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Livestream Goddess Extra: Breakthrough
"Livestream Goddess Extra: Breakthrough" continues with characters such as Jiang Ruoxue and Liu Jingyao from the works of Shizigui. Liu Jingyao devotes herself to operating a livestreaming company and, finding merchandis
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Hiding It from My Silly Dad
Gu Qiao is the operations manager at Chengshi Co., Ltd., where he has worked for twenty-four years. An early promotion once led him to believe his future was smooth sailing, but he remained in the same position for a lon
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Seaside Bench · Invitation 211
Shen Wei invites Jiang Ce to sit on a seaside bench and listen to recordings of the wind she compiled, but Jiang Ce brings a log of ship noise instead; their differing understandings make the meeting slightly mismatched.
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Old Town Cinema · Invitation 212
Lin Zhi invites He Yu to read the story of a silent film aloud in an old cinema, but He Yu prefers to preserve the visual blank spaces, unwilling to interpret every movement into a definite emotion. She was initially wor
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Dusk in the Park · Invitation 214
Yu Qing invites Gu Yan to join an evening sketching activity; Gu Yan declines several times because he cannot draw, until she suggests that he only needs to help describe the colors he sees. He carefully notes down the s
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Station Before Departure · Invitation 215
Before departing, Tao Ning invites Xu Chuan to the station to see her off, but Xu Chuan happens to be leading a tour that cannot be canceled on short notice, so he can only hand over itinerary materials to her in advance
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Bookstore After the Rain · Agreement 217
Lin Rui promised to finish restoring a volume of local gazetteers collected by Yu Heng before the rainy season, but continuous dampness slows the drying process; she decides to visit the bookstore in person to explain th
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Corner Flower Shop · Agreement 221
Mo Zhi and Shen Xu agree to spend a season observing discarded floral materials from a corner flower shop to find a stable way to reuse them, but the first batch of experiments fails due to management errors. She wants t
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Seaside Bench · Agreement 223
An Wei and Xu Yan agree to repaint the seaside bench every year, but this year they discover the wooden planks have rotted from the inside, and a new coat of paint can no longer fulfill the promise of continued use. Relu
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Station Before Departure · Promise 227
Ye Ting and Zhou Lin agreed to meet at the station each time before she leaves the city. This time, the theater troupe unexpectedly departs early, forcing her to make a swift decision between catching the ride and explai
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Morning Bakery · Promise 228
Lin He and Gu Qing agreed to make a breakfast bread using only local ingredients. When a critical supply is suddenly interrupted just as promotional flyers have already been printed, the two begin to argue over whether t
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Bookstore After Rain · Echo 229
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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Trading the Sun in the Sea of Desire
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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Platonic Love with My Beloved Wife
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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Bench by the Sea · Echo 235
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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Old-Town Cinema · Echo 236
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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The Outstanding Servant: A Sequel to Past Journeys
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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Morning Bakery: Echo 240
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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Bookstore After the Rain: Choice 241
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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The Last Bus: Choice 242
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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Weekend Exhibition: Choice 244
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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Old Town Cinema: Choice 248
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 Restaurant: Choice 249
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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The Station Before Parting: Choice 251
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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My "Dignified and Virtuous" Nascent Soul Immortal Mother..
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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The Corner Flower Shop · Good Night 257
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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The Living Room Under the Lamp · Good Night 258
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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The Seaside Bench · Good Night 259
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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The Old Town Cinema · Good Night 260
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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The Restaurant After Hours · Good Night 261
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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The Park at Dusk · Good Night 262
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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The Fall of a Graduate Student
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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Sweet Green
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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Living Room Under the Lamp: Reunion 270
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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Cinema in the Old District: Reunion 272
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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Spring Across Four Seasons
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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