short series

Poems of Post-Youth

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Lin Xiaoman, a struggling Chinese Literature student, earns tuition by writing "cheesy" copywriting—until she's criticized by Jiang Ye, a cold architecture genius and school trustee's son, for "reducing words to tools" when editing his project proposal. But when Jiang Ye finds Xiaoman's old notebook filled with *Poems of Post-Youth*—lines about sugar-fried chestnuts in old alleys, rooftop starlight, and abandoned dreams—he finally understands the warmth in her words. From clashing over "copywriting vs. architecture," they team up to preserve old town memories through a renovation project. Xiaoman's poems heal Jiang Ye's heart closed off by his parents' divorce, while Jiang Ye helps her turn her poems into a bestseller, making her "poor girl's words" a literary hit. When youth's edges meet gentle persistence, this mutual redemption between words and architecture becomes the sweetest poem of post-youth.

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