If Only We'd Met Sooner

The year Lin Qingjia turned twenty-six, a black cat with a broken leg and blind eyes fled to his doorstep.

He brought the cat inside and fed it just enough to get by for a year.

Later, the black cat turned into a handsome man.

The man cared for him for the rest of his life,

or, more accurately, for both of his lives.

Coming soon: A Premeditated Love

This is a story about unrequited love.

Yun Jiesheng was born a star in the heavens,

while Gu Linyuan grew up in the mud.

Every day, he looked up at the starry sky and walked beneath its light, but never dared reach out for it.

As the years turned, he went from a poor boy to a mighty cultivator. The one thing that never changed was the love he had felt as a boy.

He watched Yun Jia outshine the frost and snow, surpass all the flowers in beauty, roam the world, move the hearts of all, and...

Wield a sword in white robes to offer a sacrifice to heaven and earth.

Given another life, Gu Linyuan no longer wanted to be a shadow chasing after him.

He would pluck that star from the sky and hold it in the palm of his hand, close to his heart,

cherishing him by day,

and loving him tenderly by night.

Long afterward, Gu Linyuan wrapped an arm around Yun Jia's waist and lifted a loose strand of hair by his ear with a fingertip. Slowly tracing his mist-filled eyes, he smiled darkly and said,

"The first time I saw you, I thought your eyes were as beautiful as stars. Now I've finally plucked one from the sky."

Yun Jia: "...Mm..."

#My love for you was planned from the start#

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