Chongfei Manual

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Before her rebirth, Wei Luo was an innocent little girl.

After rebirth, she appeared lovable on the outside but was a different person on the inside.

Those who learned of her true nature yielded to her.

Only the prince regent regarded her as a treasure; no matter how much he pampered her, it was not enough for him.

Anything she wanted, he gave her, including the princess position that she didn’t want, which he stubbornly pushed onto her.

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Sổ Tay Sử Dụng Sủng Phi
User Guide to Pampering a Consort
มารยามารล้านเล่มเกวียน
宠妃使用手册
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rdawv
rdawv rated it
July 19, 2016
Status: c17
PSA: Click on the latest chapter link and browse the story from there, the links to the early chapters are outdated as the translator had changed websites.

Time travel revenge story. The premise lies in the fact that the MC had returned to a 6-year old and uses her foreknowledge to change events in her favour. She also manages to inadvertently attract the attentions of someone powerful, which adds an unknown element into her plans.

The side characters are quite one-dimensional. Other reviewers have noted the MC's father as being distant or... more>> somewhat uncaring until the MC's revelations but that is just how the story goes in such a genre. The antagonists are like a list of tropes, the evil stepmother, the spoiled stepsister, skeptical relatives, disrespectful servants. A twist is that the father's love simply pushed the antagonists even further, yet the MC is more than happy to see it happen. The appeal in such stories is seeing how the disadvantaged MC (in this case, being so young) turns the tables against her enemies. But one can argue that the enemies were deliberately incited.

I like how the MC is portrayed consistently as a mature (and vicious) mind who hides well behind a childish facade, unlike some stories where we're suppose to believe a young kid could blatantly outsmart everyone else (eg, the much maligned Close Combat Mage).

Decent storytelling of the familiar, somewhat let down by the slow pace of translations which are actually nicely done. <<less
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SunsetChaos
SunsetChaos rated it
July 10, 2016
Status: c17
Merciless evil genius yandere taking revenge for herself. It almost makes you want to pity the antagonists. Actually, you should only pity the little sister, not the step mother. The little 5 year old sister is the most pitiful, since it's not her fault her mother is like that. It's her fault if she grows up to be like her mother, but since this is the MC's second chance in life, hopefully the MC will influence her to turn out to be a better person than the previous life.

The MC... more>> is great and capable, the story isn't boring. What more reasons do you need to read this? <<less
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Awesome Sauce
Awesome Sauce rated it
June 13, 2016
Status: --
It felt great to read the novel. I loved CWF, and this has a similar plot in the beginning except it isn't as slow and wordy (don't get me wrong, CWF has its own charm). I like the MC because she knows how to act innocent and make use of her young, cute face.
I like how she has people on her side, and I'm curious to see how they'll react once they find out her true nature (or if they stay ignorant of it!).
I like how the main antagonist gets served some justice very early in -- I was at the edge of my seat waiting for the updates at this part!
Something to point out though,
Spoiler

you don't see the yandere part of her until chapter 13. Even then it's very slight.

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TLDR: Like revenge stories? A smart female lead? Read it. You won't regret it.
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nicomcla1995
nicomcla1995 rated it
September 6, 2022
Status: Completed
Okay, let me see if I can clear up some misconceptions about this story... Don't read any further if you hate spoilers and a healthy dose of reality!

First of all, please leave your 21st-century privileged mindset at the door. What we call a pe*ophile today, is what a regular marriage would look like in ancient times. Mind you this story is only told in MC's POV so 100% ancient setting, it could even have been before the continent separated into what we have today (the thing is we don't know).

Getting back to the point; 1.

The ML never touched the MC inappropriately before she turned 12/13 when he found out he was sexually attracted to her (he was only fond of her in the beginning). 2. Kissing, fondling, and touching (MC 12/13) was considered inappropriate ONLY because a woman should maintain dignity and virtuousness before marriage, and even after marriage. NOT because of her age. 3. MC is displayed as childish; because she is a child. Point blank. Even though she is reborn, she still has the mentality of a severely traumatized teen who died unfairly.

Also, I'm just pointing out that even though she said she was treated fairly by her adoptive parents; I don't remember her mentioning that they loved her dearly. (I might be wrong, but I think I'm not).

Some people say that the MC is Mary Sue, and sometimes she kinda is, but not at the same time. Most of her "halo" is the ML and her family protecting her.

MC has 1 bottom line:

Don't touch her loved ones! Li Song drowned her brother, Li sister tried to kill her brother (succeded in her previous life), du mother tried to sell her (succeded in her previous life), Zheng sister tried to drown her in a pond during a game (almost succeded in her current life), etc. The only person I can honestly say she hurts for no reason (and it was his feelings, not his life) is Song Hui and she acknowledged that.

A flaw in her character...

Trying to help curb her BFF from falling in love with her cousin. I got where she was coming from, however, it wasn't her problem at the end of the day, she admitted to herself the same thing, and ended up actually trying to help them get together and be happy.

MC comes off as Yandere?

Again this is a traumatized teenager whose feelings were trampled on by those she thought loved her (stepmother/father/duke family as a whole) so given another chance, she wholeheartedly held onto what she considered as hers, by clinging on to dear life to the people who she, now knows also, loves her dearly (brother, ML, BFF, ML's sister, and her 4th aunt). I don't know if she ever forgave her dad for abandoning her and her brother in the previous TL, (context: by abandoning I mean not searching for her, not punishing Du mother for losing her, not taking care of her brother, not recognizing her after she looked for them, etc) but she did admit to hating his guts, like a lot (never more than the bio mom, though) and given what she went through (previous TL) there really is no way to forgive and forget.

Chang Mi is a touch or go for me.

She really did not like him at all, when he was born; however, as we go through their exchanges we start to see more development of an actual sibling bond being established between them. It's not as close as her twin's, but it didn't stay as cold as her relationship with Zheng.

Everyone feels pity for the sister.

She tried to drown MC in the middle of Autumn/Winter (thinking about the MC's cold uterus would have probably been catastrophic for her). Also, Zheng may have been neglected emotionally by the dad; however, everything MC had she also had the chance to have! She was the one who wanted to steal her sister's fiancée! Now just because she caught the wrong person (in every way imaginable) doesn't mean the bed she so carefully tidied up and prepared for, cannot be slept in. In the end, it was her choice to use schemes, if they succeeded or fell through; she could only blame herself for being useless. Sorry 😞 not sorry 😉

What else can I say? Honestly, this is a great story with a storyline set in super ancient times where we see numerous changes between then and now.

To close, this is not the worst I've seen from historical novels in regards to their normal versus our ped* so give it a try; and if it is not for you, then don't read it!

No need to talk about how the ML would be viewed in 2022, that's a no-brainer! However this is history, please DONT s*** on a historical novel if you can't handle the language or the customs that were viewed as normal during those times. Thank you 😊
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Tattaro
Tattaro rated it
December 7, 2018
Status: Completed
Plot line was dull and most of (if not all) it's characters were in some way pe*verted. FL was evil and ML was a sicko. I don't have anything against the nine-year age gap but I can't get over the fact that FL was 14-15 when most adult scenes happened. ???
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Pink Lotus
Pink Lotus rated it
December 13, 2017
Status: c57
This novel is very cute with fluffy and slice of life. I like how cute, clever, caring protected MC is and I like ML and MC. They are best and perfected couple made in heaven. I like how caring and possessive ML is. I enjoying reading this fluffy novel that light your mood.
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AmuSushar
AmuSushar rated it
July 20, 2022
Status: --
Accidentally gave two stars...

I wanna know the people who liked and gave high ratings to this story.... not really. These ratings are so misleading!!

I couldn't even read past 10 chapters as it gave so many red flags. Like when the MC after being reborn and is supposed to go to temple where her stepmother will sell/try to kill her, when her maids informs this she already knew but 'accidentally' drops the cup and got a scratch which scares the maids and hugs MC but the later hides the evil smirk....I... more>> mean why did she drop the cup? Next, her grandparents dotes her and father loves her to the extreme so she could have used some coquettish to cancel the trip or asked her grandmother/ half sister/twin brother anyone to accompany her but didn't. And her playing with her maids with that mask gifted by her dad and then breaks it... girl just why? You hate him? Okay but author needs to explain these actions.

And then on the way she bites the ML! I almost dropped it there, no matter you are MC or not you don't randomly bite people like that, isn't she an sixteen or so year 'adult' why behave like a spoiled brat.

And let's talk about MC and ML, their age gap turned me off completely. MC is just six but he's 15 or 16, I literally hate novels where there's big age gap and the ML literally sees MC grow up, I consider that as pe*ophile not love, in four or five years he'll be an adult but she'd be only 10 or 11 and him seeing her romantically... oh my god! No way! If they met when she's 16 or so I wouldn't mind the age gap but this...I don't support this.

Another reason to drop/dislike this novel is many reviews talking about other side characters and MC behaviour in coming chapters. If I continue to read this I'll probably loose my phone by smashing it <<less
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liimoniim
liimoniim rated it
April 27, 2021
Status: c125
I really liked this story at the beginning. MC enacted revenge on her stepmother who wronged her, and it seemed like ML found MC to be an amusing child. However, I quickly became less enchanted with it. The timeline doesn't make sense, and MC is a bully, especially to babies and young children. ML is creepy, and I really can't stand all the times he touches her while she begs him to stop. Very uncomfortable to read. Overall, I found MC became less and less likeable as I read. Her... more>> only qualities are being the prettiest 13 year old and being cruel to kids. DNF <<less
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AnuBis28
AnuBis28 rated it
October 26, 2020
Status: Completed
Honestly just one ⭐..

Started quite well until the FL turned out to be a vengeful psycho..

1 - I like vengeful characters but this girl implicated anyone she pleased.. For example her fiance Song Hui.. He was only around 10 when FL was kidnapped in previous life.. There was no news of her for 9 years.. Yet she expected him to wait for her !!! She just toyed with his emotion after rebirth.. What the hell bit*h ??? And yet she deserves happiness.. !!!

2 - Her stepsister was only 5, but... more>> wasn't spared.. No one even tried to teach her the right way.. Even the father was horrible..

3 - She is beautiful.. So anything she does is forgivable??? Her narrow mindedness, cruelty, malicious nature everything is washed away by her looks.. Wow.. What a logic...

4 - I'm a huge fan of age gap.. But ML here is creepy.. He groped a 13-14 year old girls breast, even used her hand to relieve himself... Oh my gosh !!! If this isn't pedophilia, I don't know what is..

5 - FL's stepsister was gang-r*ped repeatedly after marriage.. But everyone turned a blind eye to that.. What a great family she got !!!

6 - ML's fiancee was married off to a vicious faraway prince.. Why the f*ck didn't the ML or Empress break off her engagement to ML before??? Why waiting for so late !!! They were even happy about that...

7 - Li Song found happiness in an alternate timeline.. I guess the reason is because he was FL's admirer, so his malicious character doesn't count..

8 - FL's brother is just an accessory.. No personal life whatsoever..

9 - FL's stepbrother went to jail before turning 10 in previous life.. Seriously??? What crime did he do ??? Lol..

1 /5 is enough for this one.. <<less
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Toff
Toff rated it
July 23, 2020
Status: --
This is exactly like Tyrannical Wang’s beloved wife. From the creepy pedo MLs sexually harassing 13, 14 year olds in their sleep to the supposedly smart FLs being hypocrites. Still this one is slightly better than TWBW. One thing that seriously vexed me is how the FL and her father treated their 13 year old sister/daughter. I guess we can understand that the sister did sth bad to the FL in her previous life but their father is too much. No matter what she’s still his daughter. He was extremely... more>> biased towards the FL and neglected the sister, isolated her mother. She basically grew up without parents, not to mention her crazy mother. Tbh she did nothing wrong in the present lifetime, she just wanted to have a happy life with her mother and the only solution was marrying to a good house but the father doesn’t care about her so what’s she gotta do? And they all knew she was going to be treated badly in her in-law’s home but they acted like they saw nothing and she deserved it. No one deserves what happened to her especially troubled 13 year old girl. And another problem is how dumb FL is. She’s described as intelligent girl in the novel ofc but she’s reborn, she has to be mentally older than her peers but it feels like she gets dumber and more immature as she grows up. Her personality is not consistent and her character development is not written well. I really don’t understand why these novels are so popular especially TWBW. I read The Rebirth of a Malicious Empress and fell in love with this genre but still haven’t found anything that can come close to it. : ( <<less
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Brasdf
Brasdf rated it
July 12, 2020
Status: c80.2
This is a pretty creepy story, the lolicon tag should be more prominent.

There are huge plot holes in the story, as mentioned by other reviews (how sexually deviant can an 8 year old be ?) and the plot itself is quite boring.

10% of the story is clothing descriptions and of "eight heavenly form" furniture ? What does that even mean ? Is it the same as luxurious? Also disturbing description of feet and teeth.

... more>> The MC is petty and overly malicious, often she is casually cruel.

But the worst part, by far, is that the main male lead obsesses over her from the time she is six and repeatedly sexually harasses her from the time she is 12. The MC is justly very uncomfortable with this behavior. This could only be justified story wise if she at the very least stabs him a few times. Maybe cuts off something, for sweet sweet revenge, but it doesn't feel like this is the future direction of the story. <<less
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Silver leaves
Silver leaves rated it
March 16, 2019
Status: --
This story and other kind of rebirth story isnt much different but what I had the most about the story is Ml. To be honest, why does he develope a feeling toward a younger child that didn't even reach adult yet. Isn't this kind of mol*sting? In short he doesn't even have restraining or self discipline much. Ughhh.... there's a story that has much similar situation but compare to this story. That one is much better, where the ML only express the interesting expression rather that deep feeling.

I don't mentioned... more>> the chapter, because I didn't finish it yet or I could say that I didn't even reach the middle of the story yet. However I rate it 1/5. Anyway hope you enjoy your time reading it, it's an interesting plot anyway. <<less
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solyana116
solyana116 rated it
October 31, 2018
Status: c74.1
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Rating 2.5

Ended up dropping Chonfei Manual ? so I'll write as to why and review up to the point which I have read.

Our MC -super OP, and for crying out loud so many loopholes in her logic. She holds unreasonable grudges based on events in her past and current life. Ex. her intelligence is nothing like that of a five year old nor her actions except for using her cute face to cry and incite pity, she hates her father for falling to a scheme against her mother but also hates her mother for not trusting her father and abandoning her and her brother at birth, actually she hates or has a grudge against everyone - exempt are her biological brother, servant, ML, ML's sister. I find the amount of times I need to be reminded how cute MC is and constantly being doted on by ML unnecessary. Especially since she's so unfamiliar with him, but still ends up encountering him EVERYWHERE and he protects her. Actually, FL, is often protected - even though she obviously has the ability to protect herself. I like it when MCs are strong and have poisonous tongues and are regal, but this MC -too much with no bg to explain why, lowkey annoys me. MC also super petty.

ML - Yeet okay, this dude is uh... interesting. Obviously super OP, I mean he's like 15 and a super threat to the throne. Ticks all boxes in appearance, intelligence, strength (your boy was sent to the army when he was a kid), coincidentally encountering MC to build their relationship even if its only a few minutes. BUT... this guy falls head over heels for no reason for our MC when she's just five!!!! He's 15. I don't really mind age difference when the ages are a older, like 18 year old and 28 year old and above, but he freaking just boom falls in love with her, and even when he's gone away, thinks of her and ways to marry her after the time skip. ML has tons of girls after him, yet he locks on to MC just because she bit him and he found her behaviour interesting when she was 5.

As for the side characters, everyone is just... weak. Weak in character, mentality, physique... Maybe even more so because the mains are so strong.

Only giving this 2 stars because of translation quality and it managed to get me to 74 chaps before I skipped to read some spoilers.

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earlgreyt
earlgreyt rated it
September 24, 2018
Status: c160
Translation is 5 stars. One of the best translators I've seen who makes really good choices regarding the historical terms and actually aims to make the story readable instead of leaving in tons of jargon for 'cultural accuracy' BS. I've read novels that were practically 25% pinyin in historical settings (which is just awful to process, and this is coming from someone who's watched historical Chinese dramas, is familiar with historical terms, and understands pinyin. So I can imagine how much worse it can get for less fluent people!). Love... more>> the translator notes and image links as well.

I only wish this was a better story.

This book is a fluffy, slice-of-life ish light entertainment in a fictional historical era, which can be quite fun if you ignore the problematic parts. The pacing is not bad, and with such excellent translator, it was definitely a smooth read.

Be warned though, the MC and ML are both truly awful people. They both have bad morals. The MC is also a very spoiled and vain white lotus type.

I didn't like that the punishments for the villains, minor and major, don't reflect their deeds. It can be argued that this is a reflection of 'reality' where not-so-bad people can have horrible endings while truly-bad people can have happy endings, but it didn't feel like the author wrote that intentionally.

Considering the other inconsistencies in the writing, it's more than likely the author was trying to spice up the romance and tried to throw in some revenge spots. Unfortunately, that means truly disturbing paragraphs would appear abruptly in the middle of fluffiness with no transitions.

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Things that got pretty old:

    • over-the-top bad cruelty towards women (some people can 'rationalize' this to say that historical eras are commonly misogynistic and women have no power etc. but also keep in mind the author clearly chose to put those things into the novel and chose to write the outcomes of some characters much much worse than other characters. If we look at the male character (Li Song) who helped ruin the MC's family in the past life and also offended the MC a ton of times after her rebirth, he ending is pretty good compared to the ending of MC's half-sister who pretty much only avoided her or sniffed at her after her rebirth; that's the definition of misogyny.)
    • prejudice against children (I get the idea about getting vengeance against bad people that insulted you, but they've literally done nothing to the MC in her past life except exist or were spoiled by the MC's stepmother/enemy, yet the MC still wants to get revenge on 5 year olds?? Is it too radical to want see a MC that is not narrow minded or more generous/forgiving? Even if you disregard basic human decency, from a practical perspective, if you remove the bad influence, you can easily influence your enemies to be good to you since they're so young??)
    • inconsistent characterizations (the MC is reborn, so she's actually close to the age of the ML, but she literally treats all the kids around her like they're the same age as her, so it's clear that the author forgot that the MC is not actually 10-12 and has her flipping between 10-12 or 20/her true age whenever it's convenient. This is especially disturbing when the MC was just reborn and acting like 5-6 yr old... dude you're like 16...)
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IloveWebNovels
IloveWebNovels rated it
July 22, 2018
Status: c171.3
All I could say is that this had been a satisfying read. If you like 'To be a Virtuous Wife' then you would probably like this too. There are differences between the protagonist though. For example, Wei Luo is not as mature as the FL in TBAVW. She's more selfish and somewhat narcissistic. However, that's what I like about her. She's not fake. Also, the translation is also great, they even have pictures for somebobjects that would be hard to imagine such as traditional cakes *drools*. Read it. Just shut... more>> up and read it. If you don't like it then don't read (〃ω〃). <<less
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Mino
Mino rated it
July 19, 2018
Status: c117.1
This is more of a slice of life, slow paced story as the revenge taking takes places directly and the romance only proceeds later on when it's not as pe*ophile anymore.

I did enjoy the story at the beginning (all the weird things aside that others already pointend out) - the slice of life storytelling and the little dramas here and there where very nice in my view BUT then it came.

The h**ny dog ML in heat *rolls eyes*

He is constantly forcing his decisions on her, forcing her to touch... more>> him, dangers her reputation and forcefully feel her up all the time.

At this point it's just unbearable and disgusting.

I honestly want to throw him away and become a nun reading this. The beginning and middlepart were quite good if you're not too sensitive when it comes to age difference and common sense but the end is getting worse and worse. <<less
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wandering cat
wandering cat rated it
April 19, 2018
Status: c73.2
At first I really like this story bc I kinda creep out with the blood and gore revenges in others stories.

But then this story becomes painstakingly boring. MC is just another s*upid but pretty and rich girl (aka white lotus). The revenges she did are elementary school level and people around her such as her brother and dad just got lead around because of her cuteness.

But I still like the fluffy moments btw the protagonists in the beginning so I decided to wait for the time skip in hope that... more>> maybe the MC will grow up. BUT then I got really, really creep out by the ML actions!

Spoiler

He literally forced himself on her. Ok, that may sound a bit too heavy since all he does are kisses and hugs. BUT she didn’t give any consent to him in all his actions! At that time she still confuses with her feeling for him but he still doing those things eventhough she said no. AND at that time she’s still 13! So yeah, it became too much for me and I decided to drop it.

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With all that being said, I still recommend this story for those who likes fluffy, shoujoish kind of romance. But if you want a likable and smart MC, don’t bother with this. <<less
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insaneteacup
insaneteacup rated it
March 14, 2018
Status: c99.2
This story was great at first, but the story gets pe*verted in a non-enjoyable way. I understand women were considered marriageable at an earlier age during ancient China but wtf does he have to mol*st her, and before they get married? It's not even PG-13 kissing, it gets to downright pe*verted touching before the MC is even considered an adult. I don't understand the need for this. There are better ways to have romantic interactions: smart dialogue between the MC and ML or outwitting a villain's plot together. Anything but... more>> creeper mol*station. The ML is forceful about it too. The only reason why it's not considered non-con is because the MC would have stabbed anyone else that tried to mol*st her, but she wasn't exactly open to this either. More like she was trained to accept advances from a young age by someone who was more than a decade older... Really creepy. <<less
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BlahBlahBruh
BlahBlahBruh rated it
March 12, 2018
Status: c98
I used to love this series until there were more smooching and... touching. I mean, yeah, age gaps are quite normal for historical fics BUT THE INNOCENT ROMANCE THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS WAS GONE. TuT It was great for the first part and I love the chase of the characters and the subtle spoiling of the prince to Wei Luo.

Aside for the plot, translations are great.
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owlzeyes
owlzeyes rated it
December 5, 2017
Status: c54.2
This novel is honestly everything I wanted and more. The female and male leads' love line is so amazing! I love their interactions and those fluffy moments. The female lead is clever, beautiful, and badass (but not in an over the top kind of way which I love). How the male lead treats the female lead is just super heart fluttering. I read the raws and finished it. Really really awesome. It's honestly about to become my favorite novel yet. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

  • Great female lead
  • Great male lead
  • Lots of heart fluttering interactions (I'm someone who's entirely focused on the romance part of a novel so this is very important to me)
  • Typical schemes from a historical novel
  • Good plot (Not over the top and overdramatic.)
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