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In the basement, fear and danger shifted focus in an instant. The heavily armed, wounded stranger slumped in the closet’s broken remains....

Moonlit night, starry sky, Black Mountain. Ye Shisan woke with a start. Grandpa, back hunched, held an oil lamp two steps ahead....

The biggest news on Sweet Potato Street was that Shisan Bakery’s owner, Ye Shisan, had been arrested. Worse, three people claiming to be...

Ye Shisan hailed two cars, bought clothes for his stepfather He Dali and mother Li Fang, and brought the six to Shisan Bakery. He Qiang...

As the sun set, crowds streamed out of the amusement park’s exit. Among them, a man with two girls caught eyes. No surprise—it was Ye...

Yi Qing got a sharp call from the deputy chief, scolding her thoroughly. Her job didn’t require daily precinct check-ins, giving her...

Ye Shisan’s stepfather, He Dali, lived up to his name—a skilled bricklayer. Thirty years ago, bricklaying paid well. He Dali bought a...