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Arithmetic Compactifications of PEL-Type Shimura Varieties

By: Kai-Wen Lan

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Arithmetic Compactifications of PEL-Type Shimura Varieties

By: Kai-Wen Lan

By studying the degeneration of abelian varieties with PEL structures, this book explains the compactifications of smooth integral models of all PEL-type Shimura varieties, providing the logical foundation for several exciting recent developments. The book is designed to be accessible to graduate students who have an understanding of schemes and abelian varieties. PEL-type Shimura varieties, which are natural generalizations of modular curves, are useful for studying the arithmetic properties of automorphic forms and automorphic representations, and they have played important roles in the development of the Langlands program. As with modular curves, it is desirable to have integral models of compactifications of PEL-type Shimura varieties that can be described in sufficient detail near the boundary. This book explains in detail the following topics about PEL-type Shimura varieties and their compactifications: A construction of smooth integral models of PEL-type Shimura varieties by defining and representing moduli problems of abelian schemes with PEL structures An analysis of the degeneration of abelian varieties with PEL structures into semiabelian schemes, over noetherian normal complete adic base rings A construction of toroidal and minimal compactifications of smooth integral models of PEL-type Shimura varieties, with detailed descriptions of their structure near the boundary Through these topics, the book generalizes the theory of degenerations of polarized abelian varieties and the application of that theory to the construction of toroidal and minimal compactifications of Siegel moduli schemes over the integers (as developed by Mumford, Faltings, and Chai).

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Princeton University Press

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1400846013

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Aristotle and Confucius on Rhetoric and Truth

The Form and the Way

By: Haixia Lan

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Aristotle and Confucius on Rhetoric and Truth

The Form and the Way

By: Haixia Lan

Readings of Aristotle’s and Confucius’ teachings reveal that both philosophers’ rhetorical thinking contain vital similarities which can help us understand cultural differences today. Much has been said about Aristotle’s definition of rhetoric as ‘the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion’ but few studies have focused on his depiction of rhetoric as ‘partly like dialectic, and partly like sophistical reasoning’. Yet, this Aristotelian conception of rhetoric sheds light on a similarity with Confucius’ teaching: both Confucius and Aristotle see the human understanding of the truths of things as necessarily having a dimension that is open-ended and discursive.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315400413

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9781315400419

Introducing Chinese Linguistics

A handbook for Chinese language teachers and learners

By: Hang Zhang,Lan Zhang

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Introducing Chinese Linguistics

A handbook for Chinese language teachers and learners

By: Hang Zhang,Lan Zhang

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of Chinese linguistics, including the core components of phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, writing system, and social cultural aspects of the language. It also discusses key features of Chinese language acquisition in each of these areas, highlighting common difficulties and obstacles adult learners encounter as revealed in language acquisition research. The integration of basic linguistic knowledge with language acquisition findings provides valuable resources for both current and aspiring Chinese language teachers, and serious learners of Chinese as a second language. Exercise questions included in each chapter serve to reinforce the concepts of Chinese linguistics. The book is designed to not only enhance Chinese learners’ linguistic awareness but also provide language teachers with pedagogical preparation and assistance. While this book can be used as a textbook for an introductory Chinese linguistics course, it is also beneficial to the broader range of readers who are interested in Chinese linguistics.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027254974

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9789027254979

A Romantic Beauty Around Imperial City

Volume 2

By: Lan Lanqi

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A Romantic Beauty Around Imperial City

Volume 2

By: Lan Lanqi

She attended her own funeral and watched as the coffin containing her body was completely buried.

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Funstory

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1648468519

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Epigenetics

The Death of the Genetic Theory of Disease Transmission

By: Joel D. Wallach,Ma Lan,Gerhard N. Schrauzer

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Epigenetics

The Death of the Genetic Theory of Disease Transmission

By: Joel D. Wallach,Ma Lan,Gerhard N. Schrauzer

WHAT IS EPIGENETICS? Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies alterations in gene expression caused by factors other than changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetics: The Death of the Genetic Theory of Disease Transmission is the result of decades of research and its findings that could be as critical to our understanding of human health as Pasteur’s research in bacteriology. Dr. Joel “Doc” Wallach has dedicated his life work to identifying connections between certain nutritional deficiencies and a range of maladies, formerly thought to be hereditary, including Cystic Fibrosis and Muscular Dystrophy. This nexus between nutrition and so-called genetic disease has been observed in both humans and primates, and it is the central theme of Epigenetics. To bring us Epigenetics, Wallach has teamed with noted scholars Dr. Ma Lan and Dr. Gerhard N. Schrauzer. Their collective expertise gives this book its far reaching perspective. Epigenetics is of vital importance to anyone who wants real knowledge about how the human body functions, and it provides a path for better health. Epigentics dispels the dogma and misinformation propagated by medical institutions and doctors resistant to change. Epigenetics is the beginning of a new era of well-being on this planet.

