Also known as "Toward the Bright Moon"
[A tough, affection-starved, emotionally slow woman · an aloof, solitary man who fears loss]
He Sihao has a bundle of notes treasured for many years, kept at the bottom of a book chest where no one has ever touched them.
Her mother cherishes them and wouldn't let her look through them as a child.
It wasn't until she was sixteen that her mother gave the bundle to her.
The books have no titles or author's name. The preface contains only one line: "Wake up feeling refreshed."
This was nothing like she had imagined.
The gap between expectation and reality was so great that she hesitated for a long time before opening the book.
Volume One: "A Good Winter's Sleep, Tall Chive Shoots"
Lou Lin never knew working in the fields could be so exhausting.
With his younger sister Lou Wanyue's persistence and encouragement, the two of them manage to grow blanched chives on the outskirts of the capital during winter.
Winter chives fetch a high price, and all their friends rejoice.
Amid the sounds of celebration, he realizes what he wants from life. Wanyue, however, finds herself torn and flees under cover of night.
Volume Two: "A Good Awakening, Plenty of Surprises"
Lou Wanyue has been wandering outside for more than a year.
In Yangzhou, she buys a rare white cabbage from a farming family and tends it every day until it goes to seed and withers the following year.
After a dreamless night, she wakes the next morning and buries the cabbage's leftover leaves in the courtyard.
It's time to move on.
Volume Three: "A Bad Night's Sleep, Nothing but Worries"
Zhang Xing has been rather puzzled lately.
Why does the new provincial inspector keep turning his head to the side?
Especially when exchanging greetings, he never turns his head back.
All these signs are quite similar to Zhang's own case of a stiff neck.
One day, the provincial inspector finally stops having a stiff neck.
But when facing people, his eyes dart around and he even mistakes one person for another.
Everyone looks at each other, all feeling that something is missing beside the inspector.
Oh, where is the attendant who used to be inseparable from him?
Before she knows it, she has turned to the last page.
But this last page...
He Sihao stares at the twenty characters on it, lost in thought for a long while.
Volume Twenty-Four
Have you awakened? Are you sleeping peacefully? This volume is left blank for you to write.
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending.
2. A slice-of-life story with a slow burn.
3. The male lead is three years younger than the female lead. Volume One focuses mainly on the female lead's emotional entanglement with a supporting male character, with only a brief appearance by the male lead.
4. The setting is fictional, so please don't nitpick historical accuracy.
Theme: Life's road is long. It's never too late to set out for your ideals.
