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First Love Angel

Rating 3.3
Word count
109K words
Chapters
35
ISBN
9787569912890

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Summary

Tang Yuanyuan is the kind of plump girl everyone meets: plain-looking, from an ordinary family, in need of care, yet kind-hearted, optimistic and sunny, with one or two close friends. Not long out of school, she works at a modeling agency as a little assistant to more than a dozen models. One day at work, an offhand remark of hers unexpectedly helps her long-single female boss find her first love, bringing about a "twilight first love." On social media her boss praises her lavishly, saying she can help anyone find their first love.

People longing to recover their first loves come flocking, and the overwhelmed Tang Yuanyuan, at a loss, randomly "points the way"—yet every one of them finds their first love and ends up happily settled. Tang Yuanyuan herself also meets the other half she has been hoping for... After many twists and turns, Tang Yuanyuan is thoroughly mythologized, but crises follow close behind. Some want to use her to obtain twisted emotional gratification, some want to make a killing through her, and some even use her "First Love Angel" name to swindle people everywhere...

Editor's review

This is an urban coming-of-age novel with a light comic touch whose central draw is the premise of "the mythologized ordinary person": Tang Yuanyuan, plain and from an ordinary family, is pushed into the role of "First Love Angel" by a careless remark and then scrambles to cope as pleas for help pour in. The author drives the story with exaggerated plot turns, weaving misunderstandings, coincidences and goodwill together for an easy read that also casts a faint light on the "amplified persona" phenomenon of the social-media age. Tang Yuanyuan is down-to-earth, her kindness and optimism coexisting with clumsiness, and young readers just starting out at work will easily identify with her. Subplots involving a twilight romance, twisted emotional demands and fraud in her name give the story a layer of real-world friction beyond its sweet warmth. Suited to fragmented reading time on the commute or before bed as light, mood-lifting fare; readers expecting a serious discussion of marriage and love or tight logic should adjust their expectations.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who enjoy light urban romance with comic elements
  • Young readers new to the workplace who identify with the plight of the "little assistant"
  • People who want a brain-light, warm-hearted story for fragmented reading time
  • General readers interested in how social media shapes personas

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who prefer serious literature or in-depth ethical discussion of marriage and love
  • Those with little tolerance for coincidence-driven plots and exaggerated premises
  • Readers seeking rigorous real-world logic and a realistic portrayal of the workplace

Reading tips

  1. Read it as light comedy; don't fret over whether the "pointing the way" is plausible—just follow Tang Yuanyuan's flustered rhythm.
  2. Notice how her boss's social-media praise pushes the protagonist step by step toward myth, and reflect on it against your own social experience.
  3. Slow down a little at the fraud subplot and think about the cost of being mythologized before seeing how the protagonist extricates herself.
  4. Best read in short stretches on the commute or before bed, a chapter or two at a time, keeping a relaxed mood.

About the publisher

Beijing Times Chinese Press China · Founded in 2011

Beijing Times Chinese Press takes classic works and prose miscellanies as an important publishing direction, along with foreign literature, social novels, Eastern philosophy and art books. Its catalogue includes such Chinese classics as Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering, Xiao Hong's The Field of Life and Death, Zhang Dai's Reminiscences of Tao'an, Yuan Mei's Recipes from the Sui Garden and Hong Yingming's Caigentan, as well as foreign classics such as Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Rashomon. Among its translator resources is Wen Jieruo, whose translations provide reliable support for bringing foreign literary works into the Chinese-speaking world. While organizing traditional texts and reissuing classics, the press pays attention to readability and accessibility of editions, enabling ancient prose, notes and philosophical works to reach contemporary readers. Public information is limited; the above is only a brief account of the publishing directions reflected in the books held in the database.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 楔子 兜售梦想的人
  3. 01 墙根女
  4. 02 毒闺密
  5. 03 女上司的隐私
  6. 04 大明星的小初恋
  7. 05 器官歧视
  8. 06 球形世界和强食世界
  9. 07 伍小海
  10. 08 失恋季
  11. 09 闺密的小太阳
  12. 10 这般的梁山伯
  13. 11 小时房
  14. 12 大秀场
  15. 13 波西米亚式初恋
  16. 14 多米诺骨牌式“毁”人不倦
  17. 15 范丽丽的白日梦
  18. 16 天使的困境
  19. 17 云是倒悬的小猪
  20. 18 湿漉漉的快乐
  21. 19 私奔的盒子
  22. 20 美食地图
  23. 21 谁的盒子堆成山
  24. 22 情趣试睡师
  25. 23 血腥的手术刀
  26. 24 你想成为约翰·雅各布吗?
  27. 25 留守儿童与弃婴
  28. 26 失控的白条
  29. 27 伍小海的白日梦
  30. 28 5200种初恋
  31. 29 事不过一
  32. 30 梦想鉴定师
  33. 31 善梦成真
  34. 32 “白日梦团队”的超人们
  35. 33 扬帆起航的“白日梦”

FAQ

Why is Tang Yuanyuan called the "First Love Angel"?
Because an offhand remark of hers helps her long-single female boss find her first love; the boss praises her lavishly on social media, saying she can help anyone find their first love, and the name spreads from there as people longing to recover their first loves come knocking.
Is Tang Yuanyuan's the only romance in the book?
No. The story opens with her boss's "twilight first love," and later, while dealing with those who seek her help, Tang Yuanyuan also meets the other half she has been hoping for—the romance threads include both the older generation's twilight love and the young protagonist's own emotional development.
Is there a real method behind the "pointing the way" in the story?
From the material, Tang Yuanyuan points the way at random when she is overwhelmed, yet every seeker finds their first love and ends up happily settled; this reads more as coincidence and exaggeration in the plot setup than a replicable method, so don't take it as a real-life guide.
Besides the sweet, warm passages, is there anything else in the book?
Yes. As Tang Yuanyuan is mythologized, crises follow: some want to use her to obtain twisted emotional gratification, some want to make a killing through her, and some even swindle people under the "First Love Angel" name—these subplots add a layer of real-world friction beyond the light entertainment.

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About the author

何楚舞 Author

He Chuwu is an author about whom little public information is available, whose work spans several genres; eleven of his titles are held in this collection. In historical writing he focuses on modern and contemporary China and the memory of war, with works such as Manchukuo: Japan's New Attempt at Colonizing China (2 volumes), Shangganling, My War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and The Defenders, which treat colonial experience and battlefield experience in a documentary manner. In military and popular narrative he has written Wild Gun (2 volumes), Wild Gun Season 1: Bent Spear and The Hometown of Stray Bullets, with tight plotting and an emphasis on action and ensemble casts. He has also worked in social fiction, modern romance and science fiction, as in First Love Angel. His writing moves between serious history and genre fiction, covering a wide range of subjects and showing a sustained interest in war, memory and the fate of ordinary people.

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