╔═══ Author's note ════╗
SHINA is a name combined of "SHI" and "AN". (Bing Shi and Dai An)
NIGHT was inspired by her husband's surname "Xuan" which means "Black" or "Mysterious".
Yep, Bing Shi wanted to be adopted by Alain's parents solely because of their surname. This girl is a joke.😮💨
╚═════════════════╝
Another week had passed by, and Knox had begun to adapt to this twisted routine. He learned to anticipate Bing Shi's visits, which were his only semblance of human contact, albeit under her terms.
"You seem to be in a good mood today," Bing Shi observed, sitting at the big boulder near the campfire, her voice echoing in the mountain air. "Since you behaved so nice today, you'll be free to go, Knox. I won't stop you."