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SelectBooks, Inc.

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1590792556

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9781590792551

Evil God, Love Me Tender

Volume 2

By: Fu Lan

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Evil God, Love Me Tender

Volume 2

By: Fu Lan

Everyone knew that the fourth lady of the Jun Family was a rare piece of trash that everyone could bully. She was the last cultivator of the twenty-sixth century, yet she was being hunted to death for possessing a strange treasure. Transcending into a trash without spiritual roots? It doesn't matter, she will take back those who humiliate me or harm my loved ones!Were pills worth a lot? Sorry, her family has a bunch of Taotie. The Primordial Divine Beasts were very cold? What the hell was with all these cute girls beside her asking to be pacified? Everyone said that the Ghost King was bloodthirsty and ruthless, but who was this Tian Tian trying to climb out of bed?! And to see how she dressed in red that would overturn the world, looking down on all the heroes who walked the world with her sword! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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Funstory

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1648149065

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Ezra Pound and Confucianism

By: Feng Lan

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Ezra Pound and Confucianism

By: Feng Lan

In Ezra Pound and Confucianism, Feng Lan offers the first study of Ezra Pound's project of establishing a Confucian humanism as an alternative to Western modernism. While Pound scholars are familiar with the American poet's commitment to Confucianism, the question of how Confucianism systematically shaped Pound's thoughts has not been convincingly answered. Lan shows that when confronted with what appeared to him a dehumanising modern world, Pound discovered in Confucianism possible solutions to issues that he encountered in language, politics, and religion, which Western intellectual tradition as a whole had failed to provide. By integrating Confucian doctrines with received ideas from Western tradition, Pound developed a humanist discourse and brought it to bear on the historical conditions of his time. The result was a discourse characterized primarily by the following beliefs: the human mind as the source of creation, the individual's moral will as the basis of truth and social order, the human partnership with the world of nature, the self-perfectibility of human beings, and their innate capability for internal transcendence in spiritual life. Lan examines the strategies with which Pound reconstructed Confucianism into a systematic modern discourse, focusing on his controversial translation of Confucian scriptures, his rethinking of the nature of language and poetry, his political theory of the individual and the state, and his formulation of an unorthodox spirituality. Situating Pound's works in diverse cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts, Ezra Pound and Confucianism demonstrates that, despite its frequent divergence from the Confucian canon, Pound's Confucian humanism gives his poetry an ideological coherence, enriches the Western humanist tradition, and asserts its relevance to the historical and cross-cultural development of Confucianism in modern times.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442613114

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9781442613119

Picturing Heaven in Early China

By: Lillian Lan-ying Tseng

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Picturing Heaven in Early China

By: Lillian Lan-ying Tseng

Tian, or Heaven, had multiple meanings in early China. It had been used since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky and the highest god, and later came to be regarded as a force driving the movement of the cosmos and as a home to deities and imaginary animals. By the Han dynasty, which saw an outpouring of visual materials depicting Heaven, the concept of Heaven encompassed an immortal realm to which humans could ascend after death. Using excavated materials, Lillian Tseng shows how Han artisans transformed various notions of Heaven—as the mandate, the fantasy, and the sky—into pictorial entities. The Han Heaven was not indicated by what the artisans looked at, but rather was suggested by what they looked into. Artisans attained the visibility of Heaven by appropriating and modifying related knowledge of cosmology, mythology, astronomy. Thus the depiction of Heaven in Han China reflected an interface of image and knowledge. By examining Heaven as depicted in ritual buildings, on household utensils, and in the embellishments of funerary settings, Tseng maintains that visibility can hold up a mirror to visuality; Heaven was culturally constructed and should be culturally reconstructed.

