Moonleft

The moon has set countless times over this world, yet one moon alone remains for you.

Shen Qingci was an ordinary woman raised amid the misty rains of Jiangnan. Gentle and unassuming for most of her life, all she wanted was a peaceful existence. She thought her days would flow like a murmuring stream, each year much like the last, until the night snow fell at a mountain temple and she saved Xie Linyuan, a young man gravely wounded and cloaked in a murderous aura.

He was the hidden blade of the imperial court, a pawn bleeding his way through the vortex of political rivalry, a demon feared by all who heard his name. With an abyss before him and mountains of bones behind, he had no heart for romance or human tenderness. Yet somehow, he stumbled into her pure and peaceful life.

One meeting bound them for half a lifetime.

He crossed mountains and rivers, navigating schemes and returning battered by storms, all to keep a single bright moon shining outside her window. She stayed among the warmth of everyday life, waiting year after year for him to break free of fate and return safely.

In an age of turmoil, the court was rife with intrigue, old grievances entangled with love and hate. Some fought for power, others for fame and fortune. But all Xie Linyuan wanted in this life was to keep the moon, keep her, and keep the one tenderness left in this world.

“Everything in this world can be surrendered, except the moon and you. I will not give you up, wrong you, or let you go.”

This is a story of devotion that spans mountains, rivers, and fate, of the gentlest yet most stubborn love and steadfastness in a world torn by chaos.