A LITTLE ESCAPE. A DIFFERENT WORLD.
Unexpected encounters. Lives intertwined.
A collection of stories, ready to be discovered.
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While tidying the restaurant after hours, Jiang Ning finds an opening-day video. Ye Heng amplifies a section of the audio, and the two hear an overlooked suggestion once made by a colleague who has long since changed pro
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Yu Qing and Gu Chuan collect echoes in the park at dusk and discover that recordings of the same small performance differ greatly across different spots, rendering the single-point recording they had originally planned i
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Song He is repeatedly reminded of the anxieties from her bakery's early days by an unusual noise from the morning oven. After inspecting it, repair technician Xu Du discovers it is merely a loose part, yet he also hears
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He Rui boards the last bus before realizing she forgot an important hard drive. Xu Xu suggests turning back immediately, but she knows the hard drive contains only a copy that can be redownloaded, and turning back would
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Wen Ning's work is selected for a weekend exhibition, but she is asked to exaggerate an overseas experience in her artist biography. The organizer, Song Ce, believes this will only make promotion smoother, but she still
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Su He receives an acquisition offer for her corner flower shop from a chain brand. While Gu Yuan looks forward to expanding their design business through it, she is reluctant to give up the small-scale operation where sh
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The surviving chapters open after Li Di accompanies his mother back to her hotel. Returning to the studio to check surveillance feeds, he worries that their activities have been recorded and notices that a security guard
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After work, Qin Ning discovers that an introductory passage in the new menus uses unauthorized text by Ye Chuan. With printing already completed, she must decide between making the promotional launch and reprinting. She
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In the park at dusk, Xu Xia receives a travel invitation from Mo Qing. Because the trip overlaps precisely with her first solo presentation of her work, she is torn between a rare opportunity for companionship and a long
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At the station before parting ways, Lin Yi finds the old notebook Song Zhou had lent them. Intending to take it as a keepsake, Lin Yi notices unpublished design materials inside and decides to contact Song Zhou first. So
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Xie Sheng selects light cavalry from the Evil-Slaying Guard, accompanied by Zhao Hu, Wang Tiegen, and others, rushing to Wanjia County on an expedition to eradicate rogue monks. To maintain marching speed, he leaves behi
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On the last bus, Su Ning routinely checks Cheng Chuan's daily draft translations. Helping out a few times has gradually turned into regular nighttime work, yet she has felt too embarrassed to say she needs rest. She expl
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In the work's fantasy premise, Lin Haoran reemerges into the outside world in Liu Ruyan's body with the aid of the Devil's Codex. The media portrays the return at the hospital as the awakening of a wife who had been in a
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An He and Xu Yuan sit down in their lamplit living room to discuss moving. As their spreadsheet grows ever longer, their budget disagreements remain unresolved late into the night, neither willing to stop out of fear of
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On a seaside bench, Lin Wei says goodbye to guest Gu Xu. He invites her to join him on a night stroll, but she must open her shop early in the morning and no longer wishes to treat around-the-clock companionship as part
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Charged with quelling the Southern Border, Xiao Zhe requires the support of the Yan family and the Nine Strongholds to continue confronting Helian Wujiu. Following the martial arts tournament for her hand, Yan Yujiao con
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He Ning and Song Zhou take inventory of leftover dishes at the restaurant after closing. In the past, they always relied on overtime to process all remaining ingredients, but tonight they realize that extra prepared item
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Ye Qing packs up her easel in the park at dusk and notices that Gu Yan has stayed by her side without looking at the painting. Assuming he was bored, she asks, only to learn he had simply had an utterly exhausting day. S
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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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