Be careful with women

Author: Xu Ming
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The son of a farmer graduates from university and gradually enters the mainstream urban society; he faces dilemmas between passion and sentimentality, loyalty and betrayal, and madness and loss. The novel tells readers: in the fierce struggle for power and status, the fall of the soul must be at one's own expense; in the separation between love and reality, how will emotions find their. This book is the complete version of the 2005 viral online novel "Being Played by Women" (including the final ending). Written by a top-tier online writer at the end of 2004 and first published on the Tianya online community, it sparked huge among netizens and was reposted by multiple websites. Although the content of the book still revolves around the familiar theme of marriage and love, its unique narrative style, deeply moving storyline, the gripping emotional journey of the protagonist, and the author's profound reflections on social morality elevate the novel to a certain intellectual level.
The protagonist, Xu Ming, is a child from a rural family who deeply understands the hardship his parents faced in supporting his education. From a young age, he vowed to study hard and achieve great success to repay his parents' nurturing. After entering university, Xu Ming experienced romantic relationships and pursued Meng Yan, a fellow hometown girl, according to his parents' standards for a future daughter-in-law. However, in the end, Meng Yan rejected him because she despised his family's poverty and did not marry him.
Stung by this rejection, Xu Ming determinedly sought a daughter from a wealthy family to rely on and began a friendship with Wan'er, whose father was the head of the Provincial Department of Grain. After two years of dating, Wan'er also left him, unable to endure the suffering of being separated by distance. Having experienced two failed relationships, Xu Ming became completely disillusioned with love and eventually married Xia Yu, a woman with neither a good job nor good looks. After marriage, they had a lovely daughter, and their little life flourished. Xu Ming thought he could live a quiet and ordinary life like this, but unexpectedly, on their fifth wedding anniversary, his wife Xia Yu cheated on him.
At this point, Xu Ming's worldview underwent a tremendous change. He became unrestrained and carefree, engaging in sexual relationships with several women and completely isolating himself in a world of loneliness and decay. Then, a female college student named Chen Xiang entered his life, and they became entangled in a series of emotional conflicts. The story unfolds, vividly depicting the complex relationships between Xu Ming, Xia Yu, and Chen Xiang, as well as the ups and downs of Xu Ming's career, his struggles with family, and his emotional entanglements.