The Moon Sets Over Green Parasol Trees

When Qingwu ran into her high school classmate Chen Ji again, she didn't recognize him. By rights, that shouldn't have happened. Chen Ji had been the most famous legend of their class year: handsome, born into a family of calligraphers, admitted to the best university, and then, by pure chance, cast in a rookie director's film. The film and Chen Ji became global sensations together. Overnight, fame, fortune, flowers, and praise elevated him to godlike status. They called him "the brightest moon in a storm." A solitary figure beyond the mortal world, unmatched among the clouds, too far above anyone to reach. Qingwu had never thought any of that had anything to do with her. She and Chen Ji weren't close at all. As far as she could remember, she'd barely even spoken to him. She'd diligently counted her wages, never once looking up at that moon. That day, she'd paid off her mortgage ahead of schedule and was in such a good mood that she even had more patience for people pestering her to get married. Standing in the spring rain, she talked nonsense on the phone, making up a lie on the spot. "I want to get married too, but the person I have a crush on doesn't like me." "I've had a crush on him for ten years. Now he's a huge star, so I don't stand a chance. Haha." As soon as she finished speaking, the car door in front of her closed. A black umbrella opened, and beneath it, a man's fingers were slender as bamboo shadows. "Marriage? When?" His voice was cool and distant. His eyes lowered, and through the misty rain, his gaze was like a vast moonlight falling into the water. Qingwu had no idea what he meant. "I've had a crush on you," he said airily. "For ten years, too." *Wait, I made that up. You actually believed me? *Shocking: my celebrity classmate has had a crush on me for ten years *Help, the moon is running toward me and demanding I take responsibility *The story of my youthful salvation, which I knew absolutely nothing about Theme: Haven't figured it out yet