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Chen Mo, a retired massage therapist, returned to his village to open a small massage parlor. Initially mocked as “unserious about work,” his skills surprisingly cured Aunt Zhang’s chronic back pain and Sister Li’s frozen shoulder—within half a month, he became the “darling” of the village women: they flooded in with eggs, pickles, and even vied to help watch the shop. But this popularity brought trouble: the village bachelors gossiped that he “had his eye on Widow Wang Mei,” and Wang Mei’s mother-in-law even blocked the shop door, calling her a “fox spirit.” Just as Chen Mo was about to explain, he saw Wang Mei handing him hand-sewn cloth shoes with red eyes—turns out her back pain stemmed from caring for her bedridden mother-in-law, and Chen Mo’s massages were her only “painkiller.” A misunderstanding about the “darling” reveals the unspoken hardships of the village women and the tenderness Chen Mo hides in his massage oil.
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