Street No. 2

Uncle哈尔17K Novel Network2021

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Word count
61.6K words

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Featured Fiction Urban Fiction Realistic LifeFriendship and LoveReturning in GloryLight ComedyYouth GrowthWeb NovelStarting from Scratch

Summary

As Spring Festival approaches in Dawan Village, Su Xiaole drives home a borrowed BMW with his rented girlfriend Wang Dandan, putting on a show of success. Claiming to run a media company, he steals the spotlight among the villagers. Liu Zixi, the village's renowned top student, has fared poorly since earning his master's degree. The two join Yanzi, Liangzai, and a group of young people known as "Street No. 2," starting from scratch and seeking a way forward through repeated setbacks, while navigating the entanglements of friendship and love and holding fast to their souls and beliefs, trying to "number two" their way to a brilliant life.

Editor's review

A light-comedy urban youth story that uses Su Xiaole's fake triumphant return to portray the awkwardness and discontent of small-town youth striving in the big city. The humor comes from banter and contrast, and the hometown scenes feel authentic. Weaknesses: short length, limited main plot development, somewhat stereotyped characters, and shallow business and romance threads—suitable as a light short read.

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Reading tips

  1. Treat it as a light-comedy short story; don't expect deep business intrigue or complex conspiracies
  2. Note the contrast between Su Xiaole and Liu Zixi—it's key to the book's theme
  3. Read the first three chapters to get a feel for the language and pacing before deciding whether to continue

About the publisher

17K Novel Network

17K Novel Network (17K小说网) is a publishing platform centred on online literature, with 10,912 titles in its catalogue; publicly available information is limited, and its founding background and country or region are not confirmed. Judging from the existing titles, its publishing scope covers common categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, urban fiction, female-oriented fiction, time-travel and alternate-history stories, and selected fiction, spanning male-oriented cultivation and urban-life themes as well as female-oriented time-travel and quick-transmigration narratives. Representative titles include Deities: Recruiting Earth Players from the Start, Rebirth of the Nine-Tailed Superstar, Quick Transmigration: When a Max-Level Boss Becomes a Toxic Dad, Supreme Pill King, My Beautiful Wife, Chaos Tang, Wind Howling through the Jianghu, and Great Qin: My Inner Thoughts Overheard by the Ancestral Dragon from the Start, most of which unfold with the length and pacing of online serialization. Representative authors include Yang Zhizhi, Yuyi Tingbing, Xuanyuan Lvedan, Zhenyong, Manyu, Wuweijiu, Meng Qingxuan and Tianyan Junran, reflecting a publishing approach built on contracted online authors and organized by genre.

FAQ

Is this book complete? Yes, about 27 chapters and over 60,000 words.
Is it romance or comedy? Mainly light comedy, with coming-of-age, friendship, and romance threads woven in.
Who is the male lead? Both Su Xiaole and Liu Zixi are main characters; the story revolves around the "Street No. 2" ensemble.

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