Folding the Bright Moon

When Chu Ranran went to stay with her aunt in the capital, she met a cool, aloof man as radiant as the moon. He was graceful and handsome, like a pine tree dusted with snow, and he paid her no attention at all. When she tried to strike up a conversation, he remained cool and indifferent. In front of everyone, he threw out five utterly emotionless words: "Get lost! What nonsense!" From then on, she became the capital's laughingstock as a lovesick fool. Chu Ranran: ... Meeting her cousins' sympathetic gazes, Chu Ranran sighed with regret: What a shame that such an incomparably handsome face was destined not to stay by her side. But six months after she returned to Renyang City, she happened to pass a male courtesan house and saw her moonlight again. By then, his voice was hoarse, his hands were broken, and he was filthy and disheveled. He was mixed in with a group of pretty young men, being sold off to the establishment by a slave trader. Chu Ranran's fingers tightened on the carriage curtain: ...Well, well. Has he fallen on hard times? Could this mean she could finally bend this bright moon to her will?! She'd keep him by her side and look at him every day! He could swat mosquitoes, massage her legs, fan her, and shield her from the sun! One-line summary: My moonlight fell on hard times, so I took him by force! Theme: No more pretty facades. If you have a handsome face, you should be useful too!