Proficient Chinese Stories

Lin Xiaoyu begs an old tea master to teach her. His first lesson: just wash cups.

Grad student Lin Xiaomei flies to Xinjiang to dig her first Silk Road site alone.

Fu Yu and Zhang Ming, exes for five years, collide at a Beijing conference and can't look away.

Lawyer Lin Yu defends a polluter by day, exposes the truth as an anonymous blogger by night.

Yuan Yu finds love letters in her late grandma's closet — from a man who wasn't grandpa.

Zhang Ming meets Li Xue at a Beijing tech conference. She lives in Beijing, he in Shanghai.

Noodle vendor Lao Wang feeds late-night regulars. A young drifter asks if he's hiring.

He Siqi's first morning at work: no welcome, a client crisis, and one shot to prove herself.

Tang Ming falls for Taipei's Xiao Yu over video calls — then flies across the strait.

Three friends quit their jobs to build a meal-sharing app before savings run out.

Wang Daye's courtyard gets 30 days before demolition. Five neighbors share each day left.

Professor Li slips a letter into a rare poetry book — and into bookshop owner Xiao Mei's life.

Dr. Wang's patients prefer an AI therapist. He installs one to learn why.

Han Ming finds a demolition notice on his city's ancient wall and rallies to fight it.

Dr. Li's night shift spirals — heart attacks, car crashes, a choking child — no end in sight.

Retired cop Wang finds coded notes in a wall — and a 20-year trail back to a missing girl.

Translator Li Wen stalls on 'apple pie' — until his mother's steamed buns show the way.

After grandpa's funeral, Dong Xiaohong finds his room ransacked and a cryptic will.

Wang Jianguo has swept the same mountain platform for thirty years. High-speed rail is coming.

Lu Yuwei finds a 1985 class photo with one face scratched out — and starts digging.