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by Aria — The night was quite cold, but spirits in the garden remained high. Sporting her retro afro, Hu Pan led a group of guests dancing a retro disco around the fire barrel. Yao Yi had been taking photos, but once she felt she had enough, she was pulled into the dancing circle. Yue Lang held the camera, clicking away relentlessly at his wife. "The fire isn't big enough," Shan Yu said. He was wearing Chen Jian's coat—a long one at that—but to avoid the crowd, he had sat down a bit farther from the…
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by Aria — Old Zhang usually didn’t deliver fish to guesthouses or restaurants. He wasn't a fishmonger, and delivering was too much trouble. Chen Jian had no idea what Shan Yu had said to him, but either way, Old Zhang drove over himself that afternoon and delivered four huge fish. "They're alive?" Having rested up, Hu Pan was back at the front desk. Seeing the fish Old Zhang brought in, she was completely flabbergasted. "Do we have to butcher them right now?" "I'll clean them for you," Old Zhang said.…
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by Aria — To be honest, the man looked like someone of high status, yet he carried an indescribable air of ruthlessness about him—the kind that could occasionally be felt on Shan Yu. Add to that how he treated Chen Erhu, who was greeting guests, as if he didn't exist, and the glance he shot toward Chen Jian before Chen Jian even stepped out of the building. Chen Jian was very sensitive to such things, and the man didn't look like someone easy to deal with. Chen Jian didn't know whether this man was connected…
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by Aria — Hu Pan was originally supposed to be on duty today, but Chen Jian sent her off to rest. After everyone finished eating the sweet glutinous rice balls, they all dispersed. Hu Pan went to sleep, while Sanbing and Chen Erhu made a round inspecting the place before turning in as well. Once all the necessary lights were switched off, Chen Jian was left sitting alone at the front desk on the entire first floor. A dog bed was placed beneath the front desk counter, where Mushroom was currently curled up with…
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by Aria — "What happened?" Hu Pan jogged over from the front desk bar. "Fell down," Sanbing said while chuckling. "Slid down in a big split like taking a slide." "You're still laughing!" Hu Pan glared at him, then looked at Chen Jian. "Are you hurt..." Before she could finish her sentence, she couldn't hold back a laugh herself. "Hurt... are you hurt..." "No." Chen Jian carried the suitcase over to a nearby table and opened it up. "Inside are some small gifts Boss Shan bought for everyone..." Inside…
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by Aria — The moment he wrapped his arms around Chen Jian, their ears brushed gently against each other. In that tiny, almost imperceptible touch, all the quiet sounds around his ears vanished. He couldn't hear the flowing river, the blowing wind, or the low chirping of night insects. Everything—including the sound of Chen Jian's breathing—disappeared the moment he embraced him. Yet, one sound quickly returned from the silence, softly brushing past his ear. It was Chen Jian's breath. For twenty…
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by Aria — Over the past two days, Shan Yu hadn't been sleeping well. First, he couldn't sleep easily in an unfamiliar place; second, even though he had been avoiding Yue Lang and the others for several years, now that they were actually face to face, there was still so much to talk about. Just like in the old days, after finishing their meal, the group returned to the hotel and curled up on the beds and sofas, drinking and chatting. "So you're permanently stationed in that small town now..." Xiao Lu leaned…
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by Aria — Shan Yu held the knife in one hand and pressed down on the back of Fang Xu's head with the other, his knee pinned onto Fang Xu's rear. Under the quilt, only Fang Xu's arms and legs could move, thrashing about desperately. Yet nothing could be seen—only the edge of the quilt rising and falling repeatedly, accompanied by Fang Xu's muffled shrieks and pleas for mercy underneath. Probably because his nose was pressed down, his voice sounded slightly distorted: "I was wrong, Shan Yu—ah—help—Yue…
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by Aria — Chen Jian squatted inside the gazebo outside the guesthouse, holding Zhou Lecheng's phone to read his post. The time span of the post was quite long, starting nearly half a year ago. Back then, Zhou Lecheng's illness had already metastasized to the bone; because it was discovered too late, very few viable treatment options remained... Zhou Lecheng decided to give up on treatments that were painful and had almost no chance of improving his survival odds. "After striving for so many years, I've…
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by Aria — He regretted it. He shouldn't have sat in the back. Shan Yu sat in the second-to-last row, bouncing up and down along with the back of the bus as it traveled down the broken, pitted road. The front was indeed chaotic and quite dirty—not only was there a coop of chickens, but several baskets of mountain produce had also been brought aboard later—yet the back wasn't much better either. Beside him, an old woman was holding a little girl, and the little girl was cradling a small local puppy in…
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