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Returning Home Against the Current
Original title: 逆流归乡
After leaving his hometown for many years, Lin Yuan returns to Jianghai City as a corporate representative, where a university renovation project reconnects business interests, old ties, and his native place.
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Story summary
Having gradually risen to an executive position at Qingtian Group, Lin Yuan returns to Jianghai City leading a university renovation project. The city feels both familiar and alien after years away, and his new post also alters how others treat him. Using his return home and the project's progress as threads, the story connects career advancement, interpersonal networks, and relationships left in the past.
