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In Turbulent Times, My Turtle Has Got My Back

share time: 2025-12-14 06:03:47

In the chaotic early years of the Republic of China, little beggar Zhu picks up an old turtle carved with "Treasure Guardian". She plans to cook it but finds the turtle can predict danger—knocking over rice barrels to distract grain robbers, biting her pants leg to drag her into cellars from conscription teams. However, when a warlord's son surrounds the temple for the "treasure-seeking turtle" and enemies (missing for a decade) track her via the shell's patterns, Zhu learns the turtle holds secrets to surviving the chaos and the truth about her parents' murder. Clutching the turtle curled in her palm, she wipes tears: "I'll protect you, you protect me—we die together!" But the turtle suddenly stretches its neck, pointing to the broken ancestral hall with paper flags west of the city...

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