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BRILL

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1684175097

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9781684175093

Inheritance: A Novel

By: Lan Samantha Chang

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Inheritance: A Novel

By: Lan Samantha Chang

Spanning seven decades and set in China and America against a backdrop of political chaos and social upheaval, this arresting debut novel tells a timeless story of familial devotion undermined by deceit and passion and rebuilt by memory. In 1931, abandoned after their mother's suicide, the young Junan and her sister, Yinan, make a pact never to leave each other. The two girls are inseparable—until Junan enters into an arranged marriage and finds herself falling in love with her soldier husband. When the Japanese invade China, Junan and her husband are separated. Unable to follow him to the wartime capital, Junan makes the fateful decision to send her sister after him. Inheritance traces the echo of betrayal through generations and explores the elusive nature of trust.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393344762

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9780393344769

CEO, Please Refrain

Volume 4

By: Lan Keer

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CEO, Please Refrain

Volume 4

By: Lan Keer

After being hacked by the scumbag, she pulled a man from the street out of anger." Handsome, how about we get to know each other? " The next morning, she regretted her words. "Uncle, please forgive me." The man smiled charmingly. "How can it be enough to get to know each other?

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Funstory

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1648464637

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9781648464638

Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook

A Sourcebook

By: Hua R. Lan,Vanessa L. Fong

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Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook

A Sourcebook

By: Hua R. Lan,Vanessa L. Fong

Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific.

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Routledge

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1317325214

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9781317325215

The Treatment of External Diseases with Acupuncture and Moxibustion

By: Cui-lan Yan

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The Treatment of External Diseases with Acupuncture and Moxibustion

By: Cui-lan Yan

A well-known acupuncturist specializing in external diseases from Tangshan, Hebei, wrote this clinical manual with Western practitioners in mind. It covers the treatment of traumatic injuries, muscle/joint problems, dermatological conditions, and postoperative complaints. Practitioners will find this book a useful addition to their library, allowing them to treat an even wider variety of diseases.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185805

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9780936185804

Age of Empires

Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

By: Zhixin Jason Sun,I-tien Hsing,Cary Y. Liu,Pengliang Lu,Lillian Lan-ying Tseng,Yang Hong,Robin D. S. Yates,Zhonglin Yukina Zhang

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Age of Empires

Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

By: Zhixin Jason Sun,I-tien Hsing,Cary Y. Liu,Pengliang Lu,Lillian Lan-ying Tseng,Yang Hong,Robin D. S. Yates,Zhonglin Yukina Zhang

Spanning four centuries, from 221 B.C. to A.D. 220, the Qin and Han dynasties were pivotal to Chinese history, establishing the social and cultural underpinnings of China as we know it today. Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties is a revelatory study of the dawn of China’s imperial age, delving into more than 160 objects that attest to the artistic and cultural flowering that occurred under Qin and Han rule. Before this time, China consisted of seven independent states. They were brought together by Qin Shihuangdi, the self-proclaimed First Emperor of the newly unified realm. Under him, the earliest foundations of the Great Wall were laid, and the Qin army made spectacular advances in the arts of war—an achievement best expressed in the magnificent army of lifesize terracotta warriors and horses that stood before his tomb, seven of which are reproduced here. The Han built on the successes of the Qin, the increasing wealth and refinement of the empire reflected in dazzling bronze and lacquer vessels, ingeniously engineered lamps, and sparkling ornaments of jade and gold from elite Han tombs. But of all the achievements of the Qin-Han era, the most significant is, no doubt, the emergence of a national identity, for it was during this time of unprecedented change that people across the empire began to see themselves as one, with China as their common homeland. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} With its engaging, authoritative essays and evocative illustrations, Age of Empires provides an invaluable record of a unique epoch in Chinese history, one whose historic and artistic impact continues to resonate into the modern age.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588396177

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9781588396174

A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry

By: Lan Jiang

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A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry

By: Lan Jiang

This book examines the development of English-translated Tang poetry and its propagation to the Western world. It consists of two parts, the first of which addresses the initial stage of English-translated Tang poetry’s propagation, and the second exploring its further development. By analyzing the historical background and characteristics of these two stages, the book traces the trend back to its roots, discusses some well-known early sinologists and their contributions, and familiarizes readers with the general course of Tang poetry’s development. In addition, it presents the translated versions of many Tang poems. The dissemination of Tang poetry to the Western world is a significant event in the history of cross-cultural communication. From the simple imitation of poetic techniques to the acceptance and identification of key poetic concepts, the Tang poetry translators gradually constructed a classic “Chinese style” in modern American poetry. Hence, the traditional Chinese culture represented by Tang poetry spread more widely in the English-speaking world, producing a more lasting impact on societies and cultures outside China – and demonstrating the poetry’s ability to transcend the boundaries of time, region, nationality and culture. Due to different cultural backgrounds, the Tang poets or poems admired most by Western readers may not necessarily receive high acclaim in China. Sometimes language barriers and cultural differences make it impossible to represent certain allusions or cultural and ethnic concepts correctly during the translation process. However, in recent decades, the translation of Tang poetry has evolved considerably in both quantity and quality. As culture is manifested in language, and language is part of culture, the translation of Tang poetry has allowed Western scholars to gain an unprecedented understanding of China and Chinese culture.

