had treated her. Gentle and reassuring when he smiled, Dr. Xie shattered her preconceptions about dentists. It turned out that some of them didn't look intimidating after all. As they spent one day after another together, she learned that some
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This Girl Might Like Me 这女的可能喜欢我
“A playboy young master meets an elite female hooligan. Wang Gao has a new partner named Ding Maomao. She’s a real female hooligan, with a huge tattoo sleeve and a mouth that never stops swearing. Of course, even a female hooligan can’t resist a dashing, elegant, handsome, talented, fashionable, and free-spirited young artist like him. She keeps staring at the tattoo on his neck and constantly contrives coincidences, picking fights again and again just to get his attention. Finally, one day, she
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I Found True Love Again After My Divorce 离婚后又找到真爱
After Divorcing, I Found True Love Again
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The Black Heiress 黑千金
Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w
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Starlight and the Quiet Days 星星微光，悠悠度日
Also known as: I Just Wanted to Keep My Head Down and Stay Alive, but My Handsome Male Coworker Keeps Flirting with Me [Secret Crush + Campus Romance + Urban Life + Workplace + Women's Growth] Lin Xing was a well-behaved girl who had been labeled “everyone else's dream child” since she was little. Newly arrived in a strange city, she had no connections or resources, and anyone could take a shot at her. Gu Wei was a handsome, gentle local who had made a name for himself at school. The urban workp
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All the Fish the CEO Raised Have Run Away 总裁养的鱼都跑了
Years later, a reserved, socially awkward lawyer who has no interest in dating or marriage reunites with a cold, aloof CEO who is a robot and knows nothing about love. They save each other. Two people who are both hopeless with feelings stumble along, bringing warmth to one another. The heroine's former company CEO has always thought of himself as a player. Arrogant and overconfident, he assumed every woman was a fish in his pond, ready for him to pick. But when he finally wants to choose, he di
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I’m a Matchmaker in an Online Game 我在网游当红娘
A powerful hero and heroine + Urban romance + The heroine hides her identity and works as an NPC in a game + Hilariously overpowered friends + Matchmaking for singles. Powerful figures hide their identities and work for the heroine in the game. Our fates are tied, all thanks to your money. If you’re single, the organization can find you a match. A gentle hand ties the red thread, and an unexpected romance begins. A priceless match, a red thread with a price tag.
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A Sweet Little Blind Date Romance 相亲小甜文
A Sweet Little Blind Date Romance
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After His Herniated Disc, He Swindled People Out of Money and Sex 他腰椎间盘突出后，骗财骗色
After His Herniated Disc, He Swindled People Out of Their Money and Their Virtue
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Surviving in a Martial Arts World 在武侠世界求生
Surviving in a Martial Arts World
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After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Embroidered Spring Into the Old Alley 退婚后，我把旧巷绣成了春天
Before the engagement banquet began, Lin Jianzhi received a text demanding payment. Her fiancé had forged her signature and mortgaged Qinghe Embroidery House, which her grandmother had safeguarded for forty years. She broke off the engagement on the spot and returned to the old streets of Linxi with a debt in hand. Creditors hounded her, a tourism company pressured her to move, and the embroidery house faced the loss of its legacy, but she refused to wait for anyone to save her. Drawing on her b
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