Stray Dog

Blurb:

Yu Xingnan ran into a man working in the villa she had just bought, his muscles on full display. He wore a black tank top and low-rise jeans, the lines of his V-shaped torso disappearing into his waistband.

He raised an arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then looked down at her.

"Miss Yu, the weather changed suddenly and the power went out. I can't keep working. Is it all right if I finish tomorrow?"

Yu Xingnan's mouth suddenly went dry. She stared at the sweat running down to his jaw. "What's your name?"

His gaze was unusually clear, like a blank sheet of paper untouched by anyone. "Zhai Xingzhou."

**

On the day Zhai Xingzhou turned twenty-four, a woman with scars covering half her face tearfully mistook him for someone else.

"You look exactly like my son, Song Jiamu. His death wasn't an accident. Yu Xingnan is a madwoman. One day, she'll hurt you too!"

Later, Yu Xingnan's stepmother accused her of murder. Zhai Xingzhou gripped the back of her neck and held her tight against him. "Just say you love me. Swear you won't treat me as Song Jiamu anymore. I'll do anything for you, even if it costs me my life!"

Yet Yu Xingnan was exhausted just looking at him. "If it weren't for that face, why would I have chosen you? You'll always be his replacement."

**

The case over the Yu family's inheritance, pitting the eldest daughter against her stepmother, dragged on for weeks.

Yu Xingnan refused to see Zhai Xingzhou. On the day of the trial, she asked her lawyer to give him a belated birthday present.

A DNA test confirming that his DNA was a 100% match for Song Jiamu's.

A contract transferring 20% of Yu Xingnan's shares to Song Jiamu.

And a farewell letter from Yu Xingnan.

"You are my mercy, you are my goodness. May our paths never cross again."

But before he received the gifts, he learned that Yu Xingnan had been in an accident on her way to court. The car was wrecked, and she was dead. He went completely mad.

No one could make it out of this game unscathed.

They were all stray dogs, all without a home.

Madwoman who fakes her death x male lead who is gentle at first, then obsessive

Replacement, male lead angst, melodrama, both virgins, groveling romance

Theme: Walking hand in hand to build a happy home