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No. 18, Bund Lane (2)

No. 18, Bund Lane (2)

General Fiction

Mao Jie

305K04

The Bund is an alley on Fangbang Road, Nan City, Shanghai; No. 18 In the Bund is a Shikumen building in the alley. Zheng Erbai, who opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic on Fangbang Road; Guan Yihong, the down-and-out rich lady, married to Zheng Erbai. "No. 18 On the Bund (2)" written by Mao Jie tells the strange story of this old couple and their young wife. No. 18 In the Bund is home to a group of small citizens, including rickshaw pullers, deep-fried dough sticks, and vegetable sellers, as well as traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who run clinics and literati who run newspapers. They have taken the survival philosophy of "a dog's hole can be drilled, a dragon's door can jump" to the extreme...

The Source of Bad Luck: Oil Painting No. 51

Mao Jie

188K8.359

A strange thing happened at Shanghai S Art Museum: at the end of a certain art exhibition, when the 50 paintings on display were counted, there was one more painting. This painting of unknown origin is not signed by the author. It shows a dental clinic. A female dentist wearing a mask is sitting on the window sill, looking dimly at the world outside the frame. Director Chen of the art museum stole this extra painting and hung it in his home. A few days later, the highly respected Director Chen suddenly went insane, ran naked in public, and was sent to a lunatic asylum. As the private collection of Director Chen, the oil painting was put on the auction block, purchased at a low price, and then changed hands several times. Anyone who comes into contact with this painting will receive an inexplicable text message asking the recipient to do something crazy within twelve hours. Some people followed it obediently, while others ignored it and thought it was a prank. As a result, at midnight, the female doctor in the painting slowly took off her mask, revealing her face...\

No. 18, Bund Lane (1)

No. 18, Bund Lane (1)

General Fiction

Mao Jie

309K7.528

The Bund is an alley on Fangbang Road, Nan City, Shanghai. No. 18 In the Bund is a Shikumen building in an alley. Zheng Erbai opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic on Fangbang Road. Guan Yihong, a down-and-out rich lady, married Zheng Erbai. "No. 18 On the Bund" edited by Mao Jie tells the strange story of this old couple and their young wife. No. 18 In the Bund is home to a group of small citizens, including rickshaw pullers, deep-fried dough sticks, and vegetable sellers, as well as traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who run clinics and literati who run newspapers. They have taken the survival philosophy of "a dog's hole can be drilled, a dragon's door can jump" to the extreme...