chinese novel
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Guo Min was naturally materialistic. But when looking at someone, you can’t judge them entirely based on one aspect. In fact, her being blinded by money mainly stemmed from her family’s urgent situation. They were increasingly pressuring her. Her father had been scammed in a gambling scheme and owed a huge amount in high-interest loans.…
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Jiang Qiang’s heart raced as she nodded slightly at him. With her permission, he gently wrapped his arm around her shoulders, holding her loosely. Jiang Qiang felt his heartbeat, like a drum, beating steadily. Mouths could lie, but heartbeats couldn’t. Her eyes inexplicably grew moist. It was April 9th. She would always remember that day.…
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Dou Zhao felt conflicted. If this suddenly appearing woman was to be her stepmother, her mother’s attempts to make an issue of her status would likely end in disappointment. Her stepmother’s surname was Wang, with the given name Yingxue, daughter of Wang Xingyi. Wang Xingyi, courtesy name Yousheng, was from Nanwa Village in Lingshou County,…
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Tao Zhi hesitated for three seconds between “pretend not to see or hear him and just walk away” and “turn around and face the pain,” feeling the former would seem more deliberate and awkward. She stayed still against the glass window for two seconds, then turned her head back one increment at a time. She…
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They sat side by side on the bench. Luo Jingyu curiously looked around, especially at the area with children’s play equipment, which seemed to particularly interest him. Zhan Xi tugged at his sleeve. He turned to her, and she asked, “Little Fish, have you been to the Youth Palace before?” Luo Jingyu shook his head,…
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Xu Si’s hair was messy from struggling with problems he couldn’t solve, with a few strands sticking up rebelliously. The pink bandage was still on his face. The more Jiang Qiao looked at him, the more adorable she found him and smiled: “Nothing, just think you’re cute.” “Whatever little teacher says.” Jiang Qiao looked at…
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In that instant, the air in the interrogation room suddenly became stagnant. Having worked in the criminal police force for so many years and handled so many cases, Deng Chuan and his team could roughly identify suspects just by intuition. Now that Guo Min’s confession clearly didn’t match the evidence and she could be ruled…
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After hearing Dou Zhao’s words, Shuangzhi looked at her with traces of fear in her eyes. Dou Zhao didn’t mind. As long as her mother and elders weren’t suspicious, the servants’ gossip would remain just gossip. Dou Zhao instructed Tuo Niang to carry her back to her room. The western Dou household was simple in…
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The trees along both sides of the road had sprouted new buds, quite different from their previous bare branches, now full of vibrant life. The street was busy with traffic. Xu Si leaned half his body against Jiang Rong, but didn’t dare put his full weight on her. She was too thin – he worried…
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Luo Jingyu was organizing the groceries Zhan Xi bought in the kitchen: a bag of chopped ribs, two white radishes, one sweet corn, and a handful of spinach. How should he cook them? He pondered while opening the fridge to check his inventory. He had barely cooked in the past two weeks, so there weren’t…