InterstellarSnake
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Glossary： Jizhu Temple (击竹寺): A Buddhist temple in Zhu County named after Xiangyan striking bamboo to attain enlightenment, where Jiang Xuehan is presumably memorialized. Xuantan (悬檀): The monastic title of Jiang Xuehan after becoming a nun. Jiang Xuehan (江雪寒): The narrator’s mother, who became a nun at age eight. Yan Chuwen (严初文): A friend of the narrator, son of a folklore professor. Canglan Snow Mountain (沧澜雪山): A sacred mountain in the story’s…-
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Chapter 42: He Doesn’t Believe Me No wonder justice shines bright while darkness cloaks evil. Dim light really does loosen morals, letting modern civility slip away easy. Like now. Forget seven years ago—seven days ago, I wouldn’t have pictured myself pulling this. Mochuan didn’t dare move. “Bai Yin, let go first.” “But I’m scared.” Stalemate. Neither of us spoke for a bit. Then Mochuan broke. “Fine, don’t hug my waist—it’s hard to walk.” Reluctant, but…
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Chapter 41: I’m Afraid of the Dark Maybe scared we’d come after him, Black Wind hadn’t shown his face since I got hospitalized. Sun Manman said he even blocked her—pissed her off to no end. By day five in the hospital, May Day was over, and Liang Mu got discharged. The two girls didn’t want to leave at first, insisting they’d wait for me to head back to Haicheng together. I told them I wasn’t going back—post-discharge, I’d crash at Yan Chuwen’s to recover, maybe a month or two.…
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Chapter 40: One Day, They’ll All Be Mine Back in sophomore year, Teacher Liu from our wilderness survival class dragged us out for camping trips more than once—hands-on stuff. His team lists seemed locked in after the first outing, and somehow Mochuan and I got stuck in the same batch, even the same tent. It was late fall, near winter break—our last field practice, I think. December in Beishi meant indoor heating, but outside, temps could dip to minus five Celsius. At night, we huddled…
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Chapter 39: I’m Fine Too “…Bro… Bro?” I snapped back, looking up at Sun Manman ahead of me, forcing a smile. “What’s up?” She frowned lightly, concern all over her face. “Bro, are you getting altitude sickness? You’ve seemed weighed down all day.” Are all psych majors this sharp? I sighed inwardly. “Nah, just drank too much yesterday—head’s pounding a bit.” Her frown deepened. “See? I told you to go easy.” After fleeing the temple in a panic last…
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Chapter 38: I Am Pinjia “Can’t we follow them to Pengge and check it out?” Back in the car, Sun Manman and Liang Mu were still buzzing. The driver hesitated. “We could, but it’s not toward Waxiao, where you booked. If I drop you there, I’ve gotta head back—got other rides lined up, can’t wait around.” The girls wavered. “Well…” I glanced at the rearview mirror. The dust trail was settling, the black procession shrinking in the distance—soon it’d…
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Chapter 37: I Don’t Hate Women, I Just Hate Stupidity Huangfu Rou took most of the studio staff with her. Over the years, she’d been the better leader—everyone picking her didn’t surprise me one bit. What did surprise me was that Vivian, our sales head, stayed. With a dozen roles to refill and all the stuff Huangfu Rou used to handle now on me, I returned to Haicheng and drowned in chaos, glued to the studio day in, day out. Pushing open the stairwell’s fire door, I’d been cooped up…
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Chapter 36: Gone Is Gone The day after Mochuan returned to Cuoyansong, he sent me a new contact’s info. It was Xiong Mingjie, head of the General Affairs Section at Cuoyansong Prefecture’s Rural Revitalization Bureau. A bit older than me, in his thirties, he was sharp, capable, and easy to work with. We’d occasionally mention Mochuan. Though a Xia person like me, Xiong Mingjie’s admiration for him rivaled any Cenglu’s. “Thanks to Pinjia, Cuoyansong’s been getting better and better.…
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Chapter 35: Words Meant to Curse You The corners of Mochuan’s lips slowly dropped, as if he’d been frozen in place. For a few seconds, he showed no reaction at all—and it was precisely this lack of reaction that convinced me he’d understood my meaning. Between us, many things didn’t need words. Couldn’t be put into words. He stared straight at me. “…Friends?” The bitterness lingered in my mouth, unyielding. It felt like the herbal brew had a mind of its own, snaking through my…
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Chapter 34: Sweet Enough to Get Addicted In the end, I only told Aunt Wan about Jiang Xuehan’s death. On the phone, she sobbed so hard she could barely breathe, cursing heaven’s injustice, Bai Qifeng’s heartlessness, and my mom for being so blind—giving up a vibrant life for a scumbag. At first, I considered notifying Bai Qifeng, but after hearing Aunt Wan’s tirade, I figured his conscience wouldn’t even flinch for my mom. So I didn’t bother. Maybe it was the chill I caught in the…
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