A Cold Marriage with a Deadline

For five years of marriage, Fu Hanshen used a lottery to decide whether to spend time with her or his adopted younger sister, Fu Xiaoxiao.

When she had a fever of 40 degrees, she drew just ten minutes. When her grandmother was on her deathbed, she drew only half an hour.

She always blamed her bad luck, until she heard the truth: the lottery box had been rigged, and even her son had helped his adopted aunt set her up.

What hurt even more was when his adopted sister sent her a late-night photo of herself, bare-shouldered in his arms, then took it back two seconds later. "Oops, wrong chat. You didn't see it, did you?"

Yet her social media was full of them beneath the aurora, with the caption "Together forever."

He would pat her head and say, "I've got your back," then force her to take the blame for his adopted sister's data leak.

Only then did Li Anran understand: she hadn't lost because of a lottery. She'd lost because her husband favored his adopted sister and had an ambiguous relationship with her.

She demanded a divorce on the spot, then turned to her sworn enemy for support.

Only when Fu Hanshen came home did he realize his wife was gone. His attempts to win her back hit a wall every time.

She gave him just one reply: "Save your lotteries for Fu Xiaoxiao to draw from."