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    Little Panda

    Stories 57
    Chapters 7,704
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    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 43 Cover
      by Little Panda — The Real·Ji Circle Xiaojiejie!"Ji circle" (姬圈, jīquān) is slang for the online community for women who love women (wlw). "Xiaojiejie" (小姐姐), literally "little big sister," is a trendy, affectionate term for a pretty young woman. For years, Yan Xi’s life had revolved around her work and caring for Anzhi. She rarely had time for socializing and kept a polite but distant relationship with her colleagues. She would be absent from nine out of ten of the station’s outings or dinners. Over…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 15 Cover
      by Little Panda — Dumplings on a Rainy Night "Xiao Wu, is everything alright?" Grandmother Yan asked, a little worried before she went to sleep. Grandfather Yan chuckled. "Didn't we agree not to meddle in the children's affairs?" "How can that be the same? Xiao Wu is still a child… and a girl, at that…" "And how is it any different? Have you forgotten our kids' nickname? The Four Tyrants of the Yan Family. Xiao Wu is one of them…" At that, Grandmother Yan started to laugh. "Anyway, I'm not getting…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 27 Cover
      by Little Panda — Beginning to Grow Up (Part 2) Liu Yiyi wasn't one to bicker with Anzhi anyway. She had other things on her mind. "My Mom calls me every single day, telling me to go on blind dates. Aren't international calls expensive?! I went, but what kind of crooked melons and split datescrooked melons and split dates: An idiom for ugly or inferior things; used by Liu Yiyi to describe the men she meets on blind dates. were they?" "Sigh, have you noticed? Good men are practically extinct these days. The second they…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 35 Cover
      by Little Panda — Yang Mengmeng No matter how reluctant she was, summer vacation was over in a flash. The scorching sun, bicycles, cold drinks, desserts, movies, downpours—these were Anzhi's memories of this summer. But she was also looking forward to the new semester, when she would get to see her classmate Yang Mengmeng. Yang Mengmeng was the first friend Anzhi ever made. Junior high life was still not as interesting as Anzhi had imagined. The coursework in her first year was also extremely simple in her eyes.…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 28 Cover
      by Little Panda — Midsummer (Part 1) The summer was hot. Anzhi had been riding her bike outside for a few days and hadn't been diligent about reapplying sunscreen, so she got sunburned. She had no choice but to obediently stay cooped up at home. Yan Xi flicked her forehead and applied a layer of chilled aloe vera gel to her reddened face. She repeatedly reminded her to put on sunscreen properly—if she went out, she had to use a high-SPF one and reapply it. At her age, Anzhi understood the importance of beauty and…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 57 Cover
      by Little Panda — Is That Person Pursuing You? Throughout the first semester of their first year of high school, Anzhi and Xu Jia'er were locked in a state of competition. Anzhi slowly found her rhythm and her academic strengths. As the curriculum progressed, Xu Jia'er began to fall behind Anzhi in physics and chemistry, and the two of them practically took turns occupying the number one spot. The other students in the Experimental Class had seen it so often they were numb to it. Xu Jia'er still teased Anzhi…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 9 Cover
      by Little Panda — The Auntie of Another Family Yan Xi, like every young person fresh into society, had brilliant visions and boundless drive for her work. Once the TV segment topic was finalized, they had only a week to shoot. The timeline was tight and the workload heavy; the group of newcomers worked from dawn to dusk every day, so busy their heads were practically spinning. Often, after a full day of shooting, they would still meet in the early hours of the morning to share insights and summarize their experiences…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 36 Cover
      by Little Panda — It's Yuri百合 (bǎihé), literally "lily." In Chinese and Japanese fandom, this is slang for a genre of fiction, or a real-life relationship, featuring romance between women. It is equivalent to the term "yuri" in English-speaking fandoms. It had only been two weeks since school started, but Anzhi had already heard that several students from the regular classes a couple doors down were causing a lot of trouble—skipping class, getting into puppy love, having their parents called in, and so on. They…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 47 Cover
      by Little Panda — I Forbid You to See Her Again Anzhi was frantic, her head beaded with sweat, but she couldn't find her bicycle anywhere. Her chest felt tight and uncomfortable. The sun was about to set, yet the air was still stuffy and suffocating. It was getting late. She had to go back. Anzhi could only give up, her heart aching. That was the bicycle Yan Xi had bought for her. She wiped her eyes. She had cried so hard that she was still hiccupping. She waited for the bus for a while, but it never came, so…
    • Peaches and Plums Don’t Speak – Chapter 37 Cover
      by Little Panda — Puberty “Girls’ puberty starts earlier than boys’, at around ten to twelve years old. It’s characterized by emotional volatility, capriciousness, and rebelliousness, manifesting as a desire to break away from the family, a greater need to interact with peers, making friends with similar interests, paying attention to one’s own image, and attempting to interact with the opposite sex, during which the psyche becomes more complex.” On her way home from work, these words from a psychology…
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