Lost in Day and Night

Jiang Muxing and Lu Zhou lived under the same roof for five years. In public, she was the unwanted burden his father had brought home, just as unwelcome as her mother. In private, she was his partner, summoned whenever he wanted and dismissed whenever he pleased. * Lu Zhou thought Jiang Muxing was so sweet and docile that even if he married and had children someday, she would never leave without his permission. Little did he know that ever since she had sold herself to him, she had been thinking about leaving every moment of every day. * Years ago, someone had asked him what Jiang Muxing was to him. Back then, he had answered without hesitation. “She’s an ungrateful wolf who’ll never be tamed. I’ll give her to you. Want her?” Years later, a reporter asked Jiang Muxing who the man was who waited outside the kindergarten every day. She smiled gently at the camera. “Oh, him? He’s just a pathetic simp.” “...” “My daughter is afraid of dogs, especially the kind that bark and bite.” Lu Zhou?