★ The Emotional Dilemmas of the 996 Work Culture: Beijing migrant couple Chen Zhe and Zhang Yuting slip into emotional hibernation under the grind of the 996 work schedule (9am-9pm, 6 days a week), revealing the struggles of modern urban relationships under intense work pressure.
★ When Solitude Outaddicts Love: In an era where "self-actualization" has become the new moral shackle, their dying relationship mirrors the emotional wasteland of a generation, forcing a reckoning with modernity's transactional intimacy.
★ A Mirror for Our Fractured Age: This authentic portrayal of contemporary relationships under high-pressure living will strike a chord with readers everywhere.

"The Unfairy Tales of Us" include 3 titles:
"The Whale Fall"
"The Body Hourglass"
"Love Cooling-Off Period"

Chen Zhe and Zhang Yuting, a couple who came to Beijing in search of opportunities, fall into emotional dormancy under the relentless demands of their 996 work schedules.
When solitude becomes more addictive than love, when "self-actualization" turns into society's new guilt trip, their relationship mirrors the emotional desolation experienced by modern urban life. The question looms: are we actually resisting intimacy, or are we simply terrified of losing our true selves?

Chen Jiarong, born in 1998, currently resides in Beijing and holds a Master's degree in History from University College London. Since 2013, she has been publishing poetry works in both Chinese and English, which have appeared in various journals and magazines such as “Macao Daily“, “Poetry Tide“, “Young Writers“ and the “KCL Literary Journal“ (King's College London Literary Journal).