Making Candy

Name: Making Candy
ISBN: 9787550030237

闻人可轻Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · ChinaMar 2026

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Word count: 135K words
Chapters: 87
ISBN: 9787550030237

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Summary

Midnight dreams often leave her drenched in sweat. If Zhou Cong is not beside her, she rises at once to look for him—they are waiting for her, waiting for her to cross the endless crowd to his side, to hold him, and then, racking her brains, to come up with a reason for returning so late. Nong Tang · YAN SE: A rebellious teenage son with no sense of the world VS a sharp-tongued, strong-willed single mother. "Everyone says a boy can't do without a father, or he won't have any manliness. So I smoked, swore, mixed with all kinds of men, learned from them, made myself live like a man. I thought that would be enough—pretty childish, right?" Nong Tang · TAO FANG: A self-conscious, sensitive village girl VS a warm, cheerful city girl—commemorating a friendship once thought to last a lifetime but now lost to different paths. In the dream—she and Yifang are still together, still in their brilliant youth, with clear clappers and red ivory, at the lovely age of sixteen. No sharpness, no hurt. Never parted. Nong Tang · LU NONG: A highly gifted fashion designer VS a clever, independent outdoor coach. "You appeared when I was ignorant and unformed, grew into my flesh, and then one day you tore open my body and ran out from inside. Bleeding, I searched for you for ten years. Ten years, Shen Qingshu—if you don't come back, I'm going to die." Nong Tang · SHOU TANG: A domineering, bold female troupe leader VS her childhood sweetheart, a male troupe leader. Xiang Zhaochu drags the future husband she has claimed since childhood off to be married, unaware that this is only her way of protecting him. "What are you to me? I'll date whomever I want—what business is it of yours?" "What are you to me? We were betrothed back when we were still in split pants. What, Commander Chen, are you going to cast me off now?"

Editor's review

Nong Tang consists of four stories that are independent yet share a common temperament—each locates its unease in "relationships": between mother and son, between girls, between lovers, between childhood sweethearts. Every one carries an unhealed fracture. The author excels at writing dependence and loss through nearly painful metaphors—for instance, a person growing into your flesh and then tearing free—sharp on the page, yet never sentimental for its own sake. The characters' circumstances differ, but each story asks the same question: once intimacy has been warped by time, misunderstanding, or identity, can people still find their way back? The prose has the quality of an old photograph tinged with smoke and peach blossom; the narrative pace is slow, suited to readers willing to sit with the folds of a character's inner life. This is not a book that offers answers—it lays bare emotions that resist explanation, leaving a dull, lingering echo after reading.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy story collections and nuanced emotional and psychological portraiture
Readers interested in multiple forms of kinship, friendship, and love, willing to read slowly and absorb
Those who appreciate narratives with a sense of pain but not without warmth, and can accept open-ended emotional resolution
Aspiring writers, who can observe four different approaches to the same theme across the four short stories

Not a good fit for

Readers who expect a single continuous novel-length plot and dislike switching between stories
Those who prefer light, sweet romance and wish to avoid heavy emotions and relational fractures
Readers impatient with slow pacing and dense psychological description

Reading tips

The four stories can be read in order, or you can start with the relationship type that interests you most; neither affects comprehension.
Pause after each story and notice how the author uses metaphor to close an emotion; the next piece will land better that way.
Best read in quiet hours, especially when you need to sort through your own relationships with family or old friends—the reading becomes more concrete.

About the publisher

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1990

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.

版权信息
作者简介
作者前言
Episode 1 弄糖青雪
Chapter.1
Chapter.2
Chapter.3
Chapter.4
Chapter.5
Chapter.6
Chapter.7
Chapter.8
Chapter.9
Chapter.10
Chapter.11
Chapter.12
Chapter.13
Chapter.14
Chapter.15
尾声
Episode 2 弄糖烟色
引子
Chapter.1
Chapter.2
Chapter.3
Chapter.4
Chapter.5
Chapter.6
Chapter.7
Chapter.8
Chapter.9
Chapter.10
Chapter.11
Chapter.12
Chapter.13
尾声
Episode 3 弄糖桃芳
引子
Chapter.1
Chapter.2
Chapter.3
Chapter.4
Chapter.5
Chapter.6
Chapter.7
Chapter.8
Chapter.9
Chapter.10
Chapter.11
Chapter.12
Chapter.13
Chapter.14
Chapter.15
Chapter.16
尾声
Episode 4 弄糖露浓
Chapter.1
Chapter.2
Chapter.3
Chapter.4
Chapter.5
Chapter.6
Chapter.7
Chapter.8
Chapter.9
Chapter.10
Chapter.11
Chapter.12
Chapter.13
Chapter.14
Chapter.15
尾声
Episode 5 弄糖瘦棠
Chapter.1
Chapter.2
Chapter.3
Chapter.4
Chapter.5
Chapter.6
Chapter.7
Chapter.8
Chapter.9
Chapter.10
Chapter.11
Chapter.12
尾声
FANWAI 番外 · 花尽

FAQ

Are the four stories connected? Do they need to be read in order?

The characters and plots are independent, with no sequential dependence. Reading in order lets you feel a progression in theme, but skipping around does not affect comprehension at all—you can start with whichever story attracts you most.

Is the overall mood of the book heavy?

Some pieces involve single parenthood, self-consciousness, separation, and missed friendship, and the emotional intensity is high. But the author does not deliberately amplify pain; the focus stays on how the characters face the fractures. Overall, the reading experience carries pain without being oppressive.

Is it better to read in one sitting or in stages?

In stages is recommended—leave a little time to digest after each story. Reading all four back-to-back can let similar emotions pile up and actually weaken what makes each one distinctive.

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About the author

闻人可轻 Author

Wenren Keqing is a Chinese-language author about whom limited public information is available. The database contains 14 of her works, spanning categories such as youth literature, modern romance, social fiction, and otherworld fantasy. Her writing centers on youthful romance while also touching on urban life and fantasy themes. Representative works include Yuan Wei Xi Nan Feng, Beiwai Sanshisan Du Chun, Nong Tang, Ta Lai Shi Jingtao Hailang, Deng Wo Jia Gei Ni, and Shiguang Hao You Nuan, along with the four-volume series Yusheng Duo Tianmi and the three-volume series Nixi Xingguang. Judging from the titles and categories, her work tends to focus on young people's emotional growth and life choices, with a warm and delicate style that weaves sweetness and setbacks into everyday narratives; some works also carry an inspirational tone. Because her dates of birth and death, nationality, and English name remain unconfirmed, this introduction is based solely on the work information in the database and makes no speculation about her personal life.