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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...

The odd cohabitation of four continued for a while, making Shisan Bakery a local name. More importantly, whether due to his outburst at...

In the Dragon Gate Inn incident, Hong Gang’s forces were driven off by Ye Shisan, fleeing in chaos. You Long’er’s call for Dragon Gate...

The meeting with YiQueen was set at an open-air café half a block from Shisan Bakery, ideal for watching the foot traffic at the...

When you have eliminated the impossibles , whatever remains , however improbable , must be the truth.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)...

Old kang house, mud walls, kerosene lamp. Ye Shisan jolted awake. His grandfather, spine bowed with age, gently placed a bowl of...