Mu Xitong, from Pudong, Shanghai, is only twenty-nine years old and already a mother to a six-year-old girl. She divorced her husband three years ago and lives with her only daughter, who just entered kindergarten’s senior class, in an eighty-square-meter apartment. Besides picking up and dropping off her daughter, she mostly spends her days in her study.
“Wilderness Flying Bear” – Mu Xitong’s online username. At first glance, no one would think this was a suitable name for a woman. Yet Mu Xitong chose this username, never changing it on QQ or various forums, always staying consistent.
As a professional freelancer, Mu Xitong joined a design studio called “Butterfly Love Flower” three years ago. With her solid skills and innate female meticulousness, her online name “Wilderness Flying Bear” gradually gained reputation. Last year, she even invested 300,000 yuan, becoming the studio’s second-largest shareholder.
Mu Xitong is a standard night owl. Her days are mostly spent picking up her daughter, doing laundry, cooking, and napping. Before 8 PM, she takes her daughter to the park for a walk, returns to bathe her, and sings lullabies until she falls asleep.
Typically, after all these tasks, it’s at least 9:30 PM. Tonight was no exception. When her daughter fell asleep sweetly, Mu Xitong looked up at the wall clock – it was already 10 PM.
Rising from her daughter’s small bed, her round face revealing laziness. At 1.63 meters tall, weighing 50 kilograms, with near-perfect body proportions, Mu Xitong looks nothing like a mother who often stays up late, instead giving an illusion of youthful radiance.
Yet Mu Xitong, possessing such capital, seems to have seen through the world’s men. Her originally shoulder-length hair was trimmed to ear-length, she discarded her contact lenses for thick black-framed glasses, and rarely wears dresses or high heels. After deliberately styling herself, Mu Xitong’s inherent brilliance is completely restrained, creating a cold, distant impression.
In fact, Mu Xitong has lived in this apartment for three years and doesn’t even know if her neighbors are human or ghosts – a quintessential extreme homebody.
Of course, this is just the real-world Mu Xitong. As a high-level freelancer in China, her online friends span across the country. The online Mu Xitong is lively, cheerful, and loves joking.
