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Cao Changzhou's new novel collection includes eight novels including "Hide and Seek", "Sister" and "Inability to Repay". Ma Qiao is hiding in the dark and doesn't want to be found by others. How can he hide himself amidst the noise? My sister's mood seems to have changed drastically overnight. Running away and returning both seem to be at the end of the road. Is a person really lonely in the world? A friend he hasn't seen for many years suddenly asks for a loan, and a crisis of trust between people is about to break out... Cao Changzhou's novels always focus on lonely and marginalized individuals. Most of the people in the novel are undoubtedly in the peripheral nerves of society. They live - even if they live animalistically, they have exhausted all their energy. In the midst of material scarcity and spiritual struggle, the good and evil of human nature and the ups and downs of desires are like clusters of weeds growing wildly and blooming wantonly. It can be said that Cao Changzhou's novels are introspective and uneasy. Only by "seeking others instead of ourselves" can we grow into a new "me".

This book tells about the confusion and fragility of urban youth in love. The author uses delicate words and rich emotions to describe one story after another that is "sad but not sad, erotic but not lewd". The stories may be realistic or fantasy, or they may flow slowly like flowing water, or they may rise like imaginary waves like stormy waves. However, behind every text, what remains unchanged is the helplessness that people share when facing their deepest emotions. If you also have unspeakable pain, a past that you cannot regret, and memories that are difficult to let go of, these stories may be able to express it for you. Just like the author said: People have less and less time to be sad for the loss of love itself. If you are experiencing it, please cherish it. If you have entered the next stage of life, please occasionally look back at yourself at that time, your purest self.

Welcome to the Lost Man's Tavern, where there are bizarre stories - tattoos on the body mark the consciousness of the dead, a pair of magical glasses can put prices on everyone and everything, and the effervescent tablets you carry with you instantly turn into a beautiful woman. There are all kinds of frustrated people here - men who turn into killing machines in order to find their lost lovers, people who are treated as aliens because of their special functions, wives who are willing to be cursed for their lovers. There is also a strong drink with endless aftertaste, those worries that no one has talked about, and those unknown things that are too sad to express. With a sip of strong drink, you can drink away the frustration. "The Lost Man's Tavern" - a modern ghost story with voice, warmth, and shining with strange brilliance. Here you will see the most evil side of human nature and feel the warmth of a ray of light at the end of darkness.