short series

My Days in Dongguan

share time: 2025-11-06 06:03:42

Lin Xiaoman, a girl from a small town in northern Jiangsu, rushed to Dongguan with savings from half a year, determined to find her boyfriend who had been missing for three months—the “light of her life” in her eyes. But she lost her suitcase right after getting off the train, was tricked into a high-priced short rent by A Qiang, a local landlord obsessed with making money, and accidentally became a helper at a sweet soup shop at the alley. When she finally tracked down her boyfriend, she saw him holding a new girlfriend’s hand in the mall; when she hid in the sweet soup shop, crying until her eyes swelled, A Qiang brought her sago pudding with double taro balls: “Dongguan doesn’t believe in tears, but it believes in those who work hard.” From squatting on the roadside reading job ads to helping the sweet soup shop gain 100,000 followers via live streaming, Lin Xiaoman realized that Dongguan didn’t give her someone’s love—it gave her the courage to live as herself again. And will the tenderness A Qiang hides behind his “stinginess” become her new light?

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