The author: Hu Wenliang

　　A writer from Shanxi Province is waiting for someone to decode his novel, a novel without a single word but a set of 14 punctuations, with a reward of 140,000 yuan (US$16,900). He claimed those 14 marks represent a touching love story, reported by the Beijing Daily Messenger on Wednesday.

　　It might be the shortest novel ever, and it might be the only novel without a word. But Hu Wenliang, the author the novel entitled 《。》[文章来源：中国大学在线], claimed that he spent one year to write a novel with five sections as follows:

：？

：！

“‘……’”

（、）·《，》[文章来源：中国大学在线]

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