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  1. Rec 46

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    Meng Yao is a divorced dad trying to keep his head above water with a demanding job, an elementary-age daughter, and a fraught co-parenting relationship with his ex. The fragile balance is upset further when Nie Mingjue gets a serious health diagnosis, and Meng Yao is forced to reconsider his priorities. In the midst of all the chaos, can he find some clarity?

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    22 Feb 2026

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    Nie Mingjue cannot do the one thing Jin Guangyao was relying on him to do. No matter how utterly he claimed to reject Jin Guangyao before, he accepts the fucking proposal.

    Nie Mingjue’s only condition is that they be married according to traditional Nie custom.

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    25 Nov 2025

  3. Rec 92

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    “Then, I believe I’ll take you up on your offer,” he agrees. “As for today, what did you have planned?”

    Jin Guangyao smiles and inclines his head slightly towards Jin Ling, feeling oddly mirthful. “I am at the mercy of the Young Master’s whims.”

    (A day of babysitting his nephew alongside Lan Xichen forces Jin Guangyao to face what he truly wants, and the idea that maybe he can actually have it.)

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    07 Aug 2025

  4. Rec 22

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    You tell A-Ling that Xiao Hua will be here waiting when he returns to Jinlintai, mentally kicking yourself as soon as the words leave your mouth.

    Here I am promising A-Ling this damned mouse will be here when he comes back, but what are the chances it will survive? And even if it does, I am not in the market for a pet rodent. Heaven, Jiang Cheng is right. I truly am too soft on the boy.

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    Jin Guangyao finds himself caring for an injured harvest mouse his nephew's pup comes across, and no one is more surprised than he is when he begins to grow undeniably attached to her; the tiny thing even comes to his aid, more than once.

    Or: the author uses a pint-sized, unsuspecting rodent as a gateway to examining both A-Yao himself and some of his most important relationships, recently deceased son included.

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    30 Jul 2025

  5. Rec 54

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    Meng Yao hasn't led an easy life. He's been pushed around, beaten, and taken advantage of for nearly as long as he can remember... Falling down stairs is one of the worst things he's been through, and he's fallen more times than anyone should have to.

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    Five times someone makes Meng Yao fall down a staircase, and one time someone saves him from falling.

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    30 Jul 2025