Eleven-Line Love Letter

[Black Swan x White Moonlight]

1.

When the story began, Yu Nian was fifteen.

The Jiang Xun she knew was the best student at Beicheng No. 1 High School, nicknamed “Jiang Qingbei.” He was the model all the teachers held up as an example, the shining star of the school whom countless girls admired, and most importantly, the object of her stepsister’s affections.

What she didn’t know was this:

The deliberate attempt to steal him away, which began with her, was not ultimately about revenge. It was for that gentle comfort, as if she had been waiting years to hear those words.

Later, her career blazed brightly, and all eyes were on her.

In the middle of the night, she often thought of that evening in the library. A subtle fragrance drifted in through the window. The young man stood in the cool, silvery moonlight covering the floor, its glow outlining his handsome features. His voice was even more tender than the moonlight.

“Don’t be afraid.”

That was the beginning of an eleven-line love letter, and of the past she desperately wished she could return to.

2.

When Jiang Xun met Shen Younian again, he was twenty-seven.

At the time, she was at the height of her career, a domestic top-tier star with tens of millions of followers, widely recognized as the beauty standard for striking features and a model worker in the entertainment industry. Yet at their class reunion, she drank one glass after another without turning anyone down, tilting her head back and downing each one, utterly unconcerned with her identity as a female celebrity.

Annoyed, Jiang Xun took the opportunity to leave.

But the person who followed her pressed her against the wall outside the restroom in one swift move. Through the heavy smell of alcohol, she raised her impossibly beautiful face, flushed red, and asked with a grin, “Captain Jiang, what did you see in her?”

“Get out of the way.”

The man held down her misbehaving hand. His cold, stern eyes lowered toward her, and his voice was low and measured as he said, one word at a time, “Or I won’t be able to stop myself from dissecting you.”

For the past seven years, he had always wanted to know whether her heart was really made of flesh and blood.

Reading guide:

1. From school uniforms to wedding dresses / mutual devotion

2. The first part is told from the female lead’s first-person perspective in diary form

3. Both are each other’s first and only / reunion after a long separation x rekindled love after a breakup / happy ending

Theme: Be yourself.