Chronicles of Mist and Sunset: Listening to the Rain

My name is Liu Xuan, but my childhood nickname is Goumao, which means ‘Dog Fur.’ My dad gave me the name Liu Xuan, while my grandma called me Goumao. She kept calling me that from when I was little all the way until I started middle school. I still don’t know why the older generation thought giving a kid a lowly name would make him easier to raise…