Thirty Is Not Too Late
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Summary
Thirty years old, laid off, cheated on by her scumbag boyfriend, back home to start a business—you think this is a disastrous start?
Facing workplace discrimination, Yang Jiamei resolutely quits. At worst, she can go back and get married—that wouldn't be bad either.
But then she discovers that her boyfriend of nearly ten years, Chen Taifeng, has emotionally cheated—with a junior schoolmate Yang Jiamei herself introduced him to.
Yang Jiamei breaks up; her boyfriend thinks she's making a fuss over nothing.
Later, when Yang Jiamei is pursued by the wealthy second-generation younger man Li Hao, Chen Taifeng is furious.
Chen Taifeng: "He's just playing with you! I'm the only one who truly loves you!"
Yang Jiamei tilts Li Hao's chin up. "Is that so?"
Li Hao: "I'm giving her ten million to play with. You call that not loving her?"
She returns to her hometown to start a business and help farmers, only to be mocked by relatives—a top student farming like a peasant, what a failure. When the government commends Yang Jiamei, the relatives fall silent.
Watch how Yang Jiamei achieves success in both career and love.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers around thirty who have suffered career or romantic setbacks and want a cathartic wish-fulfillment novel
- Romance readers who enjoy a heroine starting a business and turning her life around after a breakup, with career and love advancing on two tracks
- Urban female readers interested in returning-home farming and agricultural entrepreneurship
- Readers of web novels who prefer direct, satisfying stories with brisk pacing
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting serious realist writing or in-depth details of agricultural entrepreneurship
- Readers who dislike wish-fulfillment tropes such as revenge on a scumbag ex and pursuit by a younger 'puppy' man
- Readers who find relatives' gossip and face-slapping plotlines repetitive and tiring
Reading tips
- Start by following Yang Jiamei's emotions and treat the breakup and resignation as the starting point of the story rather than the end.
- Pay attention to how she responds to relatives' doubts in the farming-helping plotline; this is what distinguishes the book from pure romance.
- If the wish-fulfillment feels too strong, focus on the process of the heroine rebuilding order in her life.
- It suits concentrated weekend reading; reading it in segments better conveys the satisfying rhythm of the turnaround.
About the publisher
Tianjin Boji Xinmei Technology Co., Ltd. is a publisher focused mainly on literature and general reading. Public information about the company is limited, but its catalog of nearly one thousand titles indicates publishing directions that include mystery and detective fiction, foreign literature, classic works, health, and Eastern philosophy. Representative publications include The Complete Dark Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the works of Jo Nesbø, Nobel laureates John Steinbeck and Yasunari Kawabata, the collected works of Shi Tiesheng, and the healing books of neurologist Oliver Sacks. Its author resources combine foreign classics such as Poe, Steinbeck, and Kawabata with contemporary mystery writers like Nesbø, supported by translators including Cao Minglun and Lin Liren, reflecting a publishing profile that balances retranslated classics with genre reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第1章 职场性歧视
- 第2章 生日惊喜？！
- 第3章 分手
- 第4章 一个人休假
- 第5章 冤家路窄
- 第6章 慢慢浮现
- 第7章 面试
- 第8章 你是不是跟踪我？
- 第9章 卧槽，死绿茶
- 第10章 好友申请
- 第11章 他上得厅堂下得厨房
- 第12章 搬起石头砸自己的脚
- 第13章 鸠占鹊巢
- 第14章 品味不错
- 第15章 控制不了的东西
- 第16章 回家
- 第17章 有了后妈就有了后爸
- 第18章 无理取闹
- 第19章 我的房子我做主
- 第20章 告状的好手
- 第21章 作妖
- 第22章 后妈的奸计
- 第23章 才不是约会
- 第24章 相亲1
- 第25章 相亲2
- 第26章 敞开心扉
- 第27章 婚礼1
- 第28章 婚礼2
- 第29章 婚礼3
- 第30章 热情的东北人
- 第31章 断绝关系
- 第32章 伤疤
- 第33章 会对你负责
- 第34章 新成员
- 第35章 正式加入
- 第36章 不敢去的甜品店
- 第37章 孩子气
- 第38章 悄悄改变
- 第39章 真正的小丑
- 第40章 收拾行囊
- 第41章 小聚
- 第42章 出发
- 第43章 好言难劝该死的鬼
- 第44章 仲夏夜之梦
- 第45章 冰柜效应
- 第46章 期待
- 第47章 懂得都懂
- 第48章 亏妻者百财不入
- 第49章 公司成立
- 第50章 秋收
- 第51章 内有恶犬
- 第52章 老板娘视察
- 第53章 新的迷妹
- 第54章 消失的吴菲菲
- 第55章 跟着吴菲菲回家
- 第56章 狗的醋你也吃？
- 第57章 中秋
- 第58章 看孩子
- 第59章 混世魔王
- 第60章 各司其职
- 第61章 有福之人不进无福之门
- 第62章 投毒
- 第63章 警局
- 第64章 幸福者避让原则
- 第65章 努力与回报
- 第66章 他们看不起
- 第67章 报警
- 第68章 女性帮助女性
- 第69章 一笑泯恩仇
- 第70章 麻烦
- 第71章 美男计
- 第72章 步入正轨
- 第73章 上山把你卖了
- 第74章 病急投百度？
- 第75章 送你回家
- 第76章 比你爱的更多
- 第77章 跨年
- 第78章 意外
- 第79章 坦白
- 第80章 合法夫妻
- 第81章 春节
- 第82章 林萱的自白
- 第83章 真正的一家人
- 第84章 天下哪有不散的宴席
- 第85章 我可不想犯罪
- 第86章 是不是更爱我了？
- 第87章 大结局
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About the author
You Xia, for whom only limited public information is available, is a Chinese author writing in the field of contemporary romance. The library holds one work by this author, the representative novel Thirty Is Not Too Late. Based on the available information, You Xia's writing focuses on the emotions and lives of contemporary urban men and women and falls within the common genre of modern romance. The title Thirty Is Not Too Late suggests that the work may revolve around the life milestone of turning thirty, exploring the relationship between age, choice, and emotion, and carrying the implication of encouraging readers to face their stage of life squarely and not limit themselves because of age. Since no reliable records have been found regarding the author's real name, nationality, dates of birth and death, or writing career, it is still difficult to sketch a complete picture of You Xia's writing style and creative trajectory; readers can only sense the author's narrative orientation and emotional expression through the single work Thirty Is Not Too Late. Overall, You Xia is an author who has come to readers' attention through a single contemporary romance work, and more information remains to be supplemented by public sources.
