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This book is an urban novel set in Shenzhen. It tells the story of the young heroine Lu Yiye who went to Shenzhen to develop after graduating from university and accidentally got a special job - becoming the personal administrative assistant of the male protagonist Shen Shize. With this job, she got closer to Shen Shize's secret private life and involuntarily got involved in a series of strange events that had nothing to do with her. As the storyline unfolds, the author painstakingly restores to us the fateful ups and downs and emotional entanglements of the two generations, presents the cold truth of life, demonstrates the spiritual struggle and exploration of self-identity of modern urbanites, and explores the most concerning theme of this era - the value of life.

At the beginning of the novel, an unexpected plane collision disaster occurs, leaving only a handful of survivors. What follows in the story is the struggle of this small group of survivors to escape from the shadow of death and pursue their dreams in the young city of Shenzhen. The novel uses the success and failure of the protagonist Ye Chan and his friends in their life struggles, as well as the complicated relationship between him and flight attendant Chen Ni to gain and lose his love. It shows the spiritual outlook and dream temperament of a group of people and a city, and expresses the insignificance, helplessness, confusion and struggle of individuals in modern society in the face of powerful material forces. The rapid changes of the times and the disintegration of social values ​​have made the meaning of life reflected in the thin line between life and death certainly lamentable, but the disputes and choices of survival in Vanity Fair are even more depressing.

When Lao Fan learned that his wife He Chaxiang was going to study with Yueer in the UK, he had a premonition that something was wrong. Originally, which family would not be willing to let their children study abroad? However, Lao Fan knew that he was a country boy and did not have many social connections. It was not easy to live in Shenzhen. He worked hard for half his life and owned a small cosmetics shop in Dongmen Old Street to make a living. Life is slowly getting better, although it is still not enough to satisfy my wife's vanity. But he never thought about sending his daughter to study abroad. When he was studying in the middle school in the countryside of his hometown in Anhui Province, he had longed for that mysterious country when he was young. Unexpectedly, at this age, he would still have an inexplicable connection with that strange place. It's all because of the tea aroma. Cha Xiang graduated from Normal College, she is pretty, and she can also paint some pianos.

This book is a novel that tells the story of a young girl named Zhou Lianyou who came to Shenzhen from other provinces to make a living due to family changes. The story begins with Zhou Lianyou's urban love story. Through Zhou Lianyou's difficult relationship with local reporter Ou Ye, it gradually unfolds the stretched social life of strangers in modern cities, and paints a picture of a cold life in which mature men and women, despite many twists and turns, are still unable to get close and have no chance to warm each other. Has been selected into the "2022 Shenzhen Urban Theme Fine Literature Support Project".

"A Man of Unknown Origin" is an anthology of Wu Yading's short stories, which includes 10 short stories written by the author in recent years. These works have unique themes, new narrative angles, and large time spans. They concisely and multi-facetedly describe the secular life in contemporary Chinese cities and villages. By revealing the experience and growth of the characters in the novels, they strive to present different aspects of social living conditions over a larger span. The simple and touching story embodies the respective encounters and fates of each character.