Watching the Moon Through Your Window

[This novel has been signed for publication. Updates: @-Bi Tian-] [Next novel: White Mambo] Blurb: As someone who struggles to write romance, Liang Jingmo is constantly criticized by her readers for making her stories hard to relate to. No one knows she once had a secret identity and published a book about unrequited love. Its profound, delicate prose resonated with countless readers. One day, Liang Jingmo accidentally posted from the wrong account and exposed her secret identity, stirring up a storm. Readers flocked to her and asked, "Author, who exactly is 'Winter' in your book?" Time and again, she wanted to reply: He's the son of my grandmother's friend, and my uncle in name only. * When she was sixteen, Liang Jingmo met Yan Hanchi for the first time. The man wore a black outdoor jacket, had charming yet aloof eyes, and an air of carefree arrogance. Her elders told her to stay away from him, so she wouldn't be led astray. Liang Jingmo only thought that the thought that had crossed her mind at that moment was already bad enough. One day, Yan Hanchi happened to see her book. On a silent evening, the man leaned against the windowsill, turning one page after another. After finishing it, he showed no particular reaction. He simply handed it back to her and asked, "Why didn't they end up together?" Liang Jingmo felt relieved, but for some reason, ached inside. "...He was such a great male lead. I was afraid I'd tarnish him." Yan Hanchi put a cigarette between his lips. He glanced at her evasive look and smiled. "Don't be afraid." Easygoing, gentle racing driver x cool-headed, stubborn girl Seven-year age gap / Unrequited love becomes mutual / Slow-burn, understated romance One day after they got together. "Liang Jingmo." "Hmm?" The man tossed her a book, his tone lazy. "Go change the ending." "..." There was once a huge moon in the world. I looked at you until I ruined my eyes. - Pedro Paramo * One-on-one, both leads' first relationship, happy ending. * The title is taken from Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City. * Blurb written on March 11, 2021. P.S. Some of the rally racing details in this story come from research, while others are made up. Don't imitate them in real life. Drive safely. - White Mambo blurb: In the tenth year of loving Xu Yizhou, Ling Jia is still just the little tagalong he calls whenever he wants. She quietly watches as the women around him come and go, naively waiting for the day he'll finally look her way. Until one day, at a party, she arrives late and hears Xu Yizhou laughing carelessly through a crack in the door: "Ling Jia? I can spoil her like a little sister, but dating her would be way too boring." All her warmth turns to ice in that instant. That night, under the influence of alcohol, Ling Jia gets involved with someone she usually goes out of her way to avoid. The bane of her teenage years, a lazy, mischievous bastard, and the most unattainable golden boy in their circle: Xie Yichuan. * On the surface, Xie Yichuan is calm and unruffled. In reality, he's someone you don't want to cross. As things get more and more out of hand, Ling Jia tries to get out of it by pestering him relentlessly for a proper relationship. She assumes that someone of his status would have to get his elders' approval to date anyone, so there is no way he'd acknowledge her. To her surprise, a few days later, a black-and-purple Apollo IE shakes off its bodyguards and pulls up right in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau. The man rests his arm on the window ledge and points inside with a mocking smile, his challenge plain as day. "Dare to go in, paper tiger?" * When news of their marriage spreads, the whole city is in an uproar. Xu Yizhou's eyes are red as he smiles bitterly. "I should've known he'd had his eye on you for a long time." Ling Jia is stunned. She suddenly remembers seeing a snow-filled crystal ball in Xie Yichuan's study six months ago. Its surface was covered in cracks, just like the one she'd once given Xu Yizhou, which he'd accidentally broken. Back then, the man had turned her face back toward him, telling her to pay attention. With his usual devil-may-care attitude, he said it was a gift from his first love. Devoted, cool bad boy vs wild, sweet girl 1. The male lead's perspective: unrequited love becomes mutual. The heroine's perspective: marriage first, love later. 2. The second male lead gets his comeuppance but never wins her back. Theme: Here's to us being happy in winter.