The nights in Hudu are always long. Deep in this bustling modern city, there is a small restaurant that only lights up late at night - Guiwan Restaurant. The boss is a scruffy old man with a beard who doesn't talk much and cooks a bowl of noodles better than anyone else.
Shen Jianyue is a professional illustrator who calls herself a "cow horse". She loves to sneak away to a small restaurant after working overtime to enjoy the regular bowl of rice. She nicknamed her boss "Old Dog Zhou", and her colleagues yelled at her for "cheating". She refused to admit it, but she always sat in her usual seat, eating noodles and doodling in her sketchbook.
She always felt that this uncle was a bit strange - he didn't hold the bowl with the right strength, his breath occasionally became heavier, and sometimes he looked at her as if he was confirming something. But she was used to being very nervous, and would always attribute it to "uncle quirks" and never take it seriously.
Only readers can see: the street lights that went out after she left, the little figures in her drawing books who changed their sitting positions, the inexplicable pop-ups on her computer screen - all the clues that she ignored, all hint at the same thing.
She didn't know that he was here on command. He didn't know, he was the answer.
This is the story of two people approaching each other despite their identities. It is a bowl of affection slowly cooked in the smoke of the restaurant. It is also a slow journey where you know something is wrong but can't help but go with them to the end.
After all——
Those who have seen the moon will eventually return.
