A LITTLE ESCAPE. A DIFFERENT WORLD.
Unexpected encounters. Lives intertwined.
A collection of stories, ready to be discovered.
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After the rain, the bookstore plays an old reading recording. Ye Ning recognizes Gu Yan's voice, only to discover that the passage she frequently cited was actually an on-the-spot improvisation rather than the book's ori
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Lin Qingya handles exhibition and sales affairs at the gallery. Her assistant Xiao Wen informs her that the painting titled Tidal will be handed over to the buyer the following afternoon; on the other side, Chen Mo sends
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Gu Shuang and her husband's married life enters a stage that requires renewed communication. Her husband suggests that she express her preferences more, while Gu Shuang sorts out her thoughts between silence and response
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While listening to old recordings on a bench by the sea, Shen Wei hears a short horn blast that has now vanished; Cheng Yue recognizes it as coming from a small ferry decommissioned many years ago. They look for service
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After equipment upgrades at the old-town cinema, Wen Qing keeps feeling that a familiar sound is missing from the end of the films; an inspection by Xu Zhou reveals that it was the mechanical residue sound when the old p
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Through Dahua's successive years of foreign campaigns, Lin San invested extensive resources in warfare and diplomacy, gradually emptying the national treasury. During nighttime conversations with Xiao Qingxuan, these pra
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While test-baking early in the morning at the bakery, Chen He hears Mo Yuan humming a tune they often sang back when they ran a street stall, and only then realizes she has not made that very first savory bread in years.
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While organizing a batch of donated books at a bookstore after the rain, Yu Ning discovers private letters tucked inside; book collection consultant Mo Yan believes the background story would add value, but she worries t
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On the last bus, Lin Rui receives an impromptu gathering invitation from old friend Xu Ye; on one hand is a rare reunion, on the other is an important recording that must be completed the next morning. She finally stops
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Gu Qing gains a sponsorship opportunity for a weekend exhibition on the condition that a series of photographs about ordinary labor be altered into a more readily shareable inspirational narrative; she and Cheng Yuan dis
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The old cinema's projector breaks down again, forcing Xu Qing to decide between an expensive repair and replacing the equipment, while Jiang Xu explains after an inspection that neither option can fully preserve the orig
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After hours, the restaurant receives a large-scale buyout offer; Song Ning wants to accept the order, but Gu He discovers that the delivery time would inevitably take up the staff's already confirmed joint holiday. The t
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At the station before parting, Ye Cheng receives an urgent revision request from Xu Lin; the task would turn her planned personal trip almost entirely into remote work, and she must decide whether to accept the expanded
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The narrator from Youlan Peak descends the mountain under orders from his mother, Zi Yanluo, to purchase spiritual materials, only to encounter bandits blocking the road at Wild Wolf Ridge. He attempts to rescue trapped
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Before closing the flower shop, Lin Zhi receives a nighttime photo from Xu Yuan and realizes her shop is often the last to turn off its lights on the entire street; while the scene looks romantic, the reality is a prolon
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In the living room, An Qing tries to explain her day-long low mood to Song Xu, who keeps looking for solutions while she simply wants to finish speaking, bringing them close to another argument before bed. She directly s
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Shen Wei is accustomed to waiting on a seaside bench for a long-distance letter, but after several nights without a reply, night-shift attendant Cheng Yue reminds her that nearby paths will soon close on schedule. She fi
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As the cinema is cleared late at night, Song Ning receives a request from Xu Yan hoping to screen a short film again for late-arriving audience members, even though the staff have already completed shutdown procedures an
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As the restaurant is closing, Ye He prepares to welcome Gu Yuan, who has just finished a night shift and only wants a simple dinner, but she has already promised her staff they could finish work on time today. She explai
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Xu Qing keeps adding laps in the evening park, wanting to exhaust the frustration from a career setback, only realizing it has turned completely dark when park attendant Mo Zhou reminds her of the closing time. She exits
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An incident following a graduation ceremony disrupts the narrator's life. Several days later, carrying an official seal, he heads to Xinli Village, where Li Anwu leads him through previously inaccessible alleys to the an
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The existing archive is labeled as fan-fiction continuation Part 15. Rongrong and her husband jointly arrange a meeting between her and A Mu, and she relays the conversation between the two of them to her husband. A Mu's
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Before moving, An He plays an old cassette tape and unexpectedly hears a deleted audition clip, subsequently inviting her longtime-unseen sound collaborator, Ji Chen, to the living room to check it. Following the failure
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While searching for a lost seat-numbering chart for a cinema in the old district, Wen Yin finds that the surveyor who arrives, Shao Lin, is someone who once worked part-time here alongside her. The back row where they us
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After entering officialdom through the imperial examinations, Zhang Ying is steadily promoted, but his wife, Lady Liu, dies of illness after following him to the capital for his post. He manages the funeral arrangements
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During an early morning oven test, He Xia receives a bag of wheat flour discontinued years ago; the delivery person, Du Heng, once ran a street stall with her and had left over accounting issues. This batch of flour cann
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Following continuous rain, Xu Zhi finds a decade-old suggestion in the bookstore's feedback box; the writer, Tao Yue, happens to visit the shop to restore an old planner. Back then, she dismissed the suggestions as overl
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On the last bus, Mo Yun receives a letter folded into the size of a ticket; the sender, Li Yuan, hopes she can help confirm the time a regular passenger lost an item. She initially mistakes it for an abrupt pickup attemp
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Xu Feng receives a letter requesting the removal of background music; the sender, Xia Zhi, always sits at the seat closest to the window and was originally the guest least likely to make complaints. He worries that quiet
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The narrator and his father engage in constant arguments over matchmaking: the father values practical conditions and worries that his son will miss the typical marriageable age, while the narrator is unwilling to accept
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While practicing flower arrangement at the flower shop, Meng Ling receives a returned thank-you letter; the recipient, Zhou Yu, admits to having moved, but had not expected her to still remember an instance of design ass
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After concluding their honeymoon, the flight originally scheduled to take Xiao Dong and his wife Jing to Shanghai makes a temporary diversion to Hangzhou. He contacts Brother Qiang at the airport; this unexpected stay br
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On a seaside bench, Fang Lan receives a forwarded letter from Wen Yan, in which a traveler requests the removal of travelogue photos that reveal a private home address, having received no response for some time. She was
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The narrator, who runs a garment processing workshop, receives a phone call informing him that an employee, A Liang, may have had an accident. While worrying about the employee's situation, he also calculates whether his
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After hours, the restaurant receives a handwritten negative review; head chef Gu He recognizes the handwriting as belonging to Lin Ce, a longtime regular, but the complaint in the letter is not about the taste of the dis
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After seeing a post made by his roommate Liu Tianwen, Guo Yunfeng experiences intense unease regarding his relationship with Qin Ning. He constantly checks for new messages, wanting to prevent things from developing furt
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