Only Then Did I See the Beauty of Moonlight

[A Decade-Long Secret Crush] vs [Mutual Devotion] [Long-Laid Plans] vs [Wish Fulfilled]

Her eyes seemed to hold the clear blue of a midsummer sky, shining with a cautious yet daring light. Zhao Ye swore he had never seen a pair of eyes so special and bright.

“The sunset glow was gently wiped away, leaving not a trace of its kiss with the setting sun. There was only you and me. We hesitated to speak, burying the answer in the horizon with the sunset.”

The young man’s eyes glimmered. He gently closed his diary and looked out the window at the brilliant moonlight, murmuring, “The moonlight is beautiful, but no one is here to see it.”

Elsewhere, at a desk.

The girl lifted her head from the homework piled before her, eyes weary. For some reason, she thought of someone and giggled. Then she noticed the lovely moonlight outside the window. “It’s so beautiful,” she murmured, a little dazed. Then she shook her head. “But he doesn’t know how beautiful the moonlight is, and he doesn’t know…”

“The moon is beautiful tonight. So are you.”

After a decade with the seeds of a secret crush buried in her heart, she finally understood: “I find the green hills so enchanting, and I imagine they must find me just as charming.”