Between Men

Haigui 72Migu Reading

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408.6K words

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Male-Oriented Fiction Urban Fiction Urban RomanceLove at First SightLove TriangleBudding RomanceWeb Novel80 YearsCollege Entrance Exam RestorationYoung Men and Women

Summary

After the resumption of the college entrance exam, star swimmer Feng Lu is admitted to a prestigious university and falls for his classmate Yaping at first sight on the first day of term. They dance in sync at the skating rink and feelings quietly grow, but misunderstandings pile up because of Liu Fei's messages, Li Ni's enthusiastic advances, and Wang Lin's relentless pursuit. The story then extends into society: Feng Lu is investigated over the restructuring of Nanjiang Guya and, with Li Ni's help, escapes through the Luohu checkpoint. The whole work begins with an 1980s campus and depicts young men and women's choices and divergences in love, friendship, and a changing era.

Editor's review

A period urban romance set in the early days of the college entrance exam's resumption; the triangle among star swimmer Feng Lu, Yaping, and Li Ni is written with fine detail, and campus scenes such as the skating rink and swimming pool carry a strong period flavor, while the latter half shifts to restructuring turmoil and an escape plot, abruptly quickening the pace. Suited to nostalgic readers, though the text contains many typos and awkward sentences, and the mid-story turn to suspense feels somewhat jumpy.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the campus section slowly in the first half to savor 1980s college life
  2. Watch the Liu Fei message thread, from which many misunderstandings arise
  3. When reading the later restructuring and escape plot, note how it connects to the earlier campus timeline

About the publisher

Migu Reading

Migu Reading is a digital publishing and reading platform known for genre fiction, with 92 titles in its collection. Its content focuses on premium fiction, women's fiction, ancient romance, female-oriented novels, fantasy fiction, and modern romance. Representative titles include Xiao Li Is No Common Fish, The City-Toppling Daughter: The Chancellor's Second Miss, Warm Rouge Jade, The Invincible Sword God, Cherishing Huazhi, Reborn in the 1980s as a Lucky Girl, and other works spanning ancient romance, fantasy, and urban themes. In terms of author resources, works by authors such as A Shu, Pidian Dian, Chu Shimei, Yijian Tian, Wanyue Liunian, Kongliu, Xiaoxu, and Aoxiang Ziyou form an important part of the platform's content. Its publishing characteristic lies in genre-based and series-based fiction that meets the needs of online reading, balancing female-oriented emotional storytelling with diverse themes such as fantasy and urban fiction. Public information about the publisher's founding background and scale is limited; the above introduction is based only on the book information available in the collection.

FAQ

Is this purely a campus romance? Not entirely. The first half is mainly campus romance, while the second half turns to restructuring turmoil and a checkpoint escape, with social-realist and suspense overtones.
Do the male and female leads end up together? Misunderstandings recur and the ending is open; read the main text and judge for yourself rather than drawing a simple conclusion.
How is the writing quality? Readers report many typos and awkward sentences; the story itself is tense and exciting, but the flaws must be tolerated.

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About the author

Haigui 72 Author

Haigui 72 is an author about whom limited public information is available. The confirmed Chinese pen name is "海龟72," with the English name given as Haigui 72; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and other personal information are not clearly recorded. Judging from the available work information, the author's writing centers on male-oriented fiction and urban fiction, with Between Men as the representative work. This work is the main basis for understanding the author's writing: its subject matter stays close to urban life and focuses on interactions, emotions, and everyday circumstances among men, with a narrative orientation toward realistic experience and the development of character relationships rather than fantasy or alternate-world settings. Because only one work by this author is held in the collection, there is insufficient material to judge the author's creative trajectory, stylistic evolution, or broader influence; only a cautious description of the existing thematic positioning is possible. Overall, Haigui 72 is an author who started with urban male-oriented subject matter and whose profile awaits confirmation through more works and materials.