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Springer

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3662563525

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9783662563526

Industrial Solid Waste Recycling in Western China

By: Fenglan Han,Lan'er Wu

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Industrial Solid Waste Recycling in Western China

By: Fenglan Han,Lan'er Wu

This book introduces the latest results in research and practice of industrial solid waste recycling in China's western regions, where more than 50% of the waste in the whole country was produced. With rapid development in recent years, the massive industrial solid waste has become a serious problem in China. This book summarizes information and results of several National Research Programs of China concerning the typical solid wastes of the metallurgical and energy industry in western China, such as magnesium slag, manganese slag, acid sludge of lead and zinc smelting, fly ash, steel slag and carbide slag. It will be highly beneficial to scholars and engineers of environmental science and engineering.

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9811380864

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9789811380860

Chinese Fiction of the Cultural Revolution

Studies in Honour of Derk Bodde

By: Lan Yang

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Chinese Fiction of the Cultural Revolution

Studies in Honour of Derk Bodde

By: Lan Yang

The book covers the choice of subject matter, authorship and readership of Cultural Revolution fiction. It analyses the characterization of heroes promoted in the literary and artistic field during this period. By comparing Cultural Revolution fiction with the fiction of the preceding period, with Soviet fiction, and with some traditional Chinese and Western fiction, this analysis emphasizes the ideological and cultural significance of the characteristics shown in the heroes personal background and their physical, temperamental and behavioural qualities, etc. This book will be of significant benefit to both students and scholars of Chinese literature, language and society.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622094678

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9789622094673

Full-Spectrum Responsive Photocatalytic Materials

From Fundamentals to Applications

By: Chuanyi Wang,Yanyan Duan,Lan Wang,Qiuhui Zhu

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Full-Spectrum Responsive Photocatalytic Materials

From Fundamentals to Applications

By: Chuanyi Wang,Yanyan Duan,Lan Wang,Qiuhui Zhu

Full-Spectrum Responsive Photocatalytic Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications provides a comprehensive overview on the design, synthesis concepts, mechanisms, characterization techniques, and advances and limitations in applications of full-spectrum responsive photocatalytic materials. The book starts with the fundamentals of full-spectrum responsive materials. It then discusses the problems of most semiconductors that are not active in the whole solar spectrum and explains the benefits of utilizing full-spectrum responsive photocatalysts. Other sections describe examples of full-spectrum responsive photocatalysts classified by material types and provide the design principles and characterization protocols for these promising materials. Photocatalysis technology based on semiconductor materials holds great promise in various fields due to its potential advantages in energy-saving, cost and environmental impact. Maximizing the utilization of solar energy is always the target of pursuits in the areas of photocatalysis, and understanding and constructing appropriate full-spectrum (UV-VIS-NIR) responsive photocatalytic materials offer ways to better realize the practical utilization of photocatalysis. - Provides new insights into full-spectrum (UV-VIS-NIR) responsive photocatalysts and successful approaches for developing these materials - Assists readers working to develop more efficient catalysts and establish a solid structure–activity correlation - Suggests possibilities for the alteration of conventional photocatalysts to utilize the full spectrum of solar light

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Elsevier

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0443136327

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9780443136320

Computational Methods in Organometallic Catalysis

From Elementary Reactions to Mechanisms

By: Yu Lan

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Computational Methods in Organometallic Catalysis

From Elementary Reactions to Mechanisms

By: Yu Lan

The book includes a historical introduction to organometallic chemistry, a survey of mechanisms, and an extensive introduction to quantum mechanical computational methods.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527346058

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9783527346059

CEO's Cartoonist Sweetheart

Volume 5

By: Lan Ka

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CEO's Cartoonist Sweetheart

Volume 5

By: Lan Ka

On the forum, she was filled with righteous indignation at the accusation of being dumped by a female star. When he saw the caricature using him as the model, he kidnapped her and said, "Woman, since you're acting like this, why don't you try it out yourself?" She twisted her face. Pah pah! Who wants to try your rotten old cucumber?

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Funstory

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1649915543

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