A LITTLE ESCAPE. A DIFFERENT WORLD.
Unexpected encounters. Lives intertwined.
A collection of stories, ready to be discovered.
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At the station before parting, Xu Yi and Mo Chuan verify their return trips. With delay notices repeatedly postponing departures, she tries to use the wait to talk through every work issue, but he is already too tired to
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During a dinner in college life, Qian Fei feels that Lin Jingxue is no longer communicating the way she used to. She continually evades questions, and her interactions with Li Shiyao have also decreased. Back in the dorm
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When the last bus is rerouted, Li Man runs into Xu Zheng at a transfer point, only to discover that her former dance partner now works near the hospital where she is employed. After her injury, she had always thought he
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While claiming a lost item for someone else at a cafe, Chen You receives a notebook that belongs to Wu Ce, whom they haven't seen in years, containing an interview outline they never managed to finish. Their past trip ha
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A weekend exhibition places Tang Zhi and Xu Mo's old works on adjacent gallery walls, giving the two long-parted creators their first look at the parts each had cut. She used to find his photographs cold, while he though
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This is material for Chapter Thirteen of "Mask: Home Party, Collapse Night". Song Ziqi books a follow-up appointment in advance and accompanies his wife, Li Xue'er, to see Bai Fengjun. Bai Fengjun is both a doctor and So
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While checking tide notes on a bench by the sea, Shen Wei recognizes Gu Cen, who has been away for years and is searching for a ship repair checklist he left behind before leaving port. Following the checklist, the two v
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After work, Yu Ning is arranged to attend a restaurant food tasting, only to discover that the chef is He Chuan, and the menu still uses the set-meal names they had designed together years ago. Worried that her ideas wer
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Streaming under the name "Naitang," Wenwen starts earning enough to cover rent and living expenses after Lin Hao helps secure recommendations for her. She unblocks Jiawei's account and invites him to moderate the live co
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The narrator and Liu Ziqing are childhood sweethearts, and he is well-acquainted with how she usually treats others. Returning home this time, however, he overhears her alone in the room repeatedly practicing derogatory
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The extant chapter is set in the hotel's backyard, where the room features a private hot spring enclosed by a bamboo fence. The narrator and his wife stay here together, with the narrative primarily following the husband
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In his consultation room, Fang Ping comforts a newly diagnosed patient and addresses questions the patient found online. After the consultation ends, he still needs to hurry back to Jiangcheng, so he adjusts his lunch pl
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Beside a seaside bench, Qin He reads an open letter from woodworker Qiao Sen opposing the indiscriminate carving of gathered driftwood, which tourists have misunderstood as a refusal to participate in the activity. Upon
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After work, Qi Yin receives an invitation letter sent to the restaurant by Liang Xu, who hopes to interview her about the guest messages she has documented, but she worries these daily remarks will lose their original co
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The status Wen Yao worked for years to achieve is destroyed by a sudden fire. After her death, an appearing system proposes an exchange: she must enter different worlds and alter the positions and fortunes of predetermin
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Just before boarding the train, Song Lan receives a letter from her former partner Zhao Yu containing steps omitted years ago during their joint restoration of an artifact, along with a belated suggestion regarding credi
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Lin Heng takes the last bus as planned to view the old street illuminations with Fang Xu, but temporary roadwork forces the vehicle to detour, prompting their first argument in years during a date over things outside the
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Yao Qing goes to a café to meet Tao Xing with a list to conclude their collaboration, but Tao Xing mistakenly assumes she has agreed to get back together, forcing the two to restate the purpose of the meeting. She return
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Shen Chu agrees to take photos for An Yu at the opening of a weekend exhibition, only to discover that her photographs will be used for commercial promotion, whereas they had previously agreed on private keepsakes. She p
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Yu Ning arrives for dinner in Jiang Zhou's living room, only to discover that the other guests canceled at the last minute; ingredients meant for six leave the two old friends, neither skilled at being alone together, fe
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Cheng Wei heads to an old-district cinema to watch a rare cut tracked down by Ye Heng, but the film cannot be screened due to equipment compatibility issues, leaving him anxious to swap machines overnight. She suggests p
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Returning home for an internship at twenty, Lin Yu sees a promotional video for his mother Xu Qinghe's classes on a residential community screen. As photography, social gatherings, and professional interactions gradually
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He Shuo meets Su Yao for a date in a park at dusk, only to find that she brought not a gift, but a broken ceramic planter that requires a joint decision on whether to repair it. The planter once held a plant they bought
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Gu Yi agrees to meet Wen Xu at the station before leaving; Wen Xu originally intended to persuade her to delay the overseas assignment, but after receiving the complete itinerary, brings instead an explanation of transfe
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This version of "Mud" features Jiang Chen and Lin Yang as characters and must be distinguished from works of the same name. Surviving fragments recall earlier ways of relating from the perspective of an early morning, in
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In the surviving continuation chapters, Chen Rou has been with Lu Jinyuan for two years and has received financial support through this relationship. She hopes to be earnestly chosen by him, but Lu Jinyuan continues to m
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Tang Ming intends to mix Han Ce's voice into a weekend exhibition as a discreet confession, but realizes during the sound check that Han Ce never agreed to private recordings being used publicly. She deletes the unauthor
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Inside a barbecue restaurant on a rainy night, Xiao Lin's mind remains on Xue'er, leaving him with no heart to keep listening to Li Qiang reminisce about the past. He gets up to leave, but Li Qiang catches up to ask abou
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Jingying's interactions with Huizi gradually deepen as she distances herself from A-Le and others. On his birthday, Huizi proposes marriage, promising to change his lifestyle in the future. Jingying, however, recalls tha
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The surviving fragment picks up after Liu Da's departure. Hanhan's emotions initially ease before experiencing further fluctuations; her husband observes these changes while attempting to restore communication and their
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The narrator enters a secret realm together with his wife, Luo Yunxian, hoping to obtain the breakthrough opportunities needed for tribulation transcendence. Conflict and shifts within the realm plunge the two into peril
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A year after Duan Ning and Ye Zhi first met in the park, he finally admits, while they pack away sketching supplies at dusk, that he keeps signing up for walks mainly to spend more time with her. Ye Zhi feels the same wa
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Before Shen Yi departs, Luo Yuan confesses romantic feelings at the station. Having just ended a relationship, Shen Yi cannot give the hoped-for response and chooses to explain her situation honestly. Luo Yuan withdraws
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This entry covers Chapter Seventeen of "Mask: Home Party, Collapse Night". Watching the video sent to her, Li Xue'er recognizes Bai Fengjun speaking off camera and also sees Xia Yuqing, who is connected to her profession
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This fan-fiction rewrite is set in Shan'ao Village during a typhoon. As patrol leader, Li Xiuxiu arranges for villagers to take turns checking conditions around the village. Wu Dengke finds a way to join her team, but hi
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Song Cheng apologizes to Ning Chuan on the last bus for mistakenly turning in his luggage as lost property, which caused him to miss an important work handover. Instead of excusing the consequences with good intentions,
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