Via Lactea announced their Chinese and English license for Beyond the Fifth Spring, a modern day entertainment industry danmei by Tao Tao Zhui Nian. [Source: Twitter/X]
The publisher’s social media announcement is as follows:
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🎭 Beyond the Fifth Spring – 难度第五春（Chinese + English Edition）
🖊️ Author: Tao Tao Zhui Nian – 桃桃追年🎬 Actor Li Jingchi was reviled throughout the industry. Rumors and scandals followed him everywhere, and even being handed a Best Actor title by his sugar daddies couldn’t earn him respect.
In the end, just as it had happened in the film that won him the award, he never made it past his fifth spring.During the bitter winter of his fourth year in the industry, Li Jingchi took his own life without a hint of regret…
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The publisher will provide more information about preorder and release at a later date.
Beyond the Fifth Spring
难度第五春
[Synopsis Provided by Via Lactea:]
Actor Li Jingchi was reviled throughout the industry. Rumors and scandals followed him everywhere, and even being handed a Best Actor title by his sugar daddies couldn't earn him respect.
In the end, just as it had happened in the film that won him the award, he never made it past his fifth spring.
During the bitter winter of his fourth year in the industry, Li Jingchi took his own life without a hint of regret...
But someone else would spend the rest of their life drowning in it.
Beyond the Fifth Spring (难度第五春) is a danmei novel by Tao Tao Zhui Nian. It began serialization in 2025 and ran for 128 chapters (plus 5 Extras). It is available to read in Chinese on Chang Pei.
You can learn more about Beyond the Fifth Spring in the DanmeiNews catalog.
Source: Via Lactea (Twitter/X)
