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2003 · 88m · Drama
In the noisy urban village of Guangzhou lived a young man who made his living peddling drugs to medical staff. One day, at a hair salon near his home, he met a hair salon girl who never received patrons. They gradually became familiar with each other, and he learned that the girl had a boyfriend who was a security guard in Dongguan.
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