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Late-night encounters, shared apartments, workplace secrets, and city stories after dark.
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The Demon Suppression Division released Zhang Jin with the intent to track those who approached him, aiming to uncover the whereabouts of demonic cultivators. However, the narrator comes under suspicion as a result and i
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Yu Ning invites Luo Zhi to paint a mural for the restaurant after hours, but Luo Zhi is more interested in the existing staff memo notes on the wall and asks to check first if everyone is willing to keep them. Some wish
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Song Rui invites Gu Heng to host a breakfast reading group at the bakery in the early morning; Gu Heng worries that a bustling gathering might drive away regular customers in a hurry and suggests starting with a freely a
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In the extant chapter, Weeks locates the Police Directorate based on a wanted notice and uses spatial jumping to enter Zhao Hanzhang's office. Believing that the Star Moon Palace should not be known to the outside world,
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Qin He and Gu Xu agree to fulfill a full week of bouquet orders without plastic packaging, but deliveries on a rainy day reveal that paper sleeves tear easily, leaving the scheduled showcase photos far from attractive. T
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Ye Rui and Zhou Zhi agree that the restaurant will introduce a monthly dish jointly recommended by staff, but when it is the turn of a colleague from the dishwashing room, the simple home-style soup is deemed insufficien
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With Shen Qingyi finally taking time off from busy work, Su Wanqing suggests a short stay at a hot spring resort in the suburbs, and Lu Chen travels along. At night, due to poor soundproofing, the conversation between th
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This fan-fiction text borrows characters such as Huang Rong, Guo Jing, and Lü Wende to rearrange personal relationships against the backdrop of Xiangyang. In the current excerpt, Guo Jing leaves after concluding official
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An old interview plays in a bookstore after the rain. Lin Qing hears Song Yan's criticism of a certain book and initially believes he was dismissing her, yet the complete recording actually discusses another edition. Yea
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Forty-year-old Su Qing serves as the director of an administrative department at a municipal hospital, handling matters efficiently at work while taking care of daily meals at home. Her husband is accustomed to validatin
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The narrator wants to ask Yanluo about the origin of the jade hairpin, but seeing her dazed while clutching the brocade box, he ultimately refrains from speaking. Every procedure of the wedding has been arranged in an or
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