Pining for the Moon

[I'll gradually polish the entire novel. Pirated copies are incomplete, so please support the official version.] Lin Yingti first met Jiang Xiyue in her adoptive parents' warehouse. The boy was handsome and refined, dressed in a white shirt, with his hands tied behind his back and his black bangs slightly damp. He looked at her. His voice was cool and distant. "Are you the child of this family?" Lin Yingti nodded. "I can't let you go." At that, the boy simply smiled. She was too young then to understand that the indifferent look Jiang Xiyue gave her was pity. But for no reason she could explain, Lin Yingti hated that look. 2. In the ninth year after her biological parents found her, Lin Yingti moved with them from a county town to a big city and transferred to an international high school. It was there that she saw Jiang Xiyue again. The boy smiled warmly, handsome and gentle in his white shirt, speaking below the stage on behalf of the student council. Lin Yingti watched him from below and realized that, just like when they were children, he was someone she could only admire from afar. So Lin Yingti went to class, studied hard, and worked toward getting into college, one step at a time. She watched him being pursued by the prettiest girl in school, watched him receive an early offer from a prestigious overseas university, and watched him pass her by countless times. Lin Yingti stayed clear-eyed from beginning to end, content to be a silent onlooker. If loving him would only leave her looking pathetic, she would rather keep it buried in her heart forever. 3. Many years later, at a high school classmate's wedding, Lin Yingti sat below the stage with a friend, watching Jiang Xiyue stand beside the former campus beauty, now a bridesmaid, as the best man. Her friend sighed. "They look good together." Lin Yingti watched for a while, then nodded in agreement. "They really do." After the wedding banquet, Lin Yingti ran into Jiang Xiyue backstage. Calmly and softly, Lin Yingti said, "Don't keep looking at me onstage. People will notice." Jiang Xiyue smelled faintly of alcohol, but his eyes were perfectly clear. He lazily rested his chin on Lin Yingti's shoulder. "Sorry, darling. I'll be more careful next time." Reading guide: clear-eyed and resilient x gentle and aloof / both virgins / happy ending Coming soon: Springtime Encounter Song Mianxue has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. Ever since she was little, girls have called her a born vixen. As an adult, Song Mianxue sets her sights on marrying a rich man and joining a wealthy family. Hearing that the second young master of the Xie family is single, she plans to use every trick in the book to seduce him. At last, she finds a chance to engineer a meeting. At the dinner table, her long legs slide suggestively upward, brushing against his trouser leg. Who knew the second young master Xie would have such self-control? He doesn't react at all. Song Mianxue bites her red lip, just about to give up, when someone gently grabs her mischievous foot. She jumps in surprise and looks up to see the man who had been silent throughout dinner staring straight at her. * Song Mianxue has had it easy for twenty years. Who would have thought she'd trip herself up? She fails to hook the second young master Xie and, by a fluke, catches his influential cousin, Xie Qichuan. They say Xie Qichuan has run the family business for years, is cold and heartless, and keeps his distance from women. Most importantly, he has a whole lot of money. After getting together with Xie Qichuan, whenever Song Mianxue gets angry, he placates her with gifts. From high-end custom jewelry and the latest designer dresses to luxury yachts and villas... Her appetite grows, her nest egg gets bigger, and she becomes more and more spoiled. Then one day, Xie Qichuan sits down in front of her, his expression cool and distant. "Let's break up." Song Mianxue's eyes go wide. She immediately hides her hand behind her back, trying to conceal the huge sparkling diamond ring, and blinks at him innocently. "No, don't. I can't bear to lose you." Watching her pitiful performance, Xie Qichuan's expression grows colder and colder. "You don't have to give back anything I gave you." Song Mianxue immediately lets out a sigh of relief. "Okay." * After the breakup, Xie Qichuan thinks countless times that Song Mianxue is shallow, materialistic, and vain, and that she doesn't love anyone. Luckily, he got out in time and never fell for her. He assumes that after the breakup, his life will gradually return to normal. Until one day, he gets a message from Song Mianxue. She sends him a photo of a pregnancy test. "What should I do? I think I'm pregnant." Xie Qichuan: "Are you bragging?" "No, the baby is yours, but I know you don't want it. Give me eighty million..." Xie Qichuan: "Four times that. Have the baby." Bonus scene: After they get married, their little one, who has just started kindergarten, asks Xie Qichuan in a childish voice why Mom is with him. Xie Qichuan pats his head. "Your mom loves money, and Dad happens to have plenty. As long as Dad never goes broke, Mom will stay with Dad forever." Could there be a love more eternal than that? Reading guide: 1. The male lead has no fiancee. 2. Both leads are virgins. Theme: Always keep a clear head.