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It was the third month of spring in the twenty-fourth year of the Jianping reign, in the Great Qi dynasty. On the top floor of Taibai Tower, the capital's most prestigious and extravagant establishmen...

The next morning, Xu Xingye arrived at school with two unmistakable dark circles beneath his eyes. He had barely slept. Now, on the way to his classroom, he radiated the exhaustion of someone repeated...

The weather stayed clear for several days after that. Yin Xigui holed up in the house and refused to go anywhere. Like a cat basking in the sun, he spent each day sprawled on the sofa with those finan...

I thought our next meeting might come on some distant day—at a crowded turn in a stairwell, perhaps, or before a noisy cafeteria window. We would nod politely, two strangers who vaguely recognized eac...

News of Tianchen s troubles spread quickly. The industry is small. In the aero ‑ engine precision processing field, there are only a few hundred people nationwide. When something happens at one compan...

With Xiao Sun on board, the workshop s capacity barely caught up. I did the finishing. He did rough grinding and semi ‑ finishing. The final surface correction was still done by me. ASG s orders stabi...

In the second month of the workshop s operation, ASG added three more orders. Forty ‑ two blades in total. I worked alone, fourteen hours a day, non ‑ stop. Master Zhao came by once. Seeing me grind d...

Lin Ting couldn't settle down in her studio today. She singled out Shen Yueji to accompany her out. Over the next three hours, Shen Yueji went from a personal bodyguard who had been bored out of her m...

This summer was hotter than any summer before. Xiao Die was successfully admitted to A University, but she was still worried about tuition and living expenses. Lu Na's uncle paid her wages for this mo...

Listening to Shen Jingyu's childish questions, Ye Jingchuan felt a tangle of emotions and had no idea how to answer. A three-year-old did not understand death, and he couldn't bring himself to say som...

Su Mian leaned over Taibai Tower's carved white-marble windowsill, chin propped in his hand, leisurely watching that timeless historical drama unfold below: “Rich Young Bullies Torment Poor Scholar.” ...

Day twenty ‑ three. Old Liu sent me a WeChat late at night. ASG sent people. Followed by a frightened emoji. How many? Three people from the Quality Department. The one leading them seemed pretty seni...

Chapter 16: Currents Beneath the Surface The news came on the evening of the third day. Sheng Linyou was chopping vegetables when Yin Xigui answered the phone. Through the half-open kitchen door, he h...

Xiao Die got into Lu Yu's car, and she fell into a long, long dream. "Jiejie, save me Jiejie, please don't leave me behind!" "Xiao Zhen, jiejie is right here with you. Don't be afraid." "Jiejie, you h...

The noodle shop buzzed with voices, the rich aroma of bone broth filling the air. We sat in our usual corner. Head lowered, Chen Jingming poked at the noodles in his bowl with his chopsticks, splashin...

Guan Zhiyan finally finished examining the surveillance footage. She recorded everything she'd seen, then looked up at a cleaner passing by. Curiously, she asked the shop owner, “Do the same cleaners ...

Xiao Die missed the summers after the turn of the millennium with a particular ache. In childhood, the summer wind had been dyed sky blue. She would sit in front of the television, waiting for differe...

One week later. The company holds an all ‑ hands meeting. The group s top leadership attends in person, announcing the resolution of the XX Bank incident. The guarantee contract is unilaterally revoke...

“...I respect everyone's choices about gender, but cosplay does not give you permission to burst into an occupied men's restroom.” He placed particular emphasis on men's . The tall man before Qin Ting...

Xiao Die boarded the intercity bus heading for A City. Just an hour's drive, yet it connected two worlds the familiar and the unfamiliar. She followed the map app, taking detours and bus transfers, th...

The day my supplier approval came through, Mr. Lu called again. Mr. Song, we re raising our offer to three hundred fifty thousand a year, plus a relocation allowance and housing subsidy Mr. Lu, thank ...

The sun in Sanya is fierce. The sand is white, the sea is blue, the waves lap at my ankles with a warm, salty dampness. I lie on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses, a chilled coconut drink beside me. I...

A husband raised for him since childhood? The phrase had been spinning around his head all day, and he still couldn't make sense of it. He'd clearly transmigrated into a story about a real heir and a ...

When Qiu Yang rose the next morning, Zhao Jian'an was already in the courtyard. Crouched beside the well, he splashed water over his face, then stood and shook it from his hands. “Come out with me tod...

Tang Yu sat up and tried to cover Ji Qian’ang’s eyes. “Who said you could look? Get out.” Ji Qian’ang leaned away and picked up a framed photograph from the bedside table. Tang Yu stood alone near a b...

That fifteen hundred came from Old Liu. Yuan Ge, it s just fifteen hundred. Don t be polite. Old Liu sent me a screenshot of the WeChat transfer. Use it. No need to pay back. I have to pay back. I fou...

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, ASG Quality Department. Gu Ping was in his early forties, wearing gold ‑ rimmed glasses, and spoke with the unhurried cadence typical of state ‑ owned ente...

I went back to the city early, on the seventh day of the New Year. On the train, I got a call from Old Liu at Tianchen. Yuan Ge, something happened after you left. What? The batch of blades that was r...

Back in my rented room, there was a slip of paper on the table that the landlord had left in the morning rent going up three hundred next month. Adding that eight ‑ hundred ‑ eighty bonus, I had a tot...

Eight hundred and eighty . I opened my year ‑ end bonus envelope and counted it three times. Eight hundred and eighty yuan. Old Liu from the next cubicle leaned over. Yuan Ge, how much did your group ...

Out of the office building. The sun is blinding. I squint, holding my cardboard box, standing on the crowded street. Where will I go? What will I do? I don t know. But I m not anxious at all. My bank ...

The next 48 hours unfold like a movie on fast ‑ forward. Public opinion explodes. Our silent sit ‑ in photos and stories go viral on local social media. Headlines like Worst Colleague Ever, The Millio...

The next day, Monday. The early morning sun cuts through the glass curtain walls of the financial district, cold and glaring. In front of the XX Bank headquarters. Thirty ‑ three office workers in for...

10 p.m., the plane lands on time. Stepping out of the airport, I m met by a familiar, damp, cold air mixed with exhaust fumes. I don t go home I take a taxi directly to the company building. The huge ...

I m booking a flight back right now, I say to Xiaoya on the phone. My voice is calm, but only I know how fast my heart is racing. The severity of this has gone beyond a simple fraud case. It s an intr...

Li Juan. The name instantly brings a blurry figure to my mind. Quiet, introverted, wearing black ‑ rimmed glasses, always in ill ‑ fitting office clothes. She has such a low profile that if she didn t...

In the video, Xiaoya sobs brokenly. The sound of the waves behind me becomes the background to her despair. Su Qing what do I do I signed last night I really did She chokes, barely able to form a sent...

Thursday morning, I drag my suitcase out the door before dawn. My phone buzzes in my pocket. It s Xiaoya. Su Qing, you really took leave? You re going to miss the roast duck on Friday? What a shame! F...