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  1. Public Bookmark 40

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    Three months after Wei Ying's sister dies in his arms, he takes to the open road fully intending to leave his old life behind.

    Unfortunately for him, his old life calls shotgun.

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    Wei Ying and Lan Zhan embark on a road trip across the US. In a span of four days they learn how to let go, and when to hold on.

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    05 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 90

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    As far as the government was concerned, the military prison camp, Wu Ming, didn't exist outside of sordid myths. But for Wei WuXian, it's a horrific reality. Surviving in a place where the rules are made by the sadistic military officials who want to see everyone on his side of the war dead is next to impossible. His only hope lies in Lan WangJi, a Lieutenant. Someone who should hate him. Someone who realistically can't save him.

    Someone who is foolish enough to defy the rules of Wu Ming.

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    01 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 90

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    The number one rule of academia: don't get involved with students. Period.

    Xiao Zhan is trying his best.

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    29 Sep 2025

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    It doesn't hit Wei Ying until the third time it happens. In his defense, he's not running on all cylinders, and definitely only on four hours of sleep. So if all he's noticed about the guy sharing the elevator with him for the third time in two weeks is his hotness, who can really blame him?

    But now that he's looking a bit more closely, as the guy stares resolutely at the number display ticking up, he sees the telltale signs: slightly rumpled collar on an otherwise pristine outfit, bags under his eyes—not so noticeable that they are instantly apparent, but there if you look closely enough—kiss-bitten lips, and (the most damning evidence of all) a hickey blooming just under his ear.

    This guy is coming back from a hookup of his own.

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    24 Sep 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    Yibo doesn’t normally notice people, but he notices this one.

    He’s on his own so he’s stuck behind the bar, and it’s unusually quiet, so he watches the guy's progress through the lobby. He’s not sure why he’s caught his eye. His height perhaps. Legs that go on for days. Smart, expensive looking clothes. Maybe it’s something about the way he moves. The way he possesses the space around him.

    He covers the floor in great strides even though he doesn’t seem at all sure where he’s going. Yibo watches, intrigued, as the guy is distracted by the piano, apparently drawn to it, running his fingers along the fallboard. He lifts it and taps his fingernails lightly along the keys before closing it again.

    When he looks up from the piano, he clocks Yibo for the first time, and gives him an amused smile, as if he knows he’s been looking at him. He walks towards him, smile widening.

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    23 Aug 2025