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The glitz faded away, reverting to the most authentic life.
At the unassuming and modest doorway of the rental house, children chased and frolicked, their faces donned with pure smiles.
Friendly neighbors greeted warmly, disliking greetings through phone screens, preferring to stroll in the aged corridors.
The big red lanterns hung high, the apartment residents' handmade stalls were set up by the walkways, selling various crafts, colorful fabrics, and also dentist services, butcher shops, and food stands.
No lost items ever picked up, no doors ever closed at night, inside the Si Shui Apartments, it was as if a unique mini-society had formed.
Secluded from the outside world, the faces of the residents here beamed with smiles, seemingly free of worries.
"You two seem new here, are you here to see the house?" A remarkably pleasant voice emerged, a young man in an old-fashioned suit stopped Gao Ming and Zhu Miaomiao